TA B L E o f CONTENTS 2 Letter from the Founders 3 Meet our Board Members! 4 The Prime Minister's Call for Hurricane Relief Help 5 Strides at The Center for Sustainable Development 9 New Faces on Campus Dedicated to Food Security 9 Jacquel Kemp 10 Joe Plant 12 Curriculum Changes at The Island School 13 Alumni Corner 13 Alumni Spotlight 14 Alumni Highlight 15 Impact Beyond Campus 15 Solar Suitcase Trip to India 16 Community Outreach in Eleuthera 18 City Bridge Partnerships for Summer Term Students 19 Introducing The Island School Expeditions 21 Thank you, Anne Maxey! 23 Celebrate 20 Years of The Island School in 2019 24 Waterfront Expansion Campaign Update 25 Financials 27 Recognition Reports
Letter from
the Founders Dear Island School Family, In our 18th year The Island School is just now older than the semester students. It is an important time in our history as we celebrate the many parents who have helped us grow up over the past two decades. On November 27th we gathered in NYC to show appreciation for Anne and Tom Maxey who have helped plan and welcome every parents weekend. Now we need to look out over the horizon and plan a resilient future that has The Island School sailing strong for generations to come. We are back from a quasi sabbatical looking forward to an even stronger presence on campus in the trenches with our students and visiting programs. Dr. Edd Brooks will maintain his CEO title and continue leading our new management team that cares for the larger village. Caring for people is a major focus as we transition from Founders start-up phase to the next generation of leaders. The DeVos Family has generously donated another 6 plus acres to include the peninsula and land adjacent to waterloo cut allowing us to imagine how the Deep Creek Middle School might move out to join the Cape community. There is a new opportunity to build a strategic plan that looks holistically at our mission and our model and invests wisely to ensure that we best utilize the generous support that continues to create great opportunities. Like our amazing alumni, we are beginning to look at how we might have an impact beyond the Cape. The Prime Minister and his leadership team have recently visited our campus enlisting our engineers at Center for Sustainable Development to help transfer some of our systems learning to Ragged Island as the Government begins a plan to rebuild this remote island after the devastation of hurricane Irma. The Island School curriculum that has always celebrated an authentic journey that highlights essential skills and habits of mind is now helping guide a new assessment model for high school. Learn more about our founding role in the Mastery Transcript Consortium. The Aspen Institute has launched a new initiative that helps create an army of young ocean warriors who can help save the high seas; we have been asked to be at the table. These are exciting times as we look out towards our 20 year celebration. I hope that many will join us at the NE Aquarium in Boston on January, 5th 2019. We are proud of the impact our graduates and past colleagues are having out in the world. We are proud of how our village seems to be leading the way as we model a new way of teaching and learning and living well. Respectfully, Chris and Pam
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