This week started out our kayak trip/SCUBA/academic rotations. Most of us have now realized that we are actually here, and time is flying. We picked our research projects and are going to start field work on them this week.
Our campus	Lash and friends playing football

Kayak 1 paddles by

This week started out our kayak trip/SCUBA/academic rotations. Most of us have now realized that we are actually here, and time is flying. We picked our research projects and are going to start field work on them this week.

Kayak 1 left Monday morning amid clear, hot, sunny skies. SCUBA class took their DAN certification test on Tuesday, learning how to administer oxygen, and practiced water rescue diving on Wednesday. Wednesday morning, the academic group went free diving out at tunnel rock. They saw lots of the reef fish they had learned during the marvelous Marine Bio Slides presentations with Helena the night before. The students were intrigued with not only the beautiful pictures of sea creatures, but with the habits that Helena always throws in to make it more interesting.

JT throwing a water balloon for math class

Kayak 1 will return on Wednesday (today), and Kayak 2 will set out tomorrow. The academic group will help local sixth graders with making books about marine ecology this afternoon at Rock Sound and Tarpon Bay middle schools. All of the mail that we are receiving is greatly appreciated so keep on sending it! Hope you all are doing well, and everyone here says HI to all of their families.

This week we had an unfortunate event. One of our fellow students had a medical problem during morning exercise on Monday. She was taken to Nassau for a check-up and now is back at school and doing well. We were all very excited for her to come back.

Water is a very big issue here at the Island School. Right now we are very low on water and are having to be very conservative on how many showers we take. That can get to be a very "smelly" situation.

Amanda teaching in math class

Amanda: Hello to everyone in Baltimore! Bethany, Mom, Dad, Jessie, Chelsea, Simba, Sushi, and Manhattan- Love you and hope everything's going well. I hope my BMS class is not being tortured too profusely, and hello to all my other friends as well. See you in June!

Lash: Hey to everyone back in SC. Having a great time here in the Bahamas, miss ya'll at home and hope to hear from you soon. Hope to see ya'll in June. GO SEAHAWKS!

JT: Hey Mom, Dad, and Bomber hope you are all doing well. Hey Hall St. Jazz Unit hope combo is working and that you are playing at the country club. Hey Mike, Brandon, Benjie, Grace, and Mr. D and Mr. Williams, and everyone at good old FHC! Looking forward to seeing you in June.

Abby and Claire experience the human knot

Abby: Hey guys back at home! I hope things are going well ha ha and that things aren't too cold! I miss you all so much! Annie- I tried calling you on your birthday sorry I couldn't get a hold of you….I hope everything went well! I love you so much! Hey to all my other friends…. Beckee I hope you are doing well! I left you a message I will try calling you later! Mom and Dad I hope you liked my letter I am going to write you soon! I love you guys…. Bekah, Sally, Nathan, and Silas Hey Tori!