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Joe Plant
Swim Club grew out of the passion of staff members to promote basic swimming and snorkelling skills as a way to be safe and to explore the water that surrounds the island.
In 2017 The After Schools Program:
• Reached 46 students through the weekly after school enrichment program • 32 staff volunteered to support this program contributing a total of 330 volunteer hours • Provided children with transport and materials to participate in programming
Swim Club
APPRENTICE PROGRAM
The Apprentice Program is a paid six week summer program that offers young Bahamians an opportunity to work closely with CEIS staff and divisions across the whole organization. Through training and potential employment, young people are empowered and become aware of opportunities for employment.
Apprentices partake in a professional development workshop every week covering the following content: • Successful Work Behaviours • Verbal & Nonverbal Communication • Professionalism: Resumes & Applications • Coaching & Interview Practice • Financial Management Introduction • Conflict Resolution
In 2017 The Apprentice Program:
• Supported opportunities for nineteen young Bahamian • The Island School currently employs 5 full time employees that completed The Apprentice Program
Apprentice Program
YOuNG MEN’S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
There is a global epidemic of young men being overrepresented in jails, unemployment and substance abuse. Causes such as absent fathers, lack of community involvement, and an overburdened education system have become expected all over the world. Young men of South Eleuthera are facing similar circumstances, in the last five years only 37% of young men in South Eleuthera have graduated high school.
The Young Men’s Leadership Program is an extracurricular mentorship program dedicated to the success of young men in South Eleuthera. Starting in 8th grade the program will center on the core values; Academic Vitality, Personal Resolve, Fearless Leadership and Global Awareness during the course of the program.
By the end of a young man’s five years in the program he will have:
• Tools for conflict resolution • A high school diploma • Opportunity for travel • Supportive community for growth • Completed 50 community service hours • Confidence and strong leadership skills • Public speaking and presentation skills young Men's Leadership Program
City Bridge partnerships for summer term students
City Bridge partnerships enable The Island School to strategically expand our accessibility to high-potential students from a diverse set of family backgrounds. In 2012, we worked with our first City Bridge partner, African Leadership Academy. Since then, we have worked with 33 City Bridge scholars. WIthin this time, nearly $300,000 in financial assistance has been allocated to scholars coming from the programs listed below.
Currently, we are supporting Summer Term Scholars from the following organizations:
KIPP Houston High School: Houston, Texas
College Track: Palo Alto, California
The Potter’s House School: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Horizons at Green Farms Academy: Bridgeport, Connecticut
QuestBridge: United States
Program First Scholarship Number of Scholarships Financial Aid Support
African Leadership Academy 2012 7 $60,000 KIPP Houston 2013 5 $50,000 College Track 2013 5 $41,000 QuestBridge 2013 7 $61,000 Horizons 2014 4 $34,000 Potter's House 2016 5 $49,000
Total 33 $295,000
We know that leadership occurs when young people are placed outside of their comfort zone. We also believe that given the right tools, young people can accomplish anything. For more than a decade, The Island School has partnered with key organizations that help us connect with deserving youth from diverse backgrounds. If
you would like to support our City Bridge program, please contact info@islandschool.org.
expeditions
Through expeditions the Island School’s mission, leadership effecting change, has the opportunity to extend throughout the world. Exploration in remote and untouched landscapes presents students with the unique ability to be immersed in a new culture and environment, and make a difference.
The Cape Eleuthera Institute and Island School are excited to expand horizons and support expeditions. We are thrilled with our continued partnership with Hurricane Island Outward Bound School. Our joint courses are held at our base camp and on Sharpie Schooner pulling boats. These specialized sailboats do not have a motor. They are propelled solely by the wind and oars if the need arises. This lack of fossil fuel use supports our mission for sustainability.
ISLAND SCHOOL ExPEDITION COuRSES BEING OFFERED IN 2018:
Island School Expeditionary Summer Term is not only academically rigorous, but takes place in a physically intensive environment. Throughout the 18 days at sea, students develop sailing and navigation skills in a multitude of open water conditions. Training includes understanding points of sail, weather patterns and tidal effects. Another unique aspect of this course is the opportunity to spend time in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea park. This 176 square mile sanctuary is the world’s oldest marine protected area. During the program, students will be assigned to research project in partnership with the Cape Eleuthera Institute
Hurricane Island Outward Bound Open Enrollment
Courses (January and May): A 30-foot open sailboat serves as both home and classroom on this journey through the tropical wilderness of the Bahamas island chain. Students travel to the most secluded sections of the Bahamas island chain on shallow-draft vessels; learn to navigate them and discover a remote and beautiful marine ecosystem.
Hurricane Island Outward Bound Maine to Bahamas Environmental Gap Semester (October-November):
This 80-day semester expedition explores the wilderness ecosystems of Maine’s forests and the Bahamas’ subtropical seas. Students learn to travel by canoe and sailboat along Maine’s rocky coast and around the Bahamas tropical waters, backpack and rock climb in Maine and participate in long running science projects at the Bahamas’ Cape Eleuthera Institute.
