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Annual Report 2019 Final
Annual Report 2019 Final
Foundation
2019
Annual Report
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...it feels like our achievements TABLE OF CONTENTS
are now at a tipping point
creating momentum towards 03 Update from the Founders
04 Celebrating the Brooks Family
a more livable future for our
06 New Faces on Campus
neighbors, our host nation
07 Launch of the Deep Creek Primary Lab School
and beyond.“
-Chris Maxey 09 Updates from Campus - Outreach
11 Updates from Campus - Cape Eleuthera Institute
13 Updates from Campus - Center for Sustainable
Development: Hurricane Relief Efforts
15 Announcing The Island School Green Tour
16 Financials
17 Donor Recognition
Update from
the Founders
Dear Supporters,
As we enter our third decade, Pam and I continue to be so proud of how far The Island School has
soared. In the same way that our graduates learn to effect positive change during their journey and
pay it forward in their life work, so do our successful models in education and sustainability are
beginning to effect change far beyond our campus. Celebrating
As I reflect on the past year, it feels like our achievements on the Cape are now generating momentum
for collaboration with our neighbors, our host nation, and beyond. Recently, I signed an agreement
the Brooks Family
with the Minister of Education to launch the Deep Creek Laboratory School and expand the great Megan Gilbert
success of the Deep Creek Middle School to include pre - k through grade 6. Minister Lloyd shares
his vision for this partnership that wants to demonstrate a new culture for school throughout The
Bahamas. In the summer of 2005, later to forge an extremely successful partnership with
Annabelle Brooks arrived Earthwatch in 2014.
As a Founding member of the Mastery Transcript Consortium, we continue to be the fast horse in at The Island School to be
learning how to celebrate the whole student across a full spectrum of skills and habits of mind. Our a marine ecology teacher. In 2007, Edd began baited underwater video surveys
faculty and students continue to be pioneers along this course that strives to make school more real. As one of two SCUBA (BRUVs), which use underwater cameras and bait to
instructors on staff and record and study marine life. These surveys came to be
In the early years we were the first to model a renewable energy intertie sharing our solar and wind dozens of students to certify, the first successful survey of their nature in the Western
power with the Bahamas Power and Light grid. Our experience now has us poised to deliver on Annabelle reached out to Hemisphere and became the focus of Edd’s PhD. The
a utility-scale project that can power most of South Eleuthera and create a significant return on Chirs Maxey with the idea successful BRUVS surveys also marked the inception of
that her then-boyfriend CEI’s shark research program.
investment over a 25-year period. It is inspiring to imagine that we might use the energy of the sun
came to assist with SCUBA
to provide scholarships at the Deep Creek Lab School.
Week. Shortly thereafter, Annabelle and Edd began their While the shark program flourished, Annabelle was also
15 year journey with The Island School. busy managing and establishing a fully-funded research
There is great work ahead and more than ever before we will be leaning on a next generation of
program that focused on sea turtles. Annabelle, who also
leadership. It is our goal to hire a new CEO/Head of School to land at the helm as soon as this As the Cape Eleuthera Institute came into existence in completed her degree in fisheries science, found herself
Summer. Pam and I will continue to be involved and the Spring of 2006, both Edd and Annabelle took on making the same transition into the Cape Eleuthera
know that our vision to challenge norms and build new leadership roles in helping to launch this new research Institute from her role as a faculty member at The Island
successful models remains a core part of our DNA. facility. Edd was eager to begin studies with sharks and School, and became ther research manager and the
Annabelle focused on studying juvenile green sea turtles, head of The Island School’s Applied Scientific Research
We greatly appreciate the continued passionate
interest from so many great families and partner
organizations. We wish you all a glorious Holiday
Season. Please stay in touch and visit us at the Cape The Brooks can be considered
soon. pioneers for the handful of
Respectfully, programs that they established
throughout the organization."
Chris and Pam
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Department. Under the scope of
CEI, Annabelle also managed and
School became a truly holistic
educational experience, serving
turtle research. Today, she remains
active as an Adjunct Scientist and N e w Faces
on Campus
developed the intern program, students at every level of their collaborator with the Institute.
established the lionfish research journey, pre-K through PhD.
team, and eventually took the reigns The Brooks family has contributed
of CEI as the Assistant Director and Edd’s successes in establishing, to the Cape Eleuthera Island School
then Interim Director. managing and developing teams community in countless ways, and
did not go unnoticed, and he was their impact on young scientists and
Though the Brooks moved away approached with an offer to step community members will not soon
from their roles as educators with into a larger management role as the be forgotten. Their commitment
The Island School, they continued Chief Operating Officer for the Cape to this organization, willingness to
to provide educational lessons Eleuthera Island School. Hungry for help, and excitement to participate
and experience to young students a new challenge, Edd accepted. in knowledge exchange have made
and scientists through The Island them invaluable assets, and they will
School’s applied research classes As Edd moved on from his successful be missed dearly.
and CEI’s internship program. research journey, he tackled the tough
job of managing the growing CEIS Edd and Annabelle, along with
The Brooks can be considered community, first as COO and then their two sons, Nicky and Felix, are
pioneers for the handful of programs as CEO. One of his great legacies looking forward to exploring more
that they established throughout is hiring a team of experienced of The Bahamas and the wider
the organization. Alongside their administrators who can now bring Caribbean when they transition
educational and research triumphs, more support to the organization. away from the Cape Eleuthera Island
they also helped to establish the
Early Learning Center (ELC) with As Dr. Brooks began his transition
School community, to which they will
remain connected.
Catherine Zervos Kele Issacs
the addition of their two sons, Nicky into the CEO position, Annabelle Chief Administrative Officer Chief Financial Officer
and Felix. The ELC was designed was making a professional transition
to nurture young minds’ academic of her own: she was stepping away Q: How long have you been with CEIS? Q: How long have you been with CEIS?
development through a rich, hands- as CEI’s Director to focus on her PhD A: Eight months (arrived April 1, 2019). A: Three months
on learning environment. With the at the University of Exeter, which
Q: What attracted you to the organization? Q: What attracted you to the organization?
foundation of the ELC, The Island included more than six years of her A: I was drawn to CEIS by its 20+ year record of
A: The opportunity to experience real stretch goals and
have a positive impact in my work environment, and also accomplishment and morseo by the possibility of what it yet
be a part of an organization that teaches real-world life can still achieve. CEIS is home to global thought leaders and
skills. has imbued in its DNA, an intellectual curiosity that knows
no bounds combined with brash audaciousness. These
Q: What has been the best part of working here? attributes allows it to test and incubate big ideas that create
A: Knowing that my efforts are really helping others the future.
grow professionally and personally.
Q: What has been your favorite part of working with CEIS?
A: The best part of working here is being part of the village.
Q: What do you like to do in your free time?
The strong sense of community between staff members and
A: Swimming (my number one passion...but only in
students cultivates a work environment that is more akin to a
summer!), cycling, reading and teaching First Aid/CPR.
family than an office.
Q: If you were an Island School student, what would Q: What do you like to do in your free time?
you like the most? A: Spending time with my family is at the top of that list,
A: Swim Track! I want to challenge myself to make the followed by a day exploring an unpaved road in my 4x4.
four-mile trek.
Q: What’s your favorite meal in the Dining Hall?
Q: If you were on a research team, which would it be? A: It has to be corned beef and grits.
A: I know that it wouldn’t be sharks. Probably turtles.
Q: If you could be a part of any research team, which
would it be?
A: It would be one that researched the economic impact
of sustainable living, producing work that attempted to
highlight its potential economic gains.
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Goals for the Deep Creek Primary Lab School
(DCPLS) include:
Teams of educators from Cape Eleuthera Island School (CEIS) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) collaborated
to build understanding around a shared vision and develop a detailed timeline for specific goals of the Deep Creek
Primary Lab School, which will open its doors in Deep Creek, Eleuthera, to educate 48 school students, ages three
to twelve.
The purpose of this initiative is to enrich the national standard of education throughout The Bahamas through the
implementation of evidence-based best practices in curriculum design, instruction, and assessment within a place-
based educational model. The expectation is that the model is transferrable and will be successful in other schools.
We believe this will set a precedent for additional schools to transition into place-based, experiential education utilizing
high-impact strategies in alignment with the Bahamian national curriculum.
In addition we have launched a partnership with The University of The Bahamas for student teachers to complete their
ten-week teaching practicum at either Deep Creek Middle School (DCMS) or Deep Creek Primary Lab School. This
term we had two student teachers join us at the primary school and one student teacher at DCMS. All three teachers
recently completed their teaching practicums to graduate from their degree programs, and will be joining us as full-
time contracted employees within the CEIS family in the New Year.
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Coral Camp BESS Program
• Coral Camp is an opportunity for local students to • A unique opportunity for graduating students in
increase their knowledge of coral reefs, the threats The Bahamas who have a keen interest in the
they face and various restoration efforts. In addition, environment and want to learn more as they
these camps help create opportunities for students transition from high school to university studies.
to create art for advocacy to communicate the Students participate in a semester at The Island
importance of coral reefs in The Bahamas School and a four-month paid internship at an
environmental conservation-related organization.
Apprentice Program
• With the goal to empower young people to pursue Local Schools Program
an area of interest for potential employment, the • Facilitates field-trips for school children on Eleuthera
Apprentice Program allows young adults to work and creates opportunities for Bahamian children to
closely with CEIS staff to gain work experience and experience environmental stewardship. We develop
professional development. applied educational resources that are locally relevant
and align with the Bahamian National Science
Curriculum for primary and secondary schools.
NUMBERS AT A GLANCE
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Updates from Campus
In late August, The Island School newer, more resilient Ragged Island. That immediate response has
Hurricane Team watched with uneasy It came as no surprise that we were led to continued interest from
anticipation as Hurricane Dorian once again called upon in the wake homeowners in Abaco desiring a
passed to the east, and then to the of Dorian, to help bring power to long-term, inexpensive, and fossil-
north of Eleuthera, sparing us once those in need. The Island School, fuel free solution to the power
again the devastation of another together with several non-profit outage plaguing the island. As a
nightmarish hurricane season. Our organizations successfully delivered result, CSD is working with several
neighbors to the north were not as three off-grid solar power kits on homeowners to develop off-grid
lucky, as Abaco was subjected to loan from Tesla, to several disaster solar photovoltaic energy solutions
185 mph winds making up the worst relief organizations in Abaco and the for their homes. We are thrilled to
hurricane in modern history. Dorian Abaco Cays. be able to use our experience with
brought forth memories of Ragged solar PV to help those in need in the
Island, devastated by Hurricane Generous Island School supporters wake of Hurricane Dorian. While
Irma in 2017, which reduced homes also supported our own response the homeowner’s present motive
to rubble, and completely destroyed effort, compiling small solar kits to to incorporate solar is undesirable,
the power grid, leaving residents help provide immediate power to the opportunity demonstrates the
That immediate response has led to continued interest homeless and without electricity command centers to charge phones, benefits of distributed renewable
and water. In 2017 and 2018, The radios, computers and power tools. energy systems, especially in
from homeowners in Abaco desiring a long-term, Island School and the Center for By the end of the year, several of hurricane susceptible islands in the
inexpensive, and fossil-fuel free solution to Sustainable Development assisted these kits will be in Great Guana caribbean.
the Prime Minister’s Ragged Island Cay, one of the hardest hit islands
the power outage plaguing the island."
rebuilding committee envision a that is still without power.
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Cape Eleuthera
Foundation
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Recognition of Supporters The Merison Family
Andrea Mueller & Ephi Eyal MUTTON J. S. Reynertson
The Richmond Family
2016 2017 Graham Goldsmith & Barbara Straut Varick & Alane Foster The Pettengill Family Sonja Pettingill
The Scott Family
Anonymous Scott Gorsline Tad W. Guleserian
Tracy Hightower Kevin Cotter & Susan Hanifin
Alison D. Neumann
James Iferenta Tammy Harris
Alumni Support
The Hoyt Family
FALL 2016 fall 2017 Seth & Cynthia Lawry
The Bankowski Family Ann Lenane
Nancy Braun
The Carroll Family
Fiscal Year 2019
The Lior Family
Lynne Byrne
Jon Cummings & Holly Hegener Linda D. McGivern
Jennifer L. Cook
Robin D'Alessandro & Noel Philp Laura A. Meyerson
Dale Dellacqua
Carol Dewing Ereca Miller
The deTuro Family
The Engebretson Family
Stephen & Dana DiPrima
Victoria A. Hackett
Maria Prorok
Jennifer Rhodes
SPRING 1999 SPRING 2000 SPRING 2001
The Gamble Family Harriet Durkes Mary Assini Jennifer (Martin) Allan
Quinn Keefe John Shrewsberry & Ereca Miller
Eric Hoffman Joshua Lichtman Chloe Farrell Brett Moody Bodnar
Lori Keefe The Shum Family
John & Janice Jester Robert C. Neely Monique Johnson Peter M. Igoe III
Mr. & Mrs. James F. Lavelle The Bolinger-Slate Family
Whitney W. & Clarke F.G. Jones Moriah Rosenblum Susan Lintern Nina Kumar
David S. Lundeen Nicole Strebel
Karen Kachadoorian Glendaly Munoz Chukwuma Helen Lee Sale
Eric S. Moore The Strom Family
Andrew & Melissa Lawson
Debra Lipsett
The Neuman Family The Sulger Family FALL 1999 James Neely Mina (Bartovics) Wade
The Nonnenmacher Family The Thayer-McGivern Family Sheena Cline
David McCormick
Patrick McCullough
The Pilgrim Family Francesca Forrestal FALL 2000 FALL 2001
Yolanda Wu & Neil Platt FALL 2018 Elizabeth B Novak Andrew Thaler Meg Bunn
The Richmond Family spring 2018 Anonymous
Molly Pickall
Thatcher Spring
Gretchen Goodrich Curtis
Caitlin Townsend Lamb
Chuck Head
Stephen J. Rondestvedt Greg & Elizabeth Allen The Bebergal Family Llewellyn Lane Mckee
Robert L. Taylor Molly Lawson Barrett Alexandra Proelss
The Arigo Family Christopher & Theresa Cook
G. Corydon Wagner IV Kristen R. Sullivan
The Balderson Family Brenda Cudney
Richard Woodhull
Bill & Kara Bohnsack Grace Curley
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SPRING 2002 Kimberly Hokin
Benjamin Hone
Travis Verdier
Lauren Willson
Bridget Ercole
Hanna Koch
SPRING 2009 SPRING 2012
Anonymous Hayley Brown Kira Akka-Seidel
Elizabeth Horvitz Ann B. Wilson William Levine
Charles Alexander Heather B. Hoffman Natalie Grune
Courtney & Charlie Knights Molly G. Lloyd
Julia Bakutis Sarah Kistner Greg Ledingham
Jensen Lowe Christopher Megrue
Mary Clare Bohnett
Kelsey Mahony FALL 2005 Nicholas C. Ognibene
Alex Perkins Annie Obrecht
Bob & Krissy Clutterbuck Jaclyn Battjes Whitney Powel Hannah Piersiak
Trip McDermott Katy Stetson
Caroline Currie David Blake Mattie M. Reid Linda Rutherford
Maria McKelvey Mackey Violich
AnnaRose King Jonathan Cerf Isabella Stelle
Rebkah Klarr Nevins Thomas Weaver
Cristin McDermott
Lilly McKenna
Timothy Robb Stephanie J. Chaston
Lucas Cherrington
Joseph Sukup
Kristen Taft SUMMER 2012
Victoria Morrow
Hilary Schuville
Julia E. Smith Jacqueline Codair SPRING 2007 Matt Vetter Nicolas Benitz
Aiko Chamby
Johann Scheidt Colton Coughlin Philip Carson Christiana Whitcomb
Margaret M Smith
Jake Searle Katherine B. Dembergh Dominique Keefe
Amanda Spector Leah Downey Sarah Kollar
FALL 2009 FALL 2012
Saint Julien Springs FALL 2004 Mr. & Mrs. Justin Drazin Julianna Lord
Will Kister
Kaitlin Ball
Christine Summers Kathryn Arffa Drew Fink & Daniela Uribe Zoe Norcross Maggie Bland
Laura Witherspoon Cole Meyerhoff
Emily Henkes Callahan Henry Gerrity George Post Hadley Edie
Molly Nash
Kate Gibson Carey Henry Hatch Peter Scholle Catherine Ellison
Maggie Nichols
FALL 2002 Annalisa Carson
Warren B. Cerf
Olivia & Jack Downing
Maggie R. Jensen
Stephanie Solomont
Morgan Tarrant
Lucy Scott
Remington Gerst
Caroline Jones
Jessica Baylor Catherine Wilson
Noelle Cooper Chris Keally Susan P. Thompsom Emily H. Robinson
James Byun
Chandler Couch Michael Kratz Matthew Wetherell Jacob Varsano
Mike Cortina
Alex DeBlois
Kirsten Dargis Hanna Kruckman Ashton Whitcomb SPRING 2010
Nick Del Vecchio
Patrick DiLoreto
Nicholas Emmons
Antonia Pryor Leavitt Erin Baker SPRING 2013
Alessandra Echeverria
Katherine Garratt
Patrick Long
Andrew Melby FALL 2007 Elizabeth Becker
Helen Bourdeaux
Julia Baker
Dana Biddle
Alison A. Ercole John Azubuike
Julia Harwood David Miller Molly Parizeau Bradford Driscoll
Lindsey Gael Liza Calkins
Austin Hill-Kleespie Kara Quirke Peter Quayle Caroline Muggia
Skyler Hopkins Hannah Druckenmiller
Dustin Kloempken Kate Romanov Luke Sasek John Norfleet
Kathryn Hoyt Nina Fisher
Matthew E. Long David Seamans Hallie Schaeffer Cole Vanacore
Taylor Lalemand Mary George
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Mahaney Daniel Shea Ben VanderWeide
Zindzi McCormick Samuel Lagor
Laura McLaughlin
Jackie Pitts
Stuart Naeny
Anne P. Sholley
Eliza Templet Lilly R. Miller SUMMER 2010
Sara Rodell
Lucy L. Zimmerman
Laura Nelson Elizabeth Votruba Catharyn Morris Grace Dennis SUMMER 2013
Mary O'Leary Nathaniel Wellin Meeta Prakash Rosamond DePaul Tim Gronet
Jennifer L. Olechowski Benjamin Yeager Robert Spalding Sophie E. Kennedy
SPRING 2003 Kristin Paterakis Nicolas Zbitnoff Will Strathmann
Julie J. Thomsen FALL 2010 Juliette Lee
Molly L. Carter Hannah Sokol Julie Lord
William H. Towbin Thomas Bales
Taylor Strachan Haley Stokas
Keenan Harn
Brookes Moody Frances Thomas SPRING 2006 Alysia Boyce
George Giannos
Alexandra Penny Allison Waters Greta Bossenbroek
Stephen Cargill SPRING 2008 Christopher Pibl FALL 2013
Ned Adriance Allegra Rumbough Carly Shea
Margaret Cissel
FALL 2003 SPRING 2005 Flora Drury Oliver Engebretson Evelyn Sherwin
Margaret S Crosland Scott Aland Taylor Hoffman Catherine G. Lucas SPRING 2011
Amanda Frew Megan Browning Jonathan Komisar Matthew W. McCalpin Gigi Andersen SPRING 2014
Anne Gibbons Jeremy Church Gerald Leverich Thomas M. McDonough Emma Beecher Colin Horgan
Lindsay M. Melzig Rachael Clement William C. McCalpin Christopher Norris James Curland Isabel Walton
Katherine Nix Miles Douglass Wes Mize Jennifer Ross JP Ferro Olivia WIgon
Kate & Paul Schaefer Nicholas Engebretson Kelsey Moody Spencer Wild Eliza Hazen
Anna S. Engst Wesley Norton Brett McQuaide SUMMER 2014
SPRING 2004
Joan Erickson
Alec E. Faggen
Douglas Parizeau
Alexandra Rippy
FALL 2008 Caroline Vanacore
Evan B. Wood
Madeline E. Doten
Sarah Bailey Scott Chaston Nicholas Pibl
Caroline Giguere Cassandra Siegel Neubauer
Hilary Becker John DiLoreto Clayton Starr
Anna P. Britain
Monique Guimond
Brittany Keefe
Hayden Stebbins
Maya Tepler
Christopher Kachadoorian FALL 2011
Hillary Bunn Nicholas Keeney Luke & Diandra Tubergen
Alexander Keefe
Brian Kiley
M. Tundi Agardy
Griffin Hunt
FALL 2014
Chris Carson Jane Kinney Brian Baker
Kaila Demaria Brian S. Lee Kate Maroni
Kendra Margulies Courtney Close
Hayley Frank Alice McCurdy FALL 2006 Simon Mann-Gow Brendan McDonnell Melinda Edie
Charles Friedman Matthew Ale Leslie Panella
Peter J. Meijer Thomas Nugent
Kathleen Hudson Giese Charles Carey Valerie Zhao
Ellen Oshinsky Margaret Rogers
Andrew Gough Isaac Reyes Abram Dawson
Candice & Will Hipp Nina Schuchman Katie Delaney
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SPRING 2015 Oliver Moss
Tyler Murphy
Hadley Gouldman
Max Nonnenmacher
Madeleine Nystrom
Michael S. Tetreault
Olivia Rask
FALL 2015
Hannah Wakeman SUMMER 2018
Sean Dunbar
Josephine Cummings
Elizabeth DeMello SPRING 2019
Taylor Herrick Ava Guleserian
Azam Janmohamed Oliver Kendall
Devon Tyrie
summer 2016
Elodie Rose Marran SUMMER 2019
Tom Sulger Benjamin P. Buroker
Andrew Westrich Claire Mansour
Samuel Pettengill
Soren Barclay
Sam Cowles
Kyra Hall
Abigail Frances Mottur
Davis C. Richmond
Madeleine Rondestvedt
Christopher N. C. Shaw
Margaret Staller
Ana Tessier
SPRING 2017
Anonymous
Meg Barnes
Martina Cappellano
Elizabeth Felderman
Patrick Howard
Katherine Kosoff
Laela Lunt
Annie McGill
Keenan McMorrow
Margot Solvay
summer 2017
Alafair F. Cutler
Madison Gesner
Ryan C. Hardy
FALL 2017
Hailey Bernstein
Liam Carroll
Nicholas Bower
Martine Lavelle
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