Tag: The Island School

Florida history lives again at The Island School

November 24, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

Students at The Island School relived local and Florida history once again on Wednesday, Nov. 15 when a Calusa shaman, Ponce de Leon, a pirate and an early member of the Padilla fishing family...

Camera Club’s Bob Elliott, Island School student Presnell to be honored

November 17, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Boca Grande Camera Club founder Bob Elliott will be honored by The Island School on Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 9 a.m. in the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium. All Camera Club members...

Island School students learn about underwater life with ROV project

November 10, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Students from The Island School spent Tuesday afternoon at the beach with Mr. Tremaine, testing out their navigation skills using an underwater ROV camera controlled with wiring and...

Island School students learn conflict resolution in peer mediation skills program

November 3, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Seven students at The Island School were selected at the beginning of the school year to be part of a program called “Peer Mediation.” The student trainees have been practicing...

PROFILE: Karen Kelly

August 25, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN – Known for her smiling face and pleasant manner, Karen Kelley wears many hats at The Island School, where she has been employed since the school started back in 1999. Karen...

Can you hear the school bells ringing? TIS students return to school

August 14, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ The Island School began their school year on Thursday, Aug. 10 with 60 students attending. There were Coleman boys in the reading tent, hugs all around for Head of School Jean Thompson and...

Island School holds Kindergarten lottery for first time in history

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Something unprecedented happened at The Island School this year, and its as much a testament to the loyalty of the community as it is a very sad state of affairs. This...

‘The Magic of Movies’ will hit the bike path next week

March 17, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Bike Path Parade and Spring Fair are only one week away – Saturday, March 25. “The Magic of Movies” is this year’s theme, and Boca Grande will be transformed into a...

Fourth annual Island School Million Dollar Shootout a raving success

February 17, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Island School, a tuition-free charter school for grades K-5, held the fourth annual $1,000,000 Golf Shootout last week on a blustery winter day at The Gasparilla Inn &...

TIS teacher is leavin’ on a jet plane … to service KC135 refuelers

February 17, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On the afternoon of February 3, Island School teacher Rebecca Blalock looked around her classroom of students as they...