Helena Janulis: 2025 Founders Alumni Award
The Island School is thrilled to announce Helena Janulis S13 as the 2025 Founders Alumni Award recipient. Helena joined us as a Semester student during The Island School’s Spring 2013…
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Alumni Spotlight: Garrett Pilgrim
Island School Fall 2016 alum, Garrett Pilgrim, reflects on his experience as a student and how it set him on his path to researching the mindful properties of surfing.
Alumni Spotlight: Max Bolen
Earlier this spring, Max Bolen ST22, conducted exciting research on marine bioacoustics as part of his high school senior project. Max spent three weeks this spring learning about bioacoustics and…
Alumni Spotlight: Catherine Argyrople
Catherine Argyrople is preparing for her movie debut. Our alumni are always inspiring us with the incredible things they go on to do after their Island School experience. Catherine Argyrople…
Lee Taylor: 2024 Founders Alumni Award
We are thrilled to announce Lee Taylor F99 as the 2024 Founders Alumni Award recipient for The Island School. Lee joined us as a Semester student during The Island School’s…
Alumni Reflection: Emily Boring
July 14th, 2013 “I’m sitting on a tarp on a stretch of beach that no one else will enter for 24 hours. The horizon is gray and blurry; I can’t…
Alumni Spotlight: Mermaid Tonia
When a student attends The Island School, whether a Deep Creek Middle School Student, a young learner at the Elementary Learning Center, or a Semester student, they are beginning a…
Alumni Spotlight: Megan Sweeting DCMS11
The Island School has been part of Megan Sweeting’s DCMS11, life for as long as she can remember. As a child, her mom was an employee of the School, and…
Alumni Spotlight: Chevelle Dixon S01
Twenty-two years have passed since Chevelle Dixon S01 first set foot on The Island School campus, but in 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic, Chevelle mentally transported herself…
