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Ashlee MajorLead Teacher- Deep Creek Middle School The upcoming school year marks an exciting new chapter for Deep Creek Middle School (DCMS) and the Island School community. Not only will…
Last Tuesday, November 25, our campus was practically vibrating with the excited energy that was radiating from our Semester and Deep Creek Middle School students as friends, community members, local…
When Ashlee Major first arrived at Deep Creek Middle School (DCMS) to complete her teaching practice, she had no idea that the experience would completely reshape the way she thought…
As part of the Deep Creek Middle School (DCMS) curriculum, students spend three academic weeks each year fully immersed in the natural environment for a hands-on learning experience in a…
Once a semester, The Island School community pauses its usual, separate departmental programming so that all divisions can come together to work on various improvement projects. Across campuses, Semester, Deep…
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…
We are thrilled by the growth–and more importantly the outcomes–we’ve seen in our Deep Creek Middle School students since its inception, and eager to celebrate this impressive 20-year milestone with our many alumni, friends, and supporters over the years.
A spirit of camaraderie permeated the Cotton Bay Beach clean up as The Island School community including Deep Creek Middle School and Early Learning Center students and staff, research staff from the Cape Eleuthera Institute and Ben Dougherty, CEO and Head of Schools worked side by side to keep our beautiful beaches clean. Clean Beaches Eleuthera reported that as a result of our combined efforts, in just two hours, we removed 395 pounds of trash from Cotton Bay Beach.
World Citizen, a non-profit organization launched in 1982, maintains its mission to “support peace education and the concept of world citizenship,” focusing its activities and efforts specifically on children and…
Thank you to the following camps and academic institutions for your generous scholarship support. With your partnerships, we are able to offer twenty summer opportunities to our middle school students- sixteen of…
Art is a powerful for communicating messages. Photographs give an important visual reference. Paintings and sculptures offer the opportunity to dig more deeply into the feelings of the message. Theater,…
We are excited to welcome 18 new students to the DCMS family. A successful six day Summer Bridge program has just finished that introduced new students to the routines, faculty,…
BTC recently helped to make the international travel dreams of twenty seven young students a reality as a Gold Sponsor to the Deep Creek Middle School’s (DCMS) Starlight Affair Fundraiser.…
Summer Smith (Grade 7) with her IS buddy, Abby Wright. Yesterday, the students of Deep Creek Middle School (DCMS) jumped into vans and joined the Island School community for an afternoon…
DCMS Students will attend Brewster Academy, The Bement School, Lawrenceville School, and The Pennington School this Fall! Congratulations to Tiia, Forrest, Jade and Tiara! Jade Knowles will attend Brewster Academy…
After a recent expedition to Antarctica, Amy Reed visited DCMS. Ms. Reed is a Geology Professor at Colgate University and teaches Oceanography. She has been visiting Antarctica for several decades.…
This February, DCMS students traveled across the continent for our fourth consecutive attendance at POPS: Plastic Ocean Pollution Solutions Algalita Youth Summit at Dana Point, California. Along with Ms. Elliott,…
G7: Snorkeling, exploring, adventuring! Turtles, rays, mangroves! Our Seven’s were on the go as they eagerly explored marine ecosystems of South Eleuthera. During this time, they were all scientists, exploring,…
DCMS recently joined forces with Preston H. Albury High School, Harbour Island All Age School, and The Island School for the fourth annual International Coastal Cleanup Day. The cleanup took place…
We had a unique opportunity to enrich our current Grade 8 Arts topic of portraits and painting. The NAGB (National Art Gallery of The Bahamas) came to Eleuthera from Nassau…
Island School faculty Leigh Schmitt (Deerfield Academy class of 1990) and Simeon, (class of 2020) Simeon Bethel has been accepted and enrolled at Deerfield Academy, an independent private school in…
5 years ago, we set out with an eye on July 1, 2016. We dreamed big. You believed in us. The Sharing Solutions fundraising campaign was launched with a Big,…
Drew Fink (F’05) gets pinned by Chris and Pam Maxey during the evening celebrations hosted by longtime supporters Les and Wendy Morris In January, the Board of Directors for The…
Check out our new video that gives you a glimpse into the life of the Deep Creek Middle School. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmmHb7Ibj0Q
Recently, the Cape Eleuthera Institute supported the Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF) for their first ever BREEF Eco-Schools Youth Environmental Leadership Summit in Nassau. The Cape Eleuthera Island School…
Hi! My name is Simeon Bethel and I am a 13-year-old youth activist that attends the Deep Creek Middle School and I am passionate about the problem of plastic pollution…
Last week, 15 students from Deep Creek Middle School and 34 students from Preston H. Albury High School attend a joint Eco-Club event last night at the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve…
This past Saturday, the Deep Creek Middle School Early Act and Eco Club teamed up with Preston Albury High School’s newly formed Eco-club to sort plastics 1, 2, and 5. It wasn’t…
This year, Deep Creek Middle School students chose to tackle a bigger issue when planning their Junkanoo theme. Graduating students in grade 9 brainstormed a number of creative and colourful…
Deep Creek Primary School, with the assistance of The Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI), has started a new initiative to build a school community garden with the aim to provide students…
As part of the National Day on Writing celebrations, Deep Creek Middle School students wrote reviews of their favorite books. Seventh graders Khiara Knowles and Alicia Albury had their reviews published by…
For the past five years, the National Council of Teachers of English has declared October 20th the National Day on Writing. This holiday celebrates the importance of writing in our…
Since 2001, Deep Creek Middle School has supported its students in applying for scholarships to U.S. boarding schools as an alternative option to continuing with their high school education on…
Every year, the 8th grade students at Deep Creek Middle School do a school exchange with a partner in The United States. This year, thirteen DCMS students spent a week in Camden, Maine…
Deep Creek Middle School recently said goodbye to two more of its student teachers this spring, Jonathan Jasper and Nancy Stehman from West Chester University in Pennsylvania. The candidates, seen…
DCMS and The Island School would like to congratulate DCMS grade 9 student Zachary Carey of Tarpum Bay on his recent acceptance to Perkiomen School in Pennsylvania. Zach will attend…
In April, five DCMS grade eight students spent a few days of their Easter vacation touring boarding schools in the Mid-Atlantic region. DCMS supports its students in applying for scholarships…
Deep Creek Middle School Alumni were out in full force at last weekend’s Penn Relays in Philadelphia. Four students at US prep schools participated in events. Anna McCartney and Treshae…
The Island School is excited to announce the launch of Island School Street View! You can now take virtual tours of The Island School, Cape Eleuthera Insitute, and Center for Sustainable…
DCMS students showed off their final School without Walls (SWW) projects last Thursday evening during Presentations of Learning (POL) at the DCMS campus, marking the end of a seven-week experiential learning unit.…
CEI Researchers Annabelle Brooks and Meagan Gary took a class of Grade 7 students from Deep Creek Middle School to get hands-on learning experience, capturing and tagging sea turtles in…
On Wednesday, February 19, we were pleased to host Mr. Arthur Croady and Mrs. Esther Blair from the TK Foundation on campus. The TK Foundation is our largest Bahamian supporter and…
Hours of practice and hard work paid off for Deep Creek Middle School students last Saturday night at The 2014 Eleuthera Jr. Junkanoo held in Governors Harbour. Accompanying DCMS for…
DCMS eighth grader, Tyrin Culmer, has been published in Anansesem, a Caribbean E-zine for Children. Her piece, “Paint,” was written for her seventh grade English class last year. Click on…
Deep Creek Middle School students have been chosen to attend the 2014 Plastic Ocean Pollution Solutions (POPS) International Youth Summit to be held March 22-23, 2014 at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point,…
Each November, admissions officers and school leaders from around the United States come to Eleuthera to get more familiar with The Deep Creek Middle School, The Island School and Cape…
Each year, qualified students from Deep Creek Middle School visit New England Boarding schools in the hopes of earning a scholarship to continue their study abroad. This year, Zachary Carey…
A group of 17 high school student visited DCMS for the first ever DCMS-Round Square Plastics Seminar in early October. Round Square is a world-wide association of schools that works to…
September 21st marked the 28th anniversary of International Costal Cleanup Day—a day spearheaded by the Ocean Conservancy where groups from across the world are empowered to take action in their local communities…
Every year, a number of Deep Creek Middle School students get the opportunity to apply to boarding schools in the US through our Boarding School Placement Program. This program continues…
The faculty, staff and families of DCMS would like to congratulate the following students for exceptional performance during their second semester. These students are examples amongst their peers. They have exhibit true…
DCMS appreciates the help of our Island School alumni families who look out for our students when they are stateside attending boarding…
Last Saturday, May 18, Island School and Deep Creek Middle School students put together a cancer plastic awareness night. This picture shows the Deep Creek student leaders and their teachers…
Every summer, a few lucky Deep Creek Middle School students have the opportunity to attend summer camp in the states and Canada. This year, students will spend the summer at…
by Ashley Mackey, Dashae Clarke, and Trevonya Pinder (Grade 7) Our class received the least number of yellow cards than any other DCMS class, and we were able to go…
The Early Act students of DCMS have committed to doing a community clean-up in each of the settlements in South Eleuthera. Last weekend, the group did an extra special cleaning…
Deep Creek Middle School has a long history of being a track and field legend. Although small, DCMS students earn more medals on average than competitor schools. This year was…
On a cold and rainy day in Eleuthera, the DCMS PE teacher decided to teach the students of Deep Creek Middle School a little cold New England sport called…
During their trip to Boston, 10 DCMS students from the 8th grade got to take part in many new and exciting experiences. The class participates in a school exchange every year.…
On Thursday, 20 students from Deep Creek Middle School were chartered as the first Early Act Club on Eleuthera. Early Act stands for “early action” and is a service club…
In partnership with the Bahamas Reef Environmental Education Foundation (BREEF), the students of Deep Creek Middle School (DCMS) has installed the firsts student created native plants nature trail. Watch as…
There are a number of open teaching positions at the Deep Creek Middle School, as well as a bran new position of Pre-School Teacher at the Cape Eleuthera Island School.…
In SCUBA, I have learned and experienced a lot. I have come to love and enjoy the fun of SCUBA diving. SCUBA has become one of my favorite hobbies. I love the…
The Deep Creek Middle School supports some of our students as they apply for enrollment and scholarships at U.S boarding schools. Bronthaye Rolle (grade 9) writes about their recent trip: [slideshow] We…
On Monday September 24th the entire student body of DCMS eagerly ran to the vans parked outside, in excitement for their weekly buddy visit with The Island School students. Together, The Island School students and DCMS students…
In Community Outreach class this semester, grade nine DCMS students and their Island School buddies are tackling a topic that profoundly shapes all our of lives: food. How does food inform our…
[slideshow] We are always encouraging alumni to give back to The Island School, Cape Eleuthera Institute, and Deep Creek Middle School in any way that they can. Fall 2011 alum…
This summer DCMS grade 9 student, Lance Pelecanos, received a scholarship to return to Camp Dudley in New York for a month of camping fun and personal growth. He was…
by Dashae Clarke, DCMS Grade 7 What I learned at Summer Bridge was that the Deep Creek Middle School is different from all other schools, in Eleuthera and probably throughout the entire…
Six years ago, Will Simmons, Deep Creek Middle School art teacher and Harbour Island native, started a non-profit arts summer camp on Harbour Island called “Space to Create”. During the…
School started this morning for Deep Creek Middle School seventh graders. 14 new students showed up in their starched uniforms, shy but ready for the changes of a new school.…
Here are a few photos from the past couple days of Summer Term as the students learned more about food and had a lesson about ooids at the sandbar. Enjoy!…
There’s a new assignment in town this Summer Term, and it’s called a journal entry! Students are being asked to regularly reflect on activities and experiences they have had throughout…
This week, Deep Creek Middle School is hosting its first Book Camp. The enthusiastic campers are reading together, writing poetry, playing word games, and learning more about the publishing industry.…
Chris Maxey has been teaching grade 9 math at DCMS for the past 6 weeks. He is balancing the needs of preparing for a government exam with the best practices…
[slideshow] Over the course of the semester we have worked closely with Deep Creek Middle School to help improve problems facing the community here on Eleuthera. Our group assisted Moesha…
DCMS 8th graders Lance Pelecanos, Breanna Leary, Bronthaye Rolle and Keniesha Pinder recently toured some boarding schools in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. On the way home, they got to have…
Deep Creek Middle School student, Yanni Giannakopulous (grade 9) is leading both Island School and DCMS students through a project to educate local fishermen and restaurant owners on Eleuthera about…
We all have been waiting in anticipation for the five Deep Creek Middle School students who applied to boarding schools in the United States to hear back from the admissions…
[slideshow] On February 26th, three students from Deep Creek Middle School departed for Denver, Colorado to attend the National Green Schools Conference where they had been invited to present their…
Next week, Prince Harry is visiting The Bahamas as part of the royal family’s tour of the Commonwealth to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Last week, Deep Creek Middle School…
On February 17, Mrs. Carnetta Ferguson from the newly launched National Parenting Center of the Ministry of Education visited Cape Eleuthera today, where Jennie Freeman was hosting the Deep Creek…
For several weeks, the DCMS grade 9 students have been studying youth activism. Our class brings students, teachers, and community members together to create a vision for a more positive world. In…
DCMS students are currently studying in their School Without Walls unit. Grade 8 is looking at the effect of plastics on the environment, ocean and human health. They are conducting…
DCMS students are currently studying in their School Without Walls unit. Grade 7 is conducting an eco-system study of Jack’s Bay and comparing it to other marine environments like the…
“I just finished reading the most awesome book: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. It’s about this boy who runs from place to place trying to find a home after his parents…
After dinner at the Island School, we played games and heard ghost stories for about 15 minutes. We bobbed for apples and got to eat candy. Then we split into…
The students of Deep Creek Middle School need your help! [slideshow] Our softball team needs spare baseball and softball gloves to help win their first softball game in the school’s…
Deep Creek Middle School in conjunction with The Island School is hosting boarding school admissions officers in Eleuthera in November. It is a great opportunity for schools to get to…
[slideshow] Students from the 8th grade class at DCMS stepped out of the classroom and into a boat to further investigate the formation of the islands of The Bahamas. The…
My name is Perez Sands. I was chosen to do a speech about the seventh grade Summer Bridge program at Deep Creek Middle School. Summer Bridge was great and I…
Nicoya Taylor, who is currently at Episcopal High School in VA and is a DCMS alum, joins The Island School community as an apprentice, working to help ‘The Ladies’ in…
Each semester the final day of Community Outreach is marked by a collective celebration between The Island School, Cape Eleuthera Institute, and Deep Creek Middle School. DCMS and IS students,…
“Our Old and New Families” By Caciques Brandon Gell and Marianne Foss-Skiftesvik After an exciting day of preparing for parents weekend, I can safely say that everyone in the community…
Yesterday The Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF) and The Ministry of Tourism organized a ceremony to recognize Deep Creek Middle School’s achievement of Green Flag certification. Green Flag Certification…
Today, thousands of bloggers from over 125 different countries we are coming together to write about the same issue: WATER. And today, we give you insights, thoughts, facts, and feelings about how…
Geoff Walton – Director of Facilities – The Cape Eleuthera Foundation I would not exist without water. All the water that I use to drink, wash, cook and flush my…
Brady Wheatley – Teacher – The Island School “Si claro gringita quiero ir a la escuela, pero mi trabajo en la casa es traer el agua.” Of course gringita I…
Sarah Sasek – Student – The Island School Water—most of us take it for granted on a daily basis, while others cannot find any to drink or bathe in. It…