Island School Summer Term (Cape Eleuthera Institute)
Six-week residential marine and human ecology program in The Bahamas for rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors, including PADI scuba certification and field research on mangroves, reefs, and sustainable systems.
Applications for The Island School’s Semester and Summer Term programs are now open.
Summer Term is a 6-week program of active study that includes investigations in Marine Ecology and Human Ecology.
Students will be challenged harder than they ever have before, and walk away inspired.
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