Tides

Collective Work from The Island School Community

Welcome to Tides!

A semester program is inherently transient: our community members are perpetually journeying. At the same time, our nomadic characters make permanent impacts.

This publication is a celebration of those impacts. In each edition, we collect work from throughout our village, striving to capture its uniquely creative spirit. By exhibiting our diverse perspectives, interests, and abilities, we hope that this publication serves as a testament to our strength and energy.

We publish a new edition each semester, calling for submissions from throughout the team. You will find the most recent edition in the header above.

As a young community that cherishes its heritage and traditions, we honor our work from the past alongside the most current edition. You can find archived editions in the same header.

Looking for something specific? Use the search bar below to find any particular work.

Looking to submit? Please email rikkawommack@islandschool.org. 

We accept submissions of all types, from community members here on the Cape, and from our journeying family around the world. We encourage alums, parents, visitors, and all of those inspired by this place to leave their mark.

Aukai Elkaslasy

May 25, 2017

Shaped by Single Stories My worldview is the manifestation of many single stories, combining to give me one of my top character traits: perspective. Perspective does not come alone. Rather, I believe curiosity, my first trait, is the determinant of perspective. Without intellectual autonomy, and the drive to question everything one is told, it is … More Aukai Elkaslasy

Lucia Bolles

May 22, 2017

A Bottle of Rum The sea is powerful, but not as powerful as an angry man. My mama always used to say this to me when Dad took the axe and went behind the house. He would always get angry and say, “One day, this canoe of the finest cedar wood will be finished, and … More Lucia Bolles

Grace Fogarty

May 20, 2017

Day Traveling, spending the afternoon wading. An image in my mind intertwined, tangled, to better understand the shoreline, the coral and sea star. A boat, standing somewhat removed stayed steady when the ocean waves rolled in. Waves, long, wispy, emerging on either side, like a crescent shaped reef, wrapping itself around. I wanted to spend … More Grace Fogarty