Our Mission
At The Island School we educate each of our children; we nourish their innate curiosity, inspire a lifelong enthusiasm for learning, and foster respect and appreciation for themselves and others.
Dear Families and Friends of The Island School,
When I reflect on the 2019-2020 school year, I think of it like a play with two acts.
In Act I we enjoyed many of the traditions and rituals that mark an Island School education focused on learning by doing - Monday Morning Sing, Market Day, Science Fair, Social Justice Forum, field trips and service projects. Our days together were joy-filled even if we were not celebrating a special event.
Then, in Act II, COVID-19 hit and the governor closed schools. Our faculty rose to the challenge of shifting to distance learning in the matter of just a few days, providing all of our programming online. For an intentionally low-tech school, I felt such pride at the efforts of our creative and collaborative staff to continue providing students with the chance to learn by doing even from a distance. The adults in our community (teachers, parents and volunteers) worked to make sure that children continued to connect with friends while also keeping learning creative and fun. Kids made videos of their “wax museum” characters, created obstacle courses, organized a school-wide talent show and developed a Paved with Gold book. We provided all-school celebrations, class meetings, small group learning experiences and individual check-ins.
Over the course of the school year, students tried and failed, tried and succeeded, persevered and grew.
Thank you for continuing to support The Island School through the “typical times” and challenging ones. Our mission continues to flourish in this generation of children whether we are together or far apart.
Gratefully,
Amanda Ward
Head of School
2019-2020 Success Story
Island Schoolers developed their social-emotional skills as resilient, caring and active citizens of our community.
As part of their social-emotional education, students explored themes of social justice and empathy with their classmates. Students reflected on their own empathy and were encouraged to “climb inside” the perspective of someone else “and walk around in it.”
Every winter we plan an event to honor the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. focused on the Civil Rights Movement. This year we broadened our theme and held a Social Justice Forum to share what we learned with our greater community.
Kindergarteners and first graders had the opportunity to think about the similarities and differences between themselves and others as well as how to demonstrate kindness. Our second graders took on the roles of characters in a play to better understand the perspective of others. Third graders shared their knowledge in a play based on the experiences of the Coast Salish peoples during times of westward expansion. And our fourth and fifth graders each researched a topic of importance to them that exposed an injustice, and at times, even a privilege that they took for granted. They prepared persuasive exhibits and action plans to create positive change in addressing that injustice.
We rounded out the Forum by singing songs from the Civil Rights Movement and displaying student art with peace and unity themes. Preparing and performing at the Forum boosted students’ empathy for others and taught them how to develop solutions for real-world problems.
Board of Trustees - Faculty and Staff - Tutors
Board of Trustees
2019-2020
Dan Miller, President
Alice Hunting, Vice President
Katy Mathias, Secretary
Kim Wilson, Treasurer
Amanda Ward, Head of School
Bill Baxter
Lynn LaSof
Shan Lin
Jenny Morber
Rainey Scott
Kathleen Smith
Faculty & Staff
2019-2020
Dee Bennett
Shannon Boss
Cindy Brickley
Bri Calveri
Jessie Dameron
Mike Derzon
Lana Fuller
Kyla Garlid
Taya Hall
Joan Henderson
Drew Keller
Loretta Morgan
Christine Newkirk
Sarah O’Donnell
Ursula Pontieri
Katey Rissi
Kris Rogers
Aleta Schuelke
George Shannon
Amanda Walker
Amanda Ward
Dana Weir
Tutors 2019-2020
Leslie Adams
Robin Miller
Kristine Velisaris
2019-2020 Contributions
We gratefully acknowledge all donors who contributed to The Island School during the 2019-2020 school year.
Annual Fund Donors
Alumni
Jeb & Jenny Ekberg Besser
Alice Hunting
Anna McAlvanah
Angela Vokolek
Alumni Parents
Lynn & Bill Agnew
Laurie & Steve Arnold
Cristy Caldwell
Jane R. Carpenter
Ann Cheng
Roger Coulter & Katy Mathias
Barbara & Allan Ferrin
Karolynn Flynn & Roger Katz
Chris Gutsche & Kathleen Smith
Barrie & Mark Hillman
Cami Holtmeier & Peter Korytko
David Hunting
Jerry Jurgens
Jenny & John Lange
Lynn & Marc LaSof
Nancy Leedy
Shan Lin & Yitong Hu
Ellie & Dave Low
Joanne & Kevin Maher
Anna & Bill McClain
Ken & Laurie McEwan
Laura & Timothy O'Mara
Liz & Al Saliba
Kathy & Bob Schott
Sue Somers
Richard Tait
April Avey Trabucco
Oriana von Specht
Kelly Webster
Helen Withers
Friends
Anonymous
Leslie Adams
Betsy & Paul Carroll
Dezhang Chu
Barbara Clinton & Ray Wheeler
Candace Coe
Kemp & Barbara Crawford
Matt Culp & Vicki Jenkins Culp
Suellen & Tom Cunningham
Helen Dunbar
Lisa Giles & David Mitchell
Lisa & David Glaze
David H. Jones
Trish & Paul King
Tim Kolschowsky
Sue Lindsey
Austin Ohm & Emily Scali
Diana Peters
Mary Tate Phillips
Rebecca & Daniel Roberts
Barbara Supplee
Jeffery Tomasevich
Carolyn & Sherwin Van Mersbergen
Carol & Tom Ward
Grandparents and Relatives
Bonny Danielson
Cory Gann
Keith (Benjamin) & Lee Harrison
Carole & Gary Hemingway
Leslie & Michael Lebeau
Ann Lovejoy
Susan & Russ MacDonald
Sandra & Bill McIver
Carita Polin
Parents
Travis Adena & Raquel Stanek
Anonymous
Tamiko & Lionel Bailey
Amy & Matt Baker
Scott Bass & Cynthia Rossi
Lynda & Bill Baxter
Daria Blyzniukova
John Bonow & Carol Ann Davidson
Lindsey & Dan Camarena
Molly & Brian Carlson
Marlene & Tim Connolly
Berg Danielson & Chaitee Sengupta
Shannon & John Dorsey
Emma & Brian Dressler
Topher Eatinger & Carrington Quinn Lannon
Kendra Field & Dee Bennett
Kelly & Chris Flemetakis
Adam Fuller & Amanda Allen
Kristin & Jay Gandee
Parents (continued)
Megan & Bre Ganne
Patrick Garcia & Amber Beck-Garcia
Cortney & Sam George
Gregory Glynn
Cynthia Hall
Kelly & Jordan Jungnitz
Barb & John Kittell
Tanya & Alex Kushner
Kimberley & Edward Lafferty
Stefanie & Tim Lemon
Michelle & Todd Linquist
Jana & Todd MacCulloch
Meghan & Mac Martin
Joy & Brian McCallister
Jenna McDonald
Robin & Dan Miller
Jenny & Shaun Morber
Chris Moreno & Sara Clowery
Azurae & Dan Phelps
Max Polin
John Roberts & Sally Forutan-Roberts
Jeffrey Roger & Joanna Garritano-Roger
Tim Scearce & Laurie McConnachie
Rainey & Brian Scott
Lauren & Joan Scout
Joanne & David Shaw
Brian Simmons & Valerie Randall
Susan & Garrett Stephan
Taylor Tan
Liam Thedford & Charlsey Livingood
Natalie Vaughan-Wynn & Dylan Vaughan
Alison & Paco Vinoly
Temre Jenkins Wales & Chance Wales
Alisha & Josh Weiss
Kari & Brian Wetzler
Kim & Ches Wilson
Suzanne & Peter Zapf
Staff
Shannon & Dimitri Boss
Cindy & Doug Brickley
Jessie Dameron & Geoff Vigneron
Mike Derzon & Robin Supplee
Lana Fuller & Ted Siebert
Taya & Porter Hall
Joan & Jeff Henderson
Drew Keller
Loretta Morgan
Christine Newkirk
Sarah & Jeff O'Donnell
Ursula & Michael Pontieri
Kris Rogers & Brad Butler
Aleta & Chris Schuelke
George Shannon
Amanda & Adam Ward
Dana & Brian Weir
Corporations/Foundations
Cunningham Family Fund at Bainbridge Community Foundation
Fidelity Charitable
Leslie and Michael Lebeau Philanthropic Fund at Bainbridge Community Foundation
Microsoft
One Call For All
Salesforce.com, Inc.
The TT Foundation
Webster Family Fund at Bainbridge Community Foundation
Annual Fund in Honor of Joan Henderson
Candace Coe
Annual Fund in Honor of Trish King
Sarah & Jeff O’Donnell
Annual Fund in Honor of Kris Rogers
David Hunting
Annual Fund in Honor of Willa Scout
Lauren & Joan Scout
Annual Fund in Honor of Carol Sperling & Anna McAlvanah
Laura & Timothy O’Mara
Annual Fund in Memory of Kristen Brelsford
Chris Gutsche & Kathleen Smith
Tim Kolschowsky
Annual Fund in Memory of David Domansky
Jeffery Tomasevich
Annual Fund in Memory of Norine Gann
Megan & Bre Ganne
Financial Aid Donors
Lynn & Bill Agnew
Amy & Matt Baker
Lynda & Bill Baxter
John Bonow & Carol Ann Davidson
Eileen Boss
Shannon & Dimitri Boss
David Browning & Amy Goldthwaite
Lindsey & Dan Camarena
Heather & Jerry Carleton
Mary & Bob Carlson
Nora Carlson
Betsy & Paul Carroll
Barbara Clinton & Ray Wheeler
Doreen Cobb
Candace Coe
Lesley J. Collins
Marlene Connolly
Roger Coulter & Katy Mathias
Brett Daniel & Sarah Archibald
Bonny Danielson
Fiona & Henry F. Davis
Mike Derzon & Robin Supplee
Helen Dunbar
Barbara & Allan Ferrin
Leigh Ferrin
Kendra Field & Dee Bennett
Kelly & Chris Flemetakis
Patrick Garcia & Amber Beck-Garcia
Cortney & Sam George
Eun-Sook & Scott Goidel
Jon Green & Brenda Berry
Chris Gutsche & Kathleen Smith
Taya & Porter Hall
Matt Helmer & Beth Novak
Cate Hempton
Joan & Jeff Henderson
Alice Hunting
David Hunting
John B. Brown, Jr Fund at The Seattle Foundation
Emily & Matt Jones
Trish King
Kitsap Great Give
Barb & John Kittell
Susan Lange
Lynn LaSof
Cindy Law
Stefanie & Tim Lemon
Shan Lin & Yitong Hu
Meghan & Mac Martin
Sandra & Bill McIver
Microsoft
Lisa & Andy Miller
Robin & Dan Miller
Jenny & Shaun Morber
Loretta Morgan
Christine Newkirk
Jenn & Todd Osburn
Ursula & Michael Pontieri
John Roberts & Sally Forutan-Roberts
Rebecca & Daniel Roberts
Kris Rogers & Brad Butler
Tim Scearce & Laurie McConnachie
Kathy & Bob Schott
Rainey & Brian Scott
Lauren & Joan Scout
Sue Somers
Ralph Spillinger
Susan & Garrett Stephan
Margie Storch
Gibby Stratton & Shelley Neeleman
Angie & Kurt Van Wyck
Kristine Velisaris
Angela Vokolek
Temre Jenkins Wales & Chance Wales
Amanda & Adam Ward
Kelly Webster
Robert Weschler
Kari & Brian Wetzler
Kim & Ches Wilson
Trish King Financial Aid Program Donors
Lynda & Bill Baxter
Rebecca Donley
Robin & Dan Miller
Shelley Neeleman & Gibby Stratton
Steve Prentice & Martha Makosky
Alexa & Michael Rosenthal
Rainey & Brian Scott
Kim & Ches Wilson
Class of 2020 Legacy Gift
Amy & Matt Baker
John Bonow & Carol Ann Davidson
Marlene Connolly
Barb & John Kittell
Stefanie & Tim Lemon
Microsoft
Robin & Dan Miller
Jenny & Shaun Morber
Christine Newkirk
Ursula & Michael Pontieri
Alison & Paco Vinoly
Temre Jenkins Wales & Chance Wales
David Domansky Scholarship Fund
Parker E. Brugge
In Honor of Marianne Wiley
Julia Richards
In Memory of Kristen Brelsford
Linda & Andrew Ellis
Full House Construction & Design, Inc.
Elizabeth Hiden & Family
Karen Hiden
Lauren Noon & Family
In Memory of Dave Leedy
Nancy Leedy
Other Gifts 2019-2020
Other Contributions
AmazonSmile Foundation
Anonymous
Bill Baxter
Lana Fuller
Alice Hunting
Lynn LaSof
Tim Lemon
Shan Lin
Michelle Linquist
Mac Martin
Katy Mathias
Brian McCallister
Sandra & Bill McIver
Dan Miller
Jenny & Shaun Morber
Jenny Morber
PayPal Giving Fund
Ursula Pontieri
Jeffrey Roger
Aleta Schuelke
Rainey & Brian Scott
Rainey Scott
Kathleen Smith
Amanda Ward
Kim Wilson
In Kind Contributions
Bill Baxter
Gillian Bull & Daniel Smith
Dave Carley
Candace Coe
Costco
Jessie Dameron & Geoff Vigneron
Ralph Derrickson
Lana Fuller & Ted Siebert
Alice Hunting
Drew Keller
Shan Lin
Katy Mathias
Brian McCallister
Dan Miller
Robin Miller
Shaun Morber
Aleta Schuelke
George Shannon
Kathleen Smith
Sue Somers
Margie Storch
Town & Country Market
Piper Tupper
Jan van Fredenberg
Angie & Kurt Van Wyck
Alison & Paco Vinoly
Dana Weir
Alisha Weiss
Victoria Somers Endowment for the Library
Sue Somers
Auction & Carnival
Auction Committee 2020
We hosted a virtual Auction because of the pandemic. Spanning several days in late May, the Auction proved to be a successful fundraising event. With heartfelt thanks, we applaud the auction committee members who procured items and organized the 2020 Auction.
Lindsey Camarena
Molly Carlson
Carrie Grace
Carnival Committee
The Carnival was one of our most fun community events of the year. With heartfelt thanks, we applaud the committee members who worked so diligently to organize the 2019 Carnival, as well as everyone who contributed to its success.
Jana MacCulloch
Jeff O' Donnell
Sarah O' Donnell
Revenue & Expenses
| Revenue | |
| Tuition & Fees | 82% |
| Annual Fund | 3% |
| Other Fundraising | 10% |
| Rental/Interest | 5% |
| 100% | |
| Expenses | |
| Program Expenses | 72% |
| Financial Aid | 18% |
| Operations | 10% |
| 100% |
Thank You
The Island School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, national or ethnic origin, or other legally protected status in admission of otherwise qualified students or in providing access to the rights, privileges, programs, or activities generally available to all students and their families, including educational policies, scholarship and other financial aid programs, or athletic, extra-curricular, and other school-administered programs and activities.
The Island School
8553 NE Day Road
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110