2025 Education Season: Recap
The 2025 education and summer camp season for Pigeon Key has come to a close! It’s been another fantastic year on the island, filled with tidepooling, snorkeling, and learning all about Florida Keys marine life. Over the course of our busy education season, we had 19 groups visit us, including a few new schools! Students […]
Meet the Staff: Education Coordinator
Arianna (Ari) Binienda is the island’s new Education Coordinator for the Pigeon Key Foundation, filling the role after the previous Education Coordinator, Sarah Humphrey, stepped up to become the island’s Education Director. Arianna, a prior Education Intern for the 2025 season, is ecstatic to continue her journey with the Pigeon Key Foundation. What is your […]
Meet our 2025 Interns!
With a new education season about to start up, we have six new interns – Ari, Hailee, Jon, Lauren, Megan, and Thomas – joining us! Read on to learn more about them and their passion for marine science! Ari was raised in Connecticut and studied Animal & Marine Science at Eckerd College. She always knew […]
2024 Education Season: Recap
The 2024 education and summer camp season for Pigeon Key has come to an end! It’s been another amazing year on the island filled with tidepooling, snorkeling, learning about Florida Keys marine life, and much more. Over the course of our busy education season, we had 19 groups visit us, including a few new schools! […]
Creature Feature: Edgar!
If you’ve been out to Pigeon Key before, you may have seen one of our fellow “residents” on the island… Edgar! He is a beloved Great White Heron. His left foot is misshapen (unknown why/how), but he can still walk and fly perfectly. He first visited the island a few years ago and has been […]
HELLO YELLOW!
If you’ve visited the island recently and follow us on social media, you may have noticed a few of our buildings are looking a bit brighter! We recently had our buildings repainted back to the iconic Flagler Yellow. Flagler Yellow takes its name from Henry Flagler, a prominent figure in American history renowned for his […]
Meet the Staff: Education Coordinator
Sarah Humphrey is the island’s new Education Coordinator for the Pigeon Key Foundation, filling the role this past August of 2023 after previous Education Coordinator Maia left to pursue her master’s degree at Duke. Sarah was thrilled to have the opportunity to further her time with the Pigeon Key Foundation. What is your role within […]
Meet the Staff: 2024 Education Interns!
A new year on Pigeon Key means new interns! Join us in welcoming our 2024 Marine Science education interns for the season: Dezi Smith, Savanna Wilkinson, Megan Tavenner, and Alaina Evinger! They will be helping out with running our marine science camps, summer camps, and outreach events. We can’t wait for our upcoming student groups […]
Meet the staff: Education Director
Jill Hayden is our newest full-time staff member! She is filling in the role of Education Director, as our previous Education Director Callie has parted ways. She will miss relaxing on the dock to take in the sunsets the most. We appreciate all that Callie has done for the foundation during her six years […]
Best Summer Camp!
Pigeon Key has once again been awarded Marathon’s Best Summer Camp THREE years in a row! Pigeon Key staff attended the Best of Marathon awards ceremony on September 16 to accept our award. It was a wonderful night for all, and we are entirely grateful to our community here in Marathon for casting their votes! […]