The HMI Summer Expedition is off to a great start! Seventeen students arrived on Sunday, July 5th and headed out into the wilderness yesterday on their 14-day backpacking expedition. Students spent the first three days on our campus getting to know each other, setting community expectations, taking short acclimatization hikes, and preparing to spend the […]
Written by: Dylan Kane, HMI Math Faculty What does an antiracist math class look like? I’m not sure I know. But I’m working on it. For me, it starts with two questions. What is mathematics, and who does mathematics? Students often think of math as a bunch of men who look like Albert Einstein writing
Written by: Maple Buescher, Semester 44 Alum It’s been nearly a month since my HMI classmates and I signed off of our very last Zoom call, formally ending our semester-long experience in Colorado, Utah, and our bedrooms from across the country. I’ve been thinking a lot about HMI recently and about what the semester meant
Jess Wolinsky is our Dean of Students and P&P (Practices & Principles: Ethics of the Natural World) faculty. “Since sharing our statement from our Head of School, we have received many comments and questions from our alumni and broader community on what action HMI is taking to become a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive community.
Dear HMI Community, I write to you today during a time of sadness, anger, pain, and conflict. We grieve the loss of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many other Black Americans to name here. To see our fellow citizens killed because of the color of their skin is devastating; it is an
Join Lydia Denworth, HMI alumni parent (Semesters 33 & 39) and author, for a discussion on why friends are as important for your health as diet and exercise, and why they matter more than ever in the time of COVID-19. Lydia Denworth is an acclaimed science journalist and speaker. She is a contributing editor at Scientific
HMI Semester 44 student Maple Buescher has put her 2020 spring semester experience into words for a powerful and superbly-well written op-ed published yesterday by Cleveland.com. Check it out!
Dear Semester 44 families and students: I’m writing to let you know that we have decided to continue distance learning at HMI through May 20, the end of Semester 44. This is obviously a difficult decision to make; we work at HMI–we love HMI–because of interpersonal interactions and the opportunities to watch students grow before
This spring, Semester 44 has faced a challenge unique to their semester: having to leave HMI’s campus early due to COVID-19. Although Semester 44 has physically left Leadville, they are still very much immersed in the routines of HMI throughout their day to day life. They are taking virtual classes with their HMI teachers, having
Written by: Benny, Audrey, Daniela, Sam Y, & Bella Led by Justin and Carrie, Group A drove about 15 minutes to our trailhead and unloaded the van. A forgotten beacon proved to only be a minor setback as the group essentially flew to our campsite. The group’s efficient pace became the hallmark of the trip
