This week we enjoyed a wide variety of activities and classes. For our science class, we drove to the nearby town of Frisco to research the effects that pine beetles can have on forests. For our humanities class, we completed our Humans of Leadville project that helped build our sense place here in Leadville. For our […]
This week was swell! We had an off-campus trip for both our science and humanities classes. Our science class had its first lab in the field which allowed us to experience water testing at two different water sources, above and below a dam, which was a lot of fun! We conquered a stream crossing and
Last week, we headed out on our first expedition. This entailed three different groups setting out to explore the Sawatch mountain range over the span of eight days. For most of us, venturing out into the field was a completely new experience. Groups took on new challenges: carrying eight days worth of food, navigating through
When we first got to HMI, we were nervous about meeting the people that we would be spending the next five weeks with. But, after a few hours, we really got to know each other. A long day of travel and being at 10,200 feet didn’t stop us from meeting the kids and the interns. They
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This past Saturday we had a square dance! We went to the 6th Street Gym in Leadville and danced the evening away. There was a professional caller who came all the way up from Buena Vista and taught us many different dances. The simplest one we learned was to the song “Cotton-Eyed Joe.” We hooked
This week marks the final stretch of classes here on campus. In English we finished up our portfolios and are now working on slam poems and short stories. Slam poems are spoken poems about a struggle in society and students will be speaking them in class later this week. For P&P we are starting our
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