This fall our 48 HMI students used state of the art scientific research equipment and worked with a total of 72 4th graders to measure black carbon and ozone levels around our schools and in our community. You can see maps of our three “treks” at Mt. Sherman, the Intermediate School and the HMI Campus. Our data is part of the overarching GO3 Project, where […]
At the end of the month, HMI will be in New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania to present information on our Semester and Summer Term. Click here to find out the details for each location! We invite all prospective students and their families to attend–alumni and alumni families, you are welcome too!
Many small towns are dependent upon natural resources for their survival. Just as mining and ranching are industries rooted in resources from the land, so too are tourism and outdoor recreation. Leadville’s economy and community are deeply tied to, and affected by, the land and vice versa. Leadville offers an ideal case study for the
USA Gap Year Fairs is hosting a series of events at local high schools acround the country. Each event will showcase a speaker who is an authority on Gap Years and can serve as a resource to help answer many questions about the Gap Year experience and how to choose the right program. HMI Gap will be in attendance
Next Thursday, January 15th, the High Mountain Institute will give an evening presentation in Greensboro, North Carolina. We invite all prospecitve students and their families to attend and learn more about the HMI Semester and Summer Term. Alumni are welcome to attend as well. Details about the Greensboro event can be found here. We hope you can join
We can barely believe it, and we almost don’t want to say it…we’ve finished our last week of classes! It’s been a lot of work, but we made it through our first semester of junior year! Everything has been handed in, which feels like a great weight off our shoulders. We worked hard on our
Here are some reflections from third expedition! Group A: Even though 14,000-foot mountains didn’t surround us and the nearest lake was 50 miles away, we were blown away by Utah’s canyon country! The environment was completely different, and we had to perfect some new and different navigation skills. That said, so many of the skills
Are you a prospective student in the Los Angeles area? We will be hosting an evening presentation on December 4th for you and your family–come learn more about both the HMISemester and Summer Term. Alumni, we invite you to join us as well! Please click here for details about the Los Angeles event
“Coaching in the Classroom,” “Waste Warriors,” and “Finding Academic Success in the Backcountry” are just a few of the articles you will find in our Fall Newsletter. You will also find insights into our new Gap Semester, a delicious recipe from Grant, and alumni updates! Powered by Publish for Free
As always, there was lots going on as we rolled into our last academic week on campus before third expedition! Last week, we had an extremely meaningful experience in community meeting. After splitting up into single-gender groups, we focused on exploring gender stereotypes. Each group was led through an activity that asked us to reflect on
