The week on campus following expedition was a wonderful yet emotionally taxing time, as we all felt a sense of dread about leaving our new friends and this beautiful place which has come to mean so much to us. The week started off with presentations of our Personal Environmental Ethic Projects for our Practices & Principles: Ethics […]
The shy sun began to rise over the horizon as expedition Group A scaled the base of Mt. Massive. It was our group’s 5th day on expedition, and it started very early: one of the leaders for that day had to wake everyone up at 3:30am in order to begin hiking around 4:15. We started the hike up
“A growing number of independent schools are taking to the outdoors to bring their curricula to life. Outdoor education helps students apply what they’ve learned in the classroom to real life, gain an appreciation for their natural surroundings, and develop confidence in themselves” writes Jamie Cohen, Semester XIV alumna, in her article “An Extraordinary Semester.” The article
We have had another action-packed week! The highlight in our humanities class were the interviews of Leadville residents that we did in order to learn more about current-day Leadville. We interviewed store owners, fourth-generation Leadvillians, and the former mayor (to name but a few), all of whom had pretty diverse perspectives on Leadville and Leadville’s
We are into our second week of classes here at HMI, and it couldn’t be going any better! Science, Practices & Principles: Ethics of the Natural World (P&P), and Humanities have all been distinctive and entertaining, as well as extremely informative. In Science, we have been venturing outside the classroom in order to record data about two separate
Hello family, hello friends. Yes, we’re back from our first expedition. Yes, it was amazing. Yes, we know we haven’t called yet. Let’s start off with some of the basics. First expedition began three days after our arrival to HMI. After having packed astonishing amounts of food into our packs (about 15 pounds per group member)
The morning and the arrival at the Denver airport was the easy part. Then began the worrying about finding the HMI representative, meeting our new friends, and anticipating the drive to Leadville. We eventually found a goofy and overly-happy person (Jacob, the Humanities teacher at HMI) who asked our names and then told us to hang with the
Today we welcome 27 students to an exciting summer in the Rockies. They join us from as far away as Venezuela, as close as Leadville, and everywhere in between. We can’t wait to see this community unfold, come to life, and take advantage of the Colorado summer; backpacking, rock climbing, and fly fishing await! Over
Woo! We’re finally catching back up. Two weeks ago on Saturday, we all enjoyed our second coffeehouse of the semester. We were more prepared this time and all put in a lot of effort for the big night, which, of course, turned out to be fantastic! Some highlights included: raps written by our very own (Cabin
As you can tell from our recent lack of communication, we are in the thick of it! We’ve been quite busy these past few weeks, from normal school work to prepping for SATs and AP tests. Way back when, on Sunday, April 27th, we all drove down to Colorado Springs to take a tour of Colorado College.
