We Think Academics at HMI Are Pretty Cool… Academics, perhaps to the surprise of some, are one of the main factors that contribute to us really loving it here at HMI. One of the main tenants of every class is for everyone to grasp certain cornerstone understandings in each subject area and be able to grow those understandings for […]
Last weekend was a busy one for us at HMI! On Saturday night, we hosted a Coffeehouse-style talent show for students and faculty. Each of the cabin groups performed including a dance to the Spice Girls’ “Wanna Be” (in colorful costumes with crazy hair-dos—the performance got the whole crowd dancing and singing), a step dance, a
We’ve hit the ground running since returning from our first expedition and have been readjusting to life back on the HMI campus. We’ll be sharing some of our recent activities in our next post! For now, we’d like to share some of the successes we had during our first expedition. All of the expedition groups were able
HMI’s Annual Report for FYE 2013 is now available online. Many thanks to all of our generous donors who help to make our school and programs possible! You can read the Annual Report by clicking here.
The first few days of Semester XXXI have been busy and full. We have been introduced to our academic coursework, gotten to know our new friends, and worked to set up the norms and expectations that will help our community flourish. In particular, we had our first “Circle” experience and readily prepared to go into the backcountry.
HMI has appointed Danny O’Brien as the Acting Head of School. Danny is a former HMI history faculty and Director of Admissions, and also served as the Acting Head of School during a sabbatical of the founders in 2009. Read the letter from Mike Maughlin, Board Chairman, here.
Our last week of Summer Term was packed with academics, reflection, and fun closing activities! On campus, we rushed to finish our final sense of place projects and tie up all the loose ends with respect to classwork, while off campus, we visited town one last time, ran the 4.5 mile Fun Run, and took
Expedition #2 – Sending and Peak Bagging Our second, weeklong expedition, in which we again split into three different expedition groups, was filled with climbing near Hagerman’s bowl and fishing various alpine lakes for brook, rainbow, and the beautiful, native to Colorado, greenback cutthroat trout. But, perhaps the crowning moment for many of us were
We had a busy but exciting week, packed full of classes with labs, discussions, and field trips! Sense of Place Humanities This week in the humanities portion of our Sense of Place course, we interviewed local citizens from the Leadville area. These people had a diverse range of ages, ethnicities, and professions, providing us
This week, even though most time was spent on campus and in classes, we were introduced to a few more new outdoor skills. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we divided into groups, half of us going rock climbing while the other half visited a few nearby lakes to fly fish. Climbing There was quite the spread
