This past week, HMI Semester 36 students spent their Saturday evening and Sunday at a Ranch in Southern Colorado. There was much anticipation leading up to the trip during the bus ride there. We sang along to songs and stared in awe at the view around us. The trip began with us setting up our tents just […]
As spring break came to a rapid end, all 47 students swarmed into DIA to be picked up by the dusty white buses and their excited drivers. We hugged and laughed, and then hugged some more, just happy to be home. The days before expedition passed quickly, full of First aid, cutting 1-inch cubes of cheese, and
Our group’s expedition started with meeting the newest member of our short-term community, Rob Backlund. Rob is a former HMI science teacher who returned to lead our expedition through the northern Sawatch Range around Homestake Peak. From the beginning our group had a knack for hilarious and over-the-top laughter that ensued at just about every moment. Most
This past week was jam-packed with academics! Because we had half days on Thursday and Friday due to Ski Week, the beginning of the week had extra classes. Needless to say, we were very busy! In history, we finished up essays about the importance of history in the 21st century; in science we did snow-based
Classes started the Thursday after we got back from first expedition. We started out in science learning about some of the different types of ice crystals and the different processes of snow metamorphosis. Then in lab we trecked out to the soccer field where we dug four feet down in order to test the density and
Expedition Group A spent the last two weeks hiking in the Jacob’s Chair region of Utah. The initial plan for the trip was to make a full circumnavigation of Found Mesa and Gravel Canyon, by way of dropping into canyons, scrambling through them, climbing out, and traversing along mesa tops. However, we had to make
As the winter dawns over Leadville, Colorado, we here at HMI decided to do something other than stay inside all day or freeze outside. On Saturday night we had Prom. The outfits ranged anywhere from super formal to sweatpants. The night was a hit with dancing, limbo, and musical chairs. On Sunday, we hosted a community appreciation
Group A had a blast in the canyons! After a fun-filled bus ride, we headed into this new environment. Even though it rained, we stayed in high spirits through constant singing. We also got to rappel into the canyon. Our layover days were filled with reading Into the Wild, doing our science field study, as well
This week has been very busy academically in preparation to leave for essentially three weeks (third expedition closely followed by Thanksgiving break!). Jacob’s history classes recently finished essays about the Revolutionary period last week—helped exponentially by Jacob’s periodic serenading with his own historical lyrical genius: songs such as “It’s All Over Now, For Me and
This week we were able to show our families the lovely campus of HMI. When we were traveling into town to see them we were all jumping up and down in our seats because we were so excited. We were all very happy to show our parents the place where we had spent 60 days prospering
