The journey to HMI was definitely that—a journey. We learned from the very start something that HMI is really good at—being flexible. Despite snowpocalypses across the country on the day we were supposed to arrive, we (eventually) all made it. We departed from the airport in small groups. There was much excitement in the air as we all made […]
When we wrote our last update we were looking forward to Parents’ Weekend, but now we’re excited to tell you about Parents’ Weekend, along with some of the other things that have been happening around campus this past week. We were quite excited to have so many guests on campus a few weekends ago. They flew in
Sorry it’s taken us so long to get this written for you! We had a slow time returning to campus from our last expedition since it was so snowy in Leadville. Seeing as we were a bit delayed, we focused on de-issuing efficiently so we could pack ourselves up for Thanksgiving break! Now that we’ve
After what has felt like months of working on our Human Ecology Projects (an interdisciplinary project between P&P and science), we finally got to take a deep, relaxing breath on Wednesday evening and celebrate our hard work. During the day, each student group presented their final multimedia project to members of the HMI community as well as
Just a few days ago, we were running five miles for AMX in what most of us would call a blizzard. As we reached the final stretch, our hoods were pulled up tightly, and snow was building up in our leggings and sweatshirts. All anyone could think about was that in just a few short days, we’d
After returning from an amazing second expedition and cranking out our group gear de-issue, we spent some time back together as a whole community. We started off the weekend with a Lake County High School football game! It was a refreshing welcome and felt good to be back together sharing fun stories from our time
We made it! While we’re glad to be back in the warm buildings of HMI, our expedition groups had a lot of great adventures. Each of the groups spent a number of days base-camping while doing trail work with the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI). Afterward, we spent some time backpacking through the mountains. While it seemed
We have been really busy this past week, but we’ve had a lot of fun. On Tuesday, HMIhosted a semester-ly project day where students and staff work together on different projects across campus. Earlier in the week, we had signed up for projects we wanted to work on, so we divided up into our teams on
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
