When I started teaching at New Vista High School in the fall of 2008 I didn’t know what to expect. I was excited about the idea of working with high school students, and nervous about teaching again since I’d taken almost a two year break. In my wildest dreams I couldn’t have anticipated what a… Read more »
Posts By: Ford Church
Colorado Academy Endangered Wolves And Animal Tracking
Ten lucky Colorado Academy students got to go where the wild things are, by spending their May Interim with the Cottonwood Institute during our Endangered Wolves and Animal Tracking Course! Students spent the week at Mission:Wolf, a wolf sanctuary in Colorado’s Wet Mountain Valley, for a week of wolves and tracking. Led by instructors Brittany… Read more »
Do Something Different This Summer!
Sitting on the couch and playing video games or watching re-runs of survival shows like Survivorman and Man Vs. Wild is no way to spend the summer. Do something different this summer! 2009 SUMMER COURSES FOR TEENAGERS Our unique courses range from the Stone Age Survival Project to the Endangered Wolves and Animal Tracking Project…. Read more »
CAP Post Course Survey, 4th Quarter 2009
As the quarter comes to a close, I wanted to get some open and honest feedback from this class about how to improve the CAP for future students. This information will not affect your grade, but please take it seriously. It will be reviewed by your school, the Cottonwood Institute, and this information will help… Read more »
CAP Post Course Survey, 4th Quarter 2009
As the quarter comes to a close, I wanted to get some open and honest feedback from this class about how to improve the CAP for future students. This information will not affect your grade, but please take it seriously. It will be reviewed by the school, the Cottonwood Institute, and this information will help… Read more »
Community Adventure Program, Spring 2009
This quarter the girls in the Community Adventure Program class are working at Atlantis Community Incorporated. Atlantis serves, and advocates for, people with disabilities in Denver and nationwide. In front of the organization’s headquarters in the Baker District is a community garden. The garden, which is part of the Denver Urban Gardens network, provides food… Read more »
And the Environmental Stewardship Award Goes to…
So many amazing Action Projects were completed by Community Adventure Program students in 2008 and it seems like an impossible task to choose which one was the best. Despite the challenge, the Cottonwood Institute assembled an outstanding panel of local judges to set out to do just that. The panel included: Michael Barney: Community Outreach… Read more »
Boulder Bash This Sunday!
Tell your friends and mark your calenders, the Boulder Bash is coming to Boulder, CO this Sunday! Since the spring blizzard in April kept many people from attending the Base Camp Bash in Denver, we have decided to bring the Bash to Boulder. Paige Doughty, Rock Star Community Adventure Program Instructor at New Vista High… Read more »
Ring Your Bike Bell For Leson Hansen!
Leson Dunkley is a much loved school teacher at the Boulder Community School of Integrated Studies and the parent of one of our rock star alumni, Alys Hansen. Leson was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and she is about to undergo her third round of chemotherapy and is in need of financial assistance. On… Read more »
Green Building, Bees, and Local Food!
We began our action project week at Resource 2000 helping around the yard to learn about building green by using reclaimed materials. In exchange for our work we received tiles, fencing, and a few other necessities for our garden. In the afternoon we met with Ryland Gardner of the Boulder Green Building Guild to hear… Read more »
