On November 1st, KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy (KSPA) CAP students headed out for an exciting fall field day full of snowball fights and primitive camping skills. Due to the cold weather, the group decided to forgo their original plans of camping out near Jamestown. They swiftly switched gears and decided to spend the day adventuring… Read more »
It was a cool crisp early fall morning when the CAP students of KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy (KSPA) began arriving at the school for their second field day of the semester. As final packing was wrapping up and squirrelly young bodies were finding their seats in the van, one of the students announced “Look at… Read more »
You can blame it all on us. That freakishly cold 48 hours sitting in the middle of beautiful fall weather, that one that froze all your tomato plants? We could give you a long explanation mentioning low pressure systems, etc. or we could just tell you the real reason: It was because the Angevine CAP… Read more »
The world is changing. This change impacts all of us in more ways than we can tell. As teenagers, we can clearly recognize that our future is in jeopardy. So for the 2019 Fall CAP class at New Vista High School, (the 50th time CAP has been taught at New Vista High School), we decided… Read more »
Students from Aurora Expeditionary Learning (AXL) Academy’s Community Adventure Program (CAP) class packed up their bags and spent Thursday and Friday out of school, cell service, and their comfort zones at Cal-Wood Education Center in Jamestown, CO. The group pulled out of AXL Academy singing along to the Lizzo song “Truth Hurts” on the radio,… Read more »
Cottonwood Institute Staff and community members joined up with the CAP class from KSPA for a volunteer project at Re:Vision, an urban farming co-op in Westwood. KSPA CAP instructor Eva put together this video of the day! See more photos and videos from the day here! Thanks to Re:Vision for having us. Learn more about… Read more »
Squeezing in one last bit of summer fun, the CAP students at Angevine Middle School spent two adventure-filled days at Cheley Outpost near Estes Park. Sergio, one of the students, reports on the trip for us: So what happened first is that we got to school at 7:45 and we played a name game then… Read more »
After an exciting week of greenhouse building and participating in the climate march, New Vista High School’s CAP class completed their second outdoor trip of the semester with a backpacking excursion near Allenspark, CO. The group participated in a service project with City of Boulder assisting with some landscaping and grounds maintenance at Wonderland Lake… Read more »
Pulling up to Buckingham Park alongside the hundreds of bicycles making their way up Lefthand Canyon just outside of Boulder served as a perfect introduction to a beautiful weekend in the mountains. Six CAP students from Centaurus High School took the plunge by setting out for Cal-Wood Education Center in Jamestown for a weekend of… Read more »
Learning Edge… Students are challenged to find and dance along their learning edge as part of the CAP class at New Vista High School. It’s that moment when you get butterflies in your stomach, and then, when you finally accomplish the task, you feel a great sense of accomplishment. It may be preparing for the… Read more »
