How might your life be different if you spent more time outside? If your learning came directly from the world around you? If you relied on (and could be relied upon!) your classmates through real experiences in the Colorado and Utah wilderness? At HMI this a reality through semester or summer-long programs in Colorado. Make it a reality for you and/or your students!
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The Rumson Country Day School uses a hands-on approach, encouraging students to learn by doing and to experiment with different methods of solving problems. Instead of just memorizing facts or reading about others’ experiences, our students learn by doing, making discoveries and experimenting with knowledge firsthand. RCDS’ fifth-through-eighth-grade wilderness adventures provide children with exciting opportunities […]
The verdant pastures and unfurling meadows of Southern Vermont are an inspiring place to develop creative work. Each summer students come from all over the country and the world to actively participate in a unique community at the Putney School Summer Programs. A pastoral residential setting where students create compelling work in Visual Art, Music, […]
While summer vacation is often spent hanging out with friends and taking trips to the beach, a group of selfless students from Scheck Hillel Community School shared their time and talents to “repair the world” –Tikkun Olam in Hebrew. Nathaniel Melnitsky (Grade 9), along with his father Dr. Leon Melnitsky, traveled 2,600 miles from home […]
