CAP Class Saves a Drop, Saves a Liter, Saves the World!
Setting out from New Vista High School on our overnight trips with the Community Adventure Program (CAP) this quarter, the weather wavered between clear and sunny and cool and rainy. It was officially...
View ArticleKIPP Montbello Students Trekkin’ it on Snowshoes
Have you ever experienced the full potential of what nature can offer? Students at KIPP Montbello Collegiate High School, as part of the Cottonwood Institute’s Community Adventure Program, were able...
View ArticleKIPP Montbello Students Singin’ in the Snow
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,” twenty-plus Kippsters harmonized in the snow at the beginning of May. As many of us know, flexibility is the key word in education and we got to practice...
View ArticleFacing Fears and Shining Bright: STRIVE Prep-Montbello Overnight
On the first purely sunny weekend this Spring, STRIVE Prep Montbello students made the most of it as they joined another STRIVE campus for a fun-filled and adventurous overnight camping trip as part of...
View ArticleLittleton Academy Students Discover Their Herculean Strength at Mission: Wolf
“The gauntlet” – an expression used to describe a series of challenging circumstances that are met head-on in order to arrive at a final conclusion. The legendary tale of the Labors of Hercules serves...
View ArticleLeaving It All Behind: Littleton Academy at Mission: Wolf
Gear flung everywhere, smiles abound, and parents left behind! It’s time for an adventure! Twenty-one Littleton Academy 5th graders and six adults headed out to howl with the wolves this past week at...
View ArticleSchool’s Out But Adventure Has Just Begun! Mission: Wolf with STRIVE...
STRIVE Prep – Montbello middle school had just let out for the summer, but the following day nine students, two of their teachers, and three Cottonwood Institute instructors loaded up in vans and...
View ArticleDenver Green School CAP Enjoys Colorado’s Autumn Beauty
Recently, the two Denver Green School Community Adventure Program (CAP) classes went on an overnight camping trip at Cheley Outpost Camp near Allenspark, CO. Having the opportunity to go on a camping...
View ArticleCAP New Vista Builds Shelter and Lasting Friendships
The fall semester is flying by and this weekend was CAP New Vista‘s final camping trip together as a group! After a quick gear check in Boulder on Saturday morning, we arrived at a camping spot near...
View ArticleLittleton Academy: Curiosity Satiated. Memories Made for a Lifetime!
Cottonwood Institute set out with a very excited group of 22 Littleton Academy fifth grade students this May on their much anticipated trip to Mission: Wolf! With bags packed, eager smiles, and helping...
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