Colorado Rocky Mountain School

• Blowing their Minds - 11/22/2017 - Stepping into David Powers` glassblowing studio is like stumbling onto a secret portal that leads to the molten core of the Earth.As he opens the door to the main furnace, ...morea radiant orange heat roars into the room. Inside, liquid glass shimmers white at 2,000 degrees F."Glass is a magical, mystical thing, a glob with all this potential, not unlike a teenager," Powers says. He should know, having taught teenagers at Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) for 40 years.hide
• How does water shape us? - 11/22/2017 - Perched as they are at the confluence of the Crystal and Roaring Fork Rivers, it is fitting that the ninth grade class at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School have found ...morethemselves immersed in the very lifeline of the West: water. Through an inter-curricular water study unit, students have explored its braids, oxbows and side streams through English, history, world geography, science and the arts. The essential question being asked, says Academic Dean Nancy Draina, is "How do we shape water and how does it shape us?"hide
• The CRMS Community Bike Sharing Program - 11/22/2017 - If you see a student pedaling a yellow cruiser bike around campus and then see another student pedaling a yellow cruiser bike around campus, don't worry. You're not seeing double. ...moreYou're actually witnessing the success of a new bike sharing program that has recently been introduced to campus. The CRMS Community Bike Program is a student-driven project that took off last year to resolve some of the bike issues students were seeing around campus. hide
• Wild Mustang heads to CRMS - 11/22/2017 - The students involved in the horse program at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) dreamt for months of adopting a wild mustang. In June, their dreams came true.Amanda Leahy, head ...moreof the CRMS horse program, spent the school year guiding her students through the planning and proposal process for adopting a mustang. The hope was to secure funds to purchase the mustang and prepare the facility to house and train it.hide
• Building Community - 11/22/2017 - The first weeks of any high school experience can be a time of nervous transition for new students. This year CRMS has introduced initiatives aimed at easing the passage for ...moreincoming freshman by giving them more time outside of academics or sports to get to know each other and build a greater sense of community in the class as a whole. Traditionally, some of that happens on the Wilderness orientation trip, but because Wilderness happens off-campus, this year staff decided to do more.hide
• Needed: Native Doctors (Alumni spotlight: Yolandra Gomez Toya '84) - 02/27/2018 - Dr. Yolandra Gomez Toya `84 is emphatic "Native American communities need our help because there`s so much work to be done to make those communities healthy." 
• Forging a new heritage along Rio Grande ArtWay - 02/27/2018 - magine having an entire week to dedicate toward an out-of-the-box intellectual pursuit - something you`ve always been interested in learning more about but for which you could never find the ...moretime. Every February, Colorado Rocky Mountain School ensures its students get just such a week in what the curriculum calls Interim. This year, seven students and one Spanish teacher opted to spend their week at the Francis Whitaker Blacksmithing School on the CRMS campus. They all left having created something permanent, both for themselves and the community: many of the student-crafted sculptures are destined for DeRail Park, one of three parks that are in the works along the Rio Grande ArtWay. hide
• CRMS returns to Climbing League State Championships - 02/27/2018 - The Colorado Rocky Mountain School Oysters are hoping for lucky numbers 7 and 3 this weekend in Colorado Springs, where CityROCK Climbing Center will again host the Colorado High School ...moreClimbing League State Championships on Feb. 24. If the Oyster boys come out on top, it will be their seventh championship in a row. If the girls do the same, they`ll be celebrating their third such victory.hide
• Happiness - 02/27/2018 - As a nation, we seem more obsessed with being happy than at any time before, and research would suggest that this pursuit of happiness has only made us unhappier. It ...moreis a paradox that I am aware of, and yet, as a parent and educator, if I could desire one thing for my children and any student at our school, it would be health and happiness above all else. Complicating the matter, the notion of one's happiness does not come in a can that can simply be opened and distributed in short; we can't make our child happy.hide
• Oystermeister builds community among student-athletes - 02/27/2018 - What makes a school special? Beyond academics, it is the nurturing of a community, a place where traditions and ritual take hold and bring students and faculty together. At CRMS, ...moreteachers and students not only share in the learning and living experience but look also to bonding experiences through music, the outdoors and athletics.hide
• The Teenage Brain - 03/01/2018 - The adolescent years are one of the most dynamic and often messy times in our lives as it is during these years the adolescent brain and body are reorganizing. During ...morethis time, the brain is going through a process in which it strengthens its connections from back to front, leaving the prefrontal cortex (the area where reason is located and often known as the "CEO of the brain") for last. The sequence makes evolutionary sense as it allows the prefrontal cortex to remain adaptable to its environment and allows for new ideas and learning that potentially will ensure that person's survival out in the world. hide
• Teaching with a Purpose - 03/15/2018 - A school is measured to a significant degree by the quality of its teachers.  CRMS ensures that the school can recruit and retain passionate and high-quality staff. 
• Native Culture and CRMS - 03/29/2018 - The history of Native American culture of the Southwest has been incorporated into the CRMS learning experience since its founding days. These experiences were so powerful for alumni that ...morein the 1990s they stepped forward to support the creation of two scholarships for Native American students. The school continues to cultivate this connection today and has a special decades-old relationship with one family in particular. hide
• Life in the Dorms - 09/13/2018 - For nine months out of every year, Colorado Rocky Mountain School is alive, filled with students tapping into their exceptional possibilities, working together, planning adventures, and for more than half ...moreof the student body living together. hide
• Music and the Art of Its Education - 11/06/2018 - According to the National Association of Music Merchants, (The Namm Foundation), music has a biological effect on the developing nervous systems in children. The more one practices and plays, the ...moremore the neurons in the brain fire away paving new neural pathways. The brain grows, creating the strengthened circuitry that can end up benefitting one`s speech, language, reading skills, and overall learning.hide

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Profile last updated: 01/31/2019