Earlier this month, 23 seventh and eighth graders from the Telluride Mountain School (TMS) embarked on a 12-day trip through Georgia and Alabama where they visited major sites of the civil rights movement, a key component of their history curriculum. Four teachers led and planned the trip: Jesse McTigue, director of curriculum and instruction andRead more
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This spring, the first and second graders traveled to Fruita, Colorado on a three-day mission to extend their classroom study of dinosaurs and learn more about the region’s natural history. The first stop was a visit to the Dinosaur Journey Museum. The students conducted individual research to complete their immersion projects with hands-on opportunities toRead more
During the spring of 2019, the ninth and tenth grade TMS students traveled to the jungles and beaches of Costa Rica for their spring experiential education trip. After arriving in San Jose, the group traveled down the pacific coast to the small surf-town of Dominical. Students spent the week living with local “Tico” families inRead more
A cornerstone of the Telluride Mountain School (TMS) curriculum is the experiential education program. Where fall experiential trips are outdoor education-based, spring trips are curriculum-based to inform via travel and experience elements learned in the classroom. Over the coming weeks, six groups of students, led by TMS teachers, will travel to domestic and international destinations.Read more
This year, the Eleventh and Twelfth-grade students traveled to Southeast Asia for their Experiential Education trip. This experience included international travel; exposure to different people and cultures; and connections to our arts, humanities and science curricula. In history, the group studied the United States government and foreign policy, building on last year’s trip to EasternRead more
This Spring, twenty-three 7th and 8th graders, and four fearless leaders fled the incessant April showers in Telluride bound for warmer weather and a deep dive into American history and southern culture. The trip began in Atlanta, GA, the birthplace of Martin Luther King, where students toured the historic and iconic Auburn Avenue by bike.Read more
Ironically, the hot and dry climate of the desert is defined by water. Water has shaped the landscape and influenced the adaptations of the plants and animals that live there. On this year’s third and fourth-grade spring experiential trip, students set out to Moab, Utah to explore the influence of water on the desert inRead more
