This spring, the 7th and 8th grade students travelled across the Pacific to explore the ecology, geology, and culture of the Big Island of Hawaii. Students snorkeled at various locations to observe reef health, biodiversity, and the relationships between the organisms that live there. The recent seismic and volcanic activity made the study of volcanoes comeRead more
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By AMY M. PETERS Planet Contributor This week the Telluride Mountain School (TMS) community gathered for its weekly all-school Monday morning meeting to view slide presentations of a seventh and eighth grade trip to Hawaii, a ninth and tenth grade trip to Puerto Rico and an eleventh and twelfth grade trip to Europe, all experientialRead more
In May of 2018, Telluride Mountain School first and second grade students explored Ancestral Puebloan life in Southwestern Colorado. The trip was based out of Kelly Place, an outdoor educational center located between the red-rock walls of McElmo Canyon. Over three days, students explored prehistoric dwellings in Canyons of the Ancients, made clay from scratch,Read more
Georgia O’Keeffe is purported to have said, “I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” In the spirit of these words, the third and fourth grade students challenged themselves to push outside of their comfort zones andRead more
Five TMS alumni gathered the last week of school to talk to upper school students about their college experience and give them a few pieces of advice. “GO TO CLASS!!“ Although it seems pretty intuitive, it was unanimous that actually going to class was a success factor. The alums stressed the importance of utilizing officeRead more
Team Telluride USA! Telluride Mountain School is excited to share the news that two TMS graduates have made the USA Olympic team and will be competing in the 2018 winter games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 9th-25th. ‘10 alum, Hagen Kearney will be competing in the Boardercross competition and ‘13 alum Keaton McCargo will be competing inRead more
