Photo Archive

Graduation 2016

Sky Islands wishes all the best for our incredible class of 2016: Isaac Eicher, DeAna Clark, Jordan Redondo (this year’s […]

Dream Rocket Project

Students in Jason’s Advising Group participated in the Dream Rocket Project, an international art collaboration where thousands of pieces from […]

Topics in US History Class Trip to the Tohono O’Odham Nation

Students in the Topics in US History class have been studying the history and cultures of many indigenous people in […]

Lead Guitar Class Performance

Students in the Lead Guitar class participated in a city-wide performance at the UofA’s Crowder Hall as part of a […]

All-School Arbor Day Tree Planting

The next big installment of the C2E Grant watershed restoration project took place on April 29th, with an all-school tree […]

Japanese Culture Day

Students in Japanese II planned and executed a school-wide festival to dedicate our newly-constructed rock garden, as well as to […]

Aravaipa Canyon Trip

Students in the Applied Ecology: Systems Thinking course and the Arid Lands Management course took a field trip to Aravaipa […]

Projects, Research and Design Class Trip to KERP Site

Students in the Projects, Research and Design class have been prepping for the new desert tortoise habitat by studying real […]

Applied Ecology Macro-invertebrate Studies

Students in the Applied Ecology: Systems Thinking course conducted macro-invertebrate bio-assessments as a part of their riparian systems ecology unit.  […]

Field Studies Water Quality Testing Project

Students in the Field Studies class spent the spring semester studying the parameters used to measure the quality of water, and […]

JCOS Visit

Students from the Jefferson County Open School in Lakewood, Colorado have been studying the environmental, social, and political issues surrounding […]

Spring Art Projects

Students in various art classes have been busy this semester- some tried their hand at a Bob Ross-inspired landscape acrylic […]

Rock Garden Project

Students in the Projects, Research and Design class finished the job they started last year in the Gardening by Design […]

Earth Science Trip to the Gem and Mineral Show

Students in the Earth Science class have been studying minerals, fossils, and other components of geology this spring, so naturally […]

All-School Project Day

On Tuesday, February 16th, all Sky Islands staff and students alike took part in an all-day effort to move forward with […]

Arid Lands Management Class Watershed Restoration Project

Thanks to the generous funding provided by C2E (Conserve to Enhance) through a grant awarded to the school in August, […]

Topics in US History Class Trip to Casa Grande Ruins

Students in the Topics in US History class have been learning about Pre-columbian civilizations in North America, with a special […]

Spring 2016 CapaCITY Building Wednesdays

This spring brought wonderful weather to the desert, so the Advisory groups took advantage. Groups went hiking at Catalina State […]

Japanese Language and Culture Class II

In addition to honing their reading, writing, and speaking skills, students in Japanese II also got to experience many other […]

Drama Class Performance of “Where the Wild Things Are”

Students in the Drama class took on all aspects of the production of this semester’s performance of Maurice Sendak’s classic […]