Fall Art Classes 2019
This Fall, students in the Mixed Media class have been working with and learning about the use and history of natural materials in creating art. As an extension of their creative efforts at school, the students toured The Pottery Project at the AZ State Museum to learn about how natural materials have been utilized in […]
US/AZ History ‘History in Action’ Program
Sky Islands and Talk-it-OUT!, a forum theater program at the University of Arizona, are partnering this year to develop History in Action, a projects- based program made possible by a grant from AZ Humanities that is designed to be critical, participatory, and contextual. History in Action is designed to address vital questions raised by ‘wicked […]
US/AZ History Trip to CAP Recharge Basins
Students in the US/AZ History class were granted a tour of the Lower Santa Cruz CAP recharge basin near Marana, where they saw firsthand how the history of water use in Arizona has shaped the way in which our current society maintains its existence by engineering the Colorado River, lifting it uphill 300 miles away […]
Camping Trip to the Blue Range
Our first camping to the Blue Range in New Mexico as part of our fledgling new freshman orientation program (along with a couple senior student leaders) was incredible! It was the first time for some students to set up a tent, cook food outside, and enjoy a spectacular night sky. However, whatever the experience level, […]
Fall 2019
Things are already quite busy at Sky Islands at the start of a new school year! Students in Watershed Management and Urban Horticulture are planning and designing future farm projects and harvesting produce for the students in Culinary Arts and the lunch program. Students in Lead Guitar have jumped right into their first ensemble piece, […]
Mt. Lemmon Ecology Trip 2019
Students in the Regional Ecosystems class spent the day exploring and documenting each of the major life zones in the Catalina Mountains, as an extension of what they have been learning in class regarding the Sky Islands region. The students made six stops along the Catalina Highway, where they recorded observations about how various factors […]
Sophomore Trip to Sierrita Mine and San Xavier del Bac
Students in the 10th grade, who are in both Earth Science and US/AZ History, were able to take a ‘double header’ field trip on the same day to experience what they have been learning in both classes! First, as an extension of their studies in class related to the process of mining, as well as […]
US/AZ History Class Field Trip to Hirabayashi Prison Camp
Following their studies in class related to the struggle of minority groups in the 20th century, students in the US/AZ History class were able to learn about the painful experience of Japanese American internment during World War II firsthand by exploring the Honor Camp, a prison camp that held Japanese Americans during the war, at […]
All-School Tree Planting Day
On March 14th, Sky Islands’ student community successfully came together in an all-school, student-led event and planted forty-three trees in our habitat restoration site! This project was part of the Restoration Ecology class, where students had to plan, organize and execute the entire tree planting day. The planning period lasted two months, and students were […]