Wash Clean-Up 2017
Jason and Lukas enlisted the help of the tenth grade class for Sky Islands’ regular Arcadia Wash clean-up. Students collected trash and logged al the items they found on data sheets, then tallied up their results. Almost 200 pounds of trash was removed from the wash in just a little under two hours, including hundreds […]
Aravaipa Canyon Trip 2017
Students in both Field Studies classes participated in our annual data collection trip to Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness, where they worked with local rangers gathering information on plant biodiversity and density. To do this, they employed two different methods of line transects and quadrats, which are square meter plots. The goal was to see how the […]
Culinary Arts Class 2017-18
Students in Culinary Arts this year have been having a great time and learning a lot about what it takes to create a successful lunch program this year! With chef Glen Coffman at the helm, the students have been learning all aspects of the kitchen, including knife work, baking, and how to make delicious use […]
Chicken Coop Project
Students in the Design/Build and Animal Studies classes have been hard at work constructing our new chicken coop! The selected site, which used to be an old playground, had to be cleared out and prepared first. Then the construction began! The coop will make use of a shade ramada to attach ceiling supports, and the […]
Design/Build Class
Students started the year off in Design/Build learning about basic design principles, then got their hands on the first project of the year- assembling the eight new raised beds for the kitchen garden. Then, they learned about building with rammed earth in preparation for the chicken coop construction, and practiced building small rammed earth test […]
Urban Horticulture Class Fall 2017
Thanks to the hard work of last year’s class, students in Urban Horticulture have been working on several fronts so far this semester. First, there’s work in the classroom trying to create a proposal for a backhoe. Secondly, there’s the maintenance and harvesting of last year’s kitchen garden beds. And thirdly, this year the school […]
Lead Guitar Class 2017-18
Students in the Lead Guitar class have been quite busy this year! In addition to lots of practice in the classroom, they played several pieces with a three-part harmony in Council, then hosted Brasil Guitar Duo and Lead Guitar founder Brad Richter for an incredible all-school performance, then took to the stage at the Children’s […]
Fall 2017
Sky Islands kicked off its tenth year this August! Students new and old alike participated in a week-long orientation where they learned about the school’s culture and community, toured the site and learned about the various projects we’ve done over the years, and became acquainted with each other through a series of icebreaker games. This […]
Physics Class Cistern Installation
Students in the Applied Physics class put their year’s worth of study to the test when they installed our first water harvesting cistern with the help of our new Architecture and Design/ Build class teacher Ray Clamons. Using what they had learned in the classroom, the students first installed a series of gutters along the […]