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Innovative Design Class Fall 2018

Students in the Innovative Design class have been very busy on two major design challenges: building a container that can safely protect an egg (from our own chickens, which ups the stakes!) from a fall, and creating a model siege weapon that could launch a tennis ball both accurately and far.  The siege weapon project had two components: 1) The engineering design notebook, in which they documented all their brainstorming ideas, made orthographic and isometric drawings of their model, noted any iterations to their design, and evaluated any practice launches; and 2) The siege weapon model itself.  On Wednesday, December 19th, they all tested their models in front of the entire school.  The winning team launched a tennis ball just over 47 feet!  

Klairisa
KlairisaAlumni
Sky Islands is amazing because the curriculum is unlike anywhere else. It is a community that is always changing, and everyone is friendly. The teachers here are the best teachers I have had in my entire student career. I now look at the world differently than others.
Hannah
HannahAlumni
I feel that the school’s messages they communicate to the students are really eye-opening, from the food we eat to the advertisements shaping us, and that we as a community can change this. I’m happy to know I’m graduating as an individual rather than a teenager clone, which would be the case at other schools.
Cortez
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When I first came to Sky Islands, I felt it was kind of weird because I wasn’t used to the whole idea of a school being a community, but more and more I came to the realization that this is how school should be.
Emma
EmmaAlumni
Community is a huge part of Sky Islands. This school has amazing teachers, they are all fantastic, and they have taught me so much. I used to hate math more than anything because I never understood it. Now it is my favorite subject.
Luciana
LucianaAlumni
Sky Islands is a great place to be! Everyone is welcoming and everybody knows each other at our school. Throughout the year, we work on projects in and outside the classroom. We also learn about so many interesting topics that you don't learn about at other public schools.
Sky Islands Parent
Sky Islands ParentParent
My daughter graduated from Sky Islands in 2020. She studied there for 4 years of High School and it was the best decision we ever made. The curriculum there allowed her to broadened her mind and approach to more greenery and sciences. She started out very shy and and introvert and graduated more outgoing and she really bloomed at High School there. I would always refer my friends to have their students attend high school for the simple fact that they will get the education needed to go to college plus special treatment and care for each and every student.

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