News Briefs

In anticipation of the 15-Year Anniversary, HMI alumni reflect on their time in Leadville in this short video created by filmmaker Michael Gregory (RMS X). To see the video, please click here.

Simple in Means, Rich in Ends: The Story of the High Mountain Institute captures the creation and history of HMI and provides insight into the vision and leadership of Christopher and Molly Barnes, the school’s founders.

We invite all of our alumni, alumni families, and friends to join us for this special event, as we honor the great work of our founders Christopher and Molly Barnes and wish them well on their next journey.  The weekend will include optional short trips and day hikes to reconnect with the beautiful Leadville landscape; a bonfire to welcome everyone back to campus; a barbeque and music on Saturday night; and many opportunities to share stories with old friends and meet fellow alumni. For more information click here.

In the next two weeks HMI will host evening events in Irvington, NY and Leadville, CO to present information on our Semester and Summer Term. All prospective students, alums and their families are encouraged to attend! For more information on these presentations, please click here.

The HMI fall newsletter is now available online. Read about mentoring and apprenticing, the virtues of humor in education, Spanish speaking in Leadville, and much more---including updates from alumni and former faculty and apprentices. Plus, we hope you will enjoy the new look that the newsletter has taken on! You can read the newsletter HERE.

HMI will be visiting schools and hosting evening presentations for prospective students and families in Manhattan, Cleveland, and Seattle this week.  For more information about our evening presentations click HERE.

HMI now has an online application for the Semester and Summer Term! The deadline to apply is February 15th, and we look forward to having applicants use our new online system. To view the new application, please click here.

Caroline Kanner and Will Flemer, two Summer Term students, recently had their work featured on Orion Magazine's website. Their sense of place essays were composed in response to an assignment this summer and appear in "The Place Where You Live" section of Orion's website. To read about where Caroline and Will call home and the profound meaning that these places carry for them please click on this link. Congratulations to these two! Well done!

The HMI Summer Term is now in full swing! To follow the adventures and experiences of our Summer Term students, you can click here to read their Weekly Updates. For additional updates you can check out our Facebook page and browse photos on Flickr!

Congratulations to Ben Dougherty, Assistant Head of School, and Laura Dougherty, Director of Admissions and Advancement, on the birth of their daughter Mia Grace! Mia was born on May 21st and and we are thrilled to welcome her to the HMI community.

HMI has recently announced the depature of HMI's founders, Christopher and Molly Barnes, and the subsequent search for a new Head of School. To read more you can visit our Head of School Search page.

Next week HMI will host reunions in Boston and at Colorado College! For more details, please visit our Events page. We hope you will join us!

We invite you to catch a glimpse of Semester 28! See recent photographs on Flickr and get the latest news from our Facebook posts. Also, we have student-written weekly updates that cover expeditions, classes, and life on campus!

Applications for the Fall 2012 Semester, Spring 2013 Semester, and Summer Term 2012 are due (postmarked by) February 15th. Please contact admissions@hminet.org if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your application!

In the next few weeks HMI will host evening presentations in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Wilton, New Haven, and Denver. Prospective students, parents, and alumni families are invited to join us and share information about the HMI Semester and Summer Term.  For details about these presentations, and others, please click HERE.

Our most recent newsletter features interesting articles, updates, and more!

The 2012-2013 HMI Viewbook is now available online!  Find detailed information about the HMI Semester, Summer Term, and High Peaks adventure including course descriptions, faculty and alumni profiles, and dates and tuition.

On June 17th, the Association of Colorado Independent Schools (ACIS) unanimously approved the accreditation of HMI.

Follow the adventures of HMI XXVII, Fall 2011, by clicking here

HMI, in collaboration with five other semester schools, is pleased to announce the formation of the Semester Schools Network, and the launch of its website at www.semesterschools.net. After several years of discussion about how semester schools could better work together to educate families and schools about semester-away options for high school students, the heads of six semester schools convened in New York in June 2010 to formalize an effort to do just that.

Click here to download our 2010 Annual Report. This year, the report includes our first Environmental Impact Update. Read about our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and more. Thank you to all of the alumni, parents, Trustees, employees and friends who gave to HMI last year. Your gifts make our programs possible! For information about giving to HMI, or any of our programs, please email us.

On June 13, 2010, approximately 30 of Matthew Stuen's family and friends, along with HMI staff, alumni and trustees, attended the dedication of Stuen Hall. Matthew was an alumnus of RMS VIII; he died tragically during his freshman year in college. Matthew's family created the Matthew Stuen Memorial Fund in his memory, and their generous donation--along with those of many others--helped make the construction of Stuen Hall possible.

The plaque that now hangs in Stuen Hall reads as follows:

We are currently hiring an Admissions & Development Office Manager, a 75% to full-time (TBD) year-round position. Responsibilities include: supporting the admissions, marketing and fundraising efforts of the school; supporting admissions and development staff members; responding to student and parent inquiries; organizing and completing mailings; maintaining the school's website; and other administrative and office duties. Apply by July 23.

Learn more in our Employment section

The High Mountain Institute needs and appreciates your financial support, this year and every year. Give online, either using our website or our Facebook Cause page, where you can make a recurring monthly donation.

The High Mountain Institute Annual Fund provides critical support for our scholarship program, faculty & staff support, and small capital projects around campus. Thank you for thinking of the High Mountain Institute!

Congratulations to our accepted students for 2010-2011! You are part of a wonderful class of students, and we want to remind you that enrollment agreeements are due on May 1. Visit our Accepted Students page for more information.

Thanks to many of you, the High Mountain Institute has successfully exceeded our capital campaign goal of raising $1.7 million!

The completion of this campaign means that we have begun to insure the future of the school through the completion of our campus and the establishment of an endowment. It is an important milestone, and we are very grateful to all who helped us reach it.

The grant is contingent on HMI raising $815,000 for capital projects as a part of Our Campaign for Sustainability by September, 2009.

With this challenge gift, the High Mountain Institute has secured over 1.4 million dollars in pledges, gifts, and challenges toward Our Campaign for Sustainability. The campaign includes funding for both capital projects
and endowment. To date, HMI has reached 84% of our 1.7 million dollar goal.

Construction on the new Student and Faculty Community Center and Stuen Hall is underway at HMI.

The two buildings will complete the build out of the HMI campus as envisioned in the school's original master plan. The two buildings will be located on the west end of campus, near the student cabins.

The Student and Faculty Community Center, a three-story structure, will house a faculty apartment, living space for apprentices, a sick room, laundry facilities, and bathrooms and storage space for students.

Visit our For Accepted Students page for more information for students and families. We cannot wait to welcome you to Rocky Mountain Semester XXI (Fall 2008) or XXII (Spring 2009)! We look forward to receiving your enrollment paperwork no later than May 1st; in the meantime, please feel free to contact us at anytime with questions. Danny O'Brien, Director of Admissions, can be reached at 719-486-8200 x109 or dobrien@hminet.org.