By Misra Cohen-MacGill and Anna Meiners New Vista High School, Community Adventure Program, Boulder, Colorado You know that funky, leafy green plant that has suddenly popped up in your yard uninvited? So do an increasing number of people in the Boulder community. Once introduced as a drought resistant plant to brighten gardens, the attractive yellow… Read more »
As the quarter comes to a close, I would like to get some feedback from the 4th Quarter 2005 CAP class to improve the CAP for future students. Please click on the survey link below to take the CAP Post Test Survey. Click here to take survey.
“By the strength of my arm, by the sight of my eyes, by the skill of my fingers, I swear, as long as life dwells in me, never will I follow any way but the sweeping way of the wind.” – Everett Reuss
“We never know how the impact of our actions may ripple out. We never know who may be touched. That’s one more reason why, although the fruits of our labors can’t always be seen, they matter immensely.” – Paul Loeb
“Onward from vast uncharted spaces, Forward through timeless voids, Into all of us surges and races The measureless might of the wind. […] In the steep silence of thin blue air High on a lonely cliff-ledge, Where the air has a clear, clean rarity, I give to the wind…my pledge: By the strength of my… Read more »
The quarter has passed by in a flash and already it’s the end of the school year. Throughout the class we have experienced and learned so many things it would be impossible to recount them all here. For me the most valuable lessons were acquired during the weekend overnight trips and our four days in… Read more »
“The world will not evolve its current state of crisis by using the same thinking that created the situation.” – Albert Einstein
“We realize our dilemma goes deeper than shortage of time; it is basically a problem of priorities. We confess, We have left undone those things that ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.” – Charles E. Hummel
“What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can’t move, with no hope of rescue. Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn’t been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances… Read more »
