Our next staff spotlight features Program Relationship Manager, Teagan Papke! Teagan taught as a classroom teacher in the Boulder Valley School District for many years in bilingual and international schools. She changed gears from teaching and went into event planning so that she could pursue her love of travel and adventures in the outdoors including… Read more »
Written by CI Field Instructor Aileen Palma (Escrito en español más abajo) Time flies when you’re having fun…Erin and Aileen had the pleasure of working with a group of students from Casa de La Esperanza for a short two weeks before we geared up for a culminating day hike. Although the students grew up together, this didn’t… Read more »
Meet Dru Falco, CI’s Logistics Coordinator! Dru is responsible for risk management and logistics behind our field programs, from choosing locations to cleaning gear to figuring out how to acquire fishing poles for a trip. If she’s not working on a spreadsheet, you can find her running in the mountains or trying to find the… Read more »
Written by Sara Runyan, Cottonwood Institute Instructor Hello Cottonwood supporters! Christina and I had the pleasure last week of working with Breakthrough at Kent Denver, a program for motivated middle and high school students. We had 29 students for four afternoons on the Kent Denver campus. The High Line Canal, which is one of the… Read more »
The CI Move-A-Thon was a magnificent celebration of movement and a ceremony to honor CI’s triumphant work. We are happy to report that we raised just over $44,000 to support our students and programs, which we couldn’t have achieved without the generous and amazing We Ride 4 community! To kick off the evening, Curriculum Manager,… Read more »
Cottonwood Institute is excited to receive a $10,000 grant from Xcel Energy Foundation to help support our CAP Classes at AXL Academy, William Smith High School, Angevine Middle School, Centaurus High School, and New Vista High School during the 2021-22 school year! We are honored to partner with Xcel energy and their commitment to transition… Read more »
Stay tuned on CI’s social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn for fun things you can do each day this week leading up to the Move-A-Thon Virtual Party on Saturday, July 31, 2021 from 6pm – 7:30pm MT. MOVE-A-THON WEEK ON SOCIAL MEDIA Here is a preview of some extra credit ways… Read more »
What was your favorite part of the trip? What will you always remember? You’ll get different answers to these questions depending on who you ask. Last week, Cottonwood’s Changemakers spent three days in the San Luis Valley exploring Great Sand Dunes National Park, Zapata Falls, and Earth Knack. As the culmination to a yearlong… Read more »
Fire is both destructive and a source of regeneration. The students of STRIVE Prep – Federal took this lesson of the duality of fire to everything they accomplished over the two weeks of their Explore Outside program. They broke down barriers and generated new and incredible skills! The students came together to overcome challenges, spend… Read more »
Beginning my first season as a Cottonwood Instructor, I was thrilled to hit the ground running with one of our Explore Outside programs! On June 1st, our two-week program with STRIVE Prep – Sunnyside 8th graders began. During our time together, we covered all kinds of content that got us exploring the natural world. We… Read more »
