Gunnison High School
Students at Gunnison High School participated in the Zero Water Day Partnership guided learning plan, collaborated with the 7th grade science class to provide feedback on the design of interpretative signs at a nearby recreational path, and participated in the #mountainsmatter campaign. Students are empowered to play an active role in community education and outreach, especially as it pertains to vital riparian and water ecoystems at the headwaters of the Colorado River. Our Environmental Science Class also affords students the opportunity to do stream data analysis through an EPA grant program out of Arizona State University: SCAPE (Sustainable Communities and Place Based Education) and presented their research in the Healthy Rivers Youth Water Summit.
Introductory Video: Our Future of Education
GHS Zero Water Partnership Intro.mp4Sustainable Developement Goals
GHS Class Card Sort Spring 2021:
Students organized the 17 sutainable development goals in the order they thought most appropriate for action. Students discussed that the order does not mean one card is more important than the other, but that action must be taken in appropriate steps to achieve the sustainability goals. Emphasis was placed on partnership and access to basic neccessities. Students added Mental Health and Affordable College to the goals.
Field Experience:
In partnership with SCAPE, Arizona State University, Telluride Institute, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Tomichi Creek State Wildlife Area, and Western Colorado University Student Volunteers, with suport from Wild Rose Education students collect and analyze annual data on streamflow, water chemsistry, macroinvertebrates, and riparian transects to tell a story of Tomichi Creek, a tributary to the Gunnison River.
Pollinator Garden:
In collaboration with GHS Biology Classes, students broke ground on a polllinator garden at GHS. We hope to create a pollinator path that connects our school to the middle school and then the water walk!
Community Resilience
Check out an article on our Fall 2023 Community Resilience Action Project!
Students collaborate in a wildfire response game with local maps taken into consideration.
Students speak with the local fire chief, a red cross volunteer, the local water conservation district, a wildfire mitigation specialists and other experts during a pannel they hosted.
Students speak with local Sherriff Deputies about their project covering disaster response and aid during the wildfire resilience expo they hosted for the community.
Local community members check out a student project showcasing defensible space.