My deepest appreciation and thanks to the entire RMSP family for having provided me a uniquely terrific photographic summer learning experience! As a pedagogue with decades of classroom experience, I think I know good teaching when I see it, and RMSP's instructors and teaching assistants are top notch! They are experts in the areas that they are covering, and lessons are well organized and proceed logically with current learning building on past lessons. Crucially, there is frequent checking to make certain that everyone understands the concepts being taught before moving on to new material.  

Perhaps of equal importance, and what makes RMSP unique is the culture of friendliness and genuine caring that permeates throughout it. For someone like myself who came in with very little photographic knowledge base, this was tremendously appreciated. From the first phone contact I had with a front office staff member until the very last day of the program, I always felt cared about and that staff would do whatever they reasonably could to make sure that I had a fulfilling and enjoyable time learning. This culture of caring then filters down to the students, and thus there is a wonderful level of cooperative learning that naturally occurs.  

As a result, I had a phenomenal summer in Missoula with RMSP and my fellow SI students, some of whom I keep in touch with and now call friends! Thank you all so much for making that happen for me!!