by Darsa Morrow | Feb 5, 2016 | Community, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students
“I feel like an alien from another planet.” Has your gifted child ever made a statement like that? Have you felt at a loss for how to support him/her? The Different by Design participatory Parent Education event lead by therapist Sharon M. Barnes is for adults with...
by Darsa Morrow | Jan 20, 2016 | Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
What is that blue line? Why does it drop down for two days and then go up again for five? And what does azimuth mean? These and other questions lit up the room as students and, later, their parents explored the data generated by our solar panel monitoring system....
by Gia Medeiros | Jan 13, 2016 | Admissions, Littleton, LIttleton 1st & 2nd Grade, LIttleton 3rd & 4th Grade, LIttleton 5th & 6th Grade, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, LIttleton Kindergarten, LIttleton Pre-K, News & Events
OK, so…….what is a scientist? The popular view held by most children is that the world of science is owned by wide-eyed, white-coated ‘boffins’ [1]who spend their time poking in test tubes and looking into microscopes, beautifully illustrated by 5th grader, Paige. I...
by Darsa Morrow | Nov 11, 2015 | Community, Littleton, News & Events
The Mackintosh Academy-Littleton’s yearly grandparent and special friend day has evolved into, well, something grand. The Grand Event, as it is being called this year, will be a harmonious combination of the ideas of preservation and creation. The first part of The...
by Darsa Morrow | Oct 14, 2015 | Community, Growing Learners, Littleton, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
Doesn’t every child have gifts? Shouldn’t every child be taught as if they are gifted? Isn’t every child unique and special? What are we really saying when we talk about “giftedness” and “gifted-talented”? The words “gifted” and “talented” have very positive meanings...
by Darsa Morrow | Oct 14, 2015 | Community, Littleton, Our Students
This past summer I had dinner with friends I don’t see all that often. We chatted about a wide variety of topics, and naturally, our kids were among the many things we discussed. One of the women had gone through a difficult year with her son’s now former school....