by Gia Medeiros | Jan 18, 2014 | Community, Compassionate Hearts, Growing Learners, Older Posts, Our Students, Uncategorized
by Alex Hernandez, father of Akari and Mekhi Hernandez (3rd grade twins) “It’s like my heart is a tooth, and it’s got a cavity that can only be filled with children.” ‒ Gru, Despicable Me (2010) ‒ My kids may look like rosy-cheeked cherubs...
by Gia Medeiros | Jan 11, 2014 | Compassionate Hearts, Global Action, Our Students, Student Work
by Kathryn Kyd This fall, what began as our food unit’s culminating project, “Sandwich Shop Deluxe,” turned into a much grander student-driven venture. My kindergarten students became inspired by a book we read in class called “Give a Goat.” They wondered if they...
by Gia Medeiros | Jan 9, 2014 | Admissions, Core Values, Growing Learners, Mack Manifesto, Our Students
by Mary Lou Faddick, Executive Director At Mack we believe in individual genius and honoring children for their gifts — in all the ways they show up. The magic in this cartoon is that it describes Mackintosh Academy perfectly. We don’t judge children by...
by Gia Medeiros | Jan 7, 2014 | Global Action, Growing Learners, Our Students, Student Work
We’re finding inspiration from great leaders this month in the seventh and eighth grade at Mack. As part of our study of the Mauya and Gupta Indian Empires, our students explored the ways that great leaders acquired and used power and were eventually transformed...
by Gia Medeiros | Dec 12, 2013 | Littleton, Our Students, Student Work
By Diane Dunne, Littleton Middle Years Teacher What better way to learn about ancient civilizations than to devise one of your own? This is exactly the challenge that our imaginative seventh and eighth graders accepted as the culminating project of our Origins unit in...
by Gia Medeiros | Nov 15, 2013 | Compassionate Hearts, Core Values, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Our Students, Our Team, Uncategorized
Here at Mack we’re big believers in struggle, challenge and feeling good about failure – as a critical opportunity for learning and growth. In this 6 minute TED talk former New York City teacher and success researcher, Angela Lee Duckworth identifies...