by Gia Medeiros | Apr 6, 2014 | News & Events, Older Posts, Our Team
Mackintosh Academy is pleased to announce that JJ Morrow will be joining Mackintosh Academy Boulder’s Pamela Andreas Campus as Head of School beginning this summer (July, 2014). For nearly 20 years, JJ has worked at nationally renowned independent schools as an...
by Gia Medeiros | Feb 8, 2014 | Community, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, Our Students, Our Team, Uncategorized
By Stacey Anderson, Littleton Head of School Our campus is moving and grooving even during these chilly, snowy days! There is great interest in our school and we are enjoying an influx of referral meetings this month. I am excited about the great fit students and...
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...
by Gia Medeiros | Nov 10, 2013 | Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, Our Team, Student Work
By Lula Guilbert Who knew that studying ecosystems could be so empowering? In our How We Share the Planet unit, students were charged with identifying a problem in an ecosystem and taking an action that would help that ecosystem. The students had to document their...
by Gia Medeiros | Nov 10, 2013 | Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Older Posts, Our Team
By Jim Parker, 4th Grade Teacher, Boulder Campus Our students are naturally curious and gregarious in absorbing new information. In 4th grade, we begin to bring in the power of the internet into our research space. Inspired by Sugata Mitra’s TED talk, we have...
by Gia Medeiros | Nov 10, 2013 | Compassionate Hearts, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Older Posts, Our Team
Each morning, parents around the world pack lunches, help children get their backpacks on and send them to the communities that we call “school.” Each morning, educators around the world have the opportunity to step into the classrooms and create fresh learning...