by Darsa Morrow | Jan 23, 2015 | News & Events
We’ve seen the TED Talks. We’ve read the findings from multiple commissions on education in the 21st century, and study after study suggests that innovation and creativity are top priorities for employers across the country. We are living in the innovation age. Yet...
by Gia Medeiros | Jan 22, 2015 | Community, Core Values, Global Action, Mack Manifesto, News & Events
This Wednesday, January 28th at 6:30 pm, we’re “Unleashing Creativity” on the Mackintosh Boulder Campus. Today, creativity is no longer regarded as the exclusive domain of artists and “creative” types. Instead it is a core capacity that is in high...
by Joe Pausback | Sep 24, 2014 | Community, Core Values, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events
By Joe Pausback, Littleton 5/6th Grade Teacher “I have no time to teach creativity.” – Anonymous Teacher We live in an age that is saturated with information. As teachers and parents we should contemplate the possibility that content standards have become as obsolete...
by Gia Medeiros | Aug 19, 2014 | Community, Growing Learners, News & Events
By Diane Dunne, Head of School, Littleton Campus He explained to me with great insistence that every question possessed a power that did not lie in the answer. Elie Wiesel (Night) As students all over the country are returning to school, I am once again filled with...
by Gia Medeiros | Mar 21, 2014 | News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
What do cardboard, duct tape, plastic wrap, one nine year old boy and a whole lot of imagination add up to? In the case of Cain Monroy it was a whole Arcade full of fun! In honor of Maker’s Month at Mackintosh, we’re sharing his story here. You can...