by kristi | Mar 24, 2020 | Growing Learners, Littleton, News, News & Events, Our Students
When Social Distancing is “Normal Life” Selah C. is an eleven-year-old former Mackintosh Academy student who was born with a condition that puts her at higher risk for respiratory illnesses. Recently she shared her tips on social distancing from the point...
by kristi | Oct 28, 2019 | Gifted Education, News, Parent Education
By Katie Bellon, PhD, Denver Integrative Assessment Could more free time help your child be more organized in school? Can unstructured play help children do better socially? You might be surprised to find that the answer is yes. You may have heard “executive...
by Darsa Morrow | Apr 20, 2015 | Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events
“Mom, that burrito is still in my backpack.” Burrito? What burrito? In his school back pack? Surely my twelve-year-old son couldn’t be referring to the egg and cheese breakfast burrito I bought him last week. (Yes. Yes, he was.) Today was one of those days when I felt...
by Gia Medeiros | Mar 17, 2015 | Admissions, Community, Growing Learners, Littleton, News & Events, Older Posts, Summer
When my daughter was five she was obsessed with zoo animals of all kinds. Her greatest thrill was going to Denver Zoo Camp. It was her chance to hold snakes, bearded dragons and hedgehogs – never understanding why we couldn’t have them at home. There she met other...
by Darsa Morrow | Feb 27, 2015 | Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Our Students
Three families, six adults, eight young boys, three dogs: one cabin in the woods. I knew it was going to be a whole lot of joyful chaos once we arrived, but in the car on the way up to the mountains, all I could think about was traffic, icy roads, and the many, MANY...