by kristi | Jan 17, 2017 | Compassionate Hearts, Core Values, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events
by Kim Servia, M.A.Ed., DCSD GT Facilitator, and Parent Too often, gifted children and adolescents hear that they are “too _______.” Fill in the blank with any of the following: intense, sensitive, weird, self-absorbed, hyperactive, bossy, stubborn, or lazy....
by kristi | Dec 15, 2016 | Community, Core Values, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events
By Diane Dunne, Littleton Head of School Holiday traditions such as lights, music, food, and annual gift-giving notwithstanding, our fast-paced Facebook world demands we travel light, discarding old products and pursuits to embrace the innovation and creative change...
by kristi | Dec 15, 2016 | Core Values, Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, News & Events, Our Students, Parent Education
by Alice Shi Kembel (proud mother of three boys currently attending Mackintosh Academy’s Boulder Campus) Our house is filled with trash. Not because I’m a terrible housekeeper, not because my husband shirks his weekly duty of taking out the trash, but because...
by kristi | Nov 16, 2016 | Compassionate Hearts, Core Values, Growing Learners
By Sharon M. Barnes, MSSW, LCSW, http://therapistforsensitiveandgifted.com/ Social and emotional needs are crucial to the well-being of gifted students. When these needs are not met, the result may be low self-esteem, anxiety or depression. It is possible for gifted...
by kristi | Sep 16, 2016 | Compassionate Hearts, Core Values, Global Action, Growing Learners, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Our Team
Anyone who thinks the current generation of children are apathetic and uninvolved needs to hear about all of these award winners and take heart that our world will be trusted to caring and capable hands. ~ Joe Pausback How does it feel, as a teacher, when your...