by kristi | Sep 26, 2023 | Fifth Grade, Gifted Education, Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, LIttleton 5th & 6th Grade, News & Events, Sixth Grade
At Mackintosh Academy in Littleton, Colorado, embracing an inquiry-based education model for gifted students is central to our teaching philosophy, and we recognize the immense value of experiential learning. Recently, our fifth and sixth-grade students and teachers...
by kristi | Apr 12, 2022 | Eighth Grade, Events, Global Action, International Baccalaureate, Middle Years Programme, News, Our Students, Service Learning, Seventh Grade, Sustainability
Since 2014, Mackintosh Academy middle school students have participated in the World Affairs Challenge (WAC). Each spring, our seventh and eighth grade students work in teams to research and design sustainable solutions to global issues, and then present their...
by kristi | Jan 19, 2021 | Fifth Grade, LIttleton 5th & 6th Grade, News & Events, Our Students, Primary Years Programme, Sixth Grade, Student Work
By Tari St.Marie, 5th and 6th Grade Teacher What do you do when the world hijacks your unit of inquiry? It started quietly enough, during our unit of inquiry into Revolutions. My fifth and sixth grade students asked: Are all revolutions good? What if the revolution...
by kristi | Oct 11, 2018 | Community, Global Action, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Our Team
Mackintosh Academy Littleton has been named as a “Gold Leader” in the Colorado Environmental Leadership (ELP) program. A team of faculty and students attended the awards ceremony on October 9 to receive the award. Because of the collective efforts of our...
by kristi | Sep 28, 2018 | Global Action, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Our Team
On Sept. 21, Milo V., Emery S. and Hazel K. stepped onto a stage in Washington D.C. to represent Mackintosh Littleton as they accepted the U.S. Dept. Of Education’s Green Ribbon School award. Accompanied by Head of School Diane Dunne and Sustainability Coordinator...