by Darsa Morrow | Apr 21, 2016 | Global Action, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Uncategorized
Mack-Boulder sixth graders recently returned from an amazing trip organized by the World Leadership School. The trip was WLS’s Collaborative Leadership Program set in Pueblo de Cochiti, which is located 35 miles southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is the main town...
by Darsa Morrow | Apr 4, 2016 | Growing Learners, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
It wasn’t even St. Patrick’s Day when Mack-Littleton families, alumni, and neighbors gathered on Sunday, March 6th for a Community Salad and to celebrate green-a greenhouse bursting with organic lettuces, a group of seventh and eighth graders inspired to...
by Darsa Morrow | Feb 7, 2016 | Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
“Writers pay attention, ask questions, and make connections.” Mack-Boulder students spent Thursday, February 4th completely captivated by acclaimed author Deborah Wiles. Wiles first worked with the kindergarteners and first graders, using her picture book One Wide Sky...
by Darsa Morrow | Jan 20, 2016 | Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
What is that blue line? Why does it drop down for two days and then go up again for five? And what does azimuth mean? These and other questions lit up the room as students and, later, their parents explored the data generated by our solar panel monitoring system....
by Darsa Morrow | Sep 17, 2015 | Community, News & Events, Our Students
What happens when you put power drills in the hands of more than 100 children at the Boulder STEAM fest? At the Mackintosh Academy booth, children (and their adults) built and launched more than 30 giant catapults of their own unique design. The giant machines were...