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 | 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 | 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 | Jan 21, 2020 | Global Action, International Baccalaureate, News & Events, Sustainability
National Wildlife Federation Certifies New Schoolyard Habitat in Littleton, CO Local schools making a difference to protect wildlife LITTLETON, CO– (JANUARY 20, 2020) – National Wildlife Federation (NWF), America’s largest wildlife conservation and education...
by kristi | Dec 19, 2018 | Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, Littleton, LIttleton 3rd & 4th Grade, News & Events, Our Students
Mackintosh Academy Littleton third and fourth graders recently completed their “Where We Are in Time and Place” International Baccalaureate unit of inquiry, focusing on the history of Ancient Greece. This unit invited them to explore how the people, beliefs and values...