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 | Nov 29, 2018 | Admissions, Community, Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
When you think of your middle school memories, what comes to mind? Awkwardness and braces? Pushing your way through crowded hallways? Hours spent memorizing math equations and highlighting dry history textbooks? Mackintosh Academy’s Middle Years students look...
by kristi | May 16, 2018 | Community, Core Values, Global Action, International Baccalaureate, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students
We are thrilled to announce that Mackintosh Academy Littleton has been named a recipient of the U. S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School Award for 2018. Mackintosh Academy Littleton is the first Colorado independent school to win this award, as well as one of...
by kristi | Feb 5, 2018 | Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Parent Education
By Kim Servia, M.A.Ed., DCSD GT Facilitator, and Parent Our son’s underachievement surprised us. Maybe it shouldn’t have, but it did. Through study and reflection, I understand more about how parenting, school, and mindset unintentionally contribute to the perfect...
by kristi | Jan 25, 2018 | Community, Compassionate Hearts, Core Values, Global Action, International Baccalaureate, Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, News & Events, Our Students
At Mackintosh, education isn’t just book learning – it’s also about taking action and making an impact in the community. Last week, the Mack Littleton eighth grade class presented their community service capstone projects to the school community. The community project...