by Darsa Morrow | Sep 19, 2015 | Community, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Older Posts
“What is really needed to prepare students as citizens and workers in the 21st Century?” MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED, the surprise Sundance hit documentary, addresses that question and begins the search for new solutions. Mackintosh Academy is hosting several...
by Darsa Morrow | Sep 18, 2015 | Community, Global Action, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students
“We didn’t create this mess. But none of us are innocent. Grownups are looking to us to solve the problem.” Mack-Littleton student You could say it all started with the sun. Or, rather, it started with the students who were inspired to apply for a grant to enable the...
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...
by Darsa Morrow | Sep 4, 2015 | Littleton, News & Events, Our Students
Mackintosh Academy-Littleton has created a Solar Scholarship fund to benefit Denver-area gifted elementary students who are culturally, linguistically, and/or economically diverse. In September 2015, as a direct result of a sixth grade student capstone...
by Darsa Morrow | Sep 4, 2015 | Keen MInds, News & Events
Re-posted with permission from Maker Boulder. Written by Martha Lanaghan. At the Boulder Mini Maker Faire, we hosted a lock picking table. Adults and children alike sat for hours experimenting with locks and practicing their lock picking skills. One of the parents...