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...
by kristi | Dec 21, 2017 | Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, LIttleton Kindergarten, LIttleton Pre-K, News & Events
How can you tell if a young child might thrive in a gifted preschool or kindergarten? We all know the stereotype of young gifted children – nerdy prodigies who began to read at age three, have an SAT-level vocabulary and can calculate pi to the 1000th digit. But most...
by kristi | Dec 18, 2017 | Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, Littleton, LIttleton Kindergarten, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
Did you know that the Gingerbread Man can spark an opportunity for scientific inquiry? Or that Jack and his beanstalk can inspire a hands-on engineering challenge? Our kindergarten learners, through the exciting world of fairy tales, have embarked on a journey that...
by kristi | Nov 20, 2017 | Community, Compassionate Hearts, Littleton, News & Events
Mack Littleton’s campus population more than doubled on the Friday before Thanksgiving break when we were joined by a gaggle of grands and a flurry of friends! The students were thrilled to welcome their grandparents and “grandfriends” into their classrooms for...