by Gia Medeiros | Apr 25, 2014 | Community, Growing Learners, News & Events, Older Posts, Summer
Summer can be a wonderful (and we hate to admit stressful!) time for families with school aged children — especially when your kids are bright, sensitive, high energy and often highly gifted (like so many in the metro area)! Mackintosh Academy...
by Gia Medeiros | Apr 6, 2014 | News & Events, Older Posts, Our Team
Mackintosh Academy is pleased to announce that JJ Morrow will be joining Mackintosh Academy Boulder’s Pamela Andreas Campus as Head of School beginning this summer (July, 2014). For nearly 20 years, JJ has worked at nationally renowned independent schools as an...
by Gia Medeiros | Mar 22, 2014 | Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
In 2/3 this week, students shared wonderful inventions they designed and built for their summative projects in the Simple Machines Unit. Wow, what these kids built was phenomenal! We saw everything from a dog biscuit dispenser to an ironing, folding machine, a jewel...
by Gia Medeiros | Mar 21, 2014 | News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
What do cardboard, duct tape, plastic wrap, one nine year old boy and a whole lot of imagination add up to? In the case of Cain Monroy it was a whole Arcade full of fun! In honor of Maker’s Month at Mackintosh, we’re sharing his story here. You can...
by Gia Medeiros | Mar 7, 2014 | Community, Global Action, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
Zach Olkin started building robots just three years ago in the 4th grade when his mom launched a lego robotics club at Mackintosh Boulder. Just last week his Vex IQ Robotics team won a “triple crown” at the Vex Robotics competition – for teamwork,...
by Gia Medeiros | Mar 2, 2014 | Admissions, News & Events, Older Posts, Uncategorized
Join us to learn how Mackintosh Academy’s Middle School Program helps gifted and creative students thrive through the middle years. Mackintosh for the Middle Years, Wednesday March 4 from 9-10:30 am on the Boulder Campus Have you ever wondered what children...