by Darsa Morrow | Dec 15, 2016 | International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
Get ready to “blast off” as we get a glimpse into the “out of this world” unit the Mack-Boulder second graders just completed. Their IB Unit of Inquiry was Space Exploration with the central idea, “Exploration Drives Invention and Discovery.” Teachers Jenny Bolch and...
by Darsa Morrow | Nov 14, 2016 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
What is the environmental impact of food transportation? What does it mean to eat or cook locally? Does everyone have enough food and access to healthy food? How can we help others who may not have enough food? The Mackintosh Academy-Boulder 4th and 5th grade students...
by Darsa Morrow | Nov 8, 2016 | Community, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
Like many Americans on Election Day, students at Mackintosh Academy-Boulder will also be voting. Instead of choosing a president, representatives, and ballot measures, these students will get a chance to vote for their new school mascot. After Tuesday, their...
by Darsa Morrow | Oct 18, 2016 | Community, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
Adults have words for our feelings—we are joyful, angry, disgusted, afraid or sad, and we even have words like pride and envy to describe complex shades of these feelings. Children feel these emotions no less keenly, even if they can’t name them. But it’s...
by Darsa Morrow | Sep 19, 2016 | Community, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
Mack-Boulder is hosting an amazing Parent Education event this Wednesday, September 21, 2016 5:30-7:00pm. Free and open to the public! K-8th children welcome! See flyer below for RSVP info! Join Kristi Pikiewicz, Mackintosh Academy’s Educational Psychologist,...
by Darsa Morrow | Sep 16, 2016 | Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
For the past few years, Mack-Boulder has used Responsive Classroom’s First Six Weeks approach to kick-off the beginning of the school year. The approach focuses on: setting goals and expectations with students; creating classroom norms in very setting, learning and...