by Darsa Morrow | Feb 5, 2016 | Community, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students
“I feel like an alien from another planet.” Has your gifted child ever made a statement like that? Have you felt at a loss for how to support him/her? The Different by Design participatory Parent Education event lead by therapist Sharon M. Barnes is for adults with...
by Darsa Morrow | Feb 3, 2016 | Community, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
Mackintosh Academy-Boulder recently received a $1.5 million grant to launch a new Mack Scholars program designed to provide ten students from socio- economically disadvantaged backgrounds full financial support to attend Mackintosh Academy through 8th grade. JJ...
by Gia Medeiros | Jan 21, 2016 | Admissions, Community, Growing Learners, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
Take our new virtual tour and see the Mackintosh difference in action. We are so proud of our new admissions video. It is different by design – just like our educational program. The narration is completely student driven and we focus on showing how we...
by Darsa Morrow | Jan 20, 2016 | Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
What is that blue line? Why does it drop down for two days and then go up again for five? And what does azimuth mean? These and other questions lit up the room as students and, later, their parents explored the data generated by our solar panel monitoring system....
by Darsa Morrow | Dec 9, 2015 | Community, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Our Students
Stepping on Legos with bare feet is a common parental gripe, to be sure; after my latest sole-piercing experience, I vowed that this year I would not depend on Lego sets as go-to presents for my boys. That vow really got me thinking about what constitutes meaningful...
by Darsa Morrow | Nov 10, 2015 | Community, News & Events, Our Students
If you had a six-foot tree last year, do you need a six-and-a-half foot tree this year? If last year’s Hot Wheels set had two loops does this year’s set need three…and a jump through a flaming hoop? Over a pool filled with sharks with laser beams? Your parents...