by kristi | Jan 24, 2019 | Community, Compassionate Hearts, Global Action, International Baccalaureate, Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, News & Events, Our Students
Service learning allows students to move beyond the classroom walls into a real-world learning experience that can have impact not only on the students themselves, but on the larger community. This is one of the goals of the Middle Years Programme Community Project,...
by kristi | Dec 19, 2018 | Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, Littleton, LIttleton 3rd & 4th Grade, News & Events, Our Students
Mackintosh Academy Littleton third and fourth graders recently completed their “Where We Are in Time and Place” International Baccalaureate unit of inquiry, focusing on the history of Ancient Greece. This unit invited them to explore how the people, beliefs and values...
by kristi | Nov 29, 2018 | Admissions, Community, Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
When you think of your middle school memories, what comes to mind? Awkwardness and braces? Pushing your way through crowded hallways? Hours spent memorizing math equations and highlighting dry history textbooks? Mackintosh Academy’s Middle Years students look...
by kristi | Oct 11, 2018 | Community, Global Action, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Our Team
Mackintosh Academy Littleton has been named as a “Gold Leader” in the Colorado Environmental Leadership (ELP) program. A team of faculty and students attended the awards ceremony on October 9 to receive the award. Because of the collective efforts of our...
by kristi | Sep 28, 2018 | Global Action, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Our Team
On Sept. 21, Milo V., Emery S. and Hazel K. stepped onto a stage in Washington D.C. to represent Mackintosh Littleton as they accepted the U.S. Dept. Of Education’s Green Ribbon School award. Accompanied by Head of School Diane Dunne and Sustainability Coordinator...
by kristi | Sep 24, 2018 | Community, Core Values, Global Action, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Our Team
Mackintosh Academy in Littleton, Colorado became the first independent school in the state to be named a U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools award honoree and one of only six nonpublic schools nationally to receive this award. Several students, along...