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Most Likely To Succeed: Education for the Future… Again.
In one viewing experience, I cheered; I shouted at the screen; I rolled my eyes; I cheered again, and maybe I even teared up a little. No, I wasn’t watching a football game… I was pre-screening the surprise Sundance Film Festival hit, Most Likely To Succeed. After...
The Film MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Comes to Mackintosh Academy
"What is really needed to prepare students as citizens and workers in the 21st Century?" MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED, the surprise Sundance hit documentary, addresses that question and begins the search for new solutions. Mackintosh Academy is hosting several screenings....
From Sustainability to a Vision for Community: Mackintosh Academy-Littleton’s Smart Village Initiative
“We didn’t create this mess. But none of us are innocent. Grownups are looking to us to solve the problem.” Mack-Littleton student You could say it all started with the sun. Or, rather, it started with the students who were inspired to apply for a grant to enable the...
STEAM Fest: Making Giant Catapults with Mackintosh Academy
What happens when you put power drills in the hands of more than 100 children at the Boulder STEAM fest? At the Mackintosh Academy booth, children (and their adults) built and launched more than 30 giant catapults of their own unique design. The giant machines were...
Press Release: Mack-Littleton Solar Scholar Program
Mackintosh Academy-Littleton has created a Solar Scholarship fund to benefit Denver-area gifted elementary students who are culturally, linguistically, and/or economically diverse. In September 2015, as a direct result of a sixth grade student capstone...
The Lessons of Lock Picking
Re-posted with permission from Maker Boulder. Written by Martha Lanaghan. At the Boulder Mini Maker Faire, we hosted a lock picking table. Adults and children alike sat for hours experimenting with locks and practicing their lock picking skills. One of the parents...