by Darsa Morrow | Jan 31, 2015 | Community, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Parent Education
“Hi! I hear you also don’t let your son play first-person shooter video games! How can we support each other?” That was my first introduction to a fellow Mack mom whose son is in my oldest son’s class. And if you picked up on the slightly desperate subtext in that...
by Darsa Morrow | Jan 28, 2015 | Growing Learners, News & Events, Older Posts, Student Work
It may not have been quite as momentous as the Berlin Wall falling, but this week a large portion of the long wall that bisected Mackintosh Academy-Boulder’s playground was taken down. The wall removal creates a more open play space, allowing students to spread...
by Darsa Morrow | Jan 23, 2015 | News & Events
We’ve seen the TED Talks. We’ve read the findings from multiple commissions on education in the 21st century, and study after study suggests that innovation and creativity are top priorities for employers across the country. We are living in the innovation age. Yet...
by Darsa Morrow | Jan 22, 2015 | Keen MInds, Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, News & Events
Imagine a detective show in which a thief steals chloroplasts from a plant cell rendering it unable to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen. When Mackintosh Littleton teacher Alison Weems challenged her middle school students to design creative presentations...
by Gia Medeiros | Jan 22, 2015 | Community, Core Values, Global Action, Mack Manifesto, News & Events
This Wednesday, January 28th at 6:30 pm, we’re “Unleashing Creativity” on the Mackintosh Boulder Campus. Today, creativity is no longer regarded as the exclusive domain of artists and “creative” types. Instead it is a core capacity that is in high...