by Darsa Morrow | May 19, 2017 | Community, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
If you were lucky enough to be at one of the standing-room-only performances of the recent Mack-Boulder 5th-8th grade musical “Theseus & the Minotaur,” you are probably still humming some of the catchy and wonderfully-performed songs. It was a stunning production...
by Darsa Morrow | Apr 20, 2017 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
A group of fifth graders is gathered around a table. On the table is a lamb—a dead one. In class, the students have been learning about how food is transformed from molecule to seed to farm to table and into their bodies, and now they are here at Blackbelly Market to...
by Darsa Morrow | Apr 20, 2017 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
We are the ones who can make it happen We are the ones who can make it right It’s up to us It’s not too late to try Every day is Earth Day* There is something especially heartbreaking about youth setting out to fix problems they had nothing to do with creating....
by Darsa Morrow | Mar 16, 2017 | Community, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
“It’s hard for me to squeeze in all the reading and writing I want to do every day.” -a Mack-Boulder student In addition to a vigorous IB curriculum, Mackintosh Academy-Boulder has a strong dedication to nurturing and supporting avid readers and writers. The school...
by Darsa Morrow | Feb 15, 2017 | Global Action, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
Some kids would like nothing more than to spend extra time at school in the art lab, developing their pottery skills. Others might be passionate about learning how to handle emergencies in the wilderness. Friday Explorations at Mack-Boulder ensure that each student...
