by kristi | Sep 26, 2023 | Fifth Grade, Gifted Education, Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, LIttleton 5th & 6th Grade, News & Events, Sixth Grade
At Mackintosh Academy in Littleton, Colorado, embracing an inquiry-based education model for gifted students is central to our teaching philosophy, and we recognize the immense value of experiential learning. Recently, our fifth and sixth-grade students and teachers...
by kristi | Feb 28, 2023 | Eighth Grade, Global Action, Keen MInds, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, Middle Years Programme, News, News & Events, Seventh Grade
The World Affairs Challenges gives students the opportunity to address real-world issues. At Mackintosh Academy, seventh and eighth grade students have been participating in the World Affairs Challenge (WAC) since 2014. This annual challenge asks students to work...
by kristi | Feb 24, 2023 | Community, Global Action, International Baccalaureate, News, News & Events, Sustainability
Greenhouse Grant Awarded Mackintosh Academy recently received a $3000 grant from the Colorado Garden Foundation to be used for improvements to our greenhouse. We incorporate the use of our greenhouse throughout our Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade curriculum. Our...
by kristi | Apr 12, 2022 | Eighth Grade, Events, Global Action, International Baccalaureate, Middle Years Programme, News, Our Students, Service Learning, Seventh Grade, Sustainability
Since 2014, Mackintosh Academy middle school students have participated in the World Affairs Challenge (WAC). Each spring, our seventh and eighth grade students work in teams to research and design sustainable solutions to global issues, and then present their...
by kristi | Mar 16, 2022 | Events, Gifted Education, Keen MInds, Middle Years Programme, News & Events, Primary Years Programme, Student Work
Mack students and teachers celebrated Pi (π) Day on Monday. First declared an unofficial holiday in 1988 by physicist Larry Shaw, Pi Day celebrates the mathematical constant of pi (Greek letter π), which begins with 3.14 and has been calculated to over 50 trillion...