by Gia Medeiros | Aug 27, 2014 | Admissions, Community, Keen MInds, News & Events, Our Students
What is giftedness? Don’t all children have gifts? Is it about achievement, IQ or the potential to do great things? Or is it a way of being that creates qualitatively different life experiences? What are gifted children’s unique educational and emotional needs? ...
by Gia Medeiros | Apr 6, 2014 | Admissions, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, Testimonials
By Stacey Anderson, Head of School, Mackintosh Academy Littleton Campus Please enjoy this short piece, taken from an article published in the Duke University Digest of Gifted Research in regard to the International Baccalaureate Program. Although the article...
by Gia Medeiros | Mar 2, 2014 | Admissions, News & Events, Older Posts, Uncategorized
Join us to learn how Mackintosh Academy’s Middle School Program helps gifted and creative students thrive through the middle years. Mackintosh for the Middle Years, Wednesday March 4 from 9-10:30 am on the Boulder Campus Have you ever wondered what children...
by Gia Medeiros | Feb 26, 2014 | Admissions, Community, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
Join us for our Middle Years presentation and information session at Mackintosh’s Boulder campus (6717 South Boulder Road) on Monday, March 3rd at 6 pm. You’ll find out what the latest neuroscience says about the middle school brain – and what...
by Gia Medeiros | Feb 6, 2014 | Admissions, News & Events, Older Posts
Did you know that the Boulder and Denver Metro area have one of the highest per capita rates of gifted students in the country? To learn more about gifted education in the early years, please join us for an Early Years Presentation next Wednesday, February...
by Gia Medeiros | Jan 27, 2014 | Admissions, Littleton, News & Events
Join us for this community event! Please join current Mackintosh Academy families this Thursday, January 30th from 5:30-7:30 pm to understand the importance of “Mindset,” a theory developed by world-renowned Stanford University Psychologist, Carol Dweck. In a “fixed...