by Gia Medeiros | Apr 25, 2014 | Community, Growing Learners, News & Events, Older Posts, Summer
Summer can be a wonderful (and we hate to admit stressful!) time for families with school aged children — especially when your kids are bright, sensitive, high energy and often highly gifted (like so many in the metro area)! Mackintosh Academy...
by Gia Medeiros | Apr 13, 2014 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
By Diane Dunne, Mackintosh Littleton Middle Years Teacher Our two Mack Littleton World Affairs Challenge teams came in first and second in last weekend’s competition at Regis University on the topic of Water, Water, Water! “The One Drop Wonders”...
by Gia Medeiros | Mar 19, 2014 | Community, Core Values, Growing Learners, News & Events
This 12 year old girl became a tween sensation as she video blogged her way to Maker infamy. Mack kids will enjoy her energy, fun and the simplicity of the projects. Check out Sylvia’s Super Awesome Maker Show here. Her show and website have a little something...
by Gia Medeiros | Mar 14, 2014 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, Our Students
Okay, so it’s a challenge with a wire and a battery that many (most?) of us might fail. But If you want to see the importance of hands-on building in education, check out this video. Ostensibly these are some of the best educated engineers on the planet. See...
by Gia Medeiros | Mar 7, 2014 | Community, Global Action, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
Zach Olkin started building robots just three years ago in the 4th grade when his mom launched a lego robotics club at Mackintosh Boulder. Just last week his Vex IQ Robotics team won a “triple crown” at the Vex Robotics competition – for teamwork,...
by Gia Medeiros | Feb 28, 2014 | Community, Compassionate Hearts, Core Values, Growing Learners, Our Students
Thank you to Nicole Krout for sending on this great article! Want to raise a child with grit, resiliency and great leadership ability. Here is an article we loved in Forbes based on work by Dr. Tim Elmore, Founder and President of Growing Leaders, an organization...
