by kristi | May 16, 2018 | Community, Core Values, Global Action, International Baccalaureate, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students
We are thrilled to announce that Mackintosh Academy Littleton has been named a recipient of the U. S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School Award for 2018. Mackintosh Academy Littleton is the first Colorado independent school to win this award, as well as one of...
by kristi | Jan 25, 2018 | Community, Compassionate Hearts, Core Values, Global Action, International Baccalaureate, Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, News & Events, Our Students
At Mackintosh, education isn’t just book learning – it’s also about taking action and making an impact in the community. Last week, the Mack Littleton eighth grade class presented their community service capstone projects to the school community. The community project...
by Darsa Morrow | Nov 20, 2017 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
Spoiler alert: parenting adolescents isn’t any easier than walking the floor at midnight with a newborn. The belief that parents can worry less as their children age washes away as parents witness their child go through adolescence—a period of change rivaling that of...
by Darsa Morrow | Nov 20, 2017 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
Imagine being able to reconnect today with someone you helped through service twenty years ago. Better still, imagine that not only has that person grown to be an amazing adult, but that he is also living a life of service to others? Former Mack parent, Mara Rose,...
by kristi | Oct 13, 2017 | Community, Global Action, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, Littleton, LIttleton 5th & 6th Grade, News & Events, Our Students, Our Team, Student Work
¿Cuánto cuesta? ¡Es demasiado! Mack Littleton 5th and 6th graders created a Latin American mercado (market) in alignment with the International Relations Unit of Inquiry. Inspired by a conversation with a student who suggested that it would be fun to have a market,...
by Darsa Morrow | Sep 26, 2017 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
While the Mack-Boulder Middle School has evolved and grown each year since the campus began, this fall has seen its most advanced iteration yet—physically and programmatically! Physical space – This summer, intrepid facilities manager Jaime Philp completed, with some...