by kristi | Nov 11, 2020 | Community, Compassionate Hearts, Growing Learners, News, News & Events
By Lillian Henricks, PsyD. At the recent Colorado Association of Gifted and Talented conference Drs. Amy Graefe and Jenny Ritchotte from UNC spoke on how families can contribute to the resilience of their gifted children. This resonates deeply with an understanding of...
by kristi | Oct 13, 2020 | Community, Compassionate Hearts, Growing Learners, News, News & Events
By Lillian Henricks, PsyD. When Covid-19 started we questioned what we can do to stay healthy, trying to focus on what is in our control rather than what is not. Now, amidst unrest and political polarities we can ask ourselves a similar question — what is within...
by kristi | Sep 16, 2020 | Community, Compassionate Hearts, Growing Learners, News, News & Events
By Lillian Henricks, PsyD. As we re-group for another year of learning together, I want to introduce you to a tool that some teachers are using with classes for Social Emotional Learning this year. The tool is a story-writing process called The Imagine Project in...
by kristi | Mar 24, 2020 | Growing Learners, Littleton, News, News & Events, Our Students
When Social Distancing is “Normal Life” Selah C. is an eleven-year-old former Mackintosh Academy student who was born with a condition that puts her at higher risk for respiratory illnesses. Recently she shared her tips on social distancing from the point...
by kristi | Dec 19, 2018 | Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, Littleton, LIttleton 3rd & 4th Grade, News & Events, Our Students
Mackintosh Academy Littleton third and fourth graders recently completed their “Where We Are in Time and Place” International Baccalaureate unit of inquiry, focusing on the history of Ancient Greece. This unit invited them to explore how the people, beliefs and values...
by kristi | Nov 29, 2018 | Admissions, Community, Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
When you think of your middle school memories, what comes to mind? Awkwardness and braces? Pushing your way through crowded hallways? Hours spent memorizing math equations and highlighting dry history textbooks? Mackintosh Academy’s Middle Years students look...
