by kristi | Sep 16, 2016 | Compassionate Hearts, Core Values, Global Action, Growing Learners, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Our Team
Anyone who thinks the current generation of children are apathetic and uninvolved needs to hear about all of these award winners and take heart that our world will be trusted to caring and capable hands. ~ Joe Pausback How does it feel, as a teacher, when your...
by Samara Rasmussen | May 25, 2016 | Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Littleton, LIttleton 5th & 6th Grade, Student Work
On May 25, 2016, Mackintosh Academy Littleton 6th graders presented their International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program Exhibition projects to parents, teachers, faculty, staff, and students. Exhibition is the culmination of the Primary Years Program (PYP) and in...
by Samara Rasmussen | May 20, 2016 | Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work, Uncategorized
In April, six 7th grade Mack Littleton students were selected as one team out of 90 applicants to participate in the 7th annual Weather and Science Day at Coors Field! On May 11, 2016, from 10:30-11:30am Katie French, Ally Procopio, Ella Schmitt, Gillian Schwanitz,...
by Darsa Morrow | Apr 7, 2016 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
Since becoming a mother, I’ve always joked that my only motherhood goal is to raise KSANs: Kind Smart Adorable Nerds—children who are nice, who value education, and who enjoy the finer things in life like, say, reading. Really, though, the emphasis was on kind… if I...
by Darsa Morrow | Apr 4, 2016 | Growing Learners, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
It wasn’t even St. Patrick’s Day when Mack-Littleton families, alumni, and neighbors gathered on Sunday, March 6th for a Community Salad and to celebrate green-a greenhouse bursting with organic lettuces, a group of seventh and eighth graders inspired to...
by Darsa Morrow | Mar 16, 2016 | Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
Children are born natural scientists with an insatiable thirst for information. The evidence of this is abundant from infancy to age three where exploration often involves tasting or touching just about everything; this is expanded upon by the ages of inquiry where...