by kristi | Dec 15, 2016 | Core Values, Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, News & Events, Our Students, Parent Education
by Alice Shi Kembel (proud mother of three boys currently attending Mackintosh Academy’s Boulder Campus) Our house is filled with trash. Not because I’m a terrible housekeeper, not because my husband shirks his weekly duty of taking out the trash, but because...
by kristi | Oct 20, 2016 | Core Values, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, Littleton, Our Team
As Colorado’s oldest “school of minds,” now entering our 40th year of serving gifted students in the Front Range, Mackintosh Academy is a treasure trove of creative ideas and innovative strategies for working with gifted learners. One challenge we face is how to free...
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 Sharon Muench | Jul 27, 2015 | Global Action, International Baccalaureate, Littleton, LIttleton 1st & 2nd Grade, LIttleton 5th & 6th Grade, News & Events
Littleton Campus 6th grade PYP exhibition students put their “soul” and “soles” into ensuring the campus is more environmentally friendly by writing a grant for “sol”ar panels. Their action and service has sparked environmental...
by Sharon Muench | Feb 22, 2015 | International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds
*Bold words are IB Learning Profile and (PYP) attitudes, characteristics all within the IB community value and strive toward developing. The International Baccalaureate (IB) curricular framework encourages interdisciplinary planning. Science and technology...