by kristi | Feb 28, 2023 | Eighth Grade, Global Action, Keen MInds, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, Middle Years Programme, News, News & Events, Seventh Grade
The World Affairs Challenges gives students the opportunity to address real-world issues. At Mackintosh Academy, seventh and eighth grade students have been participating in the World Affairs Challenge (WAC) since 2014. This annual challenge asks students to work...
by kristi | Jun 17, 2020 | Community, Eighth Grade, Events, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, News & Events, Our Team
Honoring our Students at Graduation At Mackintosh Academy, our graduation ceremony traditionally involves the entire school. PreK students escort the eighth grade graduates into the building to the tune of “Pomp and Circumstance.” All students from each...
by kristi | Jan 24, 2019 | Community, Compassionate Hearts, Global Action, International Baccalaureate, Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, News & Events, Our Students
Service learning allows students to move beyond the classroom walls into a real-world learning experience that can have impact not only on the students themselves, but on the larger community. This is one of the goals of the Middle Years Programme Community Project,...
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...
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...