by kristi | Mar 14, 2017 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, News & Events, Our Students
By Beth Steklac, Director of Admissions and Assistant Head of School Our middle years students won’t look back on their years at Mackintosh Academy as a time when they were lost in a crowd, overwhelmed by cliques or tuned out or bored in class. At Mack, our middle...
by kristi | Nov 14, 2016 | Littleton 7th & 8th Grade
By Megan Rich, MYP Teacher Picture an election characterized by thoughtful debate, collaboration across parties and genuine respect between candidates – that’s precisely what Mackintosh Academy Littleton has just accomplished! For the last month and a half, Mackintosh...
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 6, 2016 | Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, Student Work
The Middle Schoolers at Mack-Littleton participated in a simulation of a Voyage to Mars at the Challenger Learning Center in Colorado Springs. During their space mission, the 7th and 8th graders worked as scientists and engineers on a voyage that takes place in the...
by Darsa Morrow | Apr 6, 2016 | Keen MInds, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, Student Work
Thanks to Patty Weston’s initiative, Steve Spangler (America’s Science Teacher) announced that a team of Mackintosh Academy-Littleton 7th graders has been chosen to be one of 3 teams (out of 90!) to participate in an egg drop competition at Coors Field...
by Gia Medeiros | Jan 13, 2016 | Admissions, Littleton, LIttleton 1st & 2nd Grade, LIttleton 3rd & 4th Grade, LIttleton 5th & 6th Grade, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, LIttleton Kindergarten, LIttleton Pre-K, News & Events
OK, so…….what is a scientist? The popular view held by most children is that the world of science is owned by wide-eyed, white-coated ‘boffins’ [1]who spend their time poking in test tubes and looking into microscopes, beautifully illustrated by 5th grader, Paige. I...