by kristi | Jan 21, 2025 | Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, LIttleton Kindergarten, LIttleton Pre-K, News & Events
How can you tell if a young child might thrive in a gifted preschool or kindergarten? We all know the stereotype of young gifted children – nerdy prodigies who began to read at age three, have an SAT-level vocabulary and can calculate pi to the 1000th digit....
by kristi | Nov 17, 2021 | Global Action, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Sustainability
On November 4, 2021, Mackintosh Academy in Littleton, Colorado was awarded Climate Action Project School of Excellence. Only 250 schools globally were recognized because of their intense work on climate education in a whole-school approach. The recognition was awarded...
by kristi | May 4, 2021 | Community, Littleton, News
Mackintosh Academy would like to extend a heartfelt thank-you to FirstBank for being a Silver Sponsor at our Mack Event. We appreciate their loyal support and value our long-term partnership. Most recently, FirstBank has sponsored our Mack Event since at least 2017;...
by kristi | Sep 23, 2020 | Community, Littleton, News, News & Events, Our Students, Summer
By Sam Pausback, Mackintosh Academy Class of 2017 (Note: Sam and all of the other students mentioned are Mackintosh Academy alums from 2017-2020.) When I was in 7th grade I had a rather silly ambition; I wanted to hike from the front door of my house in Littleton to...
by kristi | Sep 1, 2020 | Littleton, LIttleton Pre-K, PreKindergarten
This summer, Mackintosh Academy Littleton PreKindergarten Lead Teacher Ashley Logan completed her Masters degree in Learning, Developmental, and Family Sciences with an Early Childhood Education concentration. We interviewed Ashley about her masters project, teaching...
by kristi | Apr 29, 2020 | Community, International Baccalaureate, Littleton, News, News & Events, Parent Education
Our Visual Arts Teacher, Christy Allen, shared her thoughts on art – why we do it, what is is, and how we might consider practicing art even in these challenging times. Here is the second in the series, with some of Christy’s insights on how to silence the...
