by Gia Medeiros | Jan 25, 2014 | Community, Growing Learners, Littleton, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
By the Mackintosh Academy Middle Years Program (MYP) Faculty Did you know? Animals migrate horizontally as well as vertically Owls grow feathers to protect their talons At -40 degrees it is too cold to snow To build a fire you need tinder, kindling, wristwood, and...
by Gia Medeiros | Jan 18, 2014 | Growing Learners, Littleton, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
A Note from Portia Hinshaw Hi All, Just a brief update to let you know that all is going well at Cal-Wood! As always, I am so impressed with how rewarding this experience is for our students. After a safe arrival by the Mackintosh Academy contingencies from both...
by Gia Medeiros | Jan 18, 2014 | Admissions, Compassionate Hearts, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, Older Posts, Our Students, Uncategorized
By Beth Steklac, Littleton MYP Teacher and Curriculum Coordinator Myth #1: You have to be a saint to work with a middle schooler! False, it can truly be heaven on earth. Short of the transition from baby to toddler, there is no more rewarding time to be part of a...
by Gia Medeiros | Dec 12, 2013 | Littleton, Our Students, Student Work
By Diane Dunne, Littleton Middle Years Teacher What better way to learn about ancient civilizations than to devise one of your own? This is exactly the challenge that our imaginative seventh and eighth graders accepted as the culminating project of our Origins unit in...
by Gia Medeiros | Nov 20, 2013 | Littleton, News & Events, Older Posts, Uncategorized
By Christi Dobbins, Mackintosh Littleton Parent and Sue Fagan, Boulder Parent Council President The annual Mackintosh Bookfair combines a fabulous night of student and teacher performances with the opportunity to grow our classroom libraries and raise money for the...
by Gia Medeiros | Nov 10, 2013 | Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, Our Team, Student Work
By Lula Guilbert Who knew that studying ecosystems could be so empowering? In our How We Share the Planet unit, students were charged with identifying a problem in an ecosystem and taking an action that would help that ecosystem. The students had to document their...
