by kristi | Sep 26, 2023 | Fifth Grade, Gifted Education, Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, LIttleton 5th & 6th Grade, News & Events, Sixth Grade
At Mackintosh Academy in Littleton, Colorado, embracing an inquiry-based education model for gifted students is central to our teaching philosophy, and we recognize the immense value of experiential learning. Recently, our fifth and sixth-grade students and teachers...
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 | Feb 24, 2023 | Community, Global Action, International Baccalaureate, News, News & Events, Sustainability
Greenhouse Grant Awarded Mackintosh Academy recently received a $3000 grant from the Colorado Garden Foundation to be used for improvements to our greenhouse. We incorporate the use of our greenhouse throughout our Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade curriculum. Our...
by kristi | Mar 16, 2022 | Events, Gifted Education, Keen MInds, Middle Years Programme, News & Events, Primary Years Programme, Student Work
Mack students and teachers celebrated Pi (π) Day on Monday. First declared an unofficial holiday in 1988 by physicist Larry Shaw, Pi Day celebrates the mathematical constant of pi (Greek letter π), which begins with 3.14 and has been calculated to over 50 trillion...
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 | Jan 19, 2021 | Fifth Grade, LIttleton 5th & 6th Grade, News & Events, Our Students, Primary Years Programme, Sixth Grade, Student Work
By Tari St.Marie, 5th and 6th Grade Teacher What do you do when the world hijacks your unit of inquiry? It started quietly enough, during our unit of inquiry into Revolutions. My fifth and sixth grade students asked: Are all revolutions good? What if the revolution...
