by Darsa Morrow | Apr 20, 2017 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
A group of fifth graders is gathered around a table. On the table is a lamb—a dead one. In class, the students have been learning about how food is transformed from molecule to seed to farm to table and into their bodies, and now they are here at Blackbelly Market to...
by Darsa Morrow | Apr 20, 2017 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
We are the ones who can make it happen We are the ones who can make it right It’s up to us It’s not too late to try Every day is Earth Day* There is something especially heartbreaking about youth setting out to fix problems they had nothing to do with creating....
by Marketing Department | Apr 20, 2017 | Compassionate Hearts, Core Values, Global Action, Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, News & Events, Our Students
By Sharon Muench, Mack Littleton IB Programme Coordinator The International Baccalaureate Programmes’ framework nurtures not only students, but citizens of the world. Students are taught to be active and engaged participants in the classroom. They are not simply...
by Marketing Department | Apr 12, 2017 | Community, Compassionate Hearts, Littleton, News & Events, Testimonials
At the Mackintosh Littleton auction on April 8, Mack alum Dr. Alfie Meister shared her story of how a full scholarship to Mackintosh changed her life. Dr. Meister attended Mackintosh from 1978-1985, when our founder Eve Mackintosh was Head of School. There...
by Darsa Morrow | Mar 16, 2017 | Community, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
“It’s hard for me to squeeze in all the reading and writing I want to do every day.” -a Mack-Boulder student In addition to a vigorous IB curriculum, Mackintosh Academy-Boulder has a strong dedication to nurturing and supporting avid readers and writers. The school...
by Marketing Department | Mar 16, 2017 | Core Values, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events
By Kristi Holmes Espineira, Mackintosh Academy Littleton Director of Advancement Gifted girls seem to be everywhere in popular culture recently. From the brilliant African-American women mathematicians and computer programmers in the film “Hidden Figures,” to the...
