by kristi | Apr 12, 2022 | Eighth Grade, Events, Global Action, International Baccalaureate, Middle Years Programme, News, Our Students, Service Learning, Seventh Grade, Sustainability
Since 2014, Mackintosh Academy middle school students have participated in the World Affairs Challenge (WAC). Each spring, our seventh and eighth grade students work in teams to research and design sustainable solutions to global issues, and then present their...
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 | Nov 11, 2020 | Community, Compassionate Hearts, Growing Learners, News, News & Events
By Lillian Henricks, PsyD. At the recent Colorado Association of Gifted and Talented conference Drs. Amy Graefe and Jenny Ritchotte from UNC spoke on how families can contribute to the resilience of their gifted children. This resonates deeply with an understanding of...
by kristi | Oct 13, 2020 | Community, Compassionate Hearts, Growing Learners, News, News & Events
By Lillian Henricks, PsyD. When Covid-19 started we questioned what we can do to stay healthy, trying to focus on what is in our control rather than what is not. Now, amidst unrest and political polarities we can ask ourselves a similar question — what is within...
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 16, 2020 | Community, Compassionate Hearts, Growing Learners, News, News & Events
By Lillian Henricks, PsyD. As we re-group for another year of learning together, I want to introduce you to a tool that some teachers are using with classes for Social Emotional Learning this year. The tool is a story-writing process called The Imagine Project in...
