by Darsa Morrow | Aug 15, 2016 | Community, Global Action, News & Events, Older Posts
Paul had always dreamed of hiking the Appalachian Trail, but, as it happens to many of us, life got in the way. Paul put taking care of others before his dream. He nursed first his mother, then his father, through their end of life illnesses. After they passed away,...
by Darsa Morrow | Apr 21, 2016 | Global Action, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Uncategorized
Mack-Boulder sixth graders recently returned from an amazing trip organized by the World Leadership School. The trip was WLS’s Collaborative Leadership Program set in Pueblo de Cochiti, which is located 35 miles southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is the main town...
by Darsa Morrow | Apr 7, 2016 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
Since becoming a mother, I’ve always joked that my only motherhood goal is to raise KSANs: Kind Smart Adorable Nerds—children who are nice, who value education, and who enjoy the finer things in life like, say, reading. Really, though, the emphasis was on kind… if I...
by Darsa Morrow | Apr 7, 2016 | Community, News & Events, Older Posts
No, I wasn’t Darth Vader… but the vast majority of people attending our Mack to the Future auction thought I was, because they were greeted by Darth Vader as they entered the lobby to check in. It was actually a member of the 501st Garrison – a volunteer...
by Darsa Morrow | Mar 16, 2016 | Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
Children are born natural scientists with an insatiable thirst for information. The evidence of this is abundant from infancy to age three where exploration often involves tasting or touching just about everything; this is expanded upon by the ages of inquiry where...
by Darsa Morrow | Mar 2, 2016 | Littleton, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Summer
I just love this time of year. The days are getting longer; the weather is spring-like. Oh, and I start to experience low-level panic as all of the summer camp flyers begin arriving in the mail. “Summer? ALREADY?” I think incredulously. I don’t even have any vacations...