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 | 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...
by kristi | Nov 29, 2018 | Admissions, Community, Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
When you think of your middle school memories, what comes to mind? Awkwardness and braces? Pushing your way through crowded hallways? Hours spent memorizing math equations and highlighting dry history textbooks? Mackintosh Academy’s Middle Years students look...
by kristi | May 18, 2018 | Global Action, Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, Littleton, LIttleton 5th & 6th Grade, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
By Student Guest Bloggers Grace M. and Henry P. Contributors: David R. and Mrs. Muhich Students enrolled in International Baccalaureate programs across the world end their Primary Years Program, or PYP, with the Exhibition. Exhibition looks different around the...
by kristi | Dec 18, 2017 | Growing Learners, International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds, Littleton, LIttleton Kindergarten, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
Did you know that the Gingerbread Man can spark an opportunity for scientific inquiry? Or that Jack and his beanstalk can inspire a hands-on engineering challenge? Our kindergarten learners, through the exciting world of fairy tales, have embarked on a journey that...
by Darsa Morrow | Nov 20, 2017 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
Spoiler alert: parenting adolescents isn’t any easier than walking the floor at midnight with a newborn. The belief that parents can worry less as their children age washes away as parents witness their child go through adolescence—a period of change rivaling that of...
