by Gia Medeiros | Jan 9, 2014 | Admissions, Core Values, Growing Learners, Mack Manifesto, Our Students
by Mary Lou Faddick, Executive Director At Mack we believe in individual genius and honoring children for their gifts — in all the ways they show up. The magic in this cartoon is that it describes Mackintosh Academy perfectly. We don’t judge children by...
by Gia Medeiros | Dec 18, 2013 | Core Values, Global Action, Growing Learners
This thirteen year old reminds us that if our goal in life is to be happy and healthy, perhaps those subjects should be taught in school. His “hack school” shows us that our job today as parents and educators has truly changed. In a sea of information,...
by Gia Medeiros | Nov 10, 2013 | Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, Our Team, Student Work
By Lula Guilbert Who knew that studying ecosystems could be so empowering? In our How We Share the Planet unit, students were charged with identifying a problem in an ecosystem and taking an action that would help that ecosystem. The students had to document their...