by Darsa Morrow | Aug 28, 2015 | Community, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
UPCOMING PARENT TALK AND WORKSHOPS – Mackintosh Academy is pleased to partner with award-winning educator and retired science teacher John Paull to help you learn to use science to inspire your child(ren)’s curiosity and re-ignite your own sense of discovery in...
by Darsa Morrow | May 30, 2015 | Community, Littleton, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
“We were there mostly to provide service, but I think we were the ones who benefitted the most from the experiences we had and the connections we made with the people we met at Pine Ridge.” –Mackintosh student reflection Mackintosh Academy middle-schoolers from both...
by Darsa Morrow | May 5, 2015 | Growing Learners, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
Two weeks ago, our daughter Greta and her classmates undertook a Littleton Campus rite of passage: the 5/6 field trip to Washington, DC. Mack families approach the cost of the trip in different ways – some parents underwrite it, some kids raise funds, some families...
by Darsa Morrow | Jan 28, 2015 | Growing Learners, News & Events, Older Posts, Student Work
It may not have been quite as momentous as the Berlin Wall falling, but this week a large portion of the long wall that bisected Mackintosh Academy-Boulder’s playground was taken down. The wall removal creates a more open play space, allowing students to spread...
by Gia Medeiros | Mar 22, 2014 | Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
In 2/3 this week, students shared wonderful inventions they designed and built for their summative projects in the Simple Machines Unit. Wow, what these kids built was phenomenal! We saw everything from a dog biscuit dispenser to an ironing, folding machine, a jewel...