by kristi | Sep 16, 2016 | Compassionate Hearts, Core Values, Global Action, Littleton, Our Students, Summer
While many kids spend summer taking a much-deserved break, immersing themselves in swimming and reading and Pokemon Go, some Mackintosh Littleton students found the time to give back to the larger community. Here are some highlights that students shared with us about...
by Darsa Morrow | Apr 6, 2016 | Littleton, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, Student Work
The Middle Schoolers at Mack-Littleton participated in a simulation of a Voyage to Mars at the Challenger Learning Center in Colorado Springs. During their space mission, the 7th and 8th graders worked as scientists and engineers on a voyage that takes place in the...
by Darsa Morrow | Apr 4, 2016 | Growing Learners, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
It wasn’t even St. Patrick’s Day when Mack-Littleton families, alumni, and neighbors gathered on Sunday, March 6th for a Community Salad and to celebrate green-a greenhouse bursting with organic lettuces, a group of seventh and eighth graders inspired to...
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 | Jan 20, 2016 | Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
What is that blue line? Why does it drop down for two days and then go up again for five? And what does azimuth mean? These and other questions lit up the room as students and, later, their parents explored the data generated by our solar panel monitoring system....