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 6, 2016 | Community, Global Action, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students
Mackintosh Littleton 6th grade student Harvey Rainwater, son of Mackintosh Academy board member Therese Rainwater, tied for 6th place in the State of Colorado National Geographic Geography Bee held in Denver, Colorado, April 1, 2016. 104 Colorado students...
by Beth Steklac | Feb 17, 2015 | Admissions, Community, Compassionate Hearts, Core Values, Global Action, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Our Team
Nearly ten years go, Mackintosh Academy’s leadership recognized the power of the the International Baccalaureate Program for the gifted child. The IB Primary Years Program (PYP) and Middle Years Program (MYP) provide the gifted child with a context for learning...
by Gia Medeiros | Apr 6, 2014 | Admissions, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, Testimonials
By Stacey Anderson, Head of School, Mackintosh Academy Littleton Campus Please enjoy this short piece, taken from an article published in the Duke University Digest of Gifted Research in regard to the International Baccalaureate Program. Although the article...