I love a good breakfast burrito. It’s my go-to breakfast. Something smothered in Hatch green chile sauce with pork is really hard to turn down. Sometimes, I ord...
We all have had to spend a lot more time online during the pandemic. We Zoom, check emails, text, watch movies on our iPads, and can be glued to our phones. Eve...
Before I get to my topic of today—what education might look like in the future—I just want to ask the CA Community to continue to be vigilant in how we approach...
My family is celebrating my birthday this weekend. My mom and dad, who live in Tucson, reminded me that a card and gift were on the way. I came home the other n...
The world lost a couple of giants this week. They were not giants because they were regularly in the news or lived lives that created headlines. Their impact on...
The energy on campus was amazing this week! This past Monday, our Grade 9 and Grade 8 students experienced a “first day” of school all over again. Our Seniors h...
Photo courtesy of The Visibility Project, Claudette Colvin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
I bet you have heard of Rosa Parks. Did you know that nine ...
I was five years old when Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record. Even though I was young, I was old enough to recognize that his 715th career home run ma...
This coming Wednesday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Among the many disturbing moments at the January 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol w...
Many Colorado Academy students know of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a Dream” speech. The August 1963 speech, spoken at the March on Washin...
I wake up every day and am psyched to come to work. I am grateful to be at Colorado Academy. Our community is special. We are a school that always tries to do i...
I think we would all agree that we are glad to see 2020 in the rearview mirror. I went into last year at Colorado Academy with such hope. But early on, we lost ...
It’s so easy to go negative. In fact, it’s too easy. Even when we aren’t in a pandemic, stress and anxiety lead humans to go a little dark. But, when we are try...
If you would have asked me over the summer if I thought we could have in-person learning from early September to mid-December, I would have not thought it possi...
How did the week feel? For me, it was just too quiet. I missed seeing students and faculty and staff. Our “new normal” at CA has become a familiar routine, and ...
Dr. Mike Davis performs for Upper School students at a pre-pandemic gathering.
In the age of COVID-19, I have found music to be a source of healing and reli...
I thought it best to keep this week’s blog short and sweet. As we head into Thanksgiving Break, I simply want to say thank you—to every student, faculty member,...
At Monday’s Upper School Town Hall, Colorado Academy Junior Helen Blake organized a celebration for Veterans Day. Helen wrote to me last year, wanting to do som...
I sadly have to write about this topic too much, but the pressures of the past year are only increasing. With COVID-19, we have to be vigilant and prepared for ...
I am writing today on a difficult subject—American politics. I think it’s important to prepare our community for an election that has the potential to not only ...
It goes without saying that this year has brought unprecedented challenges. We are all feeling it. Everyone wants a return to normalcy, and no one truly wants t...
