How can we protect what matters most?
I truly love the start of the school year at Colorado Academy. There is an energy and excitement...
Dr. Mike Davis
Get ready to make your mark!
Dear CA Students, Ready or not, we are starting school next week! I thought I would write this...
Dr. Mike Davis and Erik Weihenmayer go climbing
At Colorado Academy, we’ve been thinking a lot about mission statements this past year. Coincident with our reaccreditation...
Signing off for the summer
It is Commencement Day, and the weather has cleared. I’m up early to rehearse my graduation address. As...
Dr. Mike Davis: ‘What kind of person do you want to be?’
Editor’s Note: Dr. Mike Davis delivered this Commencement Address to the Colorado Academy Class of 2019 on June...
Dispatches from the road
“Dr. D., is this the favorite part of your job?” A student asked me this after we were...
This Memorial Day: The power of letters home
I’m a sucker for historical fiction. While, as a historian, there are not many real accounts of war...
Choir concert, auction demonstrate abundance of kindness within CA community
Gratitude. I can’t think of another word that encompasses my thoughts about this past weekend’s events that brought...
Great teaching, amazing faculty at the heart of CA’s excellence
In response to my query to the Colorado Academy community for feedback about a rewrite of our school’s...
A memorable Mission Statement
There is not a week that passes that I don’t refer to, and not a day goes by...
Shout out, gratitude to the community-building efforts of CA volunteers
We’re wrapping up the month of April, and I did not want to miss the opportunity to acknowledge...
Community, hope brings us together after a difficult week
This week, the world watched as the Cathedral of Notre Dame burned. It was an arresting and sad...
What’s an educator doing in a corporate classroom?
What’s an educator doing in a corporate classroom? Well, it turns out, plenty. I spent this week at...
Dr. Mike Davis: State of the School
I am excited to share with you my eleventh “State of the School” report and offer a “dashboard”...
Positive coaching leads to sportsmanship, citizenship
Well, folks, it’s really nice to be back in school. Our Spring Break was needed, but with the...
Climb on!
One thing I look forward to at the start of every term is teaching a new class. This...
Unplug! Students challenge the community to ‘Face-to-Face Friday’ (and beyond)
The other day I was rehabbing my knee and my physical therapist said, “Look out! Your phone is...
CA humbled, grateful for gifts of philanthropy
This week, we were able to share news of a very generous lead gift for a new Center...
Why CA Students are the best
So, I am finding rich irony that nearly every school in Denver canceled school on a pristine, blue-sky,...
The Tao of CA: Finding and defining purpose
I am turning 50 years old this month, and the notion of hitting a half-century has provoked a...
The robots are coming!
Over the past few years, I have been really interested in understanding just how technology will disrupt education....