Vicki Hildner, Author at Colorado Academy News

Portfolio Shows, a pandemic, and parents

Vicki Hildner·March 29, 2021

About 10 minutes into the second evening Portfolio Show of the year, Director of Visual & Performing Arts...

Middle and Upper School Grandparents keep their date with Grandparents Day

Vicki Hildner·March 27, 2021

Colorado Academy Middle and Upper School Grandparents proved themselves to be experienced Zoom veterans, as they joined their...

Middle School On CAmpus Newsletter Upper School

Grandparents Zoom in for their big day

Vicki Hildner·March 19, 2021

It was the wrong month, and it wasn’t in person. So would grandparents stay away from Colorado Academy’s...

Lower School On CAmpus Newsletter

Living the Mission: Courageous

Vicki Hildner·March 17, 2021

Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of articles about ways that Colorado Academy is living its...

All-School News Featured Middle School On CAmpus Newsletter Upper School

They put the ‘creative’ in creative writing

Vicki Hildner·February 19, 2021

Junior Adie Williams likes writing so much she does it in her free time—fantasy, science fiction, screenplays, short...

Academics On CAmpus Newsletter Upper School

Even in a pandemic, we celebrated the 100th Day of School

Vicki Hildner·February 19, 2021

Wear 100 objects! Dress like 100 years ago—1921! Dress like 100 years in the future—2121! Dress like you...

Lower School On CAmpus Newsletter

Living the Mission: Learners

Vicki Hildner·February 18, 2021

Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of articles about ways that Colorado Academy is living its...

All-School News Featured On CAmpus Newsletter

Horizons names the Cannon Family first ‘Horizons Heroes’

Vicki Hildner·February 18, 2021

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‘Middle School Meetup’ keeps students connected

Vicki Hildner·January 28, 2021

COVID-19 has disrupted daily life, long-term plans, and social interactions around the world, so it didn’t come as...

Middle School On CAmpus Newsletter

New playgrounds designed by and for CA students

Vicki Hildner·January 28, 2021

If children could design their dream playground, what would it look like? At Colorado Academy, we are about...

Lower School On CAmpus Newsletter

Practicing and performing music during a pandemic

Vicki Hildner·January 25, 2021

As Chair of the Colorado Academy Music Department, Phil Jones is not given to dramatic pronouncements or hyperbole....

Arts On CAmpus Newsletter

Interdisciplinary course creates ‘The Joy Project’

Vicki Hildner·January 25, 2021

Ellen Clowes is a Colorado Academy Freshman who describes herself as “more artistic than a computer science kind...

Arts On CAmpus Newsletter Upper School

Living the Mission: Adventurous

Vicki Hildner·December 28, 2020

Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of articles about ways that Colorado Academy is living its...

All-School News On CAmpus Newsletter

Why we chose CA: The Seitz-Yañez family

Vicki Hildner·December 28, 2020

Joe Seitz describes his daughters as “two diamonds.” So it’s fitting that when he started looking for the...

Middle School Upper School

Singers turn into composers during COVID-19

Vicki Hildner·December 28, 2020

Looking back at 2020, Colorado Academy Vocal Music Director Dr. Kevin Padworski remembers the downbeat—the first indication that...

Arts On CAmpus Newsletter

Unsung heroes work behind the scenes to keep CA students safe and fed

Vicki Hildner·December 28, 2020

Many might argue that everyone who has been working or teaching in a school during COVID-19 deserves an...

All-School News Faculty/Staff On CAmpus Newsletter

How students are staying fit despite a pandemic

Vicki Hildner·December 18, 2020

On a typical day after school, Colorado Academy Upper School students head for home, especially when the pandemic...

Athletics On CAmpus Newsletter

CA parent brings ‘Genius Boxes’ to Horizons

Vicki Hildner·December 10, 2020

It’s a warm July morning, but the Horizons at CA Fourth Grade students don’t seem to notice. Following the directions of...

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Preston DuFauchard ’74: ‘A lucky break’

Vicki Hildner·December 10, 2020

One day, Preston DuFauchard ’74 was living in public housing on the South Side of Chicago, afraid to walk two blocks...

Alumni

The Gifts of Gary Dwyer ‘62

Vicki Hildner·December 10, 2020

Among the many gifts Gary Dwyer ’62 gave to Colorado Academy was this—we do not have to wonder what...

Alumni

Looking forward to the Leach Center for the Performing Arts

Vicki Hildner·December 2, 2020

It stood for 43 years, providing a home for countless plays, musicals, meetings, concerts, assemblies, recitals, and Town...

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