‘A Builder of Communities’
When she was an elementary student in the city of Tai’an, China, in the eastern part of the...
Academics
The Neustadt Scholar Program at Colorado Academy Enters its Second Decade
For more than a decade, the Neustadt Scholar Program at Colorado Academy has offered Upper School students the...
Welcome to REDI Lab Aimee and Jonathan Coleman Center
Since its inception in 2016, REDI Lab has become a signature program at CA, where students can live...
Paul Robbins ’85: Decades Later, CA Influences Still Make a Difference
Look up Paul Robbins, PhD ’85 on LinkedIn, and you will see a message that communicates his passion...
Geoff Ball ’06: Leadership and Loss in Afghanistan
On August 26, 2021, Marine Captain Geoff Ball ’06, commander of Ghost Company, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, was...
Earthworm Superpowers Teach Lessons in Sustainability
The Colorado Academy Pre-Kindergarten students busily working in the Lower School science classroom of teacher Jeff Goldstein ’88...
Sixth Graders Investigate Colorado River Crisis
In their Earth Science class, Colorado Academy Sixth Graders are looking beneath the surface of one of the...
Exploring History at the Neustadt Literary Festival
How do we write about history, even when it is painful? Or when others might prefer to look...
CA hosts inaugural Middle School Speech & Debate competition
Colorado Academy Speech & Debate continues to expand, as Middle School students are now welcomed into the program....
Students to participate in Neustadt Lit Festival
For the eleventh consecutive year, Colorado Academy is participating in an exciting literary celebration known as the Neustadt...
Focus on learning, not grades
As we head into conferences and mid-trimester testing season, I want to caution about over obsessing about grades....
CA moves beyond AP with Advanced Studies and Research
This fall, in veteran social studies teacher Elissa Wolf-Tinsman’s new course, The American Experiment, Colorado Academy Seniors are...
Encouraging independent thought
At Back-to-School Night this year I shared a few thoughts about the important insight that Adam Grant makes...
Intellectual and academic freedom
One of my goals this year is to develop a statement on Academic Freedom. The University of Chicago...
Helping students find their ‘STEM identity’
One day in July 2022, Sophia Gomez, now a Junior at Colorado Academy, found herself performing an emergency...
A question—and answer—of justice
“What can we, as Colorado Academy students, do to assist in situations where someone is being treated unjustly?...
CA Speech & Debate fuels growth, success
Over the summer of 2022, Colorado Academy rising Senior Owen Tilman helped put CA on the map in...
Barry Simmons: A teacher with a ‘huge heart’
When Barry Simmons told Head of School Dr. Mike Davis that he was planning to retire at the...
Kimberly Jans: A pioneer in Computer Science education
It was 1984 and a high school in North Bend, Oregon, had just filled a classroom with their...
Culminating experiences
Academic years are fast moving, tightly woven experiences for students. There is an arc, as well as a...
Crow Canyon comes to CA
There is just something magic about making fire—especially when you do it without a match, or a lighter,...