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....
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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,...
Is AI a threat to humanity? CA Seventh Graders debate the case
Colorado Academy Seventh Graders do not shy away from complex or controversial subject matter. When voting on this...
Voices of Change takes on big problems, finds innovative solutions
What is on the minds of Colorado Academy’s Fifth Graders these days? You may be surprised to find...
CA Seventh Graders debate defunding the police
For their annual debate unit, Colorado Academy Seventh Graders did not shy away from tackling one of the...
They put the ‘creative’ in creative writing
Junior Adie Williams likes writing so much she does it in her free time—fantasy, science fiction, screenplays, short...
A powerful day for teaching at CA
I wake up every day and am psyched to come to work. I am grateful to be at...
Steganography sleuths find their evaluations in Judy Garland
Colorado Academy Senior Miriam Rojo Gutierrez was pleased when she read her mid-trimester evaluation remarks in AP Computer...
How this STEAM class created a video game celebrity
Eighth Grader Alyssa Song had what she thought were realistic expectations for the video game she created and...
‘One day this will go down on your permanent record’
It’s a classic line from the great Violent Femmes song “Kiss Off?” As a young student. I vividly...