REDI Lab Project: Conversations About Race by Paige Thomas
At the moment, my project is going to be a 10-15 minute video of conversations or interviews about...
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REDI Lab Project: Poetics of Heritage by Joanna Cotto
I started getting into poetry at a very young age; when I was introduced to it in school,...
Students Debate Censorship, Language in ‘Huck Finn’ Mock Trial
Students in Colorado Academy’s sophomore American Literature class recently debated language and censorship after reading The Adventures of...
Mock Trial Team To Get Court Case
On April 1, the members of Colorado Academy’s Mock Trial Team that won the State Championship will get...
#bingelearning
Shane Parrish runs an organization in Ottawa, Canada called Farnam Street. It’s a place where “people master the best...
Improvisation as Mindset
We concluded our week in the REDI Lab working with local improv dynamo Jessica Austgen who wreaks improvisation...
REDI Lab at Denver Museum of Nature and Science
REDI Lab students from Colorado Academy had the opportunity to gain empathy and a deeper understanding of the...
REDI Lab Launches
It seems appropriate that we post the first entry of the REDI Lab blog on a day when...
CA Mock Trial Teams Earn State Berth
Congratulations to all three of Colorado Academy’s Mock Trial teams on their securing the three of the four...
Gold Key Winner Heads to National Contest; Students Win 18 Awards
Colorado Academy students garnered 18 awards from the 2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in the West Region,...
CA Launches School-Within-A-School Lab Program
Education is operating in a unique space today, somewhere on the frontier between the human capacity to know...
Upper School to Launch Student Writing Center
When it comes to the written word, Colorado Academy Upper School English Teacher Kathleen Law knows how to...
CA’s Tiny House Project
Visit https://www.coloradoacademy.org/Page/Academics to learn more about innovation in education at Colorado Academy, Denver’s top Pre-K-12 private school!...
From Thought to Computer Code: Teaching Programming in the Middle School
It’s funny, in a way, that a word we use so often these days — “digital”— with which...
Tiny House Teaches Perseverance, Prepares for the Road Ahead
Like most students who have spent the school year retrofitting an old CA school bus into a tiny house, senior Lorenzo...
Emily Perez Creates 30 Poems in 30 Days
Emily Perez has never believed in “waiting around for the muse.” Instead, when it comes to writing, the...
Learning and Preserving the Art of the Letter
This Colorado Academy third grade student’s letter to her parents can’t help but make you smile. “Dear Ma,...
Students Convert School Bus into Tiny House
A longtime CA faculty member once told teacher Katy Hills, “We can be the school with the best...
Plan a Rescue Operation: Putting Science to Work
There’s a critical need for STEM-savvy students to enter the U.S. workforce, and Thanh Luong plans to do...
Building on a Foundation of Language Heritage
Here’s a dilemma. What language course do you take if you’re raised speaking Spanish at home and speak...
Director Emphasizes Pre-K as an Anchor
It all starts with a strong Pre-K program. “I think it’s of utmost importance,” says Mary Karst the...