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Colorado Academy girls win 3A State Girls Soccer Championship

Vicki HildnerMay 23, 2019

At the 3A State Girls Soccer Championship, a scoreless first period only heightened the feeling in Dick’s Sporting Goods Park that whichever team scored first w...

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Colorado Academy beat Cherry Creek, 9-5 to take e their fifth straight Girls Lacrosse State Championship.

CA Girls Lacrosse by the numbers: 5 years, 5 Championships

Renee RockfordMay 22, 2019

Numbers tell the story best when it comes to the 2019 Colorado Academy Girls Lacrosse Championship-winning game: By the Numbers It was a 9-5 score, beat...

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Cindy Jordan enjoys her final choir concert as director of vocal music at Colorado Academy.

Cindy Jordan’s final CA choir concert a throwback celebration

CommunicationsMay 7, 2019

After 43 years of leading Colorado Academy choirs, Cindy Jordan’s final concert at CA revisited many favorite traditions: red and white roses to say farewell to...

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Lower School music instructor Brenda Bartel

Great teaching, amazing faculty at the heart of CA’s excellence

Dr. Mike DavisMay 2, 2019

In response to my query to the Colorado Academy community for feedback about a rewrite of our school’s Mission Statement, I’ve received numerous responses with ...

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2019 All-School Arts Festival: Intersection

Vicki HildnerApril 30, 2019

Even the cold and snow could not dampen the enthusiasm of visitors at the Colorado Academy 2019 All-School Arts Festival. The very-popular pizza t...

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Recognizing outstanding faculty and staff

Renee RockfordApril 29, 2019

One of the highest compliments that can be bestowed on a teacher at Colorado Academy is to win one of the school’s annual peer-nominated teaching awards. Each y...

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Don’t miss Giant Relay Day

CommunicationsApril 26, 2019

You won’t want to miss Colorado Academy's 2019 Giant Relay Day on Friday, May 24. The day promises to have something for everyone, with a Field Day fo...

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PlatFORUM keynote speaker Stephen Brackett, a social activist and lead singer of Denver-based Flobots, rallies CA Upper School student to cheer each other loudly in a game of rock-paper-scissors.

PlatFORUM: leaning in to conversations on social justice and inclusion

Rebecca RischApril 26, 2019

Guest speaker Stephen Brackett kicked off this year’s Upper School PlatFORUM, Colorado Academy’s full-day inclusivity conference, with songs, personal stories, ...

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A memorable Mission Statement

Dr. Mike DavisApril 26, 2019

There is not a week that passes that I don’t refer to, and not a day goes by that I don’t think about our mission at Colorado Academy and whether we are living ...

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Partnerships work!

Daniela MeltzerApril 23, 2019

Since Horizons’ early beginnings at Colorado Academy in 1998, we have worked primarily with one Denver Public School, Knapp Elementary. Both...

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Padworski joins CA as Vocal Music Director

Renee RockfordApril 23, 2019

Colorado Academy’s new Vocal Music Director will be conductor, composer, and career musician Dr. Kevin T. Padworski. He will assume the position of Ci...

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Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019.

Community, hope brings us together after a difficult week

Dr. Mike DavisApril 18, 2019

Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019.This week, the world watched as the Cathedral of No...

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What’s an educator doing in a corporate classroom?

Dr. Mike DavisApril 11, 2019

What’s an educator doing in a corporate classroom? Well, it turns out, plenty. Dr. Mike Davis at University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. I spen...

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Rendering of Colorado Academy’s Leach Center for the Performing Arts.

Leach & Gaudiani: Help us create something special at CA

CommunicationsApril 2, 2019

Dear Alumni and Parents of Alumni, Jennifer Gaudiani and Bryan LeachMy name is Bryan Leach. I am the parent of Seventh and Fourth Graders at Colorado Academ...

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Dr. Mike Davis: State of the School

Dr. Mike DavisApril 1, 2019

I am excited to share with you my eleventh “State of the School” report and offer a “dashboard” of facts about Colorado Academy that are indicative of the stron...

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How can you help honor Cindy Jordan?

CommunicationsMarch 27, 2019

“It was absolutely formative to my life and my inner joy. To this day, I sing and play my guitar regularly for joy and for other people and will until...

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Michigan State basketball head coach Tom Izzo

Positive coaching leads to sportsmanship, citizenship

Dr. Mike DavisMarch 26, 2019

Well, folks, it’s really nice to be back in school. Our Spring Break was needed, but with the extra three days we had to take off because of a power outage, I...

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Dr. Liza Talusan facilitated the "Designing for Inclusion" workshop

How CA is designing for inclusion

Vicki HildnerMarch 22, 2019

At the March “Designing for Inclusion” strategy session at Colorado Academy, Head of School Dr. Mike Davis did not mince words. “We are here to think about o...

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New streamlined process for 2019-20 Family Information Forms

Jan BeattieMarch 22, 2019

It’s almost that time of year again! It will soon be time to update your student/family contact information for Colorado Academy's database, the medical records...

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Colorado Academy names new Director of Inclusivity

CommunicationsMarch 6, 2019

Sarah Wright Sarah E. Wright, M Ed, has been named Colorado Academy’s new Director of Inclusivity, beginning in the fall of 2019. Ms. Wright comes to CA fro...

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CA opens new Athletic Center

Renee RockfordFebruary 27, 2019

On a cold and foggy February morning with a winter storm on approach, Colorado Academy students, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents joined alongside architects...

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Colorado Academy girls win 3A State Girls Soccer Championship

CA Girls Lacrosse by the numbers: 5 years, 5 Championships

Cindy Jordan’s final CA choir concert a throwback celebration

Great teaching, amazing faculty at the heart of CA’s excellence

What’s an educator doing in a corporate classroom?

Leach & Gaudiani: Help us create something special at CA

How can you help honor Cindy Jordan?

Positive coaching leads to sportsmanship, citizenship

New streamlined process for 2019-20 Family Information Forms

This Memorial Day: The power of letters home

Colorado Academy girls win 3A State Girls Soccer Championship

CA Girls Lacrosse by the numbers: 5 years, 5 Championships

Colorado Academy Girls Golf wins fourth-straight team title; Jordaan takes 3A golf title