This week, we were able to share news of a very generous lead gift for a new Center for the Performing Arts at CA, the school’s fourth and final capital project...
Colorado Academy announced today it has received a $3 million gift from Bryan Leach and Jennifer Gaudiani to launch the school’s major fundraising effort for a ...
Two of Colorado Academy’s three Mock Trial teams are moving on to the State competition on March 7 and 8, 2019, to be held in Golden, Colo. All three teams deli...
So, I am finding rich irony that nearly every school in Denver canceled school on a pristine, blue-sky, sunny day. While we adhered to our safety protocol of fo...
Over the past few years, I have been really interested in understanding just how technology will disrupt education. I entered the profession in the early 1990s....
The founding of our republic was based on the principle that we are all created equal. We could go through the list of Americans who have changed the course of ...
While the new year already feels months old, I didn’t want to miss the chance from an educational standpoint to add some thoughts to the collective 2019 manifes...
I am a big fan of organizational psychologist Adam Grant and his recent New York Times op-ed piece titled What Straight A Students Get Wrong. His thesis is that...
This is the season of hope. Not only because “Students H.O.P.E.,” which took place just this past weekend—the largest, single-day, student-run, CA se...
“OK, everyone, “ I said to my class on the second to the last day of the term. “We are going to have a 'pop' final exam.” Gasps abounded from my students. “Well...
On a snowy, icy November evening, Colorado Academy’s longtime Vocal Music Director, Cindy Jordan, directed her final performance inside Froelicher Theatre.
A...
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. There are those who bemoan it. Take, for instance, the opinion of comedian Jim Gaffigan. He notes that it appears ...
My father-in-law, Dr. Lawrence Jelsma, passed away recently after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease and was buried with Military Funeral Honors. Lawrence s...
With a plethora of princesses, a school of sharks, a pack of Tyrannosaurus rex, Crayola teachers, plenty of Transformers, and a Clark Kent/Superman He...
As part of the worldwide celebration of drawing, The Big Draw returned to campus on October 18-19. All Colorado Academy Visual Arts classes moved to the sculptu...
I’ve always believed that one of the best things you can do for kids is to show them that you believe in their ability to change the world. It unleashes their i...
While traveling earlier this week, I dug into the news and found a great article that has a lot of relevance for the experience of young people trying to prove ...
The Colorado Academy Boys Varsity Tennis Team won the State Championship Title at the 4A Tournament in Pueblo this weekend. The team made CA proud by breaking n...
Thanks to all the parents who took time to attend the 2,997 individual parent/teacher conferences this week at Colorado Academy. It was a former Governor of my...
This was a great week at Colorado Academy. We had two incredible community-building events that were inspirational—each in their own way.
One was Erik Weihen...
At Colorado Academy, we are intentional about the kind of student culture we want to create. Over the past several years, we have introduced mindfulness trainin...
