Class of 2020 greets the Freshmen
In one of Colorado Academy’s favorite and most endearing traditions, Seniors greeted the Freshmen with great enthusiasm and...
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Get ready to make your mark!
Dear CA Students, Ready or not, we are starting school next week! I thought I would write this...
Dr. Mike Davis and Erik Weihenmayer go climbing
At Colorado Academy, we’ve been thinking a lot about mission statements this past year. Coincident with our reaccreditation...
Signing off for the summer
It is Commencement Day, and the weather has cleared. I’m up early to rehearse my graduation address. As...
Dispatches from the road
“Dr. D., is this the favorite part of your job?” A student asked me this after we were...
This Memorial Day: The power of letters home
I’m a sucker for historical fiction. While, as a historian, there are not many real accounts of war...
CA Girls Lacrosse by the numbers: 5 years, 5 Championships
Numbers tell the story best when it comes to the 2019 Colorado Academy Girls Lacrosse Championship-winning game: By...
Choir concert, auction demonstrate abundance of kindness within CA community
Gratitude. I can’t think of another word that encompasses my thoughts about this past weekend’s events that brought...
Superhero Soirée and Auction an epic event supporting CA financial aid
From Superman to Aquaman, Wonder Woman to RBG (Ruth Bader Ginsberg), more than 450 guests in costumes and...
Great teaching, amazing faculty at the heart of CA’s excellence
In response to my query to the Colorado Academy community for feedback about a rewrite of our school’s...
Shout out, gratitude to the community-building efforts of CA volunteers
We’re wrapping up the month of April, and I did not want to miss the opportunity to acknowledge...
Community, hope brings us together after a difficult week
This week, the world watched as the Cathedral of Notre Dame burned. It was an arresting and sad...
What’s an educator doing in a corporate classroom?
What’s an educator doing in a corporate classroom? Well, it turns out, plenty. I spent this week at...
Dr. Mike Davis: State of the School
I am excited to share with you my eleventh “State of the School” report and offer a “dashboard”...
Positive coaching leads to sportsmanship, citizenship
Well, folks, it’s really nice to be back in school. Our Spring Break was needed, but with the...
Unplug! Students challenge the community to ‘Face-to-Face Friday’ (and beyond)
The other day I was rehabbing my knee and my physical therapist said, “Look out! Your phone is...
CA humbled, grateful for gifts of philanthropy
This week, we were able to share news of a very generous lead gift for a new Center...
$3 million gift sets stage for new Center for the Performing Arts
Colorado Academy announced today it has received a $3 million gift from Bryan Leach and Jennifer Gaudiani to...
Two Mock Trial teams advance to State
Two of Colorado Academy’s three Mock Trial teams are moving on to the State competition on March 7...
Why CA Students are the best
So, I am finding rich irony that nearly every school in Denver canceled school on a pristine, blue-sky,...
The robots are coming!
Over the past few years, I have been really interested in understanding just how technology will disrupt education....