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5UP: Bryan Leach on ‘Life is Full of False Summits’

CommunicationsApril 11, 2017

The 5UP (Five Minutes Up) program at Colorado Academy is a series of talks with the goal of featuring voices of our community in a shortened TED talk set up. E...

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Student Postcards From Scotland

CommunicationsMarch 28, 2017

The Upper School Scotland Exchange program with Hutcheson’s Grammar School was one of the most incredible and impactful experiences in my life. Not only did I l...

Experiential EducationOn CAmpus NewsletterUpper School96 views

2017 Upper School Interim Catalogue

Forbes ConeMarch 2, 2017

Read about all the exciting offerings for the 2017 Upper School Interim below and make your selections on the registration form by clicking here. Please NOTE: ...

Experiential EducationUpper School2477 views

5Up: Architect Andy Rockmore on ‘Architecting’

CommunicationsDecember 6, 2016

The 5UP (Five Minutes Up) program at Colorado Academy is a series of talks with the goal of featuring voices of our community in a shortened TED talk set up. E...

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Q&A: Sophomore Climber Alena Holbert

Renee RockfordDecember 5, 2016

Forbes Cone, CA’s Director of Experiential Education Program and coach of CA’s Climbing Team, talks to accomplished CA student climber Alena Holbert. Holbert is...

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A Warm Welcome for Scottish Students

Renee RockfordNovember 2, 2016

Colorado Academy welcomed four exchange students in October from Hutchesons’ Grammar School in Glasgow, Scotland. The students attended classes in the Upper Sch...

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Fifth Graders Take Part in Decades-Old Partnership

Renee RockfordNovember 2, 2016

Three Colorado Academy fifth graders are home after taking part in CA’s oldest student exchange program in a more than three-decade partnership with Erskine Ste...

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Changed Perspectives: Getting Kids Out in the World

CommunicationsSeptember 29, 2016

Beginning in the Fifth Grade, Colorado Academy dusts off the luggage, prints the boarding passes, and checks to be sure that the toothbrush is packed—because th...

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Learning from the Outdoors: What Children & Nature Teach Us

CommunicationsSeptember 21, 2016

By Forbes Cone, Director of Experiential Education On hikes to the climbing crag with my two-year-old son, our progress is slowed by his distractions of leav...

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Students and Teachers Share Summer Travelogues

CommunicationsSeptember 2, 2016

CA’s Global Exchange offerings will expand this coming year to include a Middle School exchange in the Dominican Republic, and new Upper School programs in both...

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Students Reflect on Time in China

CommunicationsAugust 16, 2016

The Chinese saying goes that "It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books." In accordance with that saying, 17 Upper School Chines...

Experiential EducationUpper School116 views

Winds of Change in Cuba: From Revolution to the Rolling Stones

Renee RockfordJuly 28, 2016

This spring, Colorado Academy, through its global travel and exchange program, took students to Cuba. The trip came just weeks after the U.S. and Cuba signed an...

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Llegamos a Costa Rica!

CommunicationsMay 11, 2016

After an early morning we all arrived in Costa Rica safely and with a smile on our faces. All of the kids are doing well and looking forward to a long night of ...

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Costa Rica: Welcome to Paraiso!

CommunicationsMay 10, 2016

We packed up and left the ecolodge yesterday and made it to Paraiso without any problems. We are about 20 minutes away from Chilamate and already started to ge...

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Costa Rica: An Amazing First Full Day!

CommunicationsMay 10, 2016

Our first full day in Costa Rica was fun-filled and jam-packed. We woke to the sound of howler monkeys in the trees, and had a delicious breakfast before headin...

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Cuba: A Historic Trip

CommunicationsMarch 28, 2016

Wow! And wow! The trip to Cuba was fantastic and there aren't enough words to describe this wonderful little gem of a country. From historic Havana, to a provi...

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Haiti: Religion, Gratitude and Community

CommunicationsMarch 15, 2016

The following blog was written as part of a collaboration between students Bo Dodge; Kenneal Patterson; Cecilia Needham; Jacqueline Patel; Audrey Groves; Li...

Experiential EducationUpper School22 views

Turkey Exchange: Students Bridge Cultures, Build Friendships

CommunicationsMarch 7, 2016

For the Turkish exchange students that recently visited Colorado Academy from Uskudar American Academy in Istanbul, the most surprising aspect of the trip was a...

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On Leaving Scotland

CommunicationsMarch 4, 2016

By senior Matthew MacPhail We'd be lying if we said we were ready to leave Scotland. These two weeks have been an amazing experience, and it is a little hard...

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Getting Settled in Scotland

CommunicationsMarch 2, 2016

By senior Dana Greenleaf Settling in to life here has been as easy as eating haggis, a traditional Scottish pudding of sheep’s heart, liver and lungs, which ...

Experiential EducationUpper School39 views

A Busy Weekend for CA Students in Scotland

CommunicationsFebruary 29, 2016

This weekend in Scotland we did everything from taking a trip to Hawaii (via a Hawaiian-themed birthday party) to sipping afternoon tea at the Dome in Edinburgh...

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