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Colorado Academy’s guide to outdoor adventures – Middle School

Forbes ConeSeptember 6, 2018

We invite you to check out this new line-up of weekend trips for Middle School Colorado Academy students of all ages with activities ranging from fly fishing to...

Experiential EducationMiddle School424 views

Colorado Academy’s guide to outdoor adventures – Lower School

Forbes ConeSeptember 5, 2018

We invite you to check out this new line-up of weekend trips for Lower School Colorado Academy students of all ages with activities ranging from indoor rock cli...

Experiential EducationLower School536 views

Upper School Interim 2018

Forbes ConeJune 6, 2018

From aerial acrobatics to archaeology, from canoeing to camping, from rafting to rock climbing, and so much more—Colorado Academy Upper School students learned ...

Experiential EducationFeaturedUpper School333 views

Interim 2018

Forbes ConeJune 4, 2018

When Colorado Academy seniors preparing to graduate reflect on their favorite experiences at CA, many of them talk about Interim. “I love all of the awesome exp...

Experiential EducationMiddle SchoolOn CAmpus NewsletterUpper School165 views

What I Learned This Week About CA

Dr. Mike DavisMay 31, 2018

Nine Colorado Academy students and I are heading back from Interim where we’ve spent a week in the wilderness of southeastern Utah. We have hiked and climbed, s...

Experiential EducationFeaturedHead of School191 views

Middle School Interim 2018

Forbes ConeMay 22, 2018

On Middle School Interim, CA students left the classroom behind and made new friends as they: Explored ancient cliff dwellings Canoed the Green Ri...

Experiential EducationFeaturedMiddle School313 views

Students H.O.P.E. Teaches Personal and Practical Lessons

CommunicationsDecember 5, 2017

For the leaders of the Students H.O.P.E. club at Colorado Academy, the personal outweighs the practical. “I’ve learned a lot about meeting deadlines, about o...

Experiential EducationFeaturedOn CAmpus NewsletterUpper School129 views

Working with Students Half a World Away

CommunicationsDecember 5, 2017

“All three students are very motivated to learn Chinese,” says Colorado Academy Upper School Mandarin Chinese teacher Julie Wei. Brothers Eric and Evan Rumsfeld...

Experiential EducationFeaturedOn CAmpus NewsletterUpper School122 views

Postcards from CA’s Global Travelers

CommunicationsSeptember 27, 2017

Colorado Academy’s Global Travel and Exchange program includes summer trips that are part of the school’s exchange with educational and nonprofit counterparts i...

Experiential EducationUpper School71 views

Taking Stock After Five Years in Haiti Partnership

Renee RockfordMay 2, 2017

Since Colorado Academy began its partnership with a small school in a rural village of Haiti in 2011, the school has taken 65 students and 17 faculty members on...

Experiential EducationFeaturedOn CAmpus NewsletterUpper School138 views

5UP: Rachel Harris on ‘Solving Problems Without Solutions’

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...

All School NewsExperiential Education162 views

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...

All School NewsExperiential Education526 views

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 School106 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 School2483 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...

All School NewsExperiential Education93 views

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...

Experiential EducationFeaturedUpper School243 views

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...

Experiential EducationUpper School66 views

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...

Experiential EducationLower School86 views

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...

Experiential Education132 views

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...

Experiential EducationFeaturedMiddle SchoolUpper School73 views