It is the time of year at Colorado Academy when faculty are preparing their Interim trips, and students are perusing our spring outdoor adventure catalogs. This...
The response of the Colorado Academy community over the past several weeks after the loss of a beloved teacher has been humbling, uplifting, and a reminder abou...
I love maps. I mean…I LOVE maps. This love of maps camp from my dad. He is a geologist, and he taught me at a very early age how to read a topographic map. I le...
Right now, I am reading Donald Miller’s enthralling book Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign that Broke the Confederacy. This excellent study captures the history of o...
A new decade calls for a new website! Colorado Academy is excited to debut its redesigned website, which features a clean, vibrant, modern design that showcases...
January 27 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. On this day in 1945, Red Army troops from the 322nd ...
Interim provides opportunities to get out of the classroom to learn by doing, through exposure to new ideas, experiences, and environments. Interim trips span t...
Over the winter break, I read Max Hastings' thoughtful study of the Vietnam War entitled Vietnam, An Epic Tragedy. As the title suggests, the Vietnam War was in...
This week marks the 10-year anniversary of a devastating disaster 2,500 miles from Denver that continues to have an impact at Colorado Academy today.
It was a ...
More than 500 grandparents—a record number—made the trip to visit Colorado Academy on December 20, 2019. They enjoyed perfect weather, a presentation ...
The other day, I received a nice holiday card from a Colorado Academy Fourth Grade student named Sysy. It read:
“Dear Dr. Davis, Thank you for taking care of t...
As an adjective, the word “dynamic” means “characterized by constant activity or progress.” As a noun, it is “a force that stimulates change.” Both forms of the...
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, I am reminded how more and more scientific literature supports two things about gratitude: the first is how the express...
Colorado Academy:
Creating curious, kind, courageous, and adventurous learners and leaders.
Colorado Academy’s new Mission Statement is distinguished ...
This week, I saw the work of two highly gifted artists–work that showed each one’s deep connection with and inspiration from nature.
The first was touring th...
Every Veterans Day, I find myself thinking about sacrifice and service to this country. As a historian and teacher with a background in military history, I am d...
In their first appearance at the State Championship game in four years, the Colorado Academy Field Hockey Team returned to All-City Stadium to reclaim...
With Lower School princesses and Batmen, Middle School unicorns and M&M’s, and Upper School boxing champs and Beetlejuice, Colorado Academy celebrated Hallo...
Just this past week, while we in Denver were navigating back-to-back winter storms, I was also focused on the accomplishment this week of Nepalese climber Nirma...
Today is our first major school admission event of the season, our annual Admission Parent Preview. This is an event for which we throw open the doors to our ca...
Anya Kamenetz has been a three-time lecturer as part of Colorado Academy’s SPEAK lecture program. Author of five books in a little over ten years, she has tackl...
