This week, Colorado Academy is launching a campaign for an Emergency Tuition Assistance Fund in the wake of economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The do...
We don’t often have the opportunity to get two opening days of a school year, but today, our first day of virtual learning, felt like "deja vu all over again.”
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Colorado Academy Kindergarten teacher Lindsey Owens was hosting her classroom’s morning meeting—not with children in a circle as they would be most days, but in...
While the coronavirus has us hunkered down this Spring Break, CA faculty and staff have been compiling virtual activities that kids and families would enjoy. Th...
One of the often-noted aspects of the Coronavirus pandemic is how quickly it spread. Colorado Academy began watching the arrival of COVID-19 in January, shortly...
Well, CA Community, I think we need a break from bad news and need some fun.
Dr. Mike Davis, teenage rocker.
So, today I offer something we all need for ...
Dear Colorado Academy Students,
As I watched people walk to their cars and drive off campus for Spring Break, there were more than just a few heads hanging. ...
A few years into my teaching career, a crisis at my school propelled me to become a school leader. When I took over running a high school, I was prepared for th...
Alumni tell me all the time that their most beloved traditions at Colorado Academy are our All-School Assemblies. For decades, we have gathered all of our stude...
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...
