Buddies: Cultivating the Challenge of Caring
Speak to Colorado Academy Third, Fourth, and Fifth Graders, and you quickly come to understand that in the...
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The Art of the Conference
For Upper School English instructor Katherine Snow, what is extraordinary about the more than 5,000 individual parent/guardian-teacher conferences...
Cultivating a Ripple Effect: Sustainability at CA
In the 2008 Pixar Animation Studios film WALL-E, a solitary trash-compacting robot toils to clean up an uninhabitable...
Cultivating Humility in a Time of Crisis: Scott Lea ’02
As Scott Lea ’02 reflects on concluding a year-long contract serving as Country Director for the International Rescue...
Looking Back at King’s “Mountaintop”
This week I gave a talk about the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and his important legacy. I shared...
The Quarter Century in Education
I gave a talk recently, and when I was being introduced, the speaker reminded the audience—and me—that I...
HOPE 2024 Reaches Hundreds
Around 700 visitors from across the Denver Metro Area came to Colorado Academy on December 14, 2024, to...
Making Meaning Matter at the 2024 Pre-K–Grade 8 Art Showcase
Titled “Common Threads,” the 2024 Pre-K–Grade 8 Art Showcase in Colorado Academy’s Ponzio Arts Center asks visitors to...
Tiny Earth: Huge Potential
The inspirational quotation at the top of Upper School science Preceptor Suzie Jekel’s syllabus for the two-trimester course...
‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Casts its Spell at CA
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, this year’s Upper School mainstage play—in the Leach Center for the Performing...
After Election, Our Strength Lies In Our Shared Values
In the wake of our recent election, I spoke to our Upper School students and offered some reflections...
Cryptography in History and Math
Politics and puzzles—it’s an irresistible pairing that takes center stage in the new Advanced Studies and Research (ASR)...
Athletics Banquet Celebrates Fall 2024 Teams
On November 17, 2024, Colorado Academy student-athletes, families, coaches, and fans packed the Athletic Center’s Field House for...
No Bad Music
“Life is too short to settle for bad music.” That’s the simple raison d’être of Colorado Academy’s ambitious,...
Fans, Families Celebrate Signing Day 2024
November 14 was Signing Day 2024 at Colorado Academy, as six student-athletes officially committed to competing at the...
Veterans Day 2024: Saluting One of Our Own
As Veterans Day approaches, I feel it is important to share the reflections of one of our team...
Eighth Grade Considers the 2024 Presidential Election
Teaching Middle School Civics during a presidential election year is no small challenge. Teaching it during this particular...
The Importance of Annual Fundraising for Our School Community
As the Head of School, I am often asked why we need to engage in annual fundraising efforts,...
In 2024, HOPE Student Leaders Eye Growth
Colorado Academy’s largest student-led organization, HOPE, has grown to become a philanthropic “known quantity” in the region over...
Four Is a Magic Number
Some might say that Fourth Grade flies under the Lower School radar. It doesn’t seem to reverberate as...
Reflections on the October 7 Attacks
Monday marks the one-year anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas on Israel, in which thousands...