Exploring History at the Neustadt Literary Festival
How do we write about history, even when it is painful? Or when others might prefer to look...
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Creativity and Fun Take Center Stage in Halloween Parade
With nearly every student, teacher, and staff member in costume, Halloween festivities in Colorado Academy’s Lower School carry...
Social Emotional Learning at CA
Students appear in the doorway of Liza Skipwith’s office at all hours of the school day. As Colorado...
CA hosts inaugural Middle School Speech & Debate competition
Colorado Academy Speech & Debate continues to expand, as Middle School students are now welcomed into the program....
‘Handle Hard Better’
The best thing I have seen on YouTube of late is Kara Lawson’s now viral speech to her...
HOPE 2022: Extending the Impact
On December 10, 2022, more than 1,500 guests from across the Denver metro area will come to the...
Bringing History to Life
A week ago, I read a fascinating obituary on Daniel Smith. Smith was one of the few remaining...
2022-2023 Middle School Global Travel Opportunities in Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Florida
OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM At Colorado Academy, we nurture dynamic thinkers and active citizens of the world through a curriculum...
Thanks for supporting CA!
This week’s blog is a chance for me to offer sincere thanks to everyone who supported CA Gives...
Focus on learning, not grades
As we head into conferences and mid-trimester testing season, I want to caution about over obsessing about grades....
Senior-Kindergarten Buddy match draws nerves, excitement
With this year’s Senior-Kindergarten Buddy match delayed by a week, the Class of 2023 and the Class of...
CA moves beyond AP with Advanced Studies and Research
This fall, in veteran social studies teacher Elissa Wolf-Tinsman’s new course, The American Experiment, Colorado Academy Seniors are...
Connecting threads at The Big Draw
At Colorado Academy, the arts are a thread that runs from the first day of Pre-K to Twelfth...
Intellectual and academic freedom
One of my goals this year is to develop a statement on Academic Freedom. The University of Chicago...
Helping students find their ‘STEM identity’
One day in July 2022, Sophia Gomez, now a Junior at Colorado Academy, found herself performing an emergency...
SPEAK talk captures the power of giving back
This week, we had an amazing SPEAK (Series for Parent Education About Kids) event presented by a CA...
Ultimate Frisbee program takes flight
Eric Augustin couldn’t be happier. The teacher of Middle School English and social studies is also the head...
Homecoming 2022
Colorado Academy Homecoming 2022 went from quiet to loud, and then to very, very loud, over the course...
Whirlwind 24-Hour Play Project fuels creativity and fun
“Here, there are no divas,” says Colorado Academy Middle School and Upper School theater instructor James Meehan late...
Homecoming strengthens ties to CA
Homecoming is this weekend. Later today, we will have our annual pep rally, which is one of my...
Austin Hatch inspires at SPEAK
Sharing his near-miraculous life story with Colorado Academy families and other guests at the first SPEAK (Series for...