Learning from history does not mean rewriting it
I have written and spoken before about how I was raised with split personality when it came to...
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Shoot for the moon
As we launched the new school year this week, I borrowed the theme of “Shoot for the Moon”...
How can we protect what matters most?
I truly love the start of the school year at Colorado Academy. There is an energy and excitement...
Class of 2020 greets the Freshmen
In one of Colorado Academy’s favorite and most endearing traditions, Seniors greeted the Freshmen with great enthusiasm and...
Get ready to make your mark!
Dear CA Students, Ready or not, we are starting school next week! I thought I would write this...
Dr. Mike Davis and Erik Weihenmayer go climbing
At Colorado Academy, we’ve been thinking a lot about mission statements this past year. Coincident with our reaccreditation...
Class of 2019 Commencement Exercises
With white dresses, white gladiolas, boutonnières, suits and ties, countless smiles and hugs, and red diplomas in...
Signing off for the summer
It is Commencement Day, and the weather has cleared. I’m up early to rehearse my graduation address. As...
Class of 2019 Commencement Dinner
In his speech at the Class of 2019 Colorado Academy Commencement Dinner, Upper School Principal Jon Vogels paid...
Senior Tributes 2019
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2018-2019 Upper School Awards
Every year, Colorado Academy faculty spend a great deal of time deliberating about who should receive the...
Dispatches from the road
“Dr. D., is this the favorite part of your job?” A student asked me this after we were...
This Memorial Day: The power of letters home
I’m a sucker for historical fiction. While, as a historian, there are not many real accounts of war...
CA Girls Lacrosse by the numbers: 5 years, 5 Championships
Numbers tell the story best when it comes to the 2019 Colorado Academy Girls Lacrosse Championship-winning game: By...
Choir concert, auction demonstrate abundance of kindness within CA community
Gratitude. I can’t think of another word that encompasses my thoughts about this past weekend’s events that brought...
Superhero Soirée and Auction an epic event supporting CA financial aid
From Superman to Aquaman, Wonder Woman to RBG (Ruth Bader Ginsberg), more than 450 guests in costumes and...
Cindy Jordan’s final CA choir concert a throwback celebration
After 43 years of leading Colorado Academy choirs, Cindy Jordan’s final concert at CA revisited many favorite traditions:...
Great teaching, amazing faculty at the heart of CA’s excellence
In response to my query to the Colorado Academy community for feedback about a rewrite of our school’s...
Shout out, gratitude to the community-building efforts of CA volunteers
We’re wrapping up the month of April, and I did not want to miss the opportunity to acknowledge...
Padworski joins CA as Vocal Music Director
Colorado Academy’s new Vocal Music Director will be conductor, composer, and career musician Dr. Kevin T. Padworski....
Community, hope brings us together after a difficult week
This week, the world watched as the Cathedral of Notre Dame burned. It was an arresting and sad...