‘Everything we do will be the last time’
On a snowy, icy November evening, Colorado Academy’s longtime Vocal Music Director, Cindy Jordan, directed her final performance...
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Grateful on this Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. There are those who bemoan it. Take, for instance, the opinion...
Veteran’s Day remembrance from the battlefields of Vietnam
My father-in-law, Dr. Lawrence Jelsma, passed away recently after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease and was buried...
Halloween Parade creates more fun than fright!
With a plethora of princesses, a school of sharks, a pack of Tyrannosaurus rex, Crayola teachers, plenty of...
The Big Draw celebrates the art of PLAY
As part of the worldwide celebration of drawing, The Big Draw returned to campus on October 18-19. All...
Caught in the middle
On a recent flight, I found myself in an uncomfortable situation. Part of it was because I was...
Empowering students to make their learning real
I’ve always believed that one of the best things you can do for kids is to show them...
CA’s 1997 Field Hockey Team honored by CHSAA
The Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) has honored the very first sanctioned Colorado Championship Field Hockey Team—the...
Academic honesty: More than grades are at stake
While traveling earlier this week, I dug into the news and found a great article that has a...
CA Boys Varsity Tennis Team are 4A State Champions
The Colorado Academy Boys Varsity Tennis Team won the State Championship Title at the 4A Tournament in Pueblo...
Parent/Teacher Conferences: Honest feedback sets stage for future student growth
Thanks to all the parents who took time to attend the 2,997 individual parent/teacher conferences this week at...
5UP: Katy Hills on ‘Manual Competence, Manual Labor, and the Human Spirit’
The 5UP (Five Minutes Up) program at Colorado Academy is a series of talks with the goal of...
Pondering Musk, Gates, and the value of Parent-Teacher Conferences
Elon Musk has had a hard week. He has to pay a $20 million fine to the SEC...
Homecoming 2018
Even record-breaking heat could not reduce the enthusiasm at Colorado Academy’s 2018 Homecoming. Athletic Director Bill Hall (with...
“Breaking Bread” and “Breaking Barriers”—Two more reasons to be at CA
This was a great week at Colorado Academy. We had two incredible community-building events that were inspirational—each in...
Affirmation: Witnessing school culture on display in the real world
At Colorado Academy, we are intentional about the kind of student culture we want to create. Over the...
9/11 and Hurricane Florence
Beginning with 9/11 earlier this week and the impending arrival of Hurricane Florence on the East Coast, I...
Engaging young minds in kind ways
What I love most about teaching is the opportunity to ignite intellectual curiosity in young people. Some days,...
Taking Off!
When my twin girls were born in the year 2000, the prospect of their leaving home for college...
A Celebration of Life
At a memorial service just one day shy of his 73rd birthday, family members, friends, colleagues, and former...
First Day of School Delivers Smiles, Inspiration, Cowboy Boots
The air of excitement around a new school year is contagious, and Colorado Academy students were surrounded by...