The Ball is in the Students’ Court: CA Seniors Finalize Their College Decisions
By Sara Purviance Associate Director of College Counseling In the age of increasingly selective college admission to...
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How to Balance the Benefits of Student Choice
Student choice is a powerful thing. We know adolescents crave autonomy and independence, so when they have opportunity...
Student Play Selected for Los Angeles Performances
Congratulations to Colorado Academy Senior and playwright Trinity Goderstad whose play titled “Loaded,” has been selected by the...
Summer Magic
The month of May reminds me that summer is right around the corner. With warmer, longer days come...
Sweet Culminations
You cannot work at a school without thinking about the succession of beginnings and endings—commencements to be sure,...
Dedication Set for Updated Welborn
On May 19, 2017, Giant Relay Day, Colorado Academy will dedicate the newly renovated Welborn House. The dedication is set...
Parenting in an Anxious Age
A parent recently asked me, “How do I set high standards for my child without creating a family...
Students Debate Censorship, Language in ‘Huck Finn’ Mock Trial
Students in Colorado Academy’s sophomore American Literature class recently debated language and censorship after reading The Adventures of...
The Impact of Learning Specialists in the Lower School: A Progress Report
A few years ago, we realized that we could better serve our Lower School students by augmenting...
What a New Facility Could & Would Do
This time of year is one of my favorites. I get to see our seniors eagerly anticipate graduation...
The Art of Building the Dome
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy unabashedly campaigned for public support of the arts. He alluded to two...
Sculptor’s Son Views Father’s Work
Colorado Academy recently welcomed David Hayes to campus, son of the late artist by the same name whose...
April to Feature Non-Stop Capital Blitz
Colorado Academy is launching a 30-day blitz in an effort to bolster its current capital campaign and complete...
Mock Trial Team To Get Court Case
On April 1, the members of Colorado Academy’s Mock Trial Team that won the State Championship will get...
Improvisation as Mindset
We concluded our week in the REDI Lab working with local improv dynamo Jessica Austgen who wreaks improvisation...
REDI Lab at Denver Museum of Nature and Science
REDI Lab students from Colorado Academy had the opportunity to gain empathy and a deeper understanding of the...
REDI Lab Launches
It seems appropriate that we post the first entry of the REDI Lab blog on a day when...
CA Mock Trial Teams Earn State Berth
Congratulations to all three of Colorado Academy’s Mock Trial teams on their securing the three of the four...
Alumna Artist Creating “Journey” Mural at CA
Colorado Academy alumna and well-known muralist Lauren Youngsmith has returned to Colorado Academy to create a mural in...
Student’s History Studies Key to Understanding His Past
The name Nguyen (pronounced “wen”) is very common in Vietnamese culture. In fact, it’s so prevalent that, according...
CA Launches School-Within-A-School Lab Program
Education is operating in a unique space today, somewhere on the frontier between the human capacity to know...