The Writing Teacher in the ‘Real World’
When I tell people that I am an English teacher, they immediately suppose I enjoy busting people for...
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Photo Essay: ‘The Laramie Project’
The Laramie Project, by Moises Kaufmann and members of the Tectonic Theater Company, relates the incident of a...
Middle School Student Raises Money for Local Teen
During the summer of 2016, seventh grader Brody Taylor received a letter. He says the signature was a...
You’re Invited to a Ribbon Cutting: CA’s New Visual Arts Center
Plan to join students and faculty during the first week of January 2017 as we cut the ribbon...
Q&A: Sophomore Climber Alena Holbert
Forbes Cone, CA’s Director of Experiential Education Program and coach of CA’s Climbing Team, talks to accomplished CA...
The Athlete and the Artist
You can start with her stats, but the numbers don’t tell the whole story about this student. This...
Video Students See Film Through Different Lens
There is magic happening on the basement level of the Visual Art Building, where video students exude energy...
Four CA Alums Create Film Adaptation of ‘Walden’
In Walden, Henry David Thoreau writes that he kept three chairs in his small cabin in the woods:...
Photo Essay: Two Days at CA
These photos by professional photographer and former Colorado Academy parent, Jay Dickman, capture up-close images from inside the...
From Thought to Computer Code: Teaching Programming in the Middle School
It’s funny, in a way, that a word we use so often these days — “digital”— with which...
Improving Instruction: Updated Classroom Structure
“I’m a parent,” says Leslie Webster, Colorado Academy Senior Instructor for Kindergarten students, “and so I know that...
That’s My Buddy: Why Kids in the Other Grades Matter
CA as a school is inclusive of grades Pre-K all the way up to Twelfth Grade. That wide...
Inspired Renovation: Old Dorm-Turned Expansive Arts Center
“When I was in the tenth grade,” says Andy Rockmore, partner in the Denver architecture firm of SHEARS...
Learning from the Outdoors: What Children & Nature Teach Us
By Forbes Cone, Director of Experiential Education On hikes to the climbing crag with my two-year-old son, our...
Students and Teachers Share Summer Travelogues
CA’s Global Exchange offerings will expand this coming year to include a Middle School exchange in the Dominican...
New Life for CA’s Old Home
Late in May at Colorado Academy’s annual Giant Relay Day event, dignitaries gathered to turn a ceremonial shovelful...
Tiny House Teaches Perseverance, Prepares for the Road Ahead
Like most students who have spent the school year retrofitting an old CA school bus into a tiny house, senior Lorenzo...
Student Leads Charge in Self-Directed Learning
The wonder in Nick Bain’s eyes as he looks into the distance while describing his latest experiment is...
Winds of Change in Cuba: From Revolution to the Rolling Stones
This spring, Colorado Academy, through its global travel and exchange program, took students to Cuba. The trip came...
Leadership & Diversity Creates Lasting Legacy
In her senior year at the University of Denver, ‘12 CA alum Brooklyn Batey is sure to leave...
Halverson Studies “Relic Radiation”
Dr. Nils Halverson is an explorer, though his type of exploration doesn’t always require physical travel. Instead, he...