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First Day of School Delivers Smiles, Inspiration, Cowboy Boots

CommunicationsAugust 28, 2018

The air of excitement around a new school year is contagious, and Colorado Academy students were surrounded by feelings of great anticipation and joy throughout...

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Displays of Courage and Kindness: Reflections on a Maverick Politician

Dr. Mike DavisAugust 28, 2018

As we kick off the school year, I want to pause and take a moment to honor the legacy of United States Senator John McCain. I grew up in Arizona, and from my ch...

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Getting Ready for Your Return

Dr. Mike DavisAugust 21, 2018

We are excited to welcome our students back to the Colorado Academy campus next week! We hope to see parents, students, and faculty at our annual All-School Pic...

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A gift of harmony: Welborn Steinway returns

Vicki HildnerJuly 2, 2018

In early 2018, Colorado Academy celebrated a homecoming—not with a pep rally or athletic event, but with the sound of music, played on a 117-year-old Steinway M...

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Graduation Ceremony 2018

CommunicationsJune 7, 2018

On a crystal-clear morning and to the traditional strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” played by Boulder Brass, 100 members of the Class of 2018 emerged from Welb...

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‘Sometimes life just needs to be lived’

Dr. Mike DavisJune 7, 2018

Editor’s Note: These are excerpts from Dr. Davis’s message to the Class of 2018 at Graduation. The great French philosopher of the 16th century, Mi...

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Senior Tributes 2018

CommunicationsJune 7, 2018

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Commencement Dinner 2018

CommunicationsJune 7, 2018

The Class of 2018 launched their celebration of commencement with a formal dinner under a tent on the Colorado Academy campus. All 100 members of the class star...

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Graduation Brings Renewed Dedication

Dr. Mike DavisJune 7, 2018

This has been a busy season of culminating ceremonies at Colorado Academy. As my twins just graduated from CA and are about to head to college, I find myself th...

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Upper School Interim 2018

Forbes ConeJune 6, 2018

From aerial acrobatics to archaeology, from canoeing to camping, from rafting to rock climbing, and so much more—Colorado Academy Upper School students learned ...

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Eighth Grade Continuation 2018

CommunicationsJune 5, 2018

The Class of 2022 celebrated continuation from Grade 8 in a ceremony made meaningful by the many Middle School teachers who paid tribute to every single one of ...

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Fifth Grade Continuation 2018

CommunicationsJune 4, 2018

Colorado Academy’s Fifth Grade class celebrated its official continuation to Middle School on June 4, 2018, with bow ties, best dresses, and big smiles. Fifth G...

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Kindergarten Celebration for the Class of 2030

CommunicationsJune 1, 2018

With the traditional pomp and circumstance, CA’s Kindergartners celebrated the end of the year and the beginning of their new status as first graders. Every stu...

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What I Learned This Week About CA

Dr. Mike DavisMay 31, 2018

Nine Colorado Academy students and I are heading back from Interim where we’ve spent a week in the wilderness of southeastern Utah. We have hiked and climbed, s...

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Images of Greatness 2018

CommunicationsMay 30, 2018

From explorers to athletes, prize fighters to ballerinas, peacemakers to inventors—Colorado Academy’s Grade 5 students transformed themselves into “Images of Gr...

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Relay Races 2018

CommunicationsMay 25, 2018

In the 61st running of the Giant Relay Race, Colorado Academy’s Class of 2018 held on to the trophy which they had captured in 2016. In contrast to the 2017 rac...

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Field Day 2018

CommunicationsMay 25, 2018

Cooled by hundreds of popsicles and gallons of cold water, Colorado Academy Lower School students threw themselves into their annual Field Day with unbridled en...

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CA Girls Lax Takes 4th Straight State Title

Renee RockfordMay 23, 2018

In the fourth consecutive State Title match-up, Colorado Academy took on Cherry Creek High School in 5A Girls Lacrosse, and CA won with a convincing 13-7 victor...

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Girls Golf takes the 3A State Championship

Renee RockfordMay 22, 2018

For the second consecutive year, Colorado Academy’s Varsity Girls Golf Team has taken the 3A State Championship. Two girls on the four-member team also took ind...

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Middle School Interim 2018

Forbes ConeMay 22, 2018

On Middle School Interim, CA students left the classroom behind and made new friends as they: Explored ancient cliff dwellings Canoed the Green Ri...

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Fiyo on the Bayou Rocks CA

CommunicationsMay 14, 2018

With the flavors of Cajun crawfish and gumbo and the thrilling music of Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Trombone Shorty, CA took a trip to New Orleans at Fiyo o...

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