At Colorado Academy, we’ve been thinking a lot about mission statements this past year. Coincident with our reaccreditation work that is undertaken by most inde...
It is Commencement Day, and the weather has cleared. I’m up early to rehearse my graduation address. As I walk to my office just after sunrise, I am once again ...
Editor's Note: Dr. Mike Davis delivered this Commencement Address to the Colorado Academy Class of 2019 on June 6, 2019.
Today, we celebrate your hard work a...
“Dr. D., is this the favorite part of your job?”
A student asked me this after we were heading downstream in McCloyd Canyon, a remote area on Cedar Mesa, Uta...
I’m a sucker for historical fiction. While, as a historian, there are not many real accounts of war that I haven’t picked up, there are some stories that, set a...
Gratitude. I can’t think of another word that encompasses my thoughts about this past weekend’s events that brought together our community, our mission, our vol...
In response to my query to the Colorado Academy community for feedback about a rewrite of our school’s Mission Statement, I’ve received numerous responses with ...
There is not a week that passes that I don’t refer to, and not a day goes by that I don’t think about our mission at Colorado Academy and whether we are living ...
We’re wrapping up the month of April, and I did not want to miss the opportunity to acknowledge this as National Volunteer Month. April is dedicated to honoring...
Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019.This week, the world watched as the Cathedral of No...
What’s an educator doing in a corporate classroom? Well, it turns out, plenty.
Dr. Mike Davis at University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.
I spen...
I am excited to share with you my eleventh “State of the School” report and offer a “dashboard” of facts about Colorado Academy that are indicative of the stron...
Well, folks, it’s really nice to be back in school. Our Spring Break was needed, but with the extra three days we had to take off because of a power outage, I...
One thing I look forward to at the start of every term is teaching a new class. This spring trimester, I am taking advantage of our tremendous new climbing faci...
The other day I was rehabbing my knee and my physical therapist said, “Look out! Your phone is about to fall out of your pocket.” I replied, “Good. I hope it br...
This week, we were able to share news of a very generous lead gift for a new Center for the Performing Arts at CA, the school’s fourth and final capital project...
So, I am finding rich irony that nearly every school in Denver canceled school on a pristine, blue-sky, sunny day. While we adhered to our safety protocol of fo...
Feb. 12, 1969 concert poster
I am turning 50 years old this month, and the notion of hitting a half-century has provoked a lot of existential thinking on my...
Over the past few years, I have been really interested in understanding just how technology will disrupt education. I entered the profession in the early 1990s....
The founding of our republic was based on the principle that we are all created equal. We could go through the list of Americans who have changed the course of ...
While the new year already feels months old, I didn’t want to miss the chance from an educational standpoint to add some thoughts to the collective 2019 manifes...
