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Kindness is…going about your day, with a positive attitude and a smile on your face

Angie CrabtreeNovember 24, 2020

World Kindness Day was introduced in 1998 to promote and emphasize a global kindness movement. It is a day that is intended to “focus on the positive power and ...

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‘I love school’

Angie CrabtreeOctober 26, 2020

In mid-October, I walked outside for recess duty at Colorado Academy's Lower School. As I stepped onto the sidewalk, I saw a chalk art drawing of a beautiful he...

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What do our youngest students say about COVID?

Angie CrabtreeSeptember 28, 2020

One of my favorite times of day this school year at Colorado Academy is lunch. I love the scene of students sitting on their beach towels outside enjoying their...

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How are we answering these old questions?

Angie CrabtreeSeptember 1, 2020

As I began my 29th year as an educator this school year, I actually felt like I had been catapulted back to 1992 and my first year as a classroom teacher at the...

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‘Be brave in what you say’

Angie CrabtreeJune 1, 2020

Lower School Principal Angie Crabtree Editor’s Note: This is the Continuation speech delivered via Zoom to the Colorado Academy Fifth Grade class on June 1,...

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All the possibilities

Angie CrabtreeApril 28, 2020

My November 2019 Colorado Academy Lower School Principal’s Blog was titled, “I’m bored,” and I shared the following statement: As an educator, I view boredom as...

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Lower School students + acts of kindness = hope for better days

Angie CrabtreeMarch 31, 2020

As the Colorado Academy Lower School transitioned to remote learning, we launched a Courage and Kindness Challenge to each student. The Challenge included stude...

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How to speak ‘with’ instead of ‘at’

Angie CrabtreeFebruary 25, 2020

Children want to be heard, and they want to feel valued by the adults in their lives. Each day in the hubbub of Colorado Academy Lower School life, I ...

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Assessment: It’s not a snapshot, it’s a photo album

Angie CrabtreeJanuary 23, 2020

When teachers are introducing and facilitating learning, they are continually thinking about how to assess and evaluate student performance. Within a lesson, te...

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How will you know when your child is in the ‘state of flow?’

Angie CrabtreeDecember 18, 2019

At Colorado Academy Lower School, sometimes students are so engaged in learning that they do not want to leave the classroom to go home, or they do no...

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The Nobel Book of Answers: Simple questions for sophisticated thinkers

Angie CrabtreeNovember 21, 2019

Recently, I read the most amazing book, The Nobel Book of Answers. The Nobel Prize has honored the world's great geniuses in the most important fields: physics,...

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What should you do when your child says ‘I’m bored?’

Angie CrabtreeOctober 30, 2019

Many times, adults hear children (of all ages) say “I’m bored,” and the adults automatically jump into action to provide entertainment to quickly alleviate the ...

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The benefits of multi-age experiences

Angie CrabtreeAugust 29, 2019

The Six Cs of 21st Century skills—Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Cultural Competence, and Character Developmen...

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Lower School is just the beginning of your story

Allison Peters JensenJune 4, 2019

Editor's Note: This is the address delivered by Interim Lower School Principal Allison Peters Jensen at Lower School Continuation, June 3, 2019. Go...

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Discovering fun through numbers

Allison Peters JensenApril 26, 2019

My elementary school Math memories are all about timed tests and pressure to find the correct answer using the precise steps we were taught. My math lessons nev...

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Crow Canyon: Where it all comes together

Allison Peters JensenMarch 22, 2019

Colorado Academy aims to send graduates into the world who are independent critical thinkers, curious when they encounter new things, and ab...

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Fourth Graders hit the books!

Allison Peters JensenFebruary 27, 2019

In my career as a librarian, I have spent several January mornings in huge convention halls awaiting the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual Youth Media...

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‘Be brave and stay positive’

Allison Peters JensenJanuary 25, 2019

Those were the first words I spoke at the Lower School Town Meeting at the beginning of this school year. That phrase, found on a list of Fourth Grade...

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Lower School’s recipe for community

Allison Peters JensenDecember 19, 2018

Colorado Academy values community and character. As a school, we emphasize relationships and social emotional learning alongside academics, arts, and athletics ...

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Third Grade loves and lives Colorado history

Allison Peters JensenNovember 29, 2018

Third Grade in the Lower School at Colorado Academy kicks off its yearlong study of Colorado with an annual visit to the Plains Conservation Center (P.C.C.), wh...

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Real life science!

Allison Peters JensenOctober 29, 2018

At Colorado Academy, we promote curiosity and wonder in our students’ minds in every subject, and science is no exception. Our science teachers design learning ...

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