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COVID-19 and the long road to greater independence

Bill Wolf-TinsmanSeptember 28, 2020

School is launched at Colorado Academy, and students are getting to know the teachers and our expectations for independent thought and achievement. They are als...

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Work, joy, and community

Bill Wolf-TinsmanSeptember 1, 2020

I feel very fortunate to be a part of the Colorado Academy community and to have the opportunity to support and challenge all of our Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth ...

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‘Unprecedented’

Bill Wolf-TinsmanJune 1, 2020

Middle School Principal Bill Wolf-Tinsman Editor’s Note: This is the Continuation speech delivered via Zoom to the Colorado Academy Eighth Grade class on J...

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Mind, body, and spirit during COVID-19

Bill Wolf-TinsmanApril 28, 2020

Mind, body, and spirit—we are working awfully hard on all three during the COVID-19 crisis, because each is important to the health and well-being of young peop...

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Supporting students and parents online

Bill Wolf-TinsmanMarch 31, 2020

I am impressed. Impressed by our Colorado Academy kids, our faculty, and our parents. They are rising to the occasion. Few thought even just a few ...

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Time to plan

Bill Wolf-TinsmanFebruary 25, 2020

I slipped on the snow when I got out of my car this morning. You know what that means? That’s right—it is time to start thinking about Summer. In particular, st...

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The hard part about parenting

Bill Wolf-TinsmanJanuary 27, 2020

Even as I wrote the title, I felt the irony. There isn’t one aspect of parenting that is difficult, but many. As we all know, it has been described as the most ...

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My child might do that

Bill Wolf-TinsmanDecember 18, 2019

I have caught myself more than once saying to myself as a parent, “My child would never do that.” This is ironic, of course, because as a principal for 25+ ye...

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Got a good book?

Bill Wolf-TinsmanOctober 30, 2019

One of the more clever ad campaigns, in my opinion, was, “Got milk?” My variation on this theme is, “Got a good book?” While research on the benefits of homewor...

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Middle School Advisory at CA

Bill Wolf-TinsmanSeptember 24, 2019

One of the most exciting aspects of working with Colorado Academy Middle School students is seeing the physical, academic, and social/emotional growth that happ...

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The best time of year

Bill Wolf-TinsmanAugust 29, 2019

Summer is a wonderful thing—a time for reading, family and play; yet, in my opinion, nothing beats the first day of school. The anticipation of a fresh start, t...

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Challenge your limits

Bill Wolf-TinsmanJune 4, 2019

I love the cyclical nature of schools. There is an optimistic beginning, lots of hard work, good learning, occasional stumbles, heartfelt laughter in ...

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How to make the most of the last Middle School weeks

Bill Wolf-TinsmanApril 26, 2019

By the time May rolls around, Colorado Academy Middle School students know the routine well. They understand school expectations and are used to being challenge...

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A recipe for summer fun and growth

Bill Wolf-TinsmanMarch 22, 2019

I am writing this from home because it is a snow day. There are four or five inches of snow already on the ground, and it is near-blizzard c...

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ThinkingLAB Workshops for parents—a window into instruction

Bill Wolf-TinsmanFebruary 27, 2019

Kathleen Kirkman and Thanh Luong On February 13, Thanh Luong and Kathleen Kirkman, our Eighth Grade STEM dynamic duo, hosted a ThinkingLAB Workshop at Color...

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I will, I can, and I want to

Bill Wolf-TinsmanJanuary 25, 2019

It is intentional that Colorado Academy Middle School students don’t get to decide whether to take an art class or participate in athletics; instead, ...

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Encouraging a love of reading

Bill Wolf-TinsmanNovember 29, 2018

If you are looking for a good book at Colorado Academy, take a stroll through the Middle School looking next to each teacher’s classroom door. Doing so, you wil...

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Managing stress

Bill Wolf-TinsmanOctober 29, 2018

“I’m so stressed out, I can’t believe how much homework we have,” or “that test was sooo hard” are refrains that we sometimes hear in our hallways. Th...

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Nurturing the flame

Bill Wolf-TinsmanOctober 1, 2018

Each morning as I walk towards the Middle School at Colorado Academy, I pass the new red sculpture in front of the Ponzio Arts Center titled, “Peregrine.” ...

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Learning how to fish

Bill Wolf-TinsmanAugust 30, 2018

There are many ways to kick off a school year. We do it by first bringing together the 6th through 8th community and then coming together as a whole s...

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Eighth grade class celebrates their win on Giant Relay Race day.

Put this one in the history books

Bill Wolf-TinsmanMay 29, 2018

When you are having fun, one hundred and seventy two days fly by; still, it seems like just yesterday that I was welcoming students back to school. As...

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