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CA Senior Gigi Beardsley and CA Junior Alyssa Wilson

Award-winning posters express urgency on climate change

Rebecca RischJanuary 28, 2021

What are you In Pursuit Of …? CA Senior Gigi Beardsley's award-winning poster for the “In Pursuit Of …” contest from the Getty Museum and Amplifier. Colo...

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New playgrounds designed by and for CA students

Vicki HildnerJanuary 28, 2021

If children could design their dream playground, what would it look like? At Colorado Academy, we are about to find out! Last fall, both of the Lower Scho...

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How the librarians help students immerse themselves in Black History Month

Allison Peters JensenJanuary 27, 2021

To mark the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to kick off learning for Black History Month in February, all Colorado Academy Lower School students are ...

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Practicing and performing music during a pandemic

Vicki HildnerJanuary 25, 2021

As Chair of the Colorado Academy Music Department, Phil Jones is not given to dramatic pronouncements or hyperbole. His description of what his department has f...

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Interdisciplinary course creates ‘The Joy Project’

Vicki HildnerJanuary 25, 2021

Ellen Clowes is a Colorado Academy Freshman who describes herself as “more artistic than a computer science kind of gal, but always up for a new challenge.” ...

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A labor of love

Alice RydbergJanuary 22, 2021

Over Winter Break, our family watched more movies than I care to admit. My kids were not thrilled when it was my turn to pick the movie, and I picked It’s a Won...

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What to say if you really want to build a child’s self-esteem

Angie CrabtreeJanuary 21, 2021

I think it is safe to say that all parents and educators want children to develop a healthy self-esteem that allows them to feel competent as they navigate life...

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Living the Mission: Adventurous

Vicki HildnerDecember 28, 2020

Editor's Note: This is one of a series of articles about ways that Colorado Academy is living its mission during challenging times. JJ Moore, Junior In fall...

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Singers turn into composers during COVID-19

Vicki HildnerDecember 28, 2020

Looking back at 2020, Colorado Academy Vocal Music Director Dr. Kevin Padworski remembers the downbeat—the first indication that his professional world was abou...

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Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021: Lessons I will take with me into the New Year

Dr. Mike DavisDecember 28, 2020

I think we would all agree that we are glad to see 2020 in the rearview mirror. I went into last year at Colorado Academy with such hope. But early on, we lost ...

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2021 brings expanded COVID-19 testing program

Renee RockfordDecember 28, 2020

“Bubbles don’t count,” says Colorado Academy Health Assistant Mandy Batliner, explaining to the student volunteers at the COVIDCheck Colorado (CCC) testing tent...

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Unsung heroes work behind the scenes to keep CA students safe and fed

Vicki HildnerDecember 28, 2020

Many might argue that everyone who has been working or teaching in a school during COVID-19 deserves an award. One person working behind the scenes at Colorado ...

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Alex Foreman ’20 USNA: A walk-on to root for

Bill HallDecember 23, 2020

College at a service academy like the Naval Academy, West Point, or the Air Force Academy is different from going to a large state school or a small liberal art...

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The 2021 Senior Portfolio Art Show season

Katy Wood HillsDecember 23, 2020

Imagine spending a couple of years working towards a project that will be on display for your whole community to see. Now, imagine you are only 17 or 18 years o...

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How students are staying fit despite a pandemic

Vicki HildnerDecember 18, 2020

Chloe Brants with Coach Kirk watching On a typical day after school, Colorado Academy Upper School students head for home, especially when the pandemic has ...

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COVID-19 lessons learned

Daniela MeltzerDecember 18, 2020

With the COVID-19 vaccine reaching communities across the United States in December, I feel like we are all breathing a collective sigh of relief—the future loo...

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Community, togetherness, reading and the New Year bring us the Colorado Children’s Book Award

Allison Peters JensenDecember 18, 2020

Every year, the Colorado Academy Lower School students spend two winter weeks in the Lower School Library reading the 10 picture books nominated for the Colorad...

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January is a time for hope

Alice RydbergDecember 18, 2020

There’s something inherently hopeful about beginnings. Each January brings with it new beginnings and new hope. After all, isn’t that what’s behind our post-Win...

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Out with the old and in with the new

Bill Wolf-TinsmanDecember 17, 2020

I don’t imagine a lot of people had trouble saying goodbye to 2020. I certainly did not. That is not to say that there weren’t some fine aspects to the year’...

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Why we chose CA: The Sur family

Vicki HildnerDecember 7, 2020

Several years ago, Roma and Abhi Sur made what they considered to be a wise plan for their son’s future education. They bought a house within walking distance o...

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What’s wrong with the Platonic Ideal?

Bill Wolf-TinsmanNovember 27, 2020

I’m a big believer in “the Platonic Ideal,” the idea that young people should be educated in the mind, body, and spirit…until it goes too far. Here is what I me...

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