Gold Key Winner Heads to National Contest; Students Win 18 Awards
Colorado Academy students garnered 18 awards from the 2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in the West Region,...
Upper School
Setting the Norms for Great Conversation and Growth
If you walk around the Upper School building, you might notice the presence of a set of guidelines...
Student’s History Studies Key to Understanding His Past
The name Nguyen (pronounced “wen”) is very common in Vietnamese culture. In fact, it’s so prevalent that, according...
CA Launches School-Within-A-School Lab Program
Education is operating in a unique space today, somewhere on the frontier between the human capacity to know...
Q&A: Sophomore Climber Alena Holbert
Forbes Cone, CA’s Director of Experiential Education Program and coach of CA’s Climbing Team, talks to accomplished CA...
Courage & Conversation: A Recommended Read
Colorado Academy has joined in a yearlong project to read books selected for all ages on the theme...
The Athlete and the Artist
You can start with her stats, but the numbers don’t tell the whole story about this student. This...
Upper School to Launch Student Writing Center
When it comes to the written word, Colorado Academy Upper School English Teacher Kathleen Law knows how to...
A Warm Welcome for Scottish Students
Colorado Academy welcomed four exchange students in October from Hutchesons’ Grammar School in Glasgow, Scotland. The students attended...
Video Students See Film Through Different Lens
There is magic happening on the basement level of the Visual Art Building, where video students exude energy...
CA’s Tiny House Project
Visit https://www.coloradoacademy.org/Page/Academics to learn more about innovation in education at Colorado Academy, Denver’s top Pre-K-12 private school!...
Photo Essay: Two Days at CA
These photos by professional photographer and former Colorado Academy parent, Jay Dickman, capture up-close images from inside the...
That’s My Buddy: Why Kids in the Other Grades Matter
CA as a school is inclusive of grades Pre-K all the way up to Twelfth Grade. That wide...
Students and Teachers Share Summer Travelogues
CA’s Global Exchange offerings will expand this coming year to include a Middle School exchange in the Dominican...
Students Reflect on Time in China
The Chinese saying goes that “It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand...
Tiny House Teaches Perseverance, Prepares for the Road Ahead
Like most students who have spent the school year retrofitting an old CA school bus into a tiny house, senior Lorenzo...
Student Leads Charge in Self-Directed Learning
The wonder in Nick Bain’s eyes as he looks into the distance while describing his latest experiment is...
Winds of Change in Cuba: From Revolution to the Rolling Stones
This spring, Colorado Academy, through its global travel and exchange program, took students to Cuba. The trip came...
Leadership & Diversity Creates Lasting Legacy
In her senior year at the University of Denver, ‘12 CA alum Brooklyn Batey is sure to leave...
Cuba: A Historic Trip
Wow! And wow! The trip to Cuba was fantastic and there aren’t enough words to describe this wonderful little...
Haiti: Religion, Gratitude and Community
The following blog was written as part of a collaboration between students Bo Dodge; Kenneal Patterson; Cecilia Needham;...