The inaugural winter 2023-2024 issue of CAtalyst, Colorado Academy’s annual report, celebrates the people and ideas accelerating growth and innovation within our community of teaching and learning. This year we address a concept at the core of CA’s curriculum at every grade level—academic freedom. For CA, this simple phrase means many things: encouraging students to take intellectual risks while valuing the perspectives of others; elevating the passions and expertise of our faculty; and protecting open inquiry and debate, even when we confront the most difficult questions our society faces today. Above all, academic freedom at CA unites a community engaged in the critical work of educating students who will make an impact in the world through their understanding, courage, and compassion.