‘I Can Do Hard Things’
One of our Formative Five skills in the Lower School is GRIT. We define GRIT as I step...
Lower School
‘Every Student Is an Artist’: The 2022 Pre-K–Grade 8 Arts Showcase
“At Colorado Academy,” says Director of Visual & Performing Arts Katy Wood Hills, “every student is an artist.”...
Earthworm Superpowers Teach Lessons in Sustainability
The Colorado Academy Pre-Kindergarten students busily working in the Lower School science classroom of teacher Jeff Goldstein ’88...
Scenes From the Principal’s Window
I remember moving into my office at Colorado Academy in July 2019. One of the things I immediately...
Do We Dewey? Yes We Do!
Librarians are frequently asked, “So, do you still use the Dewey Decimal System, ha ha ha?” Honestly, this...
Creativity and Fun Take Center Stage in Halloween Parade
With nearly every student, teacher, and staff member in costume, Halloween festivities in Colorado Academy’s Lower School carry...
Middle School
CA Middle School Interim 2023
Interim at Colorado Academy provides opportunities to get out of the classroom to learn by doing, through exposure...
Middle School Yoga Offers a Holistic Approach to Wellness
On winter afternoons at Colorado Academy, Middle Schoolers eagerly make their way to the lower level of the...
In Support of Friendship
I recently read two different articles that got me thinking. The first, from the New York Post, outlined...
‘Every Student Is an Artist’: The 2022 Pre-K–Grade 8 Arts Showcase
“At Colorado Academy,” says Director of Visual & Performing Arts Katy Wood Hills, “every student is an artist.”...
Lives Intertwined: Aguil Goes to University
“Education is my mother and father,” say the orphaned children of the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya,...
Authors Find Their People, and Their Voice, During NaNoWriMo at CA
There are many reasons Colorado Academy Middle and Upper School students sign up for the CA NaNoWriMo (National...
Upper School
‘A Builder of Communities’
When she was an elementary student in the city of Tai’an, China, in the eastern part of the...
The Neustadt Scholar Program at Colorado Academy Enters its Second Decade
For more than a decade, the Neustadt Scholar Program at Colorado Academy has offered Upper School students the...
Students Promote Respectful Discourse
Colorado Academy Seniors Claire Arney and Arantza Pereira, the co-founders of the Upper School Respectful Discourse club, believe...
Record Donations Buoy HOPE 2022
Hundreds of Denver-area guests arrived by car and by bus for the 29th annual HOPE event at Colorado...
Geoff Ball ’06: Leadership and Loss in Afghanistan
On August 26, 2021, Marine Captain Geoff Ball ’06, commander of Ghost Company, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, was...
Finding Family through Fantasy
“In a time before Facebook, World of Warcraft, and massively multiplayer online role-playing games, there once existed simply...