Since March, students have been tested in ways big and small, as they adjust to a new normal in the world of COVID-19. While not all of these life changes have ...
Well, if that title didn’t get you to click this link, I don’t know what will!
Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the function of schools and the role ...
Sometimes it pays to listen to your big brother. During his Junior year at Colorado Academy, Nick Bain ‘16 participated in a pilot program that influenced what ...
The REDI Lab at CA is a one trimester “school-within-a-school” experience. REDI is an acronym for the cornerstones of the program: Research, Entrepreneurship, D...
During spring of 2017, CA student William McCormick set out to design a more efficient airplane, then transitioned to create a model for a new, customer-friendl...
What happens when you give students the freedom to innovate through a self-directed learning program? That was the question behind Colorado Academy’s REDI Lab, ...
I am not sure why they say that cats have nine lives (neither does Google by the way), but I now know why they say that managing people can be like herding cats...
This trimester, I have learned to reorient my expectations and standards for myself. In the past I have fallen into the trap of accepting everyone’s else's stan...
According to a recent openIDEO challenge: “This year, U.S. public high schools recorded a graduation rate of 83.2 percent, the highest number ever in recorded h...
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Bryan Leach, CEO of the consumer technology company Ibotta (and a CA parent), to learn about his experiences of ...
One of the core tenets of the REDI Lab at Colorado Academy is the value of personalization in learning. One manifestation of this belief is the unique range of ...
My project is to create a YouTube channel where I will post my own homemade maker videos. I may also set up an online store where people can purchase whatever I...
In my REDI Lab project, I am working to write a book about my vision of a new economic system that will eventually end both resource scarcity and economic inequ...
After several weeks of ideation and frustration, I have recently found greater clarity regarding my REDI Lab project. Starting from the beginning of the trimest...
My REDI Lab project is to create a business plan for a different kind of airline. We will be looking to utilize smaller airports, and aircraft that are not comm...
My project is to create a book or an online blog about the people in the world around me. I will be talking to a wide variety of people from kids at my school t...
My project is self-inspiring, as while I don't yet know exactly what I am working towards, I hope to find an interesting and beneficial way to discover that end...
For my REDI lab project, I decided to focus on something that is important to me that I can
relate to. Black history is something I am very passionate about. B...
At the moment, my project is going to be a 10-15 minute video of conversations or interviews about race. What I want to do is go somewhere public with a video c...
I started getting into poetry at a very young age; when I was introduced to it in school, my mom took me to the library to read some Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz. ...