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Mack-Littleton Students Lead the Way in Saving Energy
In 2015, Mackintosh Academy-Littleton students helped our community come together and solidify our identity as a Smart Village. By applying their IB skills and profiles of inquiry, risk-taking, and...
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Mack Littleton Students Win National Environmental Award
Mackintosh Academy Littleton – National Environmental Award Winners! On Friday, April 22, 2016, on Earth Day, four Mackintosh Academy Littleton 8th graders received the President’s Environmental Youth...
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Mack Littleton Green Team Recycling School Supplies
Following up on our last post about our 1/2 class and their environmental activism, Mackintosh Littleton students have created a plan to recycle, reuse, and reduce school supplies at Mack next fall....
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Mack Littleton PYP Exhibition
On May 25, 2016, Mackintosh Academy Littleton 6th graders presented their International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program Exhibition projects to parents, teachers, faculty, staff, and students....
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Award Winning Mackintosh Academy Littleton – A Smart Village
The 2015-2016 school year has ended – what a year we had! Our 97 solar panels soaked up the sun and saved our school in excess of $3000 in energy costs. Per the Solar Scholars stipulation, that...
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Global Action: Student Summer Service
While many kids spend summer taking a much-deserved break, immersing themselves in swimming and reading and Pokemon Go, some Mackintosh Littleton students found the time to give back to the larger...
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Lighting the Spark: Teachers Reflect on Student Success
Anyone who thinks the current generation of children are apathetic and uninvolved needs to hear about all of these award winners and take heart that our world will be trusted to caring and capable...
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Mack Littleton Wins Colorado Environmental Leadership Award
We are excited to announce that Mackintosh Littleton received a Bronze Achievement Award today from the Colorado Environmental Leadership Program. This award recognizes our environmental initiatives...
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Leading Beyond the Classroom Walls: The Gift of Sharing
As Colorado’s oldest “school of minds,” now entering our 40th year of serving gifted students in the Front Range, Mackintosh Academy is a treasure trove of creative ideas and innovative strategies for...
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Littleton Teacher Joe Pausback Named Thought Partner for New Education...
Littleton 5/6 teacher Joe Pausback was recently named as a Thought Partner for ThinkSpace, a brand new creative hub of innovation for educators. ThinkSpace is a project of Share Fair Nation, sponsored...
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Mack Littleton Receives Grant from Colorado Garden Foundation
It might be winter, but our Smart Village is still GREEN! We’re excited to announce that Mack Littleton has been awarded a $4602 grant from the Colorado Garden Foundation to improve our greenhouse...
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Mack Littleton Eighth Graders Create Unique Community Service Projects
Why wait until you’re an adult to make a difference in the world? This week, the Mack Littleton eighth grade class presented their community service projects to the entire school community. The...
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Isn’t it Grand to be a Grand? A Grandparent’s Perspective on Mackintosh
The following is the text of remarks delivered by one of our Mack Littleton grandparents, Shelly Carlile, at our Grand Event last November. We thought that Shelly summed up so eloquently what our...
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Littleton Campus Spotlight: BRIGHT GIRLS, BRILLIANT JOURNEYS Girls in Science...
By Diane Dunne, Mack Littleton Head of School Last June, I had the marvelous experience of watching my son receive his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from one of the world’s premier universities. In...
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The Mackintosh Middle Years Program: Vibrant, Challenging and Fun!
By Beth Steklac, Director of Admissions and Assistant Head of School Our middle years students won’t look back on their years at Mackintosh Academy as a time when they were lost in a crowd,...
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Six Ways Parents Can Nurture Gifted Girls
By Kristi Holmes Espineira, Mackintosh Academy Littleton Director of Advancement Gifted girls seem to be everywhere in popular culture recently. From the brilliant African-American women...
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Why Scholarships Matter: An Alum Shares her Story
At the Mackintosh Littleton auction on April 8, Mack alum Dr. Alfie Meister shared her story of how a full scholarship to Mackintosh changed her life. Dr. Meister attended Mackintosh from 1978-1985,...
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“The X”: The Primary Years Exhibition Turns Students into “Xperts”
On April 26, 2016, Mackintosh Academy Littleton 6th graders presented their International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program Exhibition projects to parents, teachers, faculty, staff, and students....
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Five Reasons that Reading Aloud (Even to Older Children) is Beneficial (Plus...
By Kristi Holmes Espineira, Mackintosh Littleton Director of Advancement You can’t tell from today’s surprise spring snowstorm, but summer is just around the corner! Mack students will soon go home...
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1/2 Students Spread Cheer on Red Nose Day
Our 1/2 class demonstrated the meaning of “compassionate hearts” and a commitment to action in their recent field trip to the Ronald McDonald House and Children’s Hospital. In support of Red Nose...
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