Are Your Fish Trying to Climb Trees?

by Mary Lou Faddick, Executive Director At Mack we believe in individual genius and honoring children for their gifts — in all the ways they show up. The magic in…
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Mandela’s Legacy

We’re finding inspiration from great leaders this month in the seventh and eighth grade at Mack. As part of our study of the Mauya and Gupta Indian Empires, our students…
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Hacking School

This thirteen year old reminds us that if our goal in life is to be happy and healthy, perhaps those subjects should be taught in school. His “hack school”  shows…
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Growing Girls as Learners and Leaders

Join us tomorrow evening (December 3 at 6:30) at Mackintosh’s Boulder Campus for the second of our Mackintosh Engagement series.  We’ll look at our girls to understand and explore what…
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Growing Grit: The Key to Successful Kids

Here at Mack we’re big believers in struggle, challenge and feeling good about failure – as a critical opportunity for learning and growth. In this 6 minute TED talk former…
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Boulder Campus Abuzz about Bees

Inspiration strikes in the strangest places. Boulder’s observation beehive started with a conversation at a farmer’s market… Here’s the story from Jenny Bolch, Mack Boulder’s amazing first grade teacher: I…
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Fun with Fibonacci

Studying plants in Mack’s 2/3, you can’t help but have fun with Fibonacci. And our kids are in good company. See this TED Talk on the weird and wonderful world…
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