How many actors does it take to play Mary Poppins in the 2022 Colorado Academy Upper School musical? Well, turns out it takes two. This year, both Junior Clare Henry and Senior Abigail Shapiro are cast as Mary in the production.
Colorado Academy students who play on Field Hockey, Lacrosse, and Soccer teams will have double the opportunity for training and competition after sunset with the construction of a second turf field, with night lights, scheduled to be completed by fall of 2022.
Colorado Academy art teachers called this year’s two-day All-School Art Festival “Vibrant-See” to celebrate artists’ intent to see the world with “technicolor joy.”
At the 2022 CA Concert, featuring Isaac Slade and Rodrigo y Gabriela, more than 550 people had a great time and did a good deed, netting more than $400,000 for financial aid at Colorado Academy, a record amount for the seven concerts held in the past 12 years.
Heartfelt cheers and smiles filled the dining hall as Colorado Academy’s faculty and staff honored this year’s faculty award recipients and celebrated the accomplishments of those leaving CA. The Faculty and Staff Appreciation Reception brought everyone together one last time before summer break.
At CA, PlatFORUM provides time and space to share voices, experiences, and ideas around issues of social justice and inclusivity, and to move the CA community from dialog into action.
Seniors at Colorado Academy find their Community Impact Projects (CIP) have taken them from animal shelters to assisted living facilities, from food banks to fundraisers. This year, one CIP required hazmat suits and won a national award. Another involved chess boards and opened a new world for a third grader with Tourette syndrome.
You might be surprised to learn that the Portfolio Show program has been a tradition in the Colorado Academy Visual Arts Department for more than 30 years.
CA Fifth Grade students are researching tough questions for their Voices of Change capstone projects in their classrooms and Lower School Wonder Workshop.
Colorado Academy Seventh Graders do not shy away from complex or controversial subject matter. When voting on this year’s Critical Thinking class debate topic, students selected Artificial Intelligence, with the pointed question, “Is AI a threat to humanity?”
When the Colorado Academy Ice Hockey Team took the ice on March 8, they were playing for more than a State Championship. They were playing for peace in Ukraine, wearing helmet stickers with the Ukrainian flag and the name “Danny,” honoring their volunteer assistant coach, Danielo Kozachuk.
Every year, a group of Colorado AcademyUpper School students attends the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC).
CA's top priority for the 2021-2022 school year is to maintain a safe and healthy learning environment with students learning in person.
If you need to connect with CA on COVID-19 exposure questions or report your child having a positive case, please use this new email: Covid-reporting@coloradoacademy.org