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  • Buddies: Cultivating the Challenge of Caring Buddies: Cultivating the Challenge of Caring
    Speak to Colorado Academy Third, Fourth, and Fifth Graders, and you quickly come to understand that in the Lower School’s Buddy program—which pairs them up with students in Pre-K through Second Grade—the older kid doesn’t always call the shots.
  • The Art of the Conference The Art of the Conference
    At their best, Parent/Teacher Conferences at CA become opportunities for the adults in the room to rediscover the very people on whom they are so intently focused: children.
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  • Cultivating a Ripple Effect: Sustainability at CA Cultivating a Ripple Effect: Sustainability at CA
    According to Colorado Academy’s Assistant Director of Operations and Sustainability Lead, Jerel Dalrymple: “Our Earth is not in a healthy place, and the greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”
  • Middle School Ceramics: Creating a Family Vibe Middle School Ceramics: Creating a Family Vibe
    Tuning in to feelings is critical to the “vibe” in Colorado Academy’s dedicated Middle School Ceramics Studio. “It’s like a different zone,” explains Eighth Grader Emmaline Sprick, “where you can be quiet and focused with other people and go into your imagination. Sometimes in Middle School, it can be hard to find space to do that.”
  • Science Symposium Takes Over Middle School Science Symposium Takes Over Middle School
    Colorado Academy’s Middle School science teachers organized a STEM takeover on January 31, 2025, for the second annual Middle School Science Symposium at CA. 
  • Tiny Earth: Huge Potential Tiny Earth: Huge Potential
    The inspirational quotation at the top of Upper School science Preceptor Suzie Jekel’s syllabus for the two-trimester course Advanced Biology: Tiny Earth reads, “Let us crush pesky bacteria before they crush us or try to.”
  • 2024 Pre-K–Grade 8 Art Showcase 2024 Pre-K–Grade 8 Art Showcase
    Titled “Common Threads,” the 2024 Pre-K–Grade 8 Art Showcase in Colorado Academy’s Ponzio Arts Center asks visitors to draw connections between student works in much the same way that CA’s arts faculty challenge young artists to think deeply about the “why?” of art—not just what’s visible on the surface.
  • HOPE 2024 Reaches Hundreds HOPE 2024 Reaches Hundreds
    Around 700 visitors from across the Denver Metro Area came to Colorado Academy on December 14, 2024, to take part in HOPE, the student-led service initiative that for three decades has made the holidays brighter for families in need.
  • Cryptography in History and Math Cryptography in History and Math
    Politics and puzzles—it’s an irresistible pairing that takes center stage in the new Advanced Studies and Research (ASR) course at Colorado Academy, Cryptography in History and Math. 
  • CA Choir Program Showcases Excellence CA Choir Program Showcases Excellence
    “Life is too short to settle for bad music.” That’s the simple raison d’être of Colorado Academy’s ambitious, adventurous choral program in the Middle School and Upper School, according to Dr. Kevin Padworski, CA’s vocal music director. 
  • Fans, Families Celebrate D1 Signing Day 2024 Fans, Families Celebrate D1 Signing Day 2024
    November 14 was Signing Day 2024 at Colorado Academy, as six student-athletes officially committed to competing at the Division I level next year in college. Head of School Dr. Mike Davis congratulated the Mustangs, noting, “What you have achieved at CA is amazing—it is so difficult to be recruited for a Division I program.”
  • In 2024, HOPE Student Leaders Eye Growth In 2024, HOPE Student Leaders Eye Growth
    Colorado Academy’s largest student-led organization, HOPE, has grown to become a philanthropic “known quantity” in the region over its 31 years in existence, serving thousands of residents in the southwest Denver neighborhoods a stone’s throw from campus. 
  • Third Grade Listens to Stories of the Plains Third Grade Listens to Stories of the Plains
    For Colorado Academy Third Graders, an annual fall visit to the Plains Conservation Center may seem like just a field trip, but it in fact is something much bigger: The immersive day-long experience is a prime example of the way that authentic, hands-on explorations of history, science, the environment, and culture are built into the CA curriculum at every age.
  • Civil Discourse with David Brooks Civil Discourse with David Brooks
    When honest, unrehearsed remarks about the U.S. Presidential candidates’ September 10 debate performances served as the warmup in front of a full house, everyone in attendance knew CA's first SPEAK event with New York Times columnist and best-selling author David Brooks was going to be something special.
  • Welcome Back, Renaissance Woman: Leilani Abeyta ’18 Welcome Back, Renaissance Woman: Leilani Abeyta ’18
    Leilani Abeyta '18, who started CA as a nervous Fourth Grader who hurried to adapt to a dreamworld of opportunities is now the newest member of the school’s Visual and Performing Arts Department faculty, teaching the innovative Studio Art course for Sixth Graders.
  • Friends, Fun, and So Much More: 2024 First Day of School Friends, Fun, and So Much More: 2024 First Day of School
    When Head of School Dr. Mike Davis asked the youngest audience members at Colorado Academy’s opening All-School Assembly on the first day of school what they were most looking forward to this year, the responses from Lower Schoolers were nearly unanimous: making new friends and having fun.
  • Meet Amy Wintermeyer, Assistant Head of School Meet Amy Wintermeyer, Assistant Head of School
    Colorado Academy’s new Assistant Head of School, Amy Wintermeyer, says there are three things that drew her to the newly-created role: the position itself, the place, and the people. 
  • Storm Clouds No Match for 2024 All-School Picnic Storm Clouds No Match for 2024 All-School Picnic
    Following a swift downpour at the 2024 All-School Picnic, rainbows appeared, and the beloved gathering had done what it always seems to: bring old friends and new acquaintances together to kick off the new school year at CA.

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    The Colorado Academy Baseball Team took a Spring Break trip to Arizona last week, winning two varsity games and playing a JV game. ...Read More

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    Kindergartners loved going to the Leach Center for the Performing Arts with their Senior Buddies to learn about the Make-a-Wish ...Read More

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    CA recently held its Winter Sports Banquet, celebrating the teams and recognizing our athletes for an amazing season! #GoMustangs ...Read More

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  • The CA School-Wide Calendar

    What's Happening on Campus
  • Apr
    8

    Mid Tri 3 (LS & MS)

  • Apr
    9

    Flex Day

  • Apr
    12

    Passover

  • Apr
    16

    Mustang Assembly

  • Apr
    20

    Easter Sunday

  • Apr
    24

    Faculty Professional Day & Recognition Reception - No Classes

  • Apr
    24

    Faculty & Staff Recognition Reception

  • Apr
    25

    April Break: No Classes, No School for Faculty

  • Apr
    29

    Classes Resume

  • May
    3

    CA Auction 2025

  • May
    7

    May Closing Board of Trustees Meeting

  • May
    7

    May Board of Trustees Spring Recognition Reception

  • May
    12

    Middle School Interim

  • May
    12

    Class of 2025 Advisory Dinner

  • May
    15

    CA Film Festival: Equinox

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CA Fast Facts

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    Innovation Labs/Maker Spaces

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    Average Class Size

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    Upper School Arts Electives

  • 8

    Average Number of Global Travel Trips Annually

  • 45

    Experiential Week-Long Interim Choices

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    Interscholastic Sports

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