2025 Grandparents & Special Friends Day

Hundreds of honored guests attended Colorado Academy’s festive Grandparents & Special Friends Day on December 19, 2025, the last day of school before Winter Break. Visitors were thrilled to come to campus on a warm December morning to share breakfast treats, see their Lower and Middle School students in their classrooms, and enjoy an art show and musical performances.

Proud family members and friends first gathered in the Field House inside the CA Athletic Center for refreshments and a welcome from Head of School Dr. Mike Davis. “This is one of my favorite days of the year, and I want to thank all of you for contributing so much to the CA community. You pass down family values and traditions, show up for games and events, encourage curiosity and kindness, offer your wisdom and support, and enable many of our families to experience a CA education because of your generosity.”

His own grandparents, Dr. Davis added, were the ones who ensured he was exposed to a wide range of viewpoints when he was young, cementing the values of openness and civil discourse that now define the CA experience.

Following those remarks, several eagerly awaited musical performances drew cheers.

The Head of School then invited visitors to accompany student guides to classrooms, where engaging activities and games allowed grandparents and special friends to spend time with their students.

In the Lower School, visitors were delighted to see samples of student work, read together, enjoy poems and presentations, and test their math and language skills, while guests of students in Grades 6–8 had fun touring the halls of the Chowdry Middle School, performing science experiments, reading aloud, and sitting in desks alongside their students.

 

Guests also enjoyed stopping in to the Ponzio Art Center to view the hundreds of artworks displayed in the annual Pre-K–Grade 8 Art Showcase.

While grandparents and special friends were touring campus and admiring the work of their Lower and Middle School students, CA’s Ninth through Twelfth Graders were staging their own special event in the Leach Center for the Performing Arts. The annual Upper School Talent Show included stunning performances by student musicians, singers, and dancers, and faculty members contributed their own hilarious skits and singalongs to round out the show.

At the end of a packed morning schedule, many students departed with their grandparents and special friends, eager to begin a relaxing and fun-filled Winter Break.

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