Welcome students, parents, family, friends, faculty, and staff to the Colorado Academy Fifth Grade Continuation ceremony. We are thrilled to honor and celebrate our Fifth Graders, the Class of 2031, today. A special thank you to Brenda Bartel, Nora Golden, Nevare Desnoyers, James Meehan, Katy Hills, and the Operations crew for helping us to prepare for today’s ceremony. I would like to take a moment to recognize and celebrate the members of our Lower School faculty and staff. In my […] The post Angie Crabtree: 2024 Grade 5 Continuation appeared first on Colorado Academy News ..read more

The Colorado Academy Class of 2024 is that group of 109 students who began their high school careers at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the fall of 2020. So it seemed fitting that the unspoken theme of this class’s Commencement Exercises on May 30, 2024, was thriving in the face of fear and adversity. The President of CA’s Board of Trustees, Kevin Reidy, welcomed families, faculty, staff, and guests to the event on the West Lawn of the […] The post Curiosity, Not Fear: Commencement for the Class of 2024 appeared first on Colorado Academy News ..read more

I want to welcome all of you to the Colorado Academy Commencement Exercises of the Class of 2024. We are here to celebrate something special: the culmination of many years of your dedication and hard work. Whether you are a Super Lifer, Lifer, joined sometime during your Lower or Middle School years, or came to us during high school, you are about to walk across the stage and be recognized for your amazing work! Congratulations on your many accomplishments in […] The post Dr. Mike Davis: Commencement Speech for the CA Class of 2024 appeared first on Colorado Academy News ..read more

Good morning. Graduates, it’s my honor today to take a few moments to speak to you on behalf of the faculty who’ve had the JOY of watching you grow over these last four years. Like all of us, they’re eager to see what amazing things you’ll do once you get out into the world. Now, at first blush, you may think your teachers’ primary job was to prepare you for the bigger world. But that’s just a half-truth.  Really, we […] The post Upper School Principal Max Delgado: Class of 2024 Commencement Speech appeared first on Colorado Academy News ..read more

So there I was, the only new kid in the Eighth Grade class, entering a community that had started together in preschool. Naturally, on my first day I was pretty nervous, and struggling to open my new locker, because nobody is smart enough to figure those things out. When I finally figured it out, opened the thing, and raised my arms in triumph, one of my new classmates, who had been quietly observing my struggles, “accidentally” slammed it back shut. […] The post Graham Neely: 2024 Senior Commencement Speech appeared first on Colorado Academy News ..read more

Congratulations to these students who were named as award winners for their exceptional contributions for the 2023-2024 school year. Domonique Megginson was presented the Courage Award by CA Head of School Mike Davis and Upper School Counselor Kate O’Donnell. Lucy Nadolink was presented the Jennifer Wu Memorial Fellowship Award by CA Alumni Director Emma Kane. Jake Ammon, Lauren Andringa, Sophia Gomez, Kylie Greves, Sydney Leach, and Blake Miller were recognized for 100+ hours of community service by Lisa Dean. Violet […] The post 2024 CA Upper School Awards appeared first on Colorado Academy ..read more

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Colorado Academy’s Eighth Grade Continuation always looks a little different from the Fifth Grade ceremony held earlier in the day, and from the Commencement held for the graduating Senior class the day after. Properly, it stands in the middle of the two: not the joyful, still innocent transition from Lower School to Middle School, nor the celebratory sendoff from Upper School into the world. Eighth Graders gather with their families, teachers, classmates, and friends for a moment that’s marked by […] The post 2024 Eighth Grade Continuation appeared first on Colorado Academy News ..read more

Cheers and applause greeted Colorado Academy Fifth Graders as they took the stage in the Leach Center for the Performing Arts for their Continuation ceremony on May 28, 2024. It felt as if many audience members, among them families, teachers, staff members, and friends, were surprised, like they were seeing the Class of 2031 for the first time, or with fresh eyes—not as elementary school students, but as young thinkers, creators, and doers ready for the next adventure of their […] The post 2024 Fifth Grade Continuation appeared first on Colorado Academy News ..read more

In the opening minutes of their bid for a sixth CHSAA Class 3A Girls Soccer State Championship on May 21, 2024, the Colorado Academy Varsity Girls Soccer team looked slightly surprised. Their opponent, the No. 2 seed and defending champion Jefferson Academy Jaguars, had come out hot, and would rack up 18 shots on No. 1-seeded CA’s net throughout the course of a rainy and windy evening at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.  But somehow, it was the undefeated Mustangs who […] The post Girls Soccer Reclaims State Championship for Sixth Title appeared first on Colorado Academy News ..read more