Boulders Premier Independent K-8 IB World School for Gifted & Creative Learners. Mackintosh Academy – Boulder nurtures the keen minds and compassionate hearts of the gifted child in a responsive and caring community of learners. Our students mature into confident, healthy human beings inspired to contribute to a world that needs them. As an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) School since 2006, Mackintosh Academy’s mission aligns with the International Baccalaureate program’s mission, “to create a better world through education.” Mackintosh Academy – Boulder, as a private school, maximizes learning potential and promotes development of the whole child: cognitively, socially, emotionally, creatively, and physically.