Mile High School Guide is Live

Winter | Issue 41 | Date: January 17, 2024

Funding Great Schools. Rooted in Community.

The Mile High School Guide online tool was created to help parents and caregivers choose a public school in Denver that best fits the needs of their child. This valuable online tool is our newest addition to the Denver Education Explorer platform, and we’re thrilled to be able to share it with parents, caregivers, and education champions. The guide provides detailed information about each school, allowing users to view and compare details such as:

Academic proficiency and growth
Staff to student ratio
Mental health supports
Before and after school programs
Parent and student surveys

A direct response to the community's request for transparency, the Mile High School Guide incorporates academic trends, holistic support, student and educator demographics, and other crucial information in Denver Public Schools. The community's ongoing input will guide the tool's development, ensuring that families are able to make informed decisions for their students.

Explore the Mile High School Guide

SchoolChoice is Underway!

Denver Public Schools SchoolChoice Round 1 application opened Thursday, Jan. 11 and ends Monday, Feb. 12.

SchoolChoice is Denver’s simple, effective enrollment process for all public schools. It gives children access to diverse, high-quality, innovative public schools that meet their unique needs, regardless of where their families live. Most students entering transitional grades (ECE, kindergarten, 6th grade, 9th grade) should participate in School Choice.

Learn your options and see your assigned boundary school at schoolchoice.dpsk12.org.
New families should create an account at dpsschoolchoice.my.site.com.
Use the Mile High School Guide to find even more information about schools that interest you.

Cool Schools: 9News Features One-of-a-Kind

French American School of Denver

Located in the City Park neighborhood, Denver's only tuition-free French immersion public charter school offers a bilingual French/English curriculum to K-5th grade students. The vision of FASD is “to be a premier bilingual educational institution that prepares students for success in local and international high schools and universities; inspires them to pursue personal and professional opportunities around the world; and encourages them to be lifelong learners and community leaders who can connect with others in one of the world’s most widely-spoken and influential languages.”

Watch the 9News French American School of Denver Feature

Opportunity for School Partners: CLCS Conference

The Colorado League of Charter Schools is generously offering 10 tickets for RootED partner school leaders and staff to attend their upcoming annual conference at no cost. Please reach out to Latia Henderson at lhenderson@rooteddenver.org if you have not yet registered for the conference, which takes place February 27-28, and would like to take advantage of this opportunity.

Learn more about the conference here.

Celebrating Ambar Suero's New Chapter

Ambar Suero, RootED’s Partner of Community Partnership and Advocacy, recently accepted a new position as the executive director of Teach for America Colorado. Ambar brought invaluable experience to the RootED team as a true community advocate who worked tirelessly on behalf of Denver students and families. While we will miss her on our team, we look forward to our continued partnership in ensuring high-quality educational opportunities for local students. Congratulations, Ambar!