Our Philosophy
District Mission Statement
The mission of the Denver Public Schools is to provide all students the opportunity to achieve the knowledge and skills necessary to become contributing citizens in our diverse society.
School Mission Statement
Through our Dual Language Montessori program, we provide an equitable and quality education to a diverse community of children.
Dual Language
While the rest of the global world does not give a second thought to living in a bilingual or multicultural environment, the society in which we live is asking “Why Dual Language?” One simple fact is that knowing more than one language is beneficial to both individuals and to the society. The goal of Dual Language is to cultivate a bilingual and biliterate student body that will translate to a bilingual and biliterate community at large.
Montessori
Dr. Maria Montessori believed, “No human being is educated by another person. He must do it himself or it will never be done. A truly educated individual continues learning long after the hours and years he spends in a classroom because a natural curiosity and love for knowledge motivate him from within.” She felt that the goal of early childhood education should be to cultivate the child’s own desire to learn.
To accomplish this, the prepared environment of the classroom is full of concrete, hands-on materials in the areas of practical life, sensorial, language, art, cultural, math, and geography.
Dual Language Montessori Model
The Dual Language Montessori Model is the “marriage” of a Dual Language Model and the Montessori Method.