🎉Wow! Thank you, Governor Jared Polis for celebrating Kiruvel, a superstar reader at Rocky Mountain Prep Creekside Elementary. Rocky Mountain Prep has made literacy a priority in its 2023-24 Big Five goals, designed to help students achieve new academic heights! 🎉

Our September newsletter is live, and it's packed with celebrations, election info, and ways you can get involved in an exciting new vision for education in Denver. Check out the newsletter here: conta.cc/454Qnog

🎉Academy 360 is a small school with a big impact—and now it’s a 9NEWS Denver Cool School, too! Big thanks to reporters Byron Reed and Courtney Yuen for celebrating everything that makes A360 special!

Great pics from Academy 360, the first 9NEWS Denver Cool School of the school year! Thank you, Byron Reed and Courtney Yuen, for celebrating A360! 🎉

🗓️Mark your calendars! Don't miss your chance to hear from candidates for the Denver Public Schools Board of Education. RSVP at tinyurl.com/3ew9p2wm Regis University CBSColorado Chalkbeat Colorado YAASPA Transform Education Now Ednium: The Alumni Collective FaithBridge Stand for Children Colorado Our Turn Colorado Usalg

🎉Congratulations to Rocky Mountain Prep's Rawa Abu Alsamah, who is one of seven finalists for the 2024 Colorado Teacher of the Year award! Learn more about Rawa's nomination in our latest newsletter: conta.cc/454Qnog

Our October newsletter reflects on #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth, celebrates Academy 360, and shares news on charter school renewal applications, and ways you can get involved with the Denver Education Vision Project. Find our newsletter here: conta.cc/3tL8BhN

"I thought if I filled my plate & proved to the world that I was enough, the world would put my undocumented status to the side & say, 'you are one of us.'" Read Brayan Montes-Terrazas' (@yamzworld) essay featuring his original illustration in DPS Boardhawk: tinyurl.com/28xdxf4b

Congratulations to Marlene De La Rosa, Kimberlee Sia and John Youngquist, the newly elected members of the Denver Public Schools Board of Education! We’re looking forward to working with the board to put Denver’s students first.

Patrick Donovan: "Every student in Denver has the potential to realize a life of opportunity — and as a parent and education advocate, I have seen firsthand what is possible when we design our systems and structures to focus on supporting all students." denvergazette.com/opinion/column…

"Together, we can change the trajectory of our public education system if we learn from what is working and focus on student outcomes and well-being," Pat Donovan, RootED's managing partner, writes in a new op-ed for The Denver Gazette. Read Pat's full op-ed: bit.ly/bridgingacadem…

🏆 Ednium: The Alumni Collective and the Denver Scholarship Foundation are hosting the 2023 Homegrown Awards, honoring Denver Public Schools alumni in five categories. Know a leader, community organizer, entrepreneur, artist or educator who should be recognized? Nominate them by Nov. 20: ednium.org/homegrown-awar…

Our November newsletter is live, and our team is sharing some of the reasons we're most grateful this year. Read more at conta.cc/3MMLKJf.

Join us and denverfamilies to celebrate the swearing-in of the newest members of the Denver Public Schools Board of Ed, Kimberlee Sia, Marlene De La Rosa and John Youngquist. We'll be at Forte Denver (1660 Lincoln St., Suite 150) at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 1. See you there!

We are truly thankful for all of your unwavering support and to have you as part of our community! Please note that our office is closed from Monday, Dec. 25 through Monday Jan. 1. RootED Denver wishes you a wonderful holiday season and a fantastic year ahead!

Downtown Denver Expeditionary School is the first 9NEWS Denver Cool School of 2024! This K-5th grade public charter school uses their Expeditionary Learning curriculum in a unique city setting to apply real-world learning to real-world issues. Learn more: 9news.com/article/news/e…

Call to action: Please send a message to all members of the Colorado State Legislature's House Education Committee committee to VOTE NO on HB24-1363. The bill aims to undermine some of the most foundational aspects of public charter schools: coloradoleague.org/advocacy/cta.h…

📢 Exciting News! RootED and denverfamilies are coming together. Starting in January 2025, we’ll move forward as one combined organization, continuing under the name Denver Families for Public Schools. youtu.be/r-35ZsmVNI4