Gabriela Rodriguez is the External Affairs Coordinator for KIPP Colorado Schools. On Wednesday, she taught a lesson in advocacy to a group of high school students in Denver with DACA as the focus. “Show of hands, how many of you guys have conversations related to advocacy?” Rodriguez asked the … [Read more...]

Making sure families have access to healthy food is a priority for KIPP Northeast Denver Middle School. Every school year, for the last five years, the school has been making sure anyone who needs it can get no cost groceries. Thanks to Denver Food Rescue, every Thursday during the school year, KIPP … [Read more...]

A high-performing charter network will run a biliteracy program at a new elementary school in southwest Denver this fall — a first for KIPP schools in Colorado. KIPP officials said they designed the program in response to parent interest in bilingual education that starts from a young age. Many … [Read more...]

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program at KIPP Northeast Elementary was rated four out of five by the Colorado Shines quality rating and improvement system. The ECE program earned the rating by focusing on interactions with students, learning environments, professional development, and business … [Read more...]

Charter school officials from KIPP plan to propose their first Colorado school outside of Denver, a preschool through 12th grade school to be located just north in the Adams 14 school district. The proposal would come as welcome news to some parents who asked the district’s school board at a … [Read more...]

Student Ambassadors at KIPP Denver Collegiate High School welcomed Richard Barth, KIPP Foundation CEO, and Angela Cobian, Denver Public Schools District 2 Representative, with a tour of their school and a question & answer session. During those visits, the student ambassadors discussed student … [Read more...]

Students at KIPP Northeast Denver Middle School are making their voices heard in the school’s student newspaper, the Mountain Lion Weekly. Written and distributed by a class of fifth through eighth grade students, the newspaper teaches KIPPsters about journalism and publishing.  Students conduct … [Read more...]

US News & World Report released its rankings of the top high schools in America, and a KIPP Colorado school once again earned top honors. KIPP Denver Collegiate High School (KDCHS) was named the top high school in Denver and the second best high school in the state of Colorado by the national … [Read more...]

KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy 8th graders competed against students across the state for National History Day Colorado in the culmination of their project-based social studies learning curriculum. KIPPsters earned first and second place in the group exhibit categories, second place in the individual … [Read more...]

Four KIPP Colorado parents from Southwest Denver traveled to San Pedro, California in March for Innovate Public Schools’ Parent Leadership Institute. During the three-day conference, they developed their leadership skills and learned how to leverage the power of community organizing to drive change … [Read more...]

The Colorado League of Charter Schools welcomed hundreds of charter school students from across the state to the State Capitol on March 13th, for Charter School Advocacy Day. Among the students were eight student ambassadors from KIPP Northeast Denver Middle School and KIPP Denver Collegiate High … [Read more...]