Advocacy and Community Engagement (ACE)

The ACE team organizes and prepares families and community members to support our students.

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Advocacy and Community Engagement (ACE)

KIPP Colorado Public Schools Advocacy & Community Engagement (ACE) spearheads partnerships with organizations that offer social, emotional, financial, technological, cultural, and employment resources for our families that are vital to the sustainability of our schools. We commit to increasing awareness of any proposed policy that may affect our students, families, staff, and community.

Staff and students

Family Engagement

We know that parents and guardians are experts in knowing their students. We invite all KIPP Colorado caregivers (parents, grandparents, aunt, uncles, legal guardians, etc.) to participate in their KIPPsters’ education.

ACE engages with caregivers from all six KIPP Colorado Public schools to develop family leaders on our Family Council. Council members represent family voices to our administration, they are a point of contact for any KIPP family member to reachout to and they get involved in community building within all KIPP Colorado Public Schools and their neighborhoods.

Do you know a family that would be interested in KIPP Colorado Public Schools?

Refer a Family

Collaborative School Committee (CSC)

Parent and staff committee members are elected by their school to participate in quarterly meetings to discuss the school’s priorities, progress, and practices in order to ensure they are inclusive of family, student, and staff voices. School leaders make decisions about their school with input from their CSC.

All CSC meetings are open to the public. Find upcoming meeting dates and past meeting notes for each school in the Family Opportunities tab on the school’s About page. You can also reach out to the principal at each school for more information.

CSC Bylaws: English | Spanish

Advocacy and Community Engagement Team

Itzel Gutierrez

Itzel Gutierrez

Southwest Denver Region

(720) 957-2640
Veronica Booz

Veronica Booz

Far Northeast Denver Region

(303) 621-6578

"KIPP Colorado emphasizes the values that encourage students to grow into kind adults."

Melissa Lovell

KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary Parent

"KIPP Colorado staff and schools take pride, love, and commitment in educating our kids from the very beginning, from the importance of early education to the possibilities of college."

Sandra Chavez

KIPP Northeast Elementary Parent

"KIPP is a great school. I love how the schools are really supportive of the students and deeply involves families. The school really is like a large family."

Demitria Ward

KIPP Northeast Denver Leadership Academy Parent

"The KIPP community is amazing! My kids are getting so much more than just a typical education. They are loved, encouraged, and pushing in far more areas than just academics."

Mia Janes

KIPP Northeast Elementary Parent

“Our experience in KIPP has been like no other. Kimberly wakes up everyday excited for school. Thanks to KIPP she has learned how to exceed her own goal and she always does her best and puts 110% into everything she does. We are proud to be in the KIPP Family!”

Karina Solis

KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary Parent