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KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary (ECE – 4)
3400 W Nevada Pl, Denver, CO 80219
M - Th: 8:25 am - 3:45 pm | F 8:25 am - 12:00 pm
Join the Dual Language School for Southwest Denver’s Youngest Students
KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary students live and learn in our school’s values of love, honor, curiosity, activism, and growth. We support all learners and celebrate the uniqueness of each child – as a Team and Family we will shine! KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary offers a full-day Early Childhood Education (ECE) program for 3 and 4- year olds, full-day Kindergarten, and first through fourth grade.
At KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary, we believe in building an inclusive school family where all students can thrive socially, emotionally, and academically. To achieve this, we offer two language pathways for our students. These programs ensure students first learn to speak, read, and write in their heritage language, while also learning their non-dominant language. Our structure also allows our students of all language backgrounds to be in one homeroom class to foster relationships across languages and cultures.
If you have any questions about the school, please contact us at (720) 452-2572 or fill out this form to request more information.
Darby West
Principal at KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary
Darby West is our founding Principal at KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary. She graduated from Northwestern University in 2006 from the School of Education and Social Policy with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Psychological Services. In 2012, she graduated with masters from Columbia University Teachers College with a degree in Literacy Instruction. Darby began at KIPP NYC eight years ago because she wanted to find a home with a team of people who believe in the Power of ‘AND’, meaning that from the individual to the organizational level, we seek to find broken paradoxes and prove that in a world of black and white or yes and no, we can find a third way and show that two seemingly mutually exclusive ideas are not. Rather, when they work together, both can succeed. We are never scared to ask the hard questions. We build schools for and with our communities and seek to amplify voices around us for equity and access.
Darby West
Principal at KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary
ECE-3 - 4th
Grades Offered
150+
Students Enrolled
25
Teachers & Support Staff
SW Denver
Community
2018
Year Founded
ECE-3 - 4th
Grades Offered
150+
Students Enrolled
25
Teachers & Support Staff
SW Denver
Community
2018
Year Founded
Our Language Pathways
One-Way Dual Language Program
Our One-Way Dual Language Program is open to all students who have a Spanish language background. The Spanish language is designated on their Home Language Questionnaire. In this program, our language allocation guidelines are as follows:
- ECE: 90% Spanish | 10% English
- Kindergarten: 90% Spanish | 10% English
- 1st Grade: 80% Spanish | 20% English
- 2nd Grade: 70% Spanish | 30% English
- 3rd Grade: 60% Spanish | 40% English
- 4th Grade: 50% Spanish | 50% English
Spanish World Language Program
Our Spanish World Language Program is open to all students who do not have a Spanish language background but want to begin exploring the Spanish language. In this program, our students will experience all non-core content blocks in Spanish. Students will also participate in our Spanish World Language class for 45 minutes each day. For core content blocks, including literacy and math, students will receive specialized small-group instruction in English.
Contact Us
Please use the form here to connect with us with questions or comments regarding KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary, or contact us directly at:
3400 W Nevada Pl, Denver, CO 80219
M - Th: 8:25 am - 3:45 pm | F 8:25 am - 12:00 pm
