The *North Star Fund* is the monthly giving option for the PTO's Polaris Pledge fundraising campaign. Your recurring, monthly gift helps Polaris provide a social worker specialized in meeting the social and emotional needs of HGT and 2e students, paraprofessionals for extra and individualized support, the Electives program, classroom supplies, school equipment, teacher appreciation activities, and more. Polaris PTO is a parent-run, volunteer organization whose mission is to provide financial and volunteer support to Polaris Elementary School.
Polaris PTO is a parent-run, volunteer organization whose mission is to provide financial and volunteer support to Polaris Elementary School.
Polaris is an elementary school in the Denver Public School district that supports highly gifted and high-achieving students in reaching their maximum potential as young learners. The collaboration of parents and teachers ensures an innovative, culturally rich learning environment where students' differences are supported and celebrated. Engaging, integrated curricula offer rigorous challenges that nurture curiosity, skill development, knowledge, and the courage needed to imagine and achieve. Personal, academic, and artistic excellence is an everyday standard of our school. Learning experimentally and enthusiastically, Polaris students become thoughtful, confident, and responsible citizens of our world.
Polaris Elementary School is the only freestanding magnet school in Denver Public Schools that is solely dedicated to meeting the needs of highly gifted and talented (HGT) students. Located on the northeast edge of downtown Denver, Polaris is centrally located and welcomes HGT students from across the city. Polaris is consistently rated as one of the top elementary schools in the state of Colorado.
Polaris staff are dedicated to meeting the academic and social-emotional needs of highly gifted and high-achieving students in 1st through 5th grades. Teachers guide students through an exceptional arts-integrated curriculum. Polaris fosters intellectual curiosity and creativity while offering rigorous, interdisciplinary study in literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, the arts, and technology. Enrollment at Polaris requires a designation of Magnet Eligible or a formal identification of HGT.
Polaris opened September 5, 2000, at Crofton Elementary with 98 students and grew to 196 students in four years. Having reached capacity at the Crofton building, Polaris moved to Ebert Elementary, a much larger building nearby, in the fall of 2004. It is now a 1-5 school of 345 students. The Denver Public Schools Gifted and Talented Department determines qualification for admission to Polaris, and the district's School Choice Office manages the admission process.
Polaris Elementary is both an exciting learning community and a safe haven where parents are supported in nurturing the development of their gifted children. An enriched and rigorous curriculum provides the foundation for learning experiences in which students are encouraged to achieve excellence in areas of strength and supported to make continuous improvement in weaker academic areas. The individual academic needs of students determine their pace through the curriculum. Students with individual passions are offered the opportunity to explore those interests with the guidance of a teacher and or mentors.
Polaris weaves the arts into all curricular units. A wonderful array of musical instruments from around the world has been purchased to enhance vocal music instruction, and the children perform outstanding music performances throughout the year. Visual art products fill our halls and are on display during school events. An amazing celebration of the arts culminates the year in May, and students frequently access the cultural centers and events of central Denver to enhance their learning. The school has an attractive and inviting library with an expanding collection selected specifically to serve the literacy, affective, and research needs of advanced learners.
Come join us, and see our model school designed specifically to serve the needs of gifted students in an inner city setting!
Organization name
Polaris PTO, Inc.
other names
Polaris Elementary PTO
2002
Tax id (EIN)
27-0042254
Category
Education
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
410 Park Avenue WestDenver County, CO, US