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Press Release
Superintendent Jerry Wartgow To Tour Schools Monday, August 20
Superintendent Jerry Wartgow will visit four schools Monday, August 20 as the 2001-2002 school year opens.Three new schools will welcome students for the first time - Greenwood Elementary School in far northeast (5130 Durham Court), Grant Ranch School in southwest Denver (5400 S. Jay Circle), Academia Ana Marie Sandoval in northwest Denver (3655 Wyandot St.). Academia Sandoval will offer the unique Dual Language - Montessori program to three-, four-, and five-year-olds.
The Grant Ranch and Greenwood schools feature a state-of-the-art amplification system for teachers in many classrooms. With the system, teachers wear a wireless headset microphone and his or her voice is then amplified through four speakers. The volume of each speaker is adjusted to equalize acoustics throughout the classroom. The audio system allows teachers to project easily to all corners of a classroom and has demonstrated success in boosting achievement.
Other changes include an expanded and renewed Computer Magnet program at Thomas Jefferson and North high schools and three, smaller schools-within-a-school at Manual High.
An additional 900 students are expected to enroll in the new school year, bringing the district's surging enrollment to 72,000.
Most students attend schools that operate on the traditional school-year calendar that begins Monday. Students in 13 elementary schools have been hard at work for weeks; they started on the Continuous Year Calendar July 30.
Superintendent Wartgow's schedule Monday:
• 8:20 a.m. - Arrive at Denison Montessori (1821 S. Yates Street) via school bus
• 8:30 - 9:30 a.m., tour Denison Montessori
• 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., tour Grant Ranch School (5400 S. Jay Circle), including new classrooms with teacher amplification systems
• 12:15 noon - 1:15 p.m., visit with ninth-graders at West High School (951 Elati St.). Ninth-graders will be having a picnic lunch and participating in games on orientation day.
• 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., tour Morey Middle School (840. E. 14th Ave.) and new magnet program for gifted students.
"I'm excited about this district, I'm excited about the new year," Superintendent Wartgow told the Board of Education Thursday evening. "I know we're going to make giant strides toward our goal of raising achievement for all students while closing the gap between better and poorer-performing students."