Press Release
November 7, 2007
Montbello Awarded Smaller Learning Communities Grant
Denver Public Schools (DPS) Board member Kevin Patterson, Superintendent Michael Bennet, and Denver's City Council President Michael Hancock will join Montbello High School Principal Antwan Wilson and members of the far northeast community to formally announce the Smaller Learning Communities grant that has been awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to DPS in support of Montbello's revitalization plan. The press conference will take place on Thursday, November 8, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. at Montbello High School.
The Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) program awards discretionary grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to support the implementation of SLCs and activities to improve student academic achievement in large public high schools with enrollments of 1,000 or more students. SLCs include structures such as freshman academies, multi-grade academies organized around career interests or other themes, "houses" in which small groups of students remain together throughout high school, autonomous schools-within-a-school, and personalization strategies, such as student advisories, family advocate systems, and mentoring programs.
Grants are awarded for up to 60 months to LEAs that apply on behalf of large public high schools. Projects integrate the implementation or expansion of SLCs with improvements in curriculum and instruction, and other activities to raise student academic achievement.
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT: Announcement of Smaller Learning Communities grant in support of Montbello's revitalization plan
WHERE: Montbello High School
Parent/Community Involvement Room
5000 Crown Blvd.
WHEN: Thursday, November 8th - 1:00 PM
WHO: Kevin Patterson, DPS Board member
Michael Hancock, President, Denver City Council (District 11)
Michael Bennet, DPS Superintendent
Antwan Wilson, Montbello High School Principal
For more information, please contact the Communications Office at 720-423-3414.