About

Dennison Elementary School was established in 1974 to provide an alternative, choice education environment for students within Jeffco where fundamental learning skills, academic rigor and high expectations prepare students to be successful in today's society.

Learn more about Dennison’s curriculum, textbooks, assessments and school-wide writing program on the Learning page.

Highlights of the Dennison program:

• Teachers provide direct instruction to the whole class in self-contained classrooms.
• Students are not grouped based on ability.
• Reading instruction is based on these essential parts:
  • Phonics and letter awareness
    • The science-based, preferred method of learning to read
    • Break each word into its individual sounds and blend those sounds to “decode” or sound out new words
  • Vocabulary development
  • Reading fluency
  • Comprehension
• Basic skills are emphasized and textbooks provide sequential instruction.
• Students are taught to proofread their work beginning in kindergarten.
• Homework is purposeful and relevant to the subject.
• Letter grades are earned in each academic subject area studied.
• Appropriate behavior is expected of students at all times.
• Specials include art, music, physical education and technology.
• Students in kindergarten to fifth grade receive computer instruction on a rotating basis in their technology specials.

Class size

Class size kindergarten to fifth grade is capped at 24 students per class