Mission
In partnership with our diverse urban community, Denver Green School (DGS) will provide a hands-on, brains-on experience that engages all students, staff, families and community, in preparing our learners to lead the way toward a sustainable, bright green future.
Vision
DGS is a national beacon for real-world learning. We strive to integrate a flexible student- driven approach to curriculum and instruction, where diverse learners of all ages:
• Achieve at a high level academically,
• Partner with their teachers to engage in relevant, student-directed learning,
• Build leadership capacity by embracing a democratic decision-making model,
• Use service-learning as a way to become community stewards,
• Create mind-body connections as well as community connections,
• Use our school building and our neighborhood as laboratories for the study and implementation of carbon footprint reduction and sustainable living.
School Leadership Team
Instead of DGS being led by a Principal and team of Assistant Principals, DGS is guided by a shared leadership model known as the Partnership. The Partnership is collectively responsible for the leadership of DGS and collaboratively handles the responsibilities of a traditional administrative team. It consists of Lead Partners, who all have administrative licenses, and Teacher Partners. The Lead Partners (listed below) are released from classroom teaching responsibilities; Teacher Partners remain in the classroom full time and additionally sit on the Partnership.
