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As a community of learners, the International School of Denver implements a broad, balanced, and rigorous curriculum including languages, science, math, social studies, arts, and physical education

Our bilingual, immersion-based educational model for pre-K – 5th grade capitalizes on the narrow window in which children are best able to learn an additional language.

RELEVANT AND TRANSFERABLE

The learning is authentic and purposeful; is applicable to real life situations; is culturally and globally relevant and is interdisciplinary helping learners make connections, reflecting the real world.

METACOGNITIVE

Learners are taught how to learn and are given opportunities to develop strong metacognitive competencies; they can employ effective and flexible learning strategies; they believe in a growth mindset and that effort leads to success; they are driven by intrinsic motivation and can exercise some degree of choice and control over their learning; learners engage in self-assessment, self-regulation and reflection..

INQUIRY BASED

Learners investigate, question, discuss and justify as they develop problem-solving skills and become decision makers; hands on, experiential learning with active, constructive involvement to support student-led inquiry into essential and meaningful questions; learners develop a variety of strategies for possible multiple solutions; they find applications for, and take action on, what they have learned..

SOCIAL

There are opportunities for social interaction, cooperation and collaboration with school, local and broader communities; critical and creative thinking skills include opportunities for expressing and evaluating different perspectives and viewpoints; there is a focus on social emotional learning and the development of emotional intelligence.

PERSONAL AND MEANINGFUL

The learning is challenging and appropriate to individual developmental levels; builds upon their prior knowledge and understanding; takes into account learners’ different starting points, multi-sensory needs and zones of proximal development and makes effective use of timely, constructive, personal feedback in setting and reaching goals.

Admissions

At this time, ISDenver can accept a limited number of students in grades 1-2 to the Chinese, French, or Spanish tracks, without prior language background. Space is contingent upon available levels of student support and varies across programs.

Curriculum

Learners continue to build upon their language development in Chinese, French, or Spanish in Lower School.

Classrooms Without Walls

At ISDenver, classrooms extend beyond the walls of the school. In Lower School, our learners’ link studies in the classroom with the experiential. World travels, shorter treks throughout their home state, and visits from local experts, include:

Classroom Differentiation

Those who are highly achieving or gifted and talented and require challenge and enrichment.