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All school buildings closed for remainder of school year | Remote Learning to continue

Posted: Thu, 03/12/2020 - 9:40pm

Denver metro area school superintendents announced Friday, April 3, that school districts will remain closed to in-building learning for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. 

Remote learning and modified operations will remain in place for the district through Thursday, May 21. 

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As a reminder, you can visit Community Letters & Resources for:

  • All up-to-date information

  • Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

  • A growing list of learning resources

  • Talking points and resources for families to talk to children about COVID-19 

  • Information about the district's grab and go food plan

During this rapidly evolving situation, more information will be communicated at the link above in the days and weeks to come.

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Superintendentes del área metropolitana de Denver anuncian el viernes, 3 de abril, que los distritos escolares permanecerán cerrados al aprendizaje en persona por el resto del año escolar 2019-2020.

El aprendizaje remoto y las operaciones modificadas permanecerán para el distrito hasta el jueves, 21 de mayo. 

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Como recordatorio, puede visitar Cartas y recursos para la comunidad para:

  • Toda la información actualizada

  • Respuestas a preguntas frecuentes

  • Una lista creciente de recursos de aprendizaje

  • Temas de conversación y recursos para que las familias hablen con niños acerca de COVID-19

  • Información sobre el plan de comidas recoger y llevar del distrito

Durante esta situacion rapidamente cambiante, comunicaremos más información en el enlace anterior en los días y semanas por venir. 

Interruption Type: 
Safety
Date & Time: 
Thursday, March 12, 2020 (All day) to Thursday, May 21, 2020 (All day)

Graduation Requirements

Links to additional information:

Graduation requirements for the class of 2018, 2019 and 2020

Credits Needed Subject Area
4 English
3 Math
3 Science
1 US History
0.5 US Government
1.5 Social Science
2 Physical Education (PE)
2 Fine & Practical Arts
6 Electives
23 Total*

Graduation requirements for the class of 2021 and beyond

Credits needed Subject area
4 English
3 Math
3 Science
1 US History
0.5 US Government
1.5 Social Science
1 Physical Education (PE)
(0.5 Healthy Choices; 0.5 PE - no PE waivers) 
2 Fine & Practical Arts
7 Electives
23 Total*

*Students must also meet College and Career Compentency Requirements - demonstrating proficiency in ONE option for English and Math (see menu below)

Menu of Options English Math
ACCUPLACER 62 on Reading Comprehension
or 70 on Sentence Skills		 61 on Elementary Algebra
ACT 18 on ACT English 19 on ACT Math
ACT Workkeys - National Career Readiness Certificate Bronze or higher Bronze of higher
Advanced Placement (AP) 2 2
ASVAB 31 31
Concurrent Enrollment Passing grade per district and higher education policy Passing grade per district and higher education policy
District Capstone Individualized Individualized
Industry Certificate Individualized Individualized
International Baccalaureate (IB) 4 4
SAT: Scores update for new SAT (2016) 470 500
Collaboratively-developed, standards-based performance assessment State-wide scoring criteria State-wide scoring criteria

Higher Education Admission Requirements (4-year college/university requirements)

Credits needed Subject area
4 English
4 Math (Math I/Algebra I & higher)
3 Science (2 labs)
1 US History
2 Social Science
1 World Language 
(more competitive schools require 2-3 levels of the same language)
2 Academic Electives 
(Math, Science, English, Social Science, World Language)
17 total (of the 23)

*Some colleges outside of Colorado may also require a full credit of Fine Arts (ex. University of California schools)