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Whole-Child Development emphasizes social-emotional growth, character, and leadership through intentional instruction, positive behavior supports, and opportunities for student voice and responsibility. The program integrates social-emotional learning and aims to nurture well-being alongside academics.
Differentiated support for diverse learners includes targeted, culturally responsive services for English language learners and students with exceptionalities; interventionists and classroom teachers collaborate to provide inclusive, small-group instruction and personalized strategies.
The dual-language immersion program places English language learners and native English speakers in bilingual instruction, supporting biliteracy in French and English; targeted, culturally responsive support is provided as part of differentiated services.
Mental wellbeing is addressed through Whole-Child Development, focusing on social-emotional growth, character, and leadership. Suicide prevention and response programming is in place, with access to community resources to support students' physical and psychological safety.
Safeguarding policies include a visitor protocol with front-office check-in and security measures, safeguarding of student data privacy, and established safety-related policies such as suicide prevention and response.
French American School of Denver is a tuition-free charter elementary school, 2350 N Gaylord St, Denver, CO 80205, opposite City Park. It offers a bilingual French–English immersion program with a two-way model that teaches in both languages, one language at a time, with peer-to-peer language sharing. The curriculum aligns French educational standards with Colorado State Standards. Kindergarten (la Grande Maternelle) is 90% French instruction with English Language Arts and Social Studies in English; First through Third Grade (cycle 2) is 80–90% French; Fourth and Fifth Grade (cycle 3) is 70% French with some subjects taught in English (ELA, Social Studies, Science, Math). Social Emotional Learning uses Zones of Regulation. It serves K–5 as a tuition-free charter, with a middle school affiliation to Denver Language School for grades 6–8 starting 2025–26. Facilities include an Art Room, Library, Flex Space, Cafeteria, Kitchen, an on-site basketball court, and three recesses near City Park.
