Our blog’s purpose is to help parents navigate the elementary school phase of their children’s education. In Colorado, we are given the opportunity of “choice” in our search. This program gives parents many options when it comes to choosing a school for their child outside of their neighborhood school. The process can become overwhelming with the myriad of choices including faith-based schools, private schools, charter schools, and magnet schools – each with various programs and curriculum. The entire process can be very mind-boggling.
We created scooptoo as a result of this daunting search and discovery process endured not long ago while researching the right school for our children. After charts, graphs, phone calls, tours, interviews, testing, researching, seeking advice from friends, etc. it became a huge commitment and sacrifice of time. We felt strongly about helping other parents in this arena and that a collective resource for information on related topics would help abundantly. So, therein lies the inspiration for scooptoo.
Our blog consists of school profiles, a parent interview series, national and local education related articles, a Two Cents series, posts on educational topics we’ve researched, etc. Please grab a cup of coffee or glass of wine, kick back, and start reading.
It is our belief that the more educated you are with this process, the more empowered you will feel about making informed decisions about your child’s education. We’d love for you to spread the word about scooptoo to your family, friends, and colleagues and wish you the best of luck in your quest.
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Be sure to come see the highly anticipated film documentary, The Lottery (see media kit here: LOTTERYPressPacket_021710 ), next Tuesday, June 8th at Harkins Northfield Theater. The documentary features four families from the Bronx and Harlem who are hoping to win “the lottery,” obtaining a spot for their child in the Harlem Success Academy (a charter [...]
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Celebrate the Construction of a New ECE-8 Campus in Stapleton You are cordially invited to attend a ceremony and reception to celebrate the start of construction on the new school, opening August, 2011. Join your neighbors, community members, DPS leaders and generous supporters for this momentous occasion. Tuesday, June 8, 2010 9:30 – 10:30am 3480 North [...]
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It’s hard to believe that the end of the school year is right around the corner. Is everyone trying to firm up summer plans? How many of you have children signed up for summer day camp(s)? It’s amazing just how many camps there are available today. When talking with friends and acquaintances, everyone seems to [...]
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Be Sure To Vote For Bill Robert’s “Extraordinary” 4th Grade Classroom
Posted on 17. May, 2010 by KB.
The William Roberts School (aka Bill Roberts) in Denver is one of four finalists competing in the “Why My Classroom is Extraordinary” contest put on by NBC’s The Today Show. The winning classroom wins a trip to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort. Please be sure to click here to vote [...]
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Although many teachers are opposed to Senate Bill 191 (a bill that would change how teachers earn and keep tenure in Colorado), lawmakers have voted in favor of it (rumor has it, the Governor will sign it soon). When the Governor signs the bill, will this put Colorado in a better place to receive millions [...]
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Stand for Children is an education advocacy organization made up of parents, educators, and other concerned Coloradoans. Stand for Children’s mission is to use the power of grassroots action to help ALL children get a high quality public education. Recently, I (Kerri) met with a group of parents from my children’s school to learn more about [...]
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Colorado lost out on the first round of the federal education grant competition “Race to the Top,” (see article here) but they are still in the running to receive $175 million dollars if they reapply for the second round and win. However, Governor Bill Ritter is frustrated with the initial results from the competition and [...]
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School: Bromwell Elementary Website: http://bromwell.dpsk12.org/ Type: Public-DPS Tours: Call the school to find out about tours Main Phone: 303.388.5969 Principal: Jody Cohn Location: 2500 East 4th Street, Denver, CO 80206–Congress Park Neighborhood/Cherry Creek Neighborhood Hours: 8:25 AM-3:15 PM Grades: Approximately 320 students attend (Kindergarten-5th Grade) Average Class Size: This school has 2 classrooms per grade [...]
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Dear Readers, Today is the last day to vote for our little-blog-that-could for 5280′s Top of the Town recognition as TOP BLOG. If you have already voted for us we can’t thank you enough. If you haven’t, please click on the link on our Website (or go to 5280.com/tot), click on the “People” category, and [...]
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I recently sat down for an interview with Jennifer Piccolo, a mother of two, who is starting a grass roots movement in her Platt Park Neighborhood to help improve their quality of schools. KB: Please tell me a little bit about yourself. JP: I am a mother of two young children, ages 5 and 3. [...]
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