Our beautiful 95 acre independent school campus provides a perfect setting for Horizons at Colorado Academy, a fully-enrolled, long-term enrichment program for neighborhood public school students attending the program in grades K- 8. As in other Horizons programs across the country, there is a strong academic summer program that also includes social and cultural experiences, weekly field trips to reinforce academic and cultural learning, sports activities, daily swimming lessons and recreational swimming. Highly skilled teachers focus on student goal-setting, and reading/writing instruction with math/science project-based activities that insure students are fully engaged in the learning process.

Students are transported to the program via CA buses and receive two hot, nutritious meals daily. In addition, all Horizons students at Colorado Academy have their own library card and are able to borrow books weekly from the library to read at home. An annual tradition is to send home 4 to 6 new books per child every summer to build a home library as well. In the winter, parent/child social gatherings and Super Saturday Science classes are held at Colorado Academy to maintain the connection between the children, families, and Horizons.

This program began in 1998 with one purposefully small class of 13 kindergarten children from local Denver public schools and has grown to host well over 100 students. The new Kindergarten students who arrive in mid-June will return to Horizons each year through their eighth grade summer, resulting in an enhanced ability to learn and function positively in their community. Over time a strong relationship has developed with one public school located in a nearby Spanish-speaking community; the majority of the Horizons students at Colorado Academy now come from this school, Knapp Elementary School and are selected based on specific Horizons criteria.

Be a friend of Horizons….as you can imagine, Horizons at Colorado Academy results in changed lives for the community! To be a supporter and insure the continuation of this positive program, contact our office for additional information.

Colorado Academy
Tel: 303-914-2537 Fax: 303-914-2575
3800 South Pierce St.
Denver, CO 80235

Executive Director: Jenny Leger
jenny.leger@coloradoacademy.org
www.coloacad.org