We are so excited to welcome you all back for the 26-27 school year!

8/19 - Meet the Teacher / Supply Drop Off Ice Cream Social @ 4-5:30

8/24 - First Day of School for K-5

Tears and Cheers @ 8:00am

8/26 - First Day of School for ECE 

8/26 - New Family Breakfast @ 8:00am

8/27 - New Family Night!

9/3 - Back to School Night!

Here is the 26-27 District Calendar

Here is the Columbine 26-27 Calendar (still in draft form!)

Families! These calendars were created in partnership with the Denver Public Library and contain a variety of literacy based activities based on each grade level. They are designed for "rising" grade levels. If you are current kindergartener, you would choose "rising 1st". Please use these to support literacy throughout the summer!

Rising Kindergarteners - English 

Rising Kindergarteners - Spanish 

Rising 1st Graders - English

Rising 1st Graders - Spanish 

Rising 2nd Graders - English 

Rising 2nd Graders - Spanish 

Rising 3rd-5th Graders - English 

Rising 3rd-5th Graders - Spanish 

At Columbine, we thoughtfully consider a wide range of factors when creating class lists for the upcoming school year. Our goal is to ensure every child is placed in a learning environment where they can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.

You can see your child's teacher for the 26-27 school year using parent portal. Our classes are still being updated with newly enrolled students as well as our newly hired teachers. 

The teacher assignments not yet available in Parent Portal are our 1st grade classes. You can see the assignments here. 

For our kinder classes, your child will be designated a teacher during the first week of school but we will not finalize our kinder class lists until after the first week so that we can ensure all of our classes are best balanced. Our kinder registrations and enrollments are still being updated in IC so you may not see an assignment just yet. 

Please know that these are subject to changes over the summer as our enrollment numbers fluctuate!

Welcome to our incoming teaching crew!

4th Grade New Teacher - Claudia Love Introduction

3rd Grade New Teacher  - Ally Perez Introduction

1st Grade New Teacher - Synique Cortez Introduction

1st Grade New Teacher - Madison Kirkbride Introduction

Special Education (.5 position) - Jessica Goldberg Introduction

ECE New Teacher - WELCOME BACK to Stacy Allen! - Stacy Allen Introduction

All of our hiring for classroom teachers is complete!

School Supplies Linked here!

How to Download the DPS App and Sign In to Rooms

Download the Denver Public Schools app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

Once installed, open the app, then tap “Rooms,” then “Continue to sign in.”

Type in your guardian email address or phone number.

If you typed in your email address, tap “Log in with code.” If you typed in your phone number, you will automatically receive a code. Type this code in when prompted.

You will be prompted to select your preferred communication language

You will be automatically signed into your students’ Rooms.

Still have questions about Rooms? Visit the Rooms FAQ page.

Our Bell Schedule this year will be:

8:00-3:00 K-5th 

Doors open at 7:50

8:10-3:00 ECE

Doors open at 8:00

At Columbine, we strive for 100% daily student attendance. To report an absence due to illness or an unavoidable appointment, please choose either of these convenient methods: call our front office at 720-424-8510 or log into the Infinite Campus Parent Portal and place an Online Absence Request. Both will ensure your student's absence is excused.

Happy summer from the Columbine Cougars PTA!

We're still thoroughly enjoying our summer, but wanted to plant some seeds for the upcoming school year.

We're looking for parents and caregivers interested in joining a committee in the Columbine Cougars PTA? Each of these committees plays a vital role in planning and executing events, experiences and opportunities for all of our children to thrive. And that means each person on the committee plays a vital role in building a community for everyone to thrive.

We are looking for parents and caregivers who want to LEAD each of the overseeing committees and any others who want to support.

Finance & Fundraising Committee: Oversees and ensures organization is in good financial standing with all authorities and drives all fundraising for organization. Help plan, organize and budget fundraisers & events that support all kids’ school experience. Sub-Committees include: Finance Chair and Fundraising Chairs

Membership & Engagement Committee: Oversees and and implements plan for inclusive & equitable membership growth, retention and engagement strategies. Sub-Committees include: Outreach & Inclusion, Dads of Columbine (DOCs), Community & Events.

Community Resources & Relations Committee: Oversees and implements strategies to secure partnerships, donations, and sponsorships from local businesses. Connects families to essential school and community resources. Sub-Committees include: Community Partnerships & Sponsors, Community Resource Liaison.

Expeditionary Learning & Enrichments Committee: Serves as the bridge between the school's experiential learning curriculum and family involvement. Implements project execution, resource procurement and planning. Helps support the learning experiences and activities for all grades.

School Advocacy Committee (SAC) & Collaborative School Committee (CSC): Serves as a link between council & state, assesses legislative and advocacy issues. Serves as CSC representative for PTA. Sub-Committees include: School Support & Volunteers (Room Heroes --> Columbine Crew), School Accountability Representative.

And if you've been a Room Hero or wanted to become one, now's your chance -- we're changing things up to ensure all of our teachers, support staff and admin is readily and thoroughly supported throughout the year with our newly-minted COLUMBINE CREW, parent/caregiver volunteers who will support in the classroom for our teachers, in the office with our school leaders and anywhere else volunteers are needed to make sure we can all contribute to creating a future for our kids that otherwise wouldn't exist.

If you're interested, please fill out our interest form here

Looking forward to the year ahead!

In Crew,

Bonkosi Horn & the Cougars PTA Board

At Columbine, we offer after school care through Discovery Link for K-5 and Little Links for ECE. All information can be found on our website. 

We also partner with 10FOUR, an off-site after school care program. 

Please see all info below!

Discovery Link After School Program Daily 3:00-6:00 Kinder-5th

At Extended Learning and Community Schools (ELCS), we oversee Out of School Time (OST) programs and activities for Denver Public Schools. We currently serve 60 schools across the district and are so excited to begin offering our flagship after school program, Discovery Link, at Columbine Elementary for the 2024-2025 school year! Extended Learning and Community Schools

Contact Us: Email Discovery Link | 720-423-1781

The Discovery Link program will be available to K-5th grade students. The after school program will run from 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Mon-Fri.

For ECE, Discovery Link Little Links 3:00-6:00pm

26-27 Little Links Registration

We are excited to announce registration for the 2026–2027 Discovery Link and Little Links programs. Registration will open in phases by region, called Regional Rolling Registrations, and will then open for all sites and regions on May 5, 2026 at 6am. Families may choose to register during their school’s regional window or wait until May 5th when registration opens for all sites. This phased approach allows our team to review registrations and respond to families more efficiently.

Visit our webpage for more information about Discovery Link!

Contact Us: Email Discovery Link | 720-423-1781

Neighborhood Afterschool Programs

10Four – Denver Youth Center

10 Four will offer transportation Monday - Friday. 

Registration

Transportation RSVP