"Make us raise the bar for your kids."
DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg, to northwest parents at the September 2009 Denver Plan presentation at North High

Northwest Neighborhood Middle Schools NOW was formed in 2009 by parents who were in search of an academically strong neighborhood middle school option in Northwest Denver that was socioeconomically and culturally diverse. Currently many NOW members have children attending Skinner with great success.

NOW members worked with the leaders of the already strong Skinner Middle School to win a $500,000 grant that strengthened honors options, Spanish (beginning and advanced) and instrumental music programs. Dedicated leaders and talented staff paired with the strong commitment to academic growth and the full range of sports and academic offerings have made Skinner a school of choice in Northwest Denver.

We encourage all families that seek the well-rounded education of a neighborhood school to join our mailing list (below) to learn about Skinner's programs, success stories, and garner information about how to get involved.

May 11, 2011

Denver Post features NOW & Skinner

The Denver Post featured Northwest Neighborhood Middle Schools Now and Skinner Middle School on the front page this morning! If you missed it, you can see it here.

Reporter Karen Auge wrote about NOW's quest for a viable DPS middle school option for proficient and above kids in NW Denver - and how we partnered with Skinner to secure a $480,000 grant to beef up the school's honors program, offer a full range of Spanish language classes and create a music program, scheduled to start next school year.

We don't want get caught up in the raging school reform debate – we just want a great neighborhood middle school with excellent academics, a safe and caring environment, performing and visual arts, sports teams and other extracurricular activities. Skinner IS that school.

You can help us build and maintain it! Be the change, too...send your kids to Skinner!
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1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Best of luck with this endeavor! I hope that Skinner turns out to be the first of many cases where neighborhood schools are turned around. I have been unimpressed with the glacial rate of change in DPS for non-magnet/charter schools and will be watching your efforts with interest. We would like to be able to go our neighborhood schools, but can't justify it yet.

July 31, 2011 3:49 PM

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