Colorado Springs School District 11 has over 60 schools with many unique and exceptional educational opportunities. At District 11, we understand that when it comes to your child's education, you have choices.  As a District, we are committed to meeting the needs and expectations of parents and community members.

• Career and Technical Education

  • Career and Technical Education offers students the opportunity to enrich their high school experience with classes in the areas of Business and Marketing, Industrial Technology and Family and Consumer Sciences. The Alternative Cooperative Education (ACE) program is also offered through Career and Technical Education. This program prepares young adults to be occupationally effective, socially responsible and functionally independent.

• Community Education Classes
• English as a Second Language
• Full Day Kindergarten
  • Colorado Springs School District 11 offers free full-day kindergarten in all District 11 elementary schools.
• Gifted and Talented Services

  • D-11 offers comprehensive Gifted and Talented (GT) services, K-12, at all district schools. Fourthand fifth-grade students have the opportunity to participate in an academic magnet program called Student-Centered Academic Interdisciplinary Lab (SAIL) at Fremont and Stratton elementary schools. Whittier Elementary School offers a new gifted magnet program – EAGLES – to its third-, fourthand fifth-grade students. At the middle school level, the SAIL program is offered at West and Irving. At the high school level, students can
    choose to enter SAIL+ and/or the Honors Endorsement Program at Mitchell High School.

• Special Education

  • D-11’s well-trained and experienced Special Education educators and facilitators work to provide sound academic opportunities that facilitate our students’ physical, emotional, social and vocational potential at each of our buildings. It is our task to provide demanding programs appropriate for students of all levels of ability.

• Response to Intervention (RtI)

• Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)

  • Mitchell High School

  • Wasson High School (NJROTC)

• International Baccalaureate programs

  •  District 11 offers all three strands of the IB Program, presenting students and parents with a full K-12 continuum of IB philosophy and interlocking academic challenge. Each of the three strands is committed to educating "the whole child," placing equal value on intellectual, personal, emotional and social growth as well as encouraging the development and love of at least one foreign language, the arts, physical education and the core academics.

    • Midland International Elem. School
    • North Middle School
    • Palmer High School
• Montessori
  • Buena Vista Elementary School

    • Buena Vista houses the only public Montessori program in the Pikes Peak region. Students learn in multi-age classrooms and grow with the same teacher for three years. Primary Montessori serves 3-to 5-year olds, Lower Elementary Montessori serves 6-to 9-year olds, and Upper Elementary Montessori serves 9- to 12-year olds.

• FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS
  • BRISTOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

    • Bristol Elementary School offers the Suzuki Violin Program in their traditional elementary school program. Starting in the fall of 2005, kindergarten and first grade students started learning the Suzuki Violin method from a Suzuki certified instructor. Students in this program receive free instruction and are provided with violins for in-school use.

  • RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL

    • Charles M. Russell Middle School of the Performing Arts offers a rigorous academic program along with a rich arts-infused middle school learning experience designed to create and feed a lifelong passion for learning and the arts. The Russell facility features a fully equipped dance studio, Yamaha piano lab and art studio, among other top-notch exploratory classrooms. Performing arts students participate in two full productions each school year as well as numerous other performance and travel opportunities. Beginning, intermediate and advanced classes are offered in voice, drama, dance, piano, band, orchestra, concert orchestra, visual arts and forensics.

  • WASSON HIGH SCHOOL

    • Wasson High School offers a magnet program in the arts that allows students to specialize in instrumental music, theater, visual arts, dance, vocal music or video arts depending on their individual talents and interests. Due to Wasson's innovative and flexible schedule, students are able to devote significantly more time to their chosen field than in any other high school in the region. All students must audition to participate in this program.

• Core Knowledge

  • Washington Elementary School 328-4800

    • CORE Knowledge focuses on helping children establish strong foundations of knowledge in the areas of language arts, history and geography, math, science and the fine arts. Each grade level builds upon the previous grade level’s understanding, going more and more in depth every year.

OTHER PROGRAMS

• Day Care 

Before and/or after school day care is available at the following elementary schools (provider is listed in parentheses): 

Audubon (Creative Play Centers), Bates (Creative Play Centers), Buena Vista (Creative Play Centers), Carver (Creative Play Centers), Chipeta (Creative Play Centers), Columbia (Junior Academy), Freedom (Creative Play Centers), Fremont (Junior Academy), Henry (Junior Academy), Hunt (YMCA), Jackson (Creative Play Centers), Jefferson (Creative Play Centers), Lincoln (Creative Play Centers), Longfellow (Creative Play Centers), Madison (Junior Academy), McAuliffe (YMCA), Midland (Creative Play Centers), Penrose (Creative Play Centers), Rogers (YMCA), Rudy (Creative Play Centers), Scott (Junior Academy), Stratton (Junior Academy,) Taylor (Creative Play Centers), Trailblazer (YMCA), Twain, (YMCA), Wilson (YMCA) 

Provider telephone numbers: 
     Creative Play – 536-4817
     Junior Academy – 598-2095
     YMCA – 329-7253

• Head Start 

The federal program Head Start is available at Adams, Audubon, Bristol, Carver, Edison, Longfellow, Midland, Pike and Queen Palmer. Call schools for times, providers and costs. 

• Preschool Sites 

School District Eleven Early Childhood Office in conjunction with Community Partnership Child Development offers preschool at many locations.

Students who are three or four years of age by October 1 may be eligible for attendance.

If your home school is: Adams, Bates, Bristol, Freedom, Freemont, Grant, Chipeta, Columbia, Edison, Henry, Howbert, Hunt, Jackson, Jefferson, Keller, King, Lincoln, Steele, Taylor, Trailblazer, Madison, Martinez, McAuliffe, Monroe, Penrose, Rogers, Rudy, Scott, Stratton, Twain and Washington, Wilson, call the preschool office at 328-2872. 

If your home school is: Adams, Audubon, Carver, Ivywild, Longfellow, Midland, Pike, Queen Palmer, Twain, Whittier and Wilson, call 635-1536 for information.

• Community Preschool Sites 

Community preschool is available at these sites: Colorado Springs Child Nursery – Antlers, Colorado Springs Child Nursery – Rio Grande, Community Partnership Child Development, Junior Academy ABC, Junior Academy LTD, Junior Academy Small Wonders, Ruth Washburn and Urban League Child Care Center. Please call 328-2872 for information.  

WE INVITE YOU TO CALL OUR SCHOOLS FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION