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 Damon Runyon Elementary School

7455 South Elati St
Littleton, CO  80120
303-347-4650
http://runyon.littletonpublicschools.net 
Principal:  Dr. David Hilliard
School Hours:  8:36 a.m. to 3:13 p.m. 


About Our School

  • Enrollment:  385
  • Attendance Rate:  96%
  • Number of Suspensions and Expulsions:  4
  • Average Class Size:  21 students per classroom

Sources of Pride

  • Professional Learning Community work embedded in the Runyon school culture
  • Systemic implementation of Positive Behavior Support system
  • Ongoing and in-depth parent and volunteer support 
  • Caring community where every child matters
  • School-wide focus on working in collaborative teams to build shared knowledge

School Improvement Goals 2008 Update

  • Ninety percent of students will be proficient writers at their grade level within three years as measured by a body of evidence
  • Ninety percent of students identified by ILPs and/or Child Study Team as at risk for academic failure in reading will demonstrate at least 1.5 years' growth annually for the next three years as measured by a body of evidence
  • Over a three-year period of implementing the practices of Professional Learning Communities, 90 percent of faculty will develop new leadership competencies/commitments and document how these are designed to develop the collective capacity of the entire staff as measured by a pre-post survey and a body of evidence

Preschool

  • Not available

Kindergarten

  • Daily morning and afternoon programs
  • Tuition-based extended day enrichment
  • 5-day, 3-day, or 2-day options available

Enrichment

  • Science fair, science enrichment, musicals, dance, drama, instrument units, climbing wall
  • Young Ameritowne, mini society programs
  • I Can Read, BEAR Express student publishing center
  • Math Olympiad
  • Destination ImagiNation competition
  • Junior Great Books, cultural and art enrichment/art fair, spelling club, chess club
  • Student council

School-Age Child Care (SACC)

  • In-house before- and after-school child care
  • Summer child care