 | Carl Sandburg Elementary School 6900 South Elizabeth Street
Centennial, CO 80122
303-347-4675
http://sandburg.littletonpublicschools.net 
Principal: Ms. Marj McDonald
School Hours: 9:06 a.m. to 3:43 p.m.
About Our School - Enrollment: 518
- Attendance Rate: 96%
- Number of Suspensions and Expulsions: 10
- Average Class Size: 25 students per classroom
Sources of Pride - Licensed staff teach art, music, physical education, library, technology, resource, and gifted and talented programs
- Multi-grade and traditional classrooms respond to individual student's learning needs
- Teaching library extends learning through research units for K-5 using full complement of current print, media, and online resources
- Sandburg Center for the Sciences expands hands-on inquiry-based learning opportunities for preschool through fifth grade in real-world science
- Technology-embedded teaching/learning through classroom clusters of desktops (preschool through second grade), 1:1 computing (third through fifth grade) and technology labs
- Full- and half-day kindergarten and preschool program options
- Part-time counselor and Positive Behavior Support program support student achievement
- Before- and after-school enrichment opportunities
School Improvement Goals 2009 Update - By 2012, 91% of students will be at or above grade level in writing as measured by the Student Achievement Index
- By 2012, 90% of boys grades 3-5 will be proficient or advanced in writing as measured by CSAP
- By 2012, 95% of students will achieve a persistence score of three or above in writing as measured by the Costa and Kallick Rubric for Persisting
Preschool - Morning program for 3- to 5-year-olds; afternoon program for 4- and 5-year-olds; and full-day program for 3- to 5-year-olds
Kindergarten - Daily morning and afternoon programs
- Tuition-based extended day enrichment
- Five-day, four-day, three-day, or two-day options available
Enrichment - Sandburg center for the sciences-partnership programming for hands-on, inquiry based, real-world, technology embedded learning for K-5 students
- Spring student Art Show; Art Start
- Authors' Tea; Super School News
- Science Fair; Camp Invention (summer program)
- Spelling Bee, Math Olympiad; Destination ImagiNation
- Annual HEART Run; Jump Rope for Heart; field day
- Enrichment programs for before/after school K-5
School-Age Child Care (SACC) - In-house before- and after-school child care
- Summer child care
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