As a DPS magnet school, Denison Montessori has been providing quality education to children from throughout the Denver area since August 1996. Denison’s students are ethnically, culturally, and and socioeconomically diverse. Denison is widely considered to be a national model for public Montessori education.

Since 1996, Denison Montessori has been:

• selected as a “Great Place to Learn” by the National Search Institute
• a recognized National Montessori Public School Model
• nominated for the John Irwin Colorado Schools of Excellence Award
• named as “one of the best schools in America” by Redbook Magazine
• a recipient of the Edward F. Calesa national “Terrific Teachers” award
• chosen as a developing library for the Power Libraries Program (CSL)
• a recipient of the Exemplary Media Center Program Award (CAC)