Denver Online High School

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Denver Online High School
4250 Shoshone Street

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Coordinates 39°46′29″N105°00′35″W / 39.7748472°N 105.0096899°W / 39.7748472; -105.0096899 Coordinates: 39°46′29″N105°00′35″W / 39.7748472°N 105.0096899°W / 39.7748472; -105.0096899
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Type Online school
Established2003 (2003)
School district Denver Public Schools
NCES School ID 080336001955 [1]
PrincipalIan Jones [2]
Teaching staff10.64 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment243 [1]  (2016-2017)
Student to teacher ratio22.84 [1]
Campus typeVirtual
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Denver Online High School is an online school that is run by the Denver Public School District. [3] It uses the Schoology curriculum. Forty percent of the enrolled students are gifted. [4]

Virtual school school that teaches students through Internet

An online school teaches students entirely or primarily online or through the internet. It has been defined as "education that uses one or more technologies to deliver instruction to students who are separated from the instructor and to support regular and substantive interaction between the students. Online education exists all around the world and is used for all levels of education. This type of learning enables the individuals to earn transferable credits, take recognized examinations, or advance to the next level of education over the internet.

Denver Public Schools

The Denver County School District No. 1, more commonly known as the Denver Public Schools (DPS), is the public school system in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, United States.

Schoology is a social networking service and virtual learning environment for K-12 school and higher education institutions that allows users to create, manage, and share academic content. Also known as a learning management system (LMS) or course management system (CMS), the cloud-based platform provides tools needed to manage an online classroom.

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First opened in 2003, it enrolls students full time, and provides supplementary classes for students enrolled at other high schools and online classes for homeschooled families. [3]

History

In 2003, the first Denver Public Schools (DPS) Online High School class had six students, a principal (Jeanne Ross) and no teachers - classes were provided by Colorado Online Learning, another online school that Ross had helped start. The main office was located at CEC with the already established Distance Learning Department.

In 2004, with thirteen students, four part-time teachers were hired to develop and teach online courses. In 2005, there were four teachers, all full time, and forty-six students. In 2006, the offices moved to the old Baker school, now DCIS, and opened a satellite site at Manual High School. The first graduating class consisted of fourteen students out of 135 enrolled students in 2007.

In 2008, thirty students graduated out of over 200 students who were enrolled. In 2009 the school offices moved to Mitchell Elementary School and a satellite site was opened at Hamilton Middle School.

In 2009, thirty-two students graduated with the assistance of Denver Online High School, including six who were also enrolled at other schools and 25 who graduated directly from the school. [3]

Campus

Despite being a virtual school, it does share a campus with Denver Montessori School. [5]

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