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:  455
• Attendance Rate:  96%
• Number of Suspensions and Expulsions:  7
• Average Class Size:  24 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
• Sandbury 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 third grade), computer labs, and cards of laptops (third through fifth grade) 
• Full- and half-day kindergarten and peschool program options
• Part-time counselor and Positive Behavior Support program support student achievement
• Before- and after-school enrichment opportunities

 School Improvement Goals 2008 Update

• Eighty-five percent of students in third through fifth grade will be proficient writers at their grade level by 2009 as measured by multiple indicators; percentage of third through fifth grade students achieving proficient and above scores in writing has increased every year for the past three years
• By 2009, male students will improve their writing performance by seven percent for grades 3-5 as measured by multiple indicators; percentage of third through fifth grade males achieving proficient and above scores in writing has increased every year for the past three years 
• By 2009, 80 percent of students, K-5 will achieve a persistence score of three or four on a scale of one to four, with four being highly persistent in the classroom

Preschool

• Four mornings a week for 3- to 5-year-olds; four afternoons a week for 4- and 5-year-olds; and five full-days a week for 3- to 5-year-olds available  

Kindergarten

• Daily morning and afternoon programs
• Tuition-based extended day enrichment
• Five-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
• Publishing center; Art Start
• Student science council
• Spelling Bee, Math Olympiad; Destination ImagiNation
• Camp Invention (summer program)
• Science fair; 9News Health Fair
• Enrichment programs for before/after school K-5
• Spring student art show; authors tea
• Annual HEART run; jump rope for heart; field day 

School-Age Child Care (SACC)

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