Our Vision Statement:

P.S.1 strives to create a community of empowered, compassionate, and contributing individuals who are informed and aware, healthy and happy, and have a passion for life long learning.

P.S.1 Mission Statement:

P.S.1’s mission is to enrich life in the urban core of Denver—to add to its attractiveness, increase its economic viability, enliven its cultural life and bring out its hospitality.  P.S.1 will make its contributions to this mission by enabling young people to work together as a learning community on challenging projects that make a difference in the quality of city life. In the process, it will draw students toward higher and higher standards or character, conduct, work, academic achievement and community service.

P.S.1 is Denver's oldest charter school. Students are motivated to take charge of their lives, discover their limitless potential and become responsible graduates with a strong academic background and a sense of personal and social responsibility.

Here’s a snapshot of P.S.1…

• Tuition-free, Denver public charter school
• 6 th – 12 th grades, ages 11-21
• Classes from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• A focus on building relationships through Advisement
• Personalized Learning Plans for each student
• Project-based, hands-on instruction
• Challenging, caring and experienced teachers
• Extensive use of Denver as a learning resource
• National and international study-tour opportunities
• Parent and student involvement in policy decisions
• Mixed-age placements
• Small classes
• Inclusion model

We have a wide-variety of learning options for students, including:

• Travel opportunities
• Academies of Environmental Leadership, Civic Leadership and Global Studies, and Creative Expressions for high school students
• Culinary Arts
• Construction Arts
• Night School
• Bridge program – transition to high school
• Middle school program