Ebert (Polaris) Elementary School

School Description

Located on the northeast edge of downtown Denver, at 410 Park Avenue West, Ebert Elementary is the home of the Polaris Program, Northeast Denver's exciting Highly Gifted Program, serving grades K-5. The Polaris Program at Ebert is the first time a program dedicated to meeting the needs of highly gifted and high achieving students has operated in an independent site in the Denver Public Schools, and is the only such school. 

Learning Landscape Description

Site infrastructure issues were a driving force in the plan. Storm water draining into the building and building additions that had little respect for the remaining open space resulted in recommendation for the acquisition of additional space to remove parking and create a school yard appropriate for its 500-student capacity.