Mitchell Elementary School

School Description

Maria Mitchell is a cooperative, diverse environment in which families and the school community nurture students to become life-long learners by accepting the responsibility to foster individual potential and demand high expectations.

Maria Mitchell School began inspiring generations of children when it opened in 1898. Ours is the only school in the United States named for the nineteenth century scientist, Maria Mitchell. Maria believed she could be anything she wanted to be and ultimately became the first recognized female astronomer in the US. Located just north of downtown Denver, Maria Mitchell Elementary School is unique for its creativity such as offering racially integrated classes from its inception, being Denver's first public Montessori school, and extending the school year in the 1990's. Several educators, politicians, business leaders and community leaders attended Maria Mitchell School. Held to high expectations within a nurturing and inspiring environment, each child under our care will continue to achieve.

Learning Landscape Description

This site hosts one of the older Denver Urban Gardens and is named after Maria Mitchell, the first U.S. female astronomer, and highlights community engagement, health awareness, space exploration, and youth empowerment.