Administrative Staff

• Penny (Bonnie) McDill, Principal, 384-5451

• Dave Anson, Assistant Principal, 384-5452

Effective Components at GSES

• Building Leadership Team 

• Response to Intervention

• School Accountability

• PTA

• Results Teams for Student Instruction

• Elementary Literacy Committee

• School-Wide PRIDE (Positive Behavior Support)

• Writing Committee

• Superintendent's Advisory Committee

• Advantage Math and Investigations Math

• Title One Grant Recipient 

• Energy Green Team

• Home of Glenwood Springs Resource Center

• PEAK Gifted Program, K-5

• On-site Toddler and Preschool Programs

• Cornerstone for ELL Learners

• Houghton Mifflin for Literacy Instruction

• FOSS for Science Instruction

Staff

• Certified Staff - 40 

• Teacher Asst. - 4

• Secretaries - 3 

• Other Classified Staff - 8

Average Class Size

• Core Classes - 20

• Enrichment/Intervention Classes - 8-15

Student Demographics

• Total Enrolled - 576 (Toddlers-5th Grade)

• Afr-Am - .002% 

• Nat-Am - .003% 

• Caucasian - 39%

• Hispanic - 60% 

• Asian-Am - .005% 

• Free/Reduced - 49% 

Unique School Programs/Accomplishments

• Family Fun Learning Nights

• Terrific Kids sponsored by Kiwanis

• Brain Bowl

• School-Based Performances

• Spellbinders (Storytellers)

• PAWS to Read

• Student Goal Setting for Learning

• School and District Spelling Bee

• Lunchtime Tutoring for Students

• Raising a Reader (Preschool)

• Enrichment/Intervention

• Junior Achievement

• ACES (Aspen Center for Environmental Studies)

• Family Home Visits

• Girls on the Run (Teacher Volunteer Coaches)

• Girls are Great

• Girl Scouts/Boy Scouts

• After School Program (Beyond the Bell)