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Home of the bears!
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Welcome
Barrett School was built in 1959. It was named after Harry McWhirter Barrett.
Harry
Barrett was a teacher and a administrator in the Denver Public Schools
for 20 years back in the early 1900's. When Denver came under the
desegregation order in 1974, Barrett was paired with Stephen Knight
Elementary School (now Stephen Knight Fundamental Academy). The
students would spend half day at one school and half day at the other.
Later all primary students were at Barrett and immediate grades at
Stephen Knight. Four years later, Barrett paired with Cory Elementary.
Barrett housed kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade while Cory would
also have Kindergarten, plus 4th, 5th, and 6th. In 1986, 6th grade
became part of the middle schools and was abolished at the elementary
level. At that point, Barrett housed all Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd
grade while Cory housed 3rd, 4th and 5th grade. In 1996, bussing was
abolished and Barrett became a community school where all childlren who
live in our area could attend from ECE to 5th grade.
Barrett's Mission
Barrett will promote skills for learning, knowledge, and an
appreciation of ideas and values so that all students will be prepared
to enter society and further students on learning safaris into
environments ranging from Asian jungles to African plains. The Ocean
Journey aquarium provides accurate information about the ecosystems
along the Colorado River and the Indonesian River. It also allow
students to identify many of the fish, birds, mammals and other animals
living in these two ecosystems. Students will be motivated to learn
more about the potential threats to these fragile ecosystems and what
actions can be taken to preserve and protect our aquatic world. These
two exciting approaches to learning motivates students in all areas of
the curriculum and provides them with lifelong learning skills.
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