McAuliffe Manual middle school, one of three schools within the Northeast Denver Innovation Zone, was highlighted this week as a Colorado Cool School.

McAuliffe Manual serves about 230 6th- through 8th-grade students and is located in the historic Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Students from various areas across the metro area make up their diverse population including disabled and non-disabled students.
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One enrichment program in particular, their peer-to-peer program, matches disabled students with non-disabled students in general education classroom settings like science and social studies in their individual grade levels with the goal of building empathy.

“One of the things that we value at  McAuliffe Manual is trying to give our students perspective before they leave these walls,” said Assistant Principal Bonnie Martin. “So that wherever they go to high school, they feel equipped to interact with people that are different from them.”

We are inspired by the commitment of McAuliffe Manuals’ administrators, teachers and students in 

Learn more about McAuliffe Manual and its innovative enrichment programs here. 

Learn more about Northeast Denver Innovation Zone here.

Learn more about McAuliffe Manual’s enrichment programs here.