School Description
- Creating a safe nurturing environment that encourages students to accept and find the best in themselves and others
- Challenging students to reach their full academic potential
- Helping students find the inner confidence they need to take risks and set goals in their lives
- Instilling in students a sense of responsibility and respect for themselves, others, their school, and their community
- Preparing the students of McGlone Elementary to be the teachers, leaders, and dreamers of tomorrow
McGlone Elementary School
Construction Date
Completed August, 2010
Landscape Architect
DHM Design
School Garden Sponsor
Slow Food Denver
Urban Farm Project
Agriburbia
Master Plan
Vision
The year is 2005, and McGlone Elementary has become a community hub that cultivates success for all – connecting people of all sizes, ages, ethnicities, and genders. McGlone provides opportunities for exploration and learning both inside and outside its classrooms, acknowledging that each of us learns in our own way. McGlone is a safe, colorful gathering place “owned” by the community, able to accommodate the needs of a single child, as well as host a community celebration for a thousand or more.
Goals
- McGlone is connected to the community, both literally and figuratively. The community has a stake in the success of the school. The grounds celebrate the community’s multiple cultural layers. The community uses the grounds at appropriate times and circulates easily within them. The community gardens here.
- The learning and exploring happening outside of the school building is intentionally related to and connected to the learning and exploring happening inside of the school building.
- McGlone is a place that people occupy every day of the year. It is clean and welcoming. There is a hierarchy of places from intimate to open. There is sun, and there is shade. Grass grows here, as do shrubs, trees, and flowers.
- McGlone is a safe place that the community is proud of. The grounds are easily monitored at recess. The developmental needs of children of all ages are met. Playground elements are durable, attractive, and safe-fit for intensive use by the community’s children. Kids love being here.
Construction Documentation
Illustrative Plan
Construction Drawings
Play Equipment
Shade Structure