School Description
Munroe Elementary School is located at 3440 West Virginia Avenue. The school is bordered by Irving Street, West Custer Place, South Knox Court, and West Virginia Avenue and situated in the Westwood neighborhood within District 3. Munroe is one of three elementary schools in the Focus Neighborhood Initiative in the Westwood area that will benefit from the city of Denver’s commitment to revitalization of the community while enhancing human services, encouraging community capacity building and facilitating a reduction in crime.
Six hundred and eighteen children attend Munroe within the Early Childhood Education (ECE) to fifth grade programs. Munroe offers GED and English as a second Language classes to parents during and after school as a community outreach program. Munroe’ staff is composed of sixty-five teachers, paraprofessionals, administrators and support personnel.
Learning Landscapes Description
This design emphasizes the telling of time through a sun dial garden and uses ancient south American cultures to celebrate the predominantly latino school and neighborhood population.
Munroe Elementary School
Construction Date
2002
Landscape Architect
GPD Land Design
Play Equipment Vendor
Play World Systems
School Garden Sponsor
LiveWell Westwood
Community Garden
Master Plan
Vision
To develop for the community and serve the people by creating a safehaven that will nurture and enhance their ability to play, imagine, and think critically in a cohesive environment and strive to reinforce the families’ commitment to pro-social values such as helpfulness, personal attributes that are essential to attaining humane and productive lives in a democratic and urban setting.
Goals
- Create a visual and experiential extension of community interest on the grounds.
- Connect the students, faculty, staff, and community to cultural and historical roots.
- Provide safe, comfortable, and challenging experiences for students on the grounds of the school.
Design Development
Description
This design emphasizes the telling of time through a sun dial garden and uses ancient south American cultures to celebrate the predominantly latino school and neighborhood population.
Illustrative Drawing
Design Development Drawings
Presentation Boards
Collage
Construction Documentation
Illustrative Plan
Construction Drawings
Play Equipment
Shade Structure