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Girls Athletic Leadership School High School (3540)
750 GALAPAGO STREET
DENVER, CO 80204
Charter School.
59
Total Students Served
Grade 9 - Grade 12
School District:
Denver County 1 (0880)
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About Girls Athletic Leadership School High School (3540)
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Girls Athletic Leadership School High School
2024-2025
At GALS, students and teachers learn, lead, move, and laugh together. In the design of GALS, we use the GALS Pledge to guide our culture and curriculum. Although humans are ever-evolving, we work so that our students can state the following with conviction upon their departure from GALS: Students' mission to succeed academically, lead confidently, and live boldly is to empower and thrive physically. At GALS, we provide a college preparatory education in a nurturing and supportive environment. T…
his environment fosters the academic mastery and personal development necessary for every student to become a powerful advocate for themselves and a leader in their community. Our school model includes a movement (physical wellness) module in which all students and staff participate, a team of therapeutic counselors to support all students and families in navigating barriers to academic and life success, a core course focused on social, emotional, and leadership development, and an intentional, wellness-focused culture and curriculum for all students. GALS Denver opened in 2010 as Colorado's first free, public, gender-based school. It started as a middle school, and in 2014 added a high school. We currently serve 350 students between both schools (Middle School grades 6-8 and High School grades 9-12). GALS remains Colorado's only public all-girls school, including gender non-binary and transgender students. Our model provides an avenue for students to discover and harness their ambitions and a community where they can thrive. At GALS, students and teachers learn, move, and laugh together. The GALS Academic Philosophy focuses on a rigorous classroom experience using evidence-based and standards-aligned curricula for all students. In our classrooms, students do most of the reading, writing, speaking, and thinking to build their collaborative and academic skills. Teachers use explicit instruction and gradual release to teach students new skills and then monitor their growth to provide personalized support. Teachers intentionally work with students so that they are comfortable being themselves, asking questions, and taking academic risks. Our student-centered and equity-based classrooms create spaces where all students can access their academics. And, of course, our students move! Whether it?s purposefully infused into the lesson to help with memory or a short brain boost, movement keeps students engaged in their learning. Movement is offered in service of learning and to stimulate engagement and intellectual capacity. We create active rather than passive spaces and encourage students to build awareness of their needs. If a student feels sleepy in water and changes classes, getting in positions (standing rather than sitting) can refresh their learning ability. In addition to our Core Academic Courses and School Model Courses below, GALS Denver offers Middle School students Interventions and Accelerators to address the just-right needs of each student and High School electives to allow students to explore their interests and deepen their understanding and skills in areas of need. In the school's design, GALS Denver created an environment where girls can know themselves well, take up space, own their power, and use their voices. Our curriculum and culture put them front and center, giving them the potential to learn and practice the skills that will serve them in being their most authentic selves in the world. All-girls schools are more relevant today than ever. An all-girls school experience is demanding, exciting, and life-changing. 83% of girls' school graduates see themselves as better prepared for college than female counterparts from co-educational high schools 91% of graduates say attending a girls' school helped them focus on academics and encouraged them to test their intellectual limits 90% of girls' school graduates belong to a community organization such as a charitable, civic, or educational group or arts association 80% of girls from girls' schools hold leadership positions after high school ~ Fordham Urban Law Journal & National Coalition of Girls' Schools Inputs to this component of our model are many. GALS creates space in classes and clubs where students can take authentic leadership roles and utilize skills. GALS has several signature events highlighting our commitment to feminist action and equitable opportunities, such as International Women?s Day, Thunder Wars, GALympics, GALS Futures Ceremony, Black History, and Latin X Celebrations. GALS has affinity groups for students, including the Black Queens Alliance, LatinX, and Rainbow Society. Various clubs are offered throughout and after school, and students are always encouraged to begin their own with the support of faculty. Each GALS student participates in the GALS Series and GALS Action as a core curricular course. The GALS Series/Action has proven to be a pivotal factor in improving our students? interactions with one another, maintaining a culture of kindness, support, and respect, and providing students with coping skills and opportunities to form healthy relationships, which will help lead them on a path to a healthy decision making. The GALS Series/Action curriculum gives GALS students the tools to become more aware of their individual and community identity, the skills to navigate challenges and decisions successfully, and the empowerment to drive them. Girls Athletic Leadership Schools (GALS) operates on the premise that movement enhances cognitive achievement and civic engagement. Our movement pedagogy is based on a growing body of scientific evidence spanning over 30 years, indicating a positive correlation between physical activity, cognition, social-emotional awareness, and neurodevelopmental growth. By infusing movement throughout the school day, we emphasize the importance of holistic, kinesthetic, mind-body awareness and its positive effect on social, emotional, and academic success. We engage our bodies in service to our brains. We back our beliefs by measuring students' performance and growth in movement and holding them accountable for their participation in this mission (self-efficacy surveys, grading rubrics, heart rate monitoring, goal setting, mile time graphs, pacing group evaluation and reflections, and wellness studies in GALS Series.)
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