Carmody Middle School (1318)
2050 S KIPLING STREET
LAKEWOOD, CO 80227
554
Total Students Served
Grade 6 - Grade 8
School District:
Jefferson County R-1 (1420)
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About Carmody Middle School (1318)
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Carmody Middle School
2025-2026
Carmody Middle School is a neighborhood school in its 60th year of operation and welcomes 5 elementary school feeders as well as a substantial percentage of students who utilize the choice policy to attend Carmody from other districts and school articulations within Jefferson County. Carmody has approximately 555 students in the 6th, 7th, & 8th grades enrolled for the 2025-2026 academic school year. The student body is diverse in nature relative to the district, Jefferson County Public Schools. …
Carmody serves approximately a 52% Free and Reduced Lunch population compared to 28% Free and Reduced Lunch population in Jefferson County. This year we were identified by Jeffco/CDE as a Title I legacy school due to our 51.7% FRL. We were given additional Title I funding that allowed our school to hire 3 Instructional Paraprofessionals to help provide individualized support to students in multiple classrooms. We also are utilizing the TItle I Funds for family engagement opportunities, Lexia Intervention Programs, technology to support interventions, and add-pay for teachers to engage in learning labs to increase their effectiveness in support of student achievement. Carmody's student population includes approximately 45% non-white representation, while Jefferson County School District averages 34%. Carmody proudly operates within a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) focus. STEAM is about incorporating creative thinking and an integrated project-based learning environment in every classroom. The electives boast 24 different offerings with a STEAM lens and many licensed CTE (Career Technical Education) certified teachers. Carmody is intentional about a safe and welcoming culture and provides a restorative approach to our work. Every student is scheduled into a Connections class. The class is specifically designed to support the whole student and address any academic or social-emotional needs while cheerleading, coaching, and building trust between the student, their teacher, and their school. Carmody Cougars embraces the following CORE Values: Positive Attitude, Respect, Integrity, Determination, and Excellence (PRIDE) throughout all aspects of the school. Carmody Middle School has been a Performance Status School since 2010 and has experienced continued improvement with the ratings illustrated on the School Performance Framework with CDE. When looking at the multi-year SPF, Carmody Middle School achieved 58.1 % points which is an increase from the previous year's SPF and leading the way as compared to other similar neighborhood middle schools. Developing the Unified Improvement Plan is a vital process for Carmody. The UIP acts as our road map for decision-making, professional learning and focus, and budgetary considerations for the year. Carmody Middle School has different teams within the school who meet to discuss our school-wide data and engage in the problem-solving process. A representative from every stakeholder has a voice in the problem-solving process utilized for continuous school improvement. Carmody's Leadership Team, Operational and Academic Leadership Team (OAT), and Grade Level Team Leaders (GL) play a vital role in analyzing and synthesizing our data. The OATs and GLs are selected by their peers and by school leadership and are made up of a mix of staff, including teacher leaders from each content area, grade level leaders, Learning Specialists, administration, and members of the Student Support Team. Each member brings to the table feedback from their collective larger groups within the school. Data gathered is used for planning long-term academic progress and school improvement but also for identifying students who need short-term behavioral and academic interventions. The systematic approach includes a full school MTSS process to problem solve, progress monitor and revise and launch new strategies. The whole staff meets for professional learning, data discussions, problem-solving, and to design action steps for addressing priority challenges as well as progress monitors our UIP goals throughout the year. The OATs participate in and lead data discussions for 1 hour weekly with each department in a PLC format. Within each of our Professional Learning Communities, content teams create in-house, mid-term, and final assessments, while developing and delivering ongoing common formative assessments for each unit of instruction. These CFA?s and CSA?s measure the achievement and growth of our students as well as highlight effective instructional design and practices. Content teams also meet weekly to examine data collected as a result of a Lesson Internalization Process implemented during instructional planning for key concepts aligned to state standards. Carmody's School Accountability Committee (SAC) is also involved in data discussions. The SAC holds regular meetings, on average about once a month. The team is made up of a Principal, Assistant Principals, our School Accountability Chair, PTSA Officers, parents, students, and teachers from the building. The various groups above discuss trends in big-picture data, identify our targets for improvement, and engage in root cause analysis as we plan strategically to improve the functions and systems of Carmody Middle School. An additional school-wide measure utilized weekly to identify classroom level trends is Weekly Eligibility showing pass and fail rate and doubles as an early warning system for our department PLC teams and our MTSS committee (Grade Level Teams) to see who is falling behind in attendance and classroom achievement.
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