Littleton Public Schools was recently presented with 14 awards from the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). In addition to eight John Irwin School of Excellence Awards, four Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Awards and the English Language Proficiency Act (ELPA) Excellence Award, LPS earned the rating of “Accredited with Distinction” for the sixth consecutive time. LPS is one of only seven school districts in the state, and the only school district in the Denver metro area, to have received this rating every year since its creation.
LPS also received the ELPA Excellence Award. Created as part of a 2014 Bill amending the English Language Proficiency Act, the ELPA Excellence Award honors districts and schools that achieved the highest growth among English learners in an English Language Proficiency Program and that achieve the highest academic achievement for English learners who transition out of an English Language Proficiency Program. LPS is one of only 10 districts and 10 schools to receive this award in 2016. This is the second time that LPS has received the ELPA Excellence Award.
Each school that received an award from the Colorado Department of Education was honored at the district’s March 9th Board of Education Meeting. “We are so very proud of our schools and wanted also to recognize these achievements here with our Board. We know that reaching these milestones takes hard work and dedication on the part of our teachers, students and families,” said Superintendent Ewert.