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My Fall 2001 Teacher Candidate Placement is at Denver Center for International Studies (DCIS). DCIS serves 6th through 12th grade students. The school is located at 574 West 6th Avenue, Denver, CO 80204. The school principal is Mr. Stephen Parce and the assistant principal is Ms. Michelle Abeyta.

For the 2011-2012 school year the entire student population is currently: 678 students. The school has been at its current location for five years and grows every year.

In the 2010-2011 school year the student population was: 643 students

__Demographics for that SY were:__ Female = 411 / Male = 232 American Indian or Alaskan Native = 7 Asian = 52 Black or African American = 47 Hispanic or Latino = 300 White = 220 Two or more races = 17 [|DCIS_ByRace_Gender_Grade.png]

A total of 45% of the school population received free or reduced lunches during the 2010-11 school year 224 students (35%) received FREE lunch 62 students (10%) received REDUCED lunch[|DPS_FreeReducedLunch_2010.pdf]

//Currently a free breakfast is provided for all students//

According to DPS, current information regarding ELL and SPED students at DCIS is: Special Education Students = 10English Language Learners = 46 //According to Ms. Heidi Hursch, DCIS does not have an ELA program//.//When DCIS separated from West High School, funding was not available for this program.////When enrolling students and parents must sign a waiver acknowledging that DCIS does not offer this service.// [|ELL_SPED_count_by_School.xlsx]

In the 2009-2010 school year DCIS' Graduation Rate was 92.5%[|Grad_Completer_Report_09_10.pdf]

DCIS' Attendance Rate was 94.4%[|School_Attendance_Rates_09_10.pdf]

According to the Discipline Report:# of In-School Suspensions = 32# of Out-of-School Suspensions = 21# of Expulsions = 1# of Referrals to Law Enforcement = 0[|Report_of_Suspensions_and_Expulsions_09_10.pdf]

According to the Denver Public School District Report Cards, DCIS is exceeding, meeting or approaching 11 out of 12 district benchmarks