April 27, 2011
Spanish 4th and 5th Graders Travel to Spain
DMIS’ Spanish 4th and 5th graders will study abroad in Paracuelles, Spain from May 2 – 17. DMIS is the only private school in Denver that offers study abroad opportunities for elementary students. The students will live with host families and attend the Rodriguez de Celis school, where DMIS Spanish teacher Luis Diaz was once a student! The DMIS [...]
April 26, 2011
English 5th Graders Travel to Washington, D.C.
The monolingual 5th grade class at DMIS will travel to the nation’s capital for one week to conclude their American History studies. This educational trip includes a tour of the Capitol and the Pentagon, the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the National Gallery of Art, the International Spy Museum, the National Air and Space Museum, the Newseum, a bike [...]
DMIS Celebrates Spanish Culture
The Spanish Program at DMIS is celebrating Spanish Culture Week April 22 – 28. The celebration began with Dia del Libro — an international celebration of books and reading. DMIS students and staff dressed as their favorite literary character. To finish the week, the Spanish Kindergarten will be performing a play in the gym at 2:30 p.m. on Thurs., Apr. [...]
April 25, 2011
DMIS Participates in 4th Annual Chinese Speech Contest
DMIS students and alumni participated in the 4th Annual Colorado Chinese Speech Contest on Sat., Apr. 23 at the Confucius Institute located at the Community College of Denver on the Auraria Campus. Thirteen current students and two alumni students were selected to participate in the final round of the contest, with five students placing in the competition. As [...]
April 21, 2011
DMIS Wins Gold Medal in Math Competition
The French 4th graders recently won the gold medal in Rallye Math, a math competition offered by the Inspecteur de l’education Nationale and the Conseiller Pédagogique based in Washington, D.C. for all French schools in North America. As a gold medal winner, the DMIS 4th graders are ranked in the top 20 out of 133 French [...]
April 18, 2011
Destination ImagiNation State Champions!
DMIS is proud to announce that the Destination ImagiNation team won first place in the Colorado state competition. They will now move on to the Global Finals where they will compete with teams from all over the world. Destination ImagiNation, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides educational programs for students to learn and experience [...]
Giving Children the World
Denver Montclair International School offers full‑immersion, bilingual education in French, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish to students 3 years old through 5th grade. Our Middle School is an International Baccalaureate Candidate School implementing the Middle Years Programme. We are currently enrolling 6th and 7th grades in the Middle School.
April 8, 2011
Watch Our Students SOAR
Join us for SOAR 2011 — the Annual DMIS Talent Show — held on Fri., Apr. 29 at the Hamilton Middle School Auditorium. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the show begins at 6 p.m. This year’s talent show, hosted by the 4th and 5th grade classes, will feature a wide array of talent – [...]
Being Bilingual May Boost Your Brain Power
We’ve been helping parents understand this for more than 30 years. Many believe that learning more than one language from birth confuses children, but in an article recently published by NPR, researchers say the evidence to the contrary is quite strong: being bilingual is a form of mental exercise that is beneficial for the brain. [...]
