How to Enroll

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Welcome! We are glad that you are considering sending your child to Polaris!

If you want a caring and stimulating school with great teachers and staff where your gifted child will learn, make friends, and grow, then this is the place for you!

First Step

Polaris is a Gifted Magnet elementary school within DPS. Students who attend Polaris must first be pre-qualified by the DPS Gifted and Talented Department. After that, families must use the Denver Public Schools yearly Choice and Enrollment program.

School Grade Configuration

School Tours

This year we are offering in-person information sessions and tours. Sessions will be offered on the following dates at 9:00am. There is no sign-up required to attend!

Tuesday December 10, 2024

Tuesday January 7, 2025

Tuesday January 14, 2025

Saturday January 25, 2025

Tuesday January 28, 2025

Tuesday February 4, 2025

Saturday February 8, 2025

Tuesday February 11, 2025

Tuesday April 8, 2025-Admitted Student Tour

We are excited for each of you to learn more about Polaris and have the opportunity to see why it is such a special place!

DPS SchoolChoice

Applicant Prioritization

Qualified applicants for grades 1-5 are prioritized in the following way:

Note: Only students identified by the District as eligible for the Highly Gifted and Talented program will be considered.

  1. Students who are currently attending the school
  2. Students who reside in the feeder zone with a sibling admitted at the school
  3. District residents with a sibling admitted at the school
  4. Children of full-time employees of the school
  5. Students who reside in a geographic area within the feeder zone with a high concentration of students eligible for free and reduced price lunch
  6. Students who reside in the feeder zone
  7. District resident students who reside in a geographic area with a high concentration of students eligible for free and reduced price lunch
  8. District resident students currently impacted by school closure decisions
  9. All other District resident students
  10. Non-District resident students who have a sibling admitted at the school
  11. Non-District resident students currently impacted by school closure decisions
  12. All other non-District resident students

Polaris Gifted Magnet Feeder Schools (2025-2026)

Ashley, Cole, Columbine, DCIS Fairmont, Dora Moore, Garden Place, Greater Five Points Enrollment Zone, Greenlee, Harrington, Montclair, Palmer, Park Hill, Smith, Central Park-Area Enrollment Zone, Stedman, Swansea, Teller