CEC Early College is a choice school in Denver Public Schools. This means you apply to SchoolChoice, when the window opens, and SchoolChoice does the rest. SchoolChoice combines your student’s top preferences with each school’s admissions priorities and available space. All students are randomly assigned a lottery number that will determine at which school they are awarded a seat. Students will be awarded a seat at their highest-preference school with an available seat. You will be notified in late March.
Step 1: Submit a SchoolChoice application (online only), ranking CEC Early College as one of your top choices. Round 1 of School of Choice application opens on January 15th at 10:00 am. and ends on February 18th at 4 pm.
Step 2: Parent/Student Information Meeting If your student is selected during Round 1 of the SchoolChoice process, you will need to attend a mandatory Parent/Student Information Meeting. Date to be determined in May.
Criteria for Success at CEC
CEC Student Agreements for CTE classes:
Come willing and ready to engage in class.
Maintain a 90% attendance.
Stay in your chosen career class for the entire year.
Professionalism: Students come to class on time, complete all assignments, and engage professionally with others. (See DPS’s traits of a young professional)
All students who sign up agree to attempt at least one industry certification prior to leaving CEC.
Our agreement to our Students in CTE classrooms:
At CEC All Students:
Will engage in Complex and industry related tasks in each classroom.
Will Collaborate with other students to complete complex industry related tasks in each CTE classroom.
Will be able to tackle multistep challenging tasks in their related career when they leave.
Will receive feedback from peers, educators and industry partners on the knowledge and skills they are learning in their respective CTE classrooms.
Will find a community that welcomes each student as they are, and prepares every student for success beyond high school graduation.
Other Criteria for Success:
It’s important for students to maintain balance while juggling their rigorous CTE class with other responsibilities (i.e. sports, jobs, extracurricular clubs, leadership roles, personal responsibilities, etc.)
Some programs have a seat time requirement in order to sit for the industry exam, so attendance is vital.
All programs are year long, and some fees are paid up front for the entire year in specific programs.
Please see individual programs for specific success criteria.
