Providing a quality educational experience, inspired by the Montessori approach, for children farthest from resources.

Providing a quality educational experience, inspired by the Montessori approach, for children farthest from resources.

Head Start / Early Head Start

Mile High Early Learning provides high quality comprehensive child development services to eligible children and their families. Through Head Start and Early Head Start, Mile High Early Learning helps prepare children intellectually, socially, emotionally, and physically for school and life.

Mile High Early Learning has been a Head Start delegate through Denver Great Kids Head Start for over 20 years. In 2021, Mile High Early Learning became a Head Start grantee to expand its successful Head Start program to serve more young children. Mile High Early Learning is an Early Head Start/Child Care Partnership grantee and provides Early Head Start programming at its centers and partner sites. In addition to a quality early care and education program, health, nutrition, mental health and intervention services are provided for children ages birth to 5 years that include complete physical examination and follow-up, complete dental examination and necessary treatment, hearing and vision screening, developmental skills screening and an individualized educational program and daily nutritious meals. Our staff partner closely with families to set goals and identify available community resources.

For more information, contact:
Lolita Ray, Senior Head Start Director
303.962.2622
lolitar@milehighearlylearning.org

Stacia Harris-Shorts, Early Head Start/Child Care Partnership Director
303.962.2612
staciah@milehighearlylearning.org

Head Start and Early Head Start Partners and Locations
Early Learning Centers
Title Address Description
Anna Jo Garcia Haynes Early Learning Center
2851 Tremont Pl, Denver, CO 80205, USA2851 Tremont Street
Program capacity: 70
Classrooms: 1 Infant, 2 Toddler, 3 Preschool (part day/full day/extended day)

Open year-round

Lowry Early Learning Center
957 Ulster Way, Denver, CO 80230, USA957 Ulster Way
Program capacity: 149
Classrooms: 2 Infant, 2 Toddler, 7 Preschool (part day/full day/extended day)

Open year-round

Northeast Early Learning Center
3503 N Marion St, Denver, CO 80205, USA3503 Marion Street
Play and Learn Groups
Babies Ready for College
Classrooms: 1 Preschool, 1 Toddler (full day/extended day)

Open year-round

Rude Park Early Learning Center
1275 Decatur St, Denver, CO 80204, USA1275 Decatur Street
Program capacity: 40
Classrooms: 1 Infant, 2 Toddler, 1 Preschool (extended day)

Open year-round

Westwood Early Learning Center and SWIC
980 S Lowell Blvd, Denver, CO 80219, USA980 South Lowell Boulevard
Program capacity: 260
Classrooms: 1 Infant, 3 Toddler, 10 Preschool (part day/extended day); 4 Inclusive Preschool (part day/part year)

Open year-round

Warren Village
1323 Gilpin St, Denver, CO 80218, USAHead Start and Early Head Start Partners
Hope Center
3400 Elizabeth St, Denver, CO 80205, USAHead Start and Early Head Start Partners
KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary
3400 W Nevada Pl, Denver, CO 80219Head Start and Early Head Start Partners
Ability Connection
801 Yosemite St, Denver, CO 80230, USAHead Start and Early Head Start Partners
Sewall Child Development Center
940 Fillmore St, Denver, CO 80206, USAHead Start and Early Head Start Partners
Little Folks Learning Center
S Niagara St, Denver, CO 80224, USAHead Start and Early Head Start Partners
Little Ones Learning Center
1967 S Havana St, Aurora, CO 80014, USAHead Start and Early Head Start Partners
Florence Crittenton Services
96 S Zuni St, Denver, CO 80223, USAHead Start and Early Head Start Partners
New Legacy Charter School
2091 Dayton St, Aurora, CO 80010, USAHead Start and Early Head Start Partners
Sunshine Academy
1395 Lowell Blvd, Denver, CO 80204, USA

Head Start and Early Head Start Partners

Smart Learning Academy
946 Havana St, Aurora, CO 80010, USA

Head Start and Early Head Start Partners

Mile High Early Learning Centers
Eight early learning centers located throughout Denver.
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