The Stead School

Central Elementary Community School is an Adams 14 public elementary school in Commerce City. As a community school, we connect families with district supports such as the Hope Family Resource Center, Kids First Health Care and school mental health services, and we host food distributions for local families. We teach to the Colorado Academic Standards using the district curriculum, which includes Wonders for reading, ST Math and Mystery Science, with Spanish-language materials in bilingual classrooms. Intervention blocks give students extra small-group reading and math, gifted students receive an Advanced Learning Plan with achievement and growth goals, and bilingual 5th graders can take part in the Pathways to the Seal of Biliteracy. Students with IEPs receive services from special education teachers, paraprofessionals, speech-language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, school psychologists, social workers, audiologists and teachers of the deaf. After school, A14 Discover offers free STEM activities that connect to the Academies at Adams 14, and LEGO programs run on campus.

Community Leadership Academy’s Holly Street campus in Commerce City serves preschool through fifth grade. The facility includes classrooms, a library, gym, art and music spaces, cafeteria, technology and science labs, and administrative offices. Its middle and high school program operates separately at the Quebec Street campus.

Kemp Elementary School serves children from preschool through sixth grade in Commerce City. As part of Adams County School District 14, teachers work within Colorado Academic Standards in literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, and electives. Early-literacy resources include Zoo Phonics and Heggerty, while the primary grades draw on Wonders and Enhanced Core Reading Instruction. Older students build reading and math skills through intervention resources and explore science through Mystery Science. In sixth grade, the district curriculum spans English language arts, math, science, and social studies, with options such as art, band, choir, physical education, and AVID. Kemp leaders can adjust offerings by school year, and teachers can adapt curriculum resources to goals in an eligible student’s IEP. The school also connects families with district resources for special education, gifted learning, health care, mental health, and preschool. Families can contact the Oneida Street office to check current classes and support options.