Info Nights & Tours

Skinner Prospective Family Information Nights

• Thursday, November 9, 2023 from 6:30 – 8 pm
• Thursday, January 25, 2024 from 6:30 – 8 pm

Prospective Family Information Night is a great time to learn all about why Skinner is the right middle school choice for your student. Families will have an opportunity to learn more about Skinner Middle School, meet Principal Julie Stephens and other members of our admin team, teachers, and current students and parents. School tours will also be offered. All prospective families are encouraged to attend. No RSVP necessary. We look forward to meeting you!

Please click here to complete the Prospective Family Interest Form.

UPDATE: Regularly scheduled daytime tours/classroom visits wrapped up on February 12, 2024 with the SchoolChoice Round 1 deadline. If you plan to complete the SchoolChoice Round 2 application for a spot at Skinner, or are considering transferring to Skinner, we would be happy to schedule a tour.

Please contact Rebecca Caldwell, Skinner Middle School Marketing & Communications, at rebecca_caldwell@dpsk12.net or 720-424-1495 to schedule a tour.

Skinner offers daytime school tours for prospective students and their parents or guardians. Tours are available from October – February most Wednesday and Friday afternoons at 2:00 pm. Please complete the form below to provide us with some information about your future Scorpion and select 3 desired tour dates. You will be contacted with your confirmed tour date.

CLICK HERE to sign up for a tour

Prospective Skinner families are also encouraged to attend one of our Info Nights to learn more about Skinner. See above for more information.

Skinner does not offer in-person shadowing. We do offer daytime in-person tours as well as Prospective Family Information Nights to help incoming prospective families learn more about Skinner, please see above for details.

ROUND 2 UPDATE:

Families who participated in Round 1 will be notified of their matches in late March. 

Applications for Round 2 will open on April 10, 2024 at 10 a.m.

Round 2 is for families who: 

• Missed the Round 1 window and would like to change their student’s school.
• Have changed their minds since submitting a Round 1 application. If you are happy with your school placement following Round 1, you do not need to take part in Round 2.
• Are new to DPS for the 2024-25 school year.

There is no lottery in Round 2, but priorities are given. Round 2 applications are processed on a first-come, first-served basis, within school priority groups.

If you have any questions about your application, please contact Enrollment Services by calling the Choice Hotline at 720-423-3493 (hotline operating hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday) or email schoolchoice@dpsk12.org.

DPS believes that all students should have the same access to quality schools, regardless of their background or where they live in Denver. Every DPS student is guaranteed enrollment in a neighborhood school.

Skinner is part of the DPS Northwest Denver Middle School Enrollment Zone. Please click for more information about the NW MS Enrollment Zone –  English | Spanish

Because Skinner is part of an Enrollment Zone, families wishing to attend Skinner MUST take part in DPS SchoolChoice. No student is automatically assigned to Skinner. Families submit one SchoolChoice application per student, on which they rank up to 12 school preferences. DPS then matches students to schools based on those preferences, as well as school admission priorities and available space. For more information about the DPS SchoolChoice process, please go to: http://schoolchoice.dpsk12.org/