School Story: Kent Denver

“We wanted to know how we were doing on student and community wellness and what we could do to improve.” —Eric Chandler, Kent Denver, Upper School Division Head

Discover how Kent Denver, an independent school in Colorado, benefited from joining the Challenge Success School Program.

“Key to student wellness is student engagement”

“We have learned through our work with Challenge Success that the key to student wellness is student engagement.” —Administrator

“Less is More”

“The coincidence of our work with Challenge Success and a major schedule change profoundly shifted ways that teachers felt about homework. “Less is more” became our collective mantra, and we saw student engagement rising in the classroom when we became more intentional about both the type and length of our assignments.” —Teacher

“Less stressed, more engaged, and happier students”

“The rise of student voice in our school brought the change of our homework policy, which has proven to lower student workload, leading to less stressed, more engaged, and happier students.” —Student


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