Denver · Licensed center
The Rise School of Denver
- Medium center, licensed for 44 children.
What the state has found
The state lists 3 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- December 4, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 4, 2025. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and a report behind it, going back about three years. Older complaints are released only on request. The department does not rank complaints by severity in either place.
Dec 2025 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · December 4, 2025
2.213.E · Correction due December 4, 2025
Reviewed 11 staff files and observed program with a capacity of 44 children and only 1 staff member with a current Department- approved First Aid and CPR.
Required correction: Immediately (12/04/2025) ensure that for every thirty (30) or fewer children in attendance, there is at least one (1) staff member on duty who holds a current Department-approved First Aid and Safety Certificate (including CPR for all ages of children) and is responsible for administering First Aid and CPR to children. Such individuals must be with the children at all times when the center is in operation. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 12/04/2025
A climbing elephant slide within the Ladybug Classroom measuring 19" lacking 6" of resilient surfacing in the
2.230.F · Correction due December 4, 2025
A mini trampoline located in the gym accessible to children in care.
Required correction: The director immediately (12/04/2025) removed the trampoline from the gym and moved it to a side room not accessible to children in care. No response required. Correct by 12/04/2025
2.237.H · Correction due December 4, 2025
(1) outlet under the water fountain in the hallway and (1) outlet in the Ladybug classroom lacking a protective cover.
Required correction: The director immediately (12/04/2025) covered both outlets with protective covers. No response required. Correct by 12/04/2025
Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · January 8, 2025
2.213.F · Correction due February 8, 2025
Reviewed (14) staff files and observed K.W., A.S. and D.E. to be lacking documentation of the the First Aid and CPR Module training for those staff not required to be certified in First Aid and CPR training.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that all staff, to include the above listed staff, have completed the Department-approved training for Introduction to First Aid and CPR module. Correct by 02/08/2025
2.213.B
Reviewed 14 staff files and observed A.S. to be lacking documentation of a current certificate of training in Standard Precautions.
Required correction: Immediately (1/08/2025) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of a current standard precautions training for all staff to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the
2.223.A.2 · Correction due January 8, 2025
Reviewed attendance tracking records for 4 classrooms and observed transitions lacking from reports.
Required correction: Immediately (1/08/2025) ensure that the program maintains documentation of written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, to include during transitions . Provide a written plan of action along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 01/08/2025
Feb 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · February 7, 2024
2.120.I · Correction due February 7, 2024
Reviewed 14 staff files and observed J.D. to be lacking an updated TRAILS clearance letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of Clearance Letters for staff members for all staff listed above with written response to Specialist. Correct by 02/07/2024
2.121.D.5
Reviewed 14 staff files and observed M.G. and J.D. to be lacking an updated FBI clearance letter.
Where this record comes from
The Department of Early Childhood keeps about three years of complaints on a program’s public page. Anything older is released only on request, as a single file covering the whole state. Shortlist asked for that file under the Colorado Open Records Act and renews it yearly; it is what this page shows for complaints older than the department’s own window.
The file this page is built from arrived on October 10, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in October 2027.
The department publishes a report for each of these visits. Shortlist has not read those reports yet, so this page shows when the state came and not what it found.
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A day here
- Hours
- 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
- Outdoors
- Daily schedule includes gross motor play both indoors and outdoors
- Sleep
- Daily schedule includes a scheduled rest time
- Schedule
- full-time and part-time
Policies
- Special needs
- Every child (with or without a developmental delay/disability) is monitored and supported by a comprehensive team including a lead teacher with an ECSE master's degree, two teaching assistants, and speech/occupational/physical/music therapists, play-based behavior analyst, and art integration specialist; individualized goals set with families
Details
- Website
- risedenver.org
- Address
- 4901 E Eastman Ave
- License
- 1515892, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
- Established
- 2003
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A day here
- Outdoors, Sleep, Hours, Schedule — Checked July 2026 risedenver.org
Policies
- Special needs — Checked July 2026 risedenver.org
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 risedenver.org
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Established — Checked July 2026 risedenver.org
Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 10 to 40; large is 115 to 402.