Seed-To-Table School Gardens at Steele Students participate in Slow Food Denver’s Seed-To-Table School Garden Projects. This year, classrooms will be given a chance to plant a vegetable garden, learn about soil quality and composting methods, to study bees and pollination, look at the role of worms and insects in gardens, and learn farming techniques of Native Americans. As in the culinary adventures, the Seed-To-Table project exposes students to new foods and flavors, such as stuffed squash blossoms, Indian Pumpkin Stew, and fried green tomatoes, to expand their palates and to encourage culinary adventures at home.
SPREE (South Platte River Environmental Education) Each year SPREE takes Steele students of all ages down to the South Platte River to learn about, experience, and enjoy the river.
Camp Cheley Annual 4-day overnight field trip for fifth-graders. Activities include: orienteering, poetry, obstacle course, and hiking.
Balarat Balarat Outdoor Education Center provides instruction to DPS students in environmental studies, Western history, and outdoor leadership skills. Steele’s third-graders participate in this program.
Science Fair DPS sponsors an annual science fair contest for students of all ages.
Turkey Trot Steele’s annual race around the school track on the day that Thanksgiving lunch is served in the cafeteria.
9 Health Fair Onsite version of the health fair for students.
Field Day Steele’s annual school-wide day of games, sports, exercise and fun!
Young Ameritowne Program (with the Young Americans Center for Financial Education) Students in the intermediate grades learn about business, economics, government, banking, and free enterprise in a fun and hands-on way. The program culminates with a day at the Young American’s Bank operating a 17-business town.
Steele Student Leadership Students elect representatives who meet weekly to discuss school issues and projects.