Who We AreDora Moore received a GREEN rating on the School Performance Framework again this year. Way to go, Eagles!
The academic, emotional, and social needs of our students are met by highly skilled teachers. We are serving the whole child in a warm and welcoming learning environment. Our academic programming is rigorous and our expectations are high for staff and children as we prepare our students to be college and career ready. We strive to have our parents and community members actively involved in our students’ learning. |
Our HistoryConstruction began on Corona School (later renamed Dora Moore School) in 1889. At that time, the population of Denver was 125,481. It cost $3,000 for the land at 9th Avenue and Corona Street. Robert S. Roeschlaub designed Corona School as well as 28 other schools for the Denver Public Schools. The contract price was $71,000.
The school was set to open in January of 1890, but did not until the autumn of that year. The Denver Times reported that the total seating capacity was 700. “Each classroom has a capacity of 60 students. The girls and boys each have a large lunchroom in the basement furnished with tables and benches. There are also four large rooms in which the janitor lives with his family." Former Denver Mayors Quigg Newton and William H. McNichols attended Dora Moore together in the early 1920’s. Other famous alumni are First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower, actor Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., the big band leader Paul Whiteman, and comedian Tim Allen. |