Littleton · Licensed center
Collegiate Academy of Colorado
At a glance
- Small academic center, licensed for 20 children.
- Hours 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., 5 days a week, school year.
- Tuition Preschool $980 a month, full time. See costs
- A public school program, per Colorado's licensing records.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
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
- March 19, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since March 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 19, 2026. 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, where it publishes one, 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.
Mar 2026 Supervisory visit 10 findings
Supervisory visit · March 19, 2026
2.219.B.4 · Correction due April 19, 2026
Reviewed 8 child files, observed CH1 and Ch8 to be missing documentation of health statements and CH2 , CH4, CH6 to have expired health statements.
Required correction: Obtain current health statements for all children, retain in child file. Submit written documentation fo compliance to specialist. Correct by 04/19/2026
2.229.H · Correction due March 19, 2026
Adult scissors located in a low unlocked drawer, accessible to children, posing a safety hazard.
Required correction: Sharp tools must be stored in areas inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of inspection, staff removed the scissors from the drawer and moved to an area inaccessible to children. No response is necessary. Correct by 03/19/2026
Reviewed two staff files, observed SM1 to be missing current Child Abuse prevention training. Expired as of
2.122.A · Correction due March 19, 2026
No documentation of current fire inspection. Health inspection dated 9/10/2025 pending approval.
Required correction: Obtain approving fire and health inspections. Submit documentation of approving fire and health inspections. Correct by 03/19/2026
2.213.N · Correction due April 19, 2026
Reviewed 2 staff files, observed the director to be missing the required CDPHE immunization training.
Required correction: Obtain the required immunizations training. Submit documentation of compliance to specialist. Correct by 04/19/2026
Reviewed two staff files, observed SM1 to be missing current Standard Precautions training. Expired as of
2.213.F · Correction due March 19, 2026
Reviewed 2 staff files, observed SM1 to be missing documentation of First Aid/CPR training module and/or full training.
Required correction: Obtain department approved CPR/First aid training. Submit documentation of compliance to specialist. Correct by 03/19/2026
2.120.C.1.a · Correction due March 19, 2026
SM2 to be missing documentation of completed TRAILS background check 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 2 has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letter for staff member 2 with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 03/19/2026
2.121.D.4 · Correction due March 19, 2026
SM2 to be missing documentation of completed CBI background check 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 2 has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI background check for staff member 2 with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 03/19/2026
2.212.G · Correction due March 19, 2026
Reviewed 2 staff files, observed SM1 and SM2 to be missing documentation of current signed medical statement.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of current medical statement, retain in staff file. Submit documentation of compliance to specialist. Correct by 03/19/2026
Mar 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · March 27, 2025
2.120.J · Correction due March 27, 2025
Reviewed 2 staff files, observed W.P. and L.J. to be missing documentation of TRAILS background check 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 W. P. and L.J. have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letters for staff members W. P. and L.J. with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 03/27/2025
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 November 8, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in November 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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What it costs
Collegiate Academy of ColoradoMost Denver-area prices (middle 80%)
Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Denver-area full-time prices for that age; 14 preschool programs publish one.
- Half day (morning)
- $515 a month
- Deposit
- $100, not refundable
A day here
7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., 5 days a week, school year
Sleep and schedule
- Sleep
- Full-day program includes an integrated rest period (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Schedule
- Full-day, half-day (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
How they teach
Academic and play-based
“Social emotional learning, physical activity & movement are integrated in a play-based learning structure.”
Who cares for your child
Lori Hibson (PK Assistant) two years there and Jamie Finn (PK Director), 10 years in early childhood.
2 years · Denver-area median 13, among 15 that publish
Details
- Address
- 8420 Sangre De Cristo Rd, Littleton, 80127
- License
- 1767189
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
- Established
- 2021
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 collegiate.jeffcopublicschools.org
Who cares for your child
What it costs
- Preschool, Second price, Deposit — Checked July 2026 collegiate.jeffcopublicschools.org
A day here
- Sleep, Hours, Calendar, Schedule — Checked July 2026 collegiate.jeffcopublicschools.org
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 collegiate.jeffcopublicschools.org
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program, Who runs it — Checked November 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Ages they serve, Established — Checked July 2026 collegiate.jeffcopublicschools.org
Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,145 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 320.