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Welcome to the website for Platte River Academy (PRA), a K-8 Core Knowledge charter school located in Highlands Ranch. This website provides lots of information to the general public, our staff, and the PRA parent community. It has been created and designed to provide you the information that we have heard is important to you. Please enjoy discovering what PRA is really about as you surf our site.

Your childs early years are a magical time. We recognize this and encourage your childs creativity and unique personality at all of our centers. Our experienced and qualified teachers create loving, supportive classroom environments to meet the needs of every child. Activities are adapted to meet the young childs growing curiosity and language development is encouraged in an environment rich with music, books and conversation with the little ones.

The Board of Education is comprised of seven members representing different parts of the county. Members are elected at large and serve staggered terms of four years. The Board of Education meets twice monthly, except the months of January and July, on the first and third Tuesdays at 5:00 p.m. Variations to this schedule may occur, and Special Meetings may be scheduled as determined by the President of the Board. Please check the Meeting Agendas & Minutes link on this page to view meeting dates and times, agendas and minutes. Meetings are held at the Douglas County School District Wilcox Administration Building in the Board Room on the 3rd floor at 620 Wilcox Street in Castle Rock. Board members actively seek the advice and counsel of District residents. Citizens are encouraged to regularly attend Board meetings. For more information about the Board, contact Nona Eichelberger, Board of Education Secretary at 303.387.0258.

Douglas County occupies 860 square miles of space between Colorado's two main economic Centers: Denver and Colorado Springs. Douglas County School District maintains its position as a "lighthouse" district with many innovative programs and educational approaches.

Empowering beliefs are beliefs based on developing an internalized sense of control in kids, rather than to control them with rewards and punishment.

Welcome to Bear Canyon Elementary! At Bear Canyon, we share the district mission which is to provide an educational foundation that allows each student to reach his or her individual potential. Through the efforts of our wonderful students, dedicated staff, and involved community, we will continue to develop a school where academic achievement and whole-child education are honored.

Copper Mesa Elementary is dedicated to excellence in education and is committed to being an exemplary community of learners. Every child is worthy of a positive, successful learning experience. Our dedication is to create a child-centered environment that encourages risk taking, embraces diversity, and validates the whole child. To promote educational excellence, we will share in the responsibility to foster curiosity and a love of learning. We will model, encourage, and inspire all learners to explore the possibilities of the world around them.

Inspire Encourage Empower: The Mission of Cougar Run is to Inspire, Encourage and Empower all children to achieve and learn in a respectful and safe environment.

Coyote Creek's website has been in existence for over ten years, making it one of the first school websites in Colorado.

The mission of Eldorado is to foster respect for individual uniqueness, inspire the love of learning within a joyful environment, and intentionally invite all learners to discover and reach their untapped potential.

Our core virtues here at Fox Creek are emphasized throughout the school year during our monthly North Star Assemblies are: Honesty, Compassion, Respect, Perseverance, Responsibility, Generosity, Self-Discipline.

Our Mission is to inspire, encourage and empower all children to achieve their highest potential.

Northridge Elementary fully embraces these research-based philosophies and has fully integrated the following programs to achieve a GVC for all students.

At Redstone Elementary we will Reach Every Child, Every Day!

Staff, students and community commit to instill passion for learning. Students will be empowered to take responsibility for their education and to persevere in order to reach their highest potential. We value safety, consistency, continuous improvement and open communication in a caring environment.

Sand Creek has a very simple philosophy we use with our learning community known as Eagle Pride. This philosophy is founded on four simple guidelines: Be Present in the Moment, Make Someones Day, Show Respect (for yourself and others) Choose Your Attitude We believe by following these simple rules everyone will be successful. Each day we, as adults, model the behaviors we expect from our students. We take this responsibility very seriously. These behaviors will help our children be successful in school and in life.

Summit View Elementary provides an educational foundation that allows each student to reach his or her individual potential.

Trailblazer Elementary students receive direct instruction in each of the Core Virtues which are taken from Ernest L. Boyer's THE BASIC SCHOOL. Evidence of application of these virtues is noted on each student's report card. Student and staff develop their understanding of these virtues through structured lessons and frequent interaction with each other. These 7 virtues are emphasized to guide Trailblazer Elementary as it promotes excellence in living as well as learning. Most importantly, we want students to think about and to model these virtues daily.

Welcome to the Home Schooling section of the Colorado Deptartment of Education Web site. Included in the section: A copy of the law associated with homeschooling, some frequently asked questions about Colorado home schooling and their answers, and a listing of some home school support groups around the state.

Official Cresthill Middle School website.

Official Mountain Ridge Middle School website.

Official Ranch View Middle School webste.

Official Rocky Heights Middle School website.

We have profiles for more than 120,000 public, private and charter schools nationwide. Search our site to find your school's test scores, teacher/student stats and more.

NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations.

At Cherry Hills Christian we are partners with you in child's whole education from PreSchool through Middle School.

This is a partial list of private school resources. Some of the following organizations may subscribe to a particular religious orientation. The Colorado Department of Education does not endorse any particular group or organization but provides these contacts strictly as an informational service to those interested in private schools.

Equipping the children of Highlands Baptist Church through Christ-centered education for a lifetime of fruitful service for our Lord.

The Highlands Ranch campus is one of two K-8 campuses of the Denver Christian Schools. This location opened its doors as a K-6 school in 1988. As demand grew, an addition in 1992 provided six new classrooms. Then in 2001 we opened our 6-8 Middle School on this campus. We now serve students from Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Centennial, Castle Rock, Parker and more.

Welcome to Rock Solid High School. Our unique program offers The Best of Both Worlds - classroom and lab instruction two days a week from qualified teaching staff in a Christian learning environment and home study assignments three days a week. For well over a decade, Rock Solid High School has successfully graduated seniors who have been accepted into colleges and universities across the country.

Complete elementary and middle school curriculum, including Bible-study, reading, math, English, social studies, spelling, science, art, music, literature and physical education. Dedicated, fully accredited and certified Christian teachers. An opportunity for children not only to learn how to "make a living" but also how to "make a life". Modern classroom facilities, spacious grounds and indoor play facilities. Licensed, on premises, before and after school childcare available for the working parent. Special programs in athletics, band, choir, art, drama, foreign language and computers. Supported by a tradition of Christian education through a nationwide system of over 2000 parochial schools with over 150 years of experience.

In the spirit of Catholic tradition, St. Thomas More Catholic Schools mission is to bring the whole person to Jesus Christ and through education prepare our students to serve the Church and community now and in the future.

Valor is a distinctive college preparatory high school with an educational philosophy that is grounded in a biblical worldview. We have launched a program of excellence that will prepare students to be highly successful, influential leaders in whatever career they pursue.

Official Eagle Academy Alternative Night High School website.

Opened in 1987, Highlands Ranch has a long tradition of academic rigor and student success, including a well-developed AP program along with a strong National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society. In addition to academic success, Highlands Ranch is proud to have received several awards in theater, music, DECA, FCCLA, Student Senate, and athletics. We consider Highlands Ranch a school in which a student can reach full potential and are proud of the quality of students that attend classes and participate in a wide variety of extra-curricular activities.

As a school community that cares for and respects each individual, we work together to create an academically-challenging environment, to support learning and high achievement, and to promote productive and responsible citizenship

Our student-centered culture practices collaborative decision-making and continuous improvement in a safe, supportive professional environment.

Vision Statement: "Through these halls, walk together learners and leaders, promoting mutual respect and personal excellence."

The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) is the administrative arm of the Colorado State Board of Education. With an organizational commitment to high standards, challenging assessments, and rigorous accountability measures, CDE serves the preK-12 public education, adult education and family literacy, and library communities of Colorado.

Colorado Department of Education school districts page.

Here you will find valuable information about individual schools across Colorado. Among many other items, you can learn about a school's academic performance, CSAP results, safety and discipline incidents, student/teacher ratio, teacher qualifications and how taxpayer dollars are spent.