Poudre high school has an equal mix of city kids and all the kids unfortunate enough to live on a…read morefarm north of Fort Collins all the way up to the Wyoming border. You would not imagine the number of Pick-Up trucks with gun racks are parked in the lot in any given day. This school has seen major remodels and addons many times throughout its life. Because of this the layout is very inefficient and its sometimes hard to make class on time. One positive note is that they have supported the PC alongside the Mac for a long time.

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Good teachers, but some students are pretty bad. I'd recommend though! Lincoln has a very nice…read morevariety of classes!

Went here for a baseball tournament. Baseball fields are nice. Only issue we has was the portable…read moretoilets were close to full on the first day and unusable by the second day. The maintainace guy came around to empty trash and apologize and let us know there was a gas station down the road. No concession stands either so need to b prepared of back to back games.

We LOVE Saint Joseph School! We have two kiddos who have been at Saint Joe's since preschool and we…read moreare amazed at the community of support that we see by sending our kids to this great school. The Catholic faith is integrated not only through religion class and at weekly adoration and mass but daily as well throughout the children's normal routines. Our kids have come home from school on some days with in-depth questions about our faith and it has inspired numerous conversations around the dinner table which has been a positive influence on our entire family! Saint Joseph School also excels academically and there are many opportunities for parents and friends of the school to get involved which leads to invested families and a community of support!

From the owner: Established in 1926, Saint Joseph Catholic School is committed to providing an education rooted in…read morethe Gospel of Jesus Christ, Catholic teaching and academic excellence; which invites students to love God and others, to develop their unique talents and gifts and to become life-long learners.

When I was searching for a school for my children, I didn't just consider the curriculum, the…read morecommute, or the demographics. I asked myself a bigger question: What kind of adults do I want my children to become? With that in mind, I chose a school that would teach them integrity, resilience, and the ability to accomplish and create in every stage of life. Ridgeview offers more than an education--it offers education for life. As they often say, "At Ridgeview, we do hard things." These challenges aren't for their own sake, but to help every child discover and develop their full potential.

I went here from 9th grade until I graduated high school. I made great friends and had a few truly…read moreexcellent, inspirational teachers, but I also had multiple teachers (particularly ones that taught history and government related classes) who were overwhelmingly biased and even frequently told blatant lies or made up stories to further their own narratives about our world. I would frequently come home after history class and feel a need to fact check my teachers; more often than not I would find that they were thoroughly wrong on the topics I had researched myself. Also at Ridgeview there is a culture of conformity. Self expression often seems discouraged and students can be severely punished for "disrespecting teachers" when in truth all that happened were mere disagreements. And, although respect towards teachers is a paramount rule within this school, teachers frequently disrespect and make fun of students; the principal himself has presented ad hominem attacks against students during debates about things like paternity leave, the black lives matter movement, or the wage gap. I have nothing against tongue and cheek banter, but what I'm talking about here is beyond that. Student council at this school is for all intents and purposes run by the administration. As such students have no real say in the frequent changes that come to the school. The current principal seems to want the school to be a place for deeply conservative minded young people to become even more staunch in their views, rather than a place for real discourse, debate, and discussion. Also this place abstains from teaching any kind of sex-ed, which I believe leads to a deeply misinformed student body when it comes to sex and sexual identity. The school claims to be a place for students who like a challenge or enjoy difficult and truly stimulating classes and conversation. If that describes your student however, the IB program at Poudre, or the AP programs at Fossil or Rocky would be better, in my opinion, and would probably set up your student to be more likely to get into top colleges with top scholarships. DISCLAIMER: I did not attend Ridgeview in middle school or in the lower grades. My review is based in my experiences predominantly in the high school. Please do not judge their middle school based on what I've said. Students typically seem pretty satisfied with their middle school experience here.

Public schools. They have become something of an arena for ideological warfare. If you criticize…read morethem, you risk being called insensitive, disrespectful of teachers, a hater of children, or a nazi. If you praise them, you risk being accused of naivete, of being a simpleton, a sell-out, blind, or a communist. Reviewing schools is loaded with risk. Some will hate you. So how does one figure out how to give an "objective" review, so his words are not shut out by ideological fortress building when they step on a right toe or a left toe. Location: Building and Facilities: Modern and in good condition. They should not need replacing for at least fifty years. (Unfortunately, peeling paint brings cries of child cruelty even while children in some countries meet in unpainted one-room school houses without running water or electricity. Really, we don't need to coddle ourselves as much as we do.) Curriculum choices: Typical. Often monocular, partisan, and cliched, as are all District 6 schools. But the theory is "one size fits all." Some things get painfully repetitious. Presentation of Curriculum (i.e., Teaching Methods): Typical, average, adequate for some classes, could be improved for many.. Office staff: An occasional reminder is needed in order to allow the staff to deal with parents as Parents, not as taller, wrinklier students. Parents deserve more respect from office staff. Counselors: Inconsistent. Some drop the ball at times. Some do not inform students or parents of needed adjustments in study habits and performance until it's too late to make a difference. Teachers: I suppose most have Bachelor's degrees although a few may have Master's degrees. In other words, they are teaching subjects which they essentially *minored* in, when parents should want their children to be taught by teachers who *majored* in - and even mastered - the subjects they are teaching. Anyone can teach. Parents and uncles and aunts and neighbors have done it for thousands, possibly millions of years. Curriculum suppliers can provide all the manuals, visual aids, tests, and anything else a teacher needs, so that someone who has never had a class on how to teach can do it successfully. Teaching isn't the problem, really. Having the knowledge and being able to recall that knowledge and re-express it in vocabulary suited for the class demographics is what is needed. Also, the ability to correlate information and experiences from different disciplines, and the ability to interpret and reason well. That requires strong courses in subject matter and fewer courses in school administration, but don't hold your breath for changes like that. Using appropriate curriculum (books, exercises, etc.) is vital. When politics takes center stage, and cult worship of historical and political figures, then it isn't education any longer. It's indoctrination. Frontier High is a notch or two above the hypothetical "Average High School" in District 6. It may not be the best, but it is in the top two or three. I am very sad to see District 6 wanting to control diets and health, when they are still scoring so low on their primary, or only responsibility, education.

Just letting you know the staff at Spring Park are awesome! Children leave the building ready for…read morekindergarten.

From the owner: Infant Programs (6 Weeks - 1 Year), Toddler Programs (1 - 2 Years), Discovery Preschool Programs (2…read more- 3 Years), Preschool Programs (3 - 4 Years), Prekindergarten Programs (4 - 5 Years), Before and After School Programs (5-12 Years), Summer Programs (preschool, prekindergarten, and school-age)