Vista has some great teachers, good clubs, and an outstanding head counselor. But the…read moreadministration is awful, specifically one of the VPs and the principal who seams to know everyone's name but isn't really anyone's pal. They fail to force out bad teachers. They marginalize advanced kids who don't fit into their cookie-cutter curriculum. They don't give counselors enough authority, so every request that's out-of-the-ordinary is a 3 month undefined process that can be vetoed at any time. They pay lip service to "caring for and respecting the individual," but they're committed to preserving the status quo at the expense of the individual -- except when IEPs for delayed kids require individual accommodation; then no expense is too great and no exception is too unreasonable. If your kid is precocious and defines themselves by something other than a varsity sport, then do your family a favor and check out concurrent enrollment options through community college and an online charter school like Colorado Preparatory Academy (CPA). CPA gives your kid unrestricted access to sit-down community college classes, and the State pays for it. The courses are taught by instructors who hold at least a Masters in their field, and the courses count toward college. Also, those courses count as two high school semesters for each one college semester: so double high school credit. Your kid can earn enough State-funded college credits to enter CU, CSU, Mines, or Metro as a college junior while still participating in activities through Vista or any other high school. My kids took advantage of that wonderful option and have never been happier or more engaged.

Mt. Vista is one of the top public High Schools in the region, and my two boys who are attending…read morethe school have had a wonderful experience overall. There are great teachers who genuinely care and are engaged, wonderful sports programs, and an overall supportive environment. Since Mt. Vista has an official STEM degree, they also have great facilities and equipment that offer kids unique and fun learning opportunities. Good kids overall, well mannered and come from solid homes. I highly recommend over the other High Schools in the area.

If I could, I would rate this NO STARS. Genuinely, they fired all the good teachers. Frick this…read moreschool. I will start a rebellion. They made us play in cages, like we're prisoners. Now they want to take that down like that never happened. Frick that dishonesty. They are taking out Ms. Sabrina, Mr. Devon, Coach A, Ms. Annabell, Mr. Otto, etc. Everybody, make sure never to enroll your kids here if you really care about their feelings. I am one of the people in the video introducing AXL Academy. I regret what I said. Alex M. & Daphnie R. were right. This school feels like hell. Mr. Otto, please rate this 1 star. I'd rather transfer to East if I were you all. Only good teachers they didn't remove was Mr. Drew, Ms. Val, Ms. Karo, etc.

I love Axl academy I'm a student but Axl the lunch. So good they Even have good staffs so go to Axl…read moreacademy 5/5

In quoting a parent at this school. "My 12-year-old daughter…read morewas in a physical altercation at Lake Middle School in Denver, Co. After I previously came up to the school last Friday for racial discrimination urging teachers to have a meeting with the students.This eventually lead to a fight.The Administrator at this school did not break the fight up properly. He grabbed my child by her hair ripping out over 10 braids in her head leaving her bald. He is now on administrative leave.This is what my childs head looked like before and now after this incident. He has admitted to it and put on administrative leave.I went down to the police station District 1 in Denver, Co and proceeded to press charges and I still have not been able to only recieved a incident report. Please help get my story heard. Fb deleted my original post but I will continue to share."

My son is here now my daughter was we moved to Aurora but want to keep my son here so I drive him…read moreso he can stay

Bad school sometimes it can be fun but sometimes it gets very frustrating there was fights every…read moreother week and some teachers were really good and some were decent but the rules ruin it.

If I could give this school ZERO stars I would!!! It's all around a SHITTY school. (There are a few…read moregreat people that work there) otherwise Terrible Terrible Terrible. I have spoken with staff members who say their own children don't attend that school. Save yourself the headache and go elsewhere. This school really needs someone who can change it for the better or the people in charge need to be better trained on how to handle situations.

I am a graduate of DCHS from the 90's and sent my kiddo here as we live close and I had a good…read moreexperience. However, my son had a terrible time at DC. He is a good student, super social, has great friends, is in student leadership and government and is a great kid. While at DC he had a group of girls use safe to tell as a weapon against him, they had his car vandalized, they posted they wanted him dead on social media and the school did virtually nothing. In fact the school pulled him into the office, searched his body (with no reasoning, I was told this is protocol for being in the office), left him in a room for 4 hours with no bathroom or access to water and then sent him home without contacting his parents not caring what happened to him he left. My jittery teen was near tears, almost had an accident and was lucky to get home safely. This is a small snippet of what we dealt with over the course of a year. Administration is inept at DC in my opinion. I work in another school in the district and have never seen such behavior from a group of adults. I moved my son to Legend and now he is getting straight A's, the admin is lovely and the kids are kind, he's really shining. I wish I could do it all over again. If your not sure about DC do yourself a favor and try searching Instagram for DC related pages where you will find student owned anonymous pages where they post terrible and illegal photos of each other on campus doing horrendous things with the DC logo as their image. DC doesn't seem to care about this happening on their campus. In fact bathrooms at DC are closed right now because students are masturbating into the drains and blocking up the system, don't know about you, but I would rather not send my kids somewhere like this.

I graduated from DCHS in '74, our youngest son graduated this year. We have lived all over the…read morecountry, and of our 4 children, our youngest was the only one to go to the same high school as I did. It is nice to see that standards haven't changed. I loved this high school, way back when it was the only high school in Douglas County, Highlands ranch didn't exist and Dry Creek was a dirt road. The teachers were what made this high school and I feel very fortunate to have gone here. Thank you Mr. Gammon and Mrs White. I miss the "old days" when teachers could reach out and hug you, when you and your best friend decide to "miss the buss" so that you didn't have to take the scheduled test 1st hour, your science teacher sees you walking up front street, stops his car to find out why you are walking, insists you get in the car so you don't miss first hour and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. You certainly wouldn't see that today! Thank you DCHS for the wonderful memories!

This is a neighborhood gem of an elementary school. While the school's test scores are high, the…read morefirst thing you notice when you enter the building is the student artwork lining the hallways - a perfect example of how this school celebrates the whole child. If you are looking for a school with class sizes and teachers with the skill and will to tailor their instruction to meet the needs of all students, then I would strongly recommend Fremont Elementary.

Used to be a good school until they got a new principle. Believe me I have plenty of things that…read moreare wrong with this school but the fact that out of the 30 kids I know of within a 2 block radius only about 12 go there. I drive my kids 3 miles to school and live 10 houses away! This fact should say a lot. My son is still recovering from the mental abuse 3 years later!

My kids have been going to CHC since they were 2 and every year we fall more in love with the…read moreschool. So blessed to have my kids in a Christ centered school.

After going through the entire application and interview process, my better judgment and…read morediscernment lead me to believe that this school cares more about outward appearances and how well you're connected instead of caring for kids and their families. In a society with public schools going down the toilet, I wouldn't give this school a second thought.

Every component of the play SPONGE BOB was perfectly executed…read more Script Components * Dialogue * Stage Directions * Acts and Scenes * Characters Plot/Structure * Production Components Set Design Lighting Sound/Music Costumes & Makeup * Performance Actors The many costumes were all perfect. The main characters the support characters and their ability to change costumes between the different scenes was amazing. The fit was remarkable and contributed to their ability to present the characters. When we left the play it was as if we were leaving a Broadway Play. The energy that we felt as we left was remarkable we were truly stimulated. Thank you Wyatt Roberts

How do you even review a High School? Well, since I am home in Parker, Colorado for Christmas, I…read morethought it would be appropriate to review the school I knew oh so well from 1998-2002. On a good day the horrid ceilings look like espetus. The weird array of lunch food. Yes, I used to eat just French fries for lunch. I also learned in the cafeteria why you don't put aluminum foil in the microwave! I went to this school when the only housing around was the southern most tip of the South Pinery. There wasn't the Mormon church or even the amazing Carl's Jr just a mile away. We were in the middle of NOTHING. I loved almost every teacher I had. The theater and band were quite good and well renown in the area. Same for the football team. Granted it has been almost nine years since my graduation, but my heart is still filled with Mustang pride! I'll miss sneaking outside of the second floor door to have a smoke...or having the worst Chemistry class experience ever. I miss you Ponderosa, and yet... I don't at all.