If you think that Ralston Valley is a good school, then you are sadly mistaken. The previous year I…read morespent at this school was the worst year of my life. Some of the girls in my choir class were being mean to me and when I told my choir teacher about it she literally defended them and made up excuses. She was completely okay with the fact that those girls were making me feel miserable. If you were thinking about joining the choir program at Ralston Valley, think again and join it at any other school. The current choir teacher at Ralston Valley picks favorites and defends mean girl behavior. She cares more about her and the Ralston Valley choir programs image than the well being of her students. The administration at this school is also horrendous. They do absolutely nothing about bullying and make up excuses to defend the bullies, just like the choir teacher.

The principal has repeatedly shown that she does not care about the students' wellbeing. Whenever…read morestaff members try to provide support for these students, she dismisses their efforts without a second thought. Rather than addressing important concerns, she retaliates and damages the lives of the staff she is supposed to protect. This school has so many students--how long do you think she can continue her neglectful actions without something tragic happening? What will she do when that day comes? Hold a school-wide meeting? Blame an imaginary group of bullies? Or maybe they did exist--who knows? Clearly, she doesn't, considering she's nearly allowed multiple students to die under her watch. What do you think will happen at that meeting? The friends of the student will mourn their loss while the principal feigns sympathy, pretending she's innocent and hasn't contributed to the tragedy? It's disgusting. She is twisted, and I will not stay silent until she is removed. Jeffco has failed its staff repeatedly, denying them adequate medical care and fair compensation, leaving them on the brink of homelessness. But beyond that, they've failed your children. If you're a parent, you may want to reconsider sending your child to this school, as it's clear the principal couldn't care less if a student drops dead in the halls. At least she treats the staff poorly, so perhaps that's the only thing she cares about--her own agenda and money. I urge you to report her to any relevant authority because this is not okay. I no longer feel safe walking these halls, knowing that my principal could care less if I were dead or alive, and that my nurse is being harassed by her.

I am a student at this school and I have any opinions on it. But honestly. It's a very good school…read more My whole life I've been bullied and at this school I made so many friends and people started being so much nicer to me. And if someone tired something people wouldn't stand for it. There's great rather and art programs and also STEM programs. I've honestly had a great experience at this school. I would 100% recommend to send your kids here. From the classes to the people everything is great

Not many people were a fan of high school. Not many students would be un-biased enough to not write…read morea review based on the teacher that yelled at them or receiving their first B. I however had my fair of triumph and failure at Arvada West, and can still say that it was a great place to attend school. I felt that Arvada West really worked well on all fronts. Excluding minorities, it had people of all economic backgrounds, so no one was alienated based on their economic status. They worked well with kids ahead of and behind the curve. They stayed focused yet still offered a way to enjoy. I no longer know the administration, but I can honestly say if they are as committed to excellence now as they were then, it is a great place to send students. Sports teams are both fun and competitive, great Choir program, great student body.

First off the councilors don't do shit no matter how much you try and advocate for your self they…read moremor then likely won't do anything even after getting my 504 my councilor still tells me he can't do anything to help and the vice principal is racist without a doubt in my mind she will unfairly judge someone just because of there race and hide it behind concern or "her experience in the past". There are very few people there who have basic respect for you and understand you have a life outside of school. They truly only care about how they look on paper aka how the state sees the students grades and attendance witch is okay but they don't care about mental health they talk so much about wanting better but there's never any actions to their words. Don't go here no school is perfect but you can find somewhere else where they actually care about there students.

if you enjoy art and actually love doing art don't take any of the art classes with anderson. she…read morewill ruin your love for art and make your life hard than it ever should be, she treats everyone like theyre super human and can do multiple projects just for her class not even including the rest of your CORE CLASSES let alone if you have a job you might as well just quit or accept failing. she's a rude person who treats no one with respect.

This school it the down right worst place to put your child. The teachers here suck and are mean to…read morekids. I am a 7th grader here at this school and my mental state has gradually declined from this school. Some of the teachers give off this weird energy and should not be working with kids. Out of all of the adults here there are maybe 5 at most who have generally been kind to the kids here. The punishments for this school are laughable. The punishments are harsh for small actions and the punishments for big actions are small. All of the teachers here talk so badly about the students and don't even care if they are right there. The passing periods are only 3 minutes which is not enough time for a student to go to their locker get some water or use the bathroom. We get 5 passes (for water, bathroom,supplies,ect) per class per semester (2 semesters in the whole year). in summary, don't send your kid to this toxic waste of a school. 1 star is a generous rating.

Students are good I'm a 8th grader and 5 days in, I already was yelled at by two faculty members…read more It caused me to have a very savior panic attack, the counselor was one of the faculty members that yelled at me and she told my mother that I manipulated her and attacked the assistant principal, who was the other faculty that told me to go in a yelling manner. The jeffco school dress code is very sexist. The same assistant principal also caused one of my friends panic attack. She passed out because of it in the bathroom. The councilor dress coded me while having a savior panic attack and didn't tell my mother anything that her and the assistant principal did and only said that I was the problem. Don't put your kids in this school unless you want them in a very sexist school to be judged and sexualized.

The girls locker room and boys locker room is without a barrier. The girls can see the guys and…read morethe girls can see guy's

There is something majorly wrong with this place. As i walk through the halls it just makes me have…read morean uneasy feeling. i've seen people who aren't there and felt the presence of things that never appear. i've been in the school after everyone has gone home and even been there on a weekend and i've seen shadow "things" wandering everywhere. please please please stay away from here. for yours and others safety.

BEWARE OF PRINCIPAL J.M!! A few years ago My nephew went to this school and during the first year…read moreof remote learning we had some concerns that should have been addressed with interventions and support before holding back a student. Instead AFTER summer break right before registration his teacher calls asking if we would agree to holding him back. My sister declined to hold him back and decided to move forward with a tutor she would privately pay. The principal decides to intervene Making my sister feel harassed telling her even if she transfers him schools she will make sure he is held back! But my sister still refused to hold him back. It got to the point where she had to call the superintendent office who told her to enroll him through dps in the grade she is choosing, when calling she found that the principal had her son enrolled and held back without her knowledge! There a reason this school in in the bottom 50%

Are you prepared to tota;;y TRUST your child? To allow him/her to learn what interests him/her…read morerather than be force-fed some cookie-cutter, culturally ignorant curriculum? Just imagine, at AVS your child can speak, eat, learn, and use the bathroom whenever THEY choose to. There's no bullying or any of the other regular shenanigans other schools have. Imagine dropping your child off ANYTIME in a 2 hr. window and pick-up has the same flexibility at the end of the day. AVS is a place that practices TRUE restorative justice by requiring students to be active members in their weekly judiciary committee making students continuously aware of their connection to the school and their personal ownership/role within it. Student after student has come into AVS from a public or charter school setting and has truly bloomed into a self-aware, self-directed, and self-educated individual. Ironically, 9/10 it's the parents who struggle with AVS and allowing their child the same freedom and trust that AVS does. Truly trusting your child to learn and grow on their own takes patience, courage, and, most of all, trust.