My kids have attended DCS over 8 years. It is an incredible school and we were very fortunate to…read morebe able to get into this dynamic and popular school. From Jeremy to Brycie to Rebecca and Becca all the way to our kid's phenomenal teacher Andrea, I could not have dreamed for a better place for my children to develop.

Warning. This is not a safe environment. My child was assaulted by her her teacher and another…read moreadult. this teacher is still teaching at this school dispute reports of the abuse. Bullying in rampant. This school should be shut down. If i had know the extend of the abuse I at the time I would have filed charges, but my child was afraid to speak out.

The owners, director, and assistant director are wonderful! We have been sending our child since…read morePrimrose opened, as we were not happy with our previous daycare. The entire team is communicative and really care about the children. All of the daycares we've contacted had waitlists so we are fortunate to have met with the owner, Mandy, and found a great fit before they filled up prior to opening. They have a great program and go above and beyond to take care of and teach the kids.

I had called to schedule a tour to meet with Kelly in the Spring as we were preparing to move…read moreacross the country from Nj. We had been in a Primrose here and loved it. After emailing her about a time to meet, I showed up and she was in a meeting. She had the date and time wrong. Additionally, I had contacted the school with plenty of notice as updates occurred with moving and when the children would start. As you can imagine, moving across the country is a big ordeal. Things are not set in stone and change is often out of our control. One thing I wanted to be certain of is the quality and care I expected with primrose. I wanted to make sure my children had a place where they would be comfortable. Unfortunately I received an email which did not stand up to the values I thought Primrose had universally. Given the harsh tone of the email and not even a phone call to discuss our individual situation, I cannot in good faith send my children to this location

We started working with Phil this past summer after feeling unsatisfied with our current IEP, as…read morethe goals didn't seem right, and we, as parents, weren't sure how to handle certain conversations with the school to get what we believed our daughter needed and deserved. With her starting 5th grade this year, we knew it was time to bring in a professional. Our daughter has a rare genetic disorder, comprehension challenges, and a broad learning disability, which makes it hard to know exactly what changes to push for as parents. That's why we're so grateful for Phil! He's already made a huge difference, with updating her IEP accordingly and suggesting other necessary changes to her school day. We're in a much better place than just a few months ago and are excited to keep working with him.

5/2: Update: It's a different school now. The below review no longer relevant. I have no knowledge…read moreof the current school. The most amazing "little school that could". My son just graduated and we were looking back at what he achieved. It's simply incredible. School plays, lego league, chess, debate, technology club, VEX Robotics World Championships competing against high schools in California and of course solar cars, where Woodlands come home with armfuls of prizes. Great teachers who really care and classes sizes you wouldn't believe. (4-6, but not above 8 was our experience). He learned a lot and turned out a most polite young man. Would strong recommend - contact me for any more details!

A hidden gem! We…read moremoved to Castle Pines in January (from out of state) & only recently found Woodlands Academy in Castle Rock. I wish I had found them sooner. My 10 year old had been in the gifted program at her old school, had been doing well & loved school. While Douglas County school district has an open enrollment policy and a ton of charter/magnet schools, you can't actually get into any of them when you move in the middle of the year (in addition to missing the lottery for the following year). Our neighborhood elementary school was awful. I had a bad feeling about it the first time we visited it & have learned my lesson about listening to myself. It got worse over time until I was desperate to find another place (& had to promise my daughter that she would not have to go back there for 5th grade--no matter what--just to get her to be willing to get up & go to school every morning). She never had any homework, including math, and never had any make-up work when she was out sick--including a whole week she was out when we finished moving which the teachers knew about ahead of time. No assignments whatsoever. And there was no communication about anything they were studying or about any tests/projects/grades or anything. Luckily, I happened upon the Woodlands Academy while looking for another school for the following year, having promised my daughter that she would not have to go back to her old school. After applying, she went to shadow at the school to see if she liked it, while also giving them the opportunity to test her to see if she would be a good fit for their academically accelerated program. As it turns out, we were lucky that a new charter school had opened close by and had taken a lot of their students, so they had openings!!! The school was so fabulous I couldn't believe it. Very small classes with lots of one-on-one attention. They have lots of outside activities like going to the opera and hiking local places. It was so impressive that I withdrew my daughter from the local public school and am having her finish out the year there. I wouldn't normally think that would be a good idea, but she wasn't learning anything at her old school, so I couldn't imagine it being negative in any way. She went to shadow and never went back to her old school. Thankfully, the small classes allow the teachers to help catch my daughter up in things that she missed learning during her months in public school (important things that all 4th graders need to know for future school success). She loves going to school again! Now she comes home excited about debate class, learning a foreign language (they offer Spanish, French, German & Latin) and building a battery powered car (the middle schoolers designed solar powered) in technology class. If you are looking for an alternative school choice for an exceptional 1st-8th grader, I highly recommend Woodlands Academy. We are excited to have a great place lined up for next year. If I had found them sooner, or my about to be 8th grader hadn't already gotten into the STEM School & Academy for next year, I would pull her out of her enormous middle school and gladly send her to the Woodlands Academy where she could get the attention she deserves as an above average student who is clearly not getting enough attention focussed on her with her classes of 30+ students at the local middle school (which had great reviews, btw).

Great school with great teachers. Derek Stasiak is awesome, as well as the entire technology and…read moreguidance departments. This school has a great cyber program with actual hands on learning by instructors who both know their stuff and are highly passionate. Thanks ACC, go Pumas

I would call DC Oakes a High School Alternative rather than an Alternative High School. The small…read moreclass sizes, outdoor experiences, arts and family culture, that are hallmarks of this school, make this a school where kids feel safe reflect on choices made. More importantly it has a way of supporting young adults in becoming responsible contributing members of their community. I am very impressed with the dedicated staff at DC Oakes. They are professional yet down-to-earth and they strive to see each individual who walks through the front door as a valuable member of their extended school family.

Our daughter was miserable at Legend and dropped out in her Jr year. Even though she was not…read moretechnically enrolled in DC Oaks, the staff helped her gain the confidence to pass her GED and enroll in cosmetology school. DC Oakes is not your typical hard-driving, college bound academic high school...the teachers genuinely care about young people, especially those with challenges.

I recently had my daughter's math skills assessed at this location with the manager Caleb. It was…read moresuch a great experience! Caleb made a welcome sign for her to make her feel excited and comfortable coming in, and he took the time to explain to my kiddo what he was going to help her with and eased her worries about the assessment. Caleb is super knowledgeable and you can tell he and all the tutors really care about the kids. There are a ton of cool prizes for the kids to work towards and make math so much fun! I wish I could've gone here as a kid. I would recommend to anyone who asks. Thanks again Caleb!

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!