10995 W 85th Pl
Arvada, CO 80005

I have had three (very different) kiddos at Sierra and it has been a wonderful school for all of them so far. The Specials team is fantastic! They have Art, Music & PE and days called ROAR days that my crew absolutely loves. The building is light and bright. Administrators are visible and accessible. Two of my kiddos have had IEPs, and they have been well supported.

this school sucks. Teachers are so nice and cool (only the ones that teach ELA, MATH, all that). If you have social anxiety and are very introverted and new to this school, it is not for you. I get that if your quiet nobody will talk to you, but it was different for me. I didn’t know if it was because how I dressed, looked, or talked? But I sat alone everyday at lunch. And recess. Nobody talked to me on my first week here at Oberon. It was humiliating and embarassing just standing out. I felt like everyone had a problem with me. Lots of fake friends there too. I hear about fights often outside of the school property. I had good-ish grades. I payed attention in class. When I got partnered up with people, they would sometimes ignore me and still talk to their friends when they’re supposed to work with me. This school made me less confident and just ruined my life. I don’t ever want to go back. And I hate the no phone policy. I get they don’t want us to cheat and stuff, but everytime I didn’t feel uncomfortable/had an emergency, I had to handle myself. And I was always so bored at lunch and recess. I sat on a hill like a dummy staring at everyone like a weirdo which I know was annoying to see me do everyday. I tried to tell the councelor to convince my mom to change my school, but all she did was tell me mom to convince me to stay at Oberon instead. Everyone is the same there. You won’t ever find real friends. But if you do go, just do better than me and communicate more with people. I always thought anyway that the only important thing is to get good grades so I could get the hell out of there

Couldn’t recommend this Highschool any less. There is a deep-rooted, Elitist culture at this school, where the admin and board is obsessed with vanity and image. There is a ton of wealth at this school, too, which just further reinforces the arrogant, unlikeable, and vain culture. The Principal needs to resign, putting student’s lives and wellbeing in danger. Just another reason to avoid this Highschool at all costs. (The school nurse complained to the school board about her utter incompetence and inability to take responsibility and accountability for delaying emergency medical care of a student) Students who do poorly are overlooked for others who carry more image and clout for the school.GPA is king. Students are reduced to the numbers they push out for the collective academic scoring of the entire school. I wouldn’t want your kids to reduced to numbers on paper just to give Jeffco a pretty academic award.And speaking of your kids, if they didn’t develop close friendships with large groups in middle school, or if you have just moved from out of state, DO NOT send your children here. It is incredibly difficult to develop close friendships if you haven’t been part of the ingrained culture ahead-of-time.In layman’s terms, If you don’t have close relationships going in, it’s very unlikely to have any coming out.There are some outstanding teachers at RV, which may be one of the only redeeming qualities of this institution.