18340 W 85th Drive
Arvada, CO 80007

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.

This school has struggled to get it's feet off the ground since it opened in Fall 2017. Three Creeks started its 8th school year with its third attempt at finding the right fit of principal. The school culture has never been quite right and they're still trying to define who they are going to be as a school. One has to wonder why this school has struggled so much to find its niche. A few things that might contribute to the challenges faced by this school include the fact that it's a large K-8 that was overcrowded as soon as it opened, it's located in a high socioeconomic area which influences both parent and student dynamics, and the somewhat homogenous group of parents brings certain expectations which are likely hard to manage. The building is new and beautiful, but the school has had to adapt to more students than their building was meant to serve and there are classrooms in every nook and cranny, some of which were initially hall spaces.The large population seems challenging for admin to manage. Seems like there's usually an urgent matter needing tended to at any point in time. It's lacking a close-knit community feel. Certain aspects of daily functioning have made the school feel more like an institution than a warm and inviting place to be. The communication from administration is sparse--not with regards to sending out whole-school emails to let parents as a whole group know what's going on, but with regards to communicating with parents on an individual level.Perhaps the best thing about Three Creeks is the educational aspect, and yet, parents who've had students move up to high school have felt they're not as prepared for high school as students coming from traditional middle schools. In addition, kids on either end of the bell curve don't tend to have their academic needs met as well as the average student. Most parents I know who've taken their kids from Three Creeks have done so because of bullying and/or because their child's academic needs aren't being met. Students with ALPs and IEPs, along with twice-exceptional learners, might have their needs better met at schools with decades of experience working with the "outliers" who have greater educational needs.