Fountain Valley School Of Colorado

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25 reviews
Grades
9-12
Students
240
Type
Private
6155 Fountain Valley School Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80911
(719) 390-7035

Community Reviews

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I have really enjoyed being a student at Fountain Valley! The community is super kind and welcoming. Also, there are many unique opportunities like rock climbing, pottery, and video editing. One thing that has stood out to me has been meeting and talking to students from different countries. Overall I would recommend FVS!
Posted by a student on 8/31/2023
Fountain Valley School provides my son with a tribe of acceptance, challenging him with growth and leadership opportunities, experiential learning opportunities, exposure to programs that he didn't know he would have an interest in (music, theater, after school programs, etc.). The communication from his advisor, dorm parent, teachers, are always honest, thoughtful, and meaningful. FVS is not for everyone, and that's ok, for the students that this environment works - I am watching them soar and excel - being ready for their next chapters in life. Highly recommend!
Posted by a parent on 8/31/2023
The people are very inclusive and always looking for ways to problem solve and offer support. There is plenty of time for one-on-ones with teachers and they focus a lot on individual learning. There are tons of affinity groups and communities that encourage global involvement. The community has found a way to support and honor their students.
Posted by a student on 8/30/2023
My daughter attended this school and she felt as though she was stuck in “Groundhog Day” as she described it. Poor academics, poor student behavior, poor teaching with the exception of a few great teachers. She breezed through the entire year with an A+ average and she barely worked at it. My child is smart but for grades like that I would have expected a bit more hard work and struggle. The teachers come and go and the ones they keep do whatever they want without any recourse. At least half of my child’s teachers left this past year. They also hated the school. This is a school that clearly has a population of kids that either A. can’t handle it at a larger school because they have mental/social/behavioral issues, B. the parents believe their child is so above everyone else because all the family knows is the CO schooling system and they believe their child is highly intelligent, and C. last but not least, their kid has behavioral problems and the parents can not tolerate their child so they ship them off to a boarding school. My family has since learned this school is the laughing stock of many of Colorado Springs families etc. We always wondered why we got weird looks when we told people where our child was attending school. School has a bad reputation .Now we know. We paid full tuition for my child to breeze through with A+ as she described an 8th grade education for her freshman year. We are from another part of the country where the public schools and private schools are very high level to say the least. 7th and 8th grade kids being bussed to the public high school to attend AP Calc is the norm. To say this school is a joke is an understatement. Do not waste your money. BELIEVE THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS! The positive ones are planted by the school.
Posted by a parent on 8/17/2023
It's extremely hard to review a boarding school as largely whatever students get out of it is directly related to what they put in. However, this school has a bullying problem (very much a laissez faire view of destruction of student's property and the like) that leads me to recommend anyone considering this for their student to look carefully at what "group" their student is in. Additionally, if this school is recruiting your student for a sport MAKE SURE TO GET A CONTRACT that stipulates X # of years, as they recently got rid of their soccer sports team and decided to drop all recruited students midway through the first semester leaving their parents struggling with the decision what to do with the rest of the student's high school career and if they wanted to keep the student in the school for the rest of the year or not. Great educational chops, but the dean of students and the various house parents aren't remotely as good, and the focus on sports is very much hit and miss.
Posted by a parent on 8/11/2023
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Colorado Springs schools - Fountain Valley School Of Colorado is located at 6155 Fountain Valley School Road, Colorado Springs CO 80911. Fountain Valley School Of Colorado is a Private school that serves grade levels 9-12.

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