Powderhorn Elementary School

Stony Creek takes pride in teaching curriculum to their students, while also helping them to be kind, respectful, and responsible humans. They have been wonderful in preparing our kids for Kindergarten. They are willing to step forward and give extra attention where it is needed, whether that's through special education or with additionally challenging children who are excelling in the classroom.

To be clear, this is a fantastic school. The teachers are incredible and my kids got an excellent education. There aren’t many extracurricular opportunities, but I think that’s typical of elementary schools in the Denver metro. I would have given 5 stars, but the cliquey childlike PTA is about as bad (and cliche) as it gets. It’s honestly laughable, but extremely unfortunate. These cliquey women are modeling some pretty poor social behavior to their children that isn’t anything like the real world. Outside of the PTA, the school is fantastic. I’m hopeful that the new principal will neutralize the PTA and make the rest of us enjoy adult interactions moving forward.

Hi! I’m an alumni from this school. My personal recommendation? Don’t send your children here.From kindergarten to fifth grade I attended Governor’s Ranch Elementary, and I am genuinely traumatized from those years. From the age of 6 until I was around 10(?) I believe? I felt alienated and abandoned by both the peers, and the teachers who were supposed to protect and support me. The teachers, in my experience, were awful to children with disabilities if those disabilities happened to fly under the radar, and many of them talked down to me and other students in their class for not understanding concepts. My social skills never developed because nobody would talk to me. The teachers are cliquey, so because my mom said one wrong thing, none of the teachers children talked to me. And none of them really liked me either. Nobody stepped in, and I will never recover from the lasting trauma this school left me. If I do, it will take many years of my life. I developed severe depression before I even knew what that word meant.Do not send your kids here.

This school has done a 180 since getting new administration. The sense of community is big, the teachers are so good, and overall a place I feel confident in sending my kids.

I have two children who attend Mount Carbon. One is a 5th grader and the other second grade. The sense of community is very strong here. The teachers are wonderful and care deeply about the children’s progress. Bullying isn’t tolerated and my children feel very safe. The principal isn’t afraid to let people know when they have crossed a line. Because of this the school has much better behavior than other schools in the area. I’m so grateful we live so close to a school with high expectations and such a caring staff. There are constant extra curricular activities and also so many fun events the PTA puts on.

My daughter currently has Mrs. Laura and every time I am in classroom, I am blown away by the way she handles her classroom. The students respect for her and each other is evident, I don't think this is the vibe outside of MPA. I love the staff, front office and the Library and everyone! My daughter has told me that she wants her kids to go to Montessori and to attend in High School. It comes up at least once every few weeks. It's amazing and I am thankful for this community.