Silver Creek High School

Such a special little school! Each year the students focus on a different country, giving them a wonderful global perspective. Many of the teachers are well-traveled, and some are from Europe, which adds to the international feel. The staff are incredibly welcoming and truly care about the kids. The sense of community is amazing! I wouldn’t want my children anywhere else. St. Vrain’s best-kept secret.

Great leadership! Great focus on differentiating the learning for all levels of student learning.

My only quibble about this school was how they did looped years. Before enrolling my son in 2nd grade, I was informed about it, but I assumed it was K-1, 2-3, 4-5. I enrolled my son as a new student but what I was not told was that looping started in grade 1. My fault for not asking questions, but boy did it make the adjustment period very difficult on my kid. I would not have enrolled him if I had known that he would be the only new student in a classroom with a a full year of established routines and friendships. Thank God we got over that.

At this school, I have experienced difficulties about my race, and some teachers have acted like this was never a problem, or acted as if they never heard about it. This school is good in the other categories, but not that much for safety.

Overall, I am extremely pleased with Blue Mountain. They foster an environment of parent inclusion and communicate very well. Our child has difficulties reading and the staff was quick to identify and action plan to assist as best they can with their resources. The teachers so far have been very open to meet and discuss how your child is performing and what else can be done to help if needed.