Schools

Private Schools Apply For Douglas County Schools Voucher Pilot Program

April 20, 2011

There has been many opinions, pro and con regarding the Douglas County Schools of Choice Scholarship / Option Certificate / Voucher Pilot Program. I have also seen it called a variety of names including vouchers, option certificates and Choice Scholarships, the latter seeming to be the current. In any case, the pilot program has passed [...]

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5 Reasons To Buy A Home In Westridge Pointe | Highlands Ranch

April 19, 2011

There are so many great subdivisions throughout Highlands Ranch. Each neighborhood has it’s own unique qualities. Highlands Ranch as a community is an awesome place to live and play. Westridge Pointe is a subdivision of homes roughly between Town Center Drive and Highlands Ranch Parkway and Redstone Park to Marcy Park, on the west side [...]

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STEM Charter School in Highlands Ranch CO

February 20, 2011

STEM School in Highlands Ranch You have probably been hearing for some time that there would be a new charter middle & high school in Highlands Ranch – attempts to get it opened for this current school year didn’t get far enough – but it is a go for next year. STEM School did collect [...]

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Ellen Gifts a Car to Rock Canyon HS Teacher in Highlands Ranch

February 18, 2011

In case you haven’t heard yet, today on The Ellen Show, a teacher from Rock Canyon High School, Chris Page, was given a car on the air. My wife just heard about this and we just watched the video – its really great! Additionally Rock Canyon received a very generous gift as well. We are [...]

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Colorado Schools Registration: Open Enrollment is Now, Or About To Be

November 27, 2010

Colorado Schools: School of Choice Open Enrollment Information If you have recently moved to Colorado or are planning on relocating to Denver, you may not know that as far as the public schools go – Colorado is an open enrollment state. Now, while you have the option to do this and open enroll, many families [...]

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Are You Ready For Some High School Football Highlands Ranch?

August 28, 2010

High School Football in Highlands Ranch, CO – ThunderRidge, Mountain Vista, Rock Canyon and Highlands Ranch High Schools First I want to say that this is not a post about the Highlands Ranch High School Football team. It is is about ALL of the high school football teams in Highlands Ranch – ThunderRidge HS, Rock [...]

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Living in Denver – Douglas County Schools To Charge For Bus

May 26, 2010

Highlands Ranch and all Douglas County Students Will Pay for Bus Rides to School Beginning in August, the students of the Douglas County School District will begin to pay for their rides to school, if they wish to take the bus in all of the Denver suburbs that the district serves. For as long as [...]