Cherry Creek School District

Cherry Creek School District

The Cherry Creek School District 5, also known as Cherry Creek Public Schools, is a school district based in western Arapahoe County, Colorado. The superintendent is Mary Chesley.

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History

Cherry Creek School District No. 5 was voted into existence in 1950 by residents of seven Arapahoe County school districts. Existing schools in the new district included:

  • Melvin School, currently a schoolhouse museum on the Smoky Hill High School campus
  • Castlewood School, dismantled when I-25 was built and replaced with Belleview Elementary in 1954
  • Cherry Creek Elementary School
  • Cherry Hills Elementary School [1]

Schools

Elementary Schools

  • Antelope Ridge Elementary School
  • Arrowhead Elementary School
  • Aspen Crossing Elementary School
  • Belleview Elementary School
  • Buffalo Trail Elementary School
  • Canyon Creek Elementary School
  • Challenge K-5
  • Cherry Creek Academy K-5 (Charter)
  • Cherry Hills Village Elementary School
  • Cimarron Elementary School
  • Cottonwood Creek Elementary School
  • Coyote Hills Elementery School
  • Creekside Elementary School
  • Dakota Valley Elementary School
  • Dry Creek Elementary School
  • Eastridge Elementary School
  • Fox Hollow Elementary School
  • Greenwood Elementary School
  • Heritage Elementary School
  • Highline Community Elementary School
  • High Plains Elementary School
  • Holly Hills Elementary School
  • Homestead Elementary School
  • Independence Elementary School
  • Indian Ridge Elementary School
  • Meadow Point Elementary School
  • Mission Viejo Elementary School
  • Peakview Elementary School
  • Pine Ridge Elementary School
  • Polton Elementary School
  • Ponderosa Elementary School
  • Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School
  • Rolling Hills Elementary School
  • Sagebrush Elementary School
  • Summit Elementary School
  • Sunrise Elementary School
  • Timberline Elementary School
  • Trails West Elementary School
  • Village East Elementary School
  • Walnut Hills Elementary School
  • Willow Creek Elementary School

Middle Schools

  • C.A.R.E. Middle School
  • Campus Middle School (Campus Middle Unit)
  • Challenge (K-8 Magnet) Middle School
  • Falcon Creek Middle School
  • Fox Ridge Middle School
  • Horizon Middle School
  • Laredo Middle School
  • Liberty Middle School
  • Prairie Middle School
  • Sky Vista Middle School
  • Thunder Ridge Middle School
  • West Middle School
  • Future Middle School #11

High Schools

Alternative programs

  • Career and Technical Education
  • Cherry Creek Academy (K-8 Charter)
  • Cherry Creek P.R.E.P. Alternative High School
  • Foote Youth Services Center
  • Glendale Educational Center
  • Joliet Center
  • Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning

Awards

Cherry Creek Schools has produced several Colorado Teachers of the Year[2]:

  • Russell Lofthouse (1986, Meadow Point Elementary School)
  • Roberta Ford (1990, Prairie Middle School)
  • Pam Schmidt (1997, Thunder Ridge Middle School)
  • Sharon Ivie (1999, Eastridge Community Elementary School)
  • Deborah Johnston (2002, Eaglecrest High School)

Two teachers have also received the Presidential Teaching Award

  • Kathryn Eyolfson (2008,Science) Coyote Hills Elementary School
  • Lana Hanson (2008, Math) Willow Creek Elementary School

Also CCSD has received several other awards including:

  • Best Nutrition Program of the Year (By USDA - 2005-2006)
  • Superintendent of the Year (Dr. Monte C. Moses, Ph.D.)
  • School District of the Year (both by Colorado DOE and United States DOE)

References

  1. ^ The Village History (Expanded). City of Greenwood Village, Colorado. Accessed December 4, 2006.
  2. ^ Colorado Teachers of the Year 1963-Present. Colorado Department of Education. Accessed December 4, 2006.

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