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