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Leadership

Jennifer Richardson
Principal/Administrator

jennifer.richardson@asd20.org
(719) 234 - 5800

By the Numbers

Offered at This School
Grades 6 - 8
Year Founded
2019
Enrollment
1101

School Path

Chinook Trail Elementary School
Legacy Peak Elementary School
Liberty High School
Pine Creek High School
Ranch Creek Elementary School

Unique Offerings

At our middle school, project-based learning turns curiosity into confidence. Instead of just memorizing facts, students dive into real-world questions and work together to solve meaningful problems. Whether they're designing inventions, creating documentaries, or planning community projects, our learners build critical thinking, collaboration, and communication skills that prepare them for high school and beyond. It’s learning with purpose—and it's what makes our school stand out.

Academics

College & Career Advising
College & Career Advising gives students the opportunity to explore and learn through practical application of academic and technical skills and knowledge preparing them to compete in a global economy.
English as a Second Language (ESL)
English as a Second Language (ESL) is a program that promotes a safe and encouraging learning environment for all English language learners.
Project Based Learning (PBL)
Project Based Learning (PBL) is a student-centered pedagogy that involves a dynamic classroom approach allowing students to acquire a deeper knowledge through active exploration of real-world challenges and problems.
Recognizing, Understanding, Labeling, Expressing, and Regulating (RULER)
Recognizing, Understanding, Labeling, Expressing, and Regulating (RULER) is a school-wide approach to social and emotional learning developed at Yale University and is used in kindergarten through eighth grade to promote emotional intelligence.
Talented and Gifted (TAG)
The Talented and Gifted (TAG) Program develops and nurtures students with exceptional abilities and talents in academics, creative thinking, leadership, or visual and performing arts.

Arts

2D/3D Art
Drawing, painting, printmaking, and clay will allow students to explore both 2-D and 3- D art. Our curriculum may coordinate with themes used in math, science, language arts, and social studies to enable students to have a well-rounded art education experience.
Band
Our band programs blend rehearsal and performance to build real-world skills: musicianship, discipline, teamwork, and stage confidence. Depending on your school’s program, students can play woodwinds, brass, or percussion in concert band, jazz band, pep band, or percussion ensembles.
Choir
A choir is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which spans from the Medieval era to the present, or popular music repertoire.
Orchestra
A large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which mixes instruments from different families, including bowed string instruments such as violin, viola, cello, and double bass, as well as brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments, each grouped in sections.
Theatre
Our theatre programs blend performance and production to build real-world skills: public speaking, problem-solving, time management, and collaboration. Depending on your school's program, students can try acting, directing, stage management, set construction, costumes, and technical theatre.

Athletics

Basketball
Cheer
Cross Country
Football
Intramurals
We offer sports and activities organized within our school. We do not compete with other schools.
Soccer
Softball
Track and Field
Volleyball
Wrestling

Career & Technical Education

Career & Technical Education
Career & Technical Education provides students with the academic and technical skills, knowledge and training necessary to succeed in future careers and to become lifelong learners.
College & Career Advising
College & Career Advising gives students the opportunity to explore and learn through practical application of academic and technical skills and knowledge preparing them to compete in a global economy.

Supports

Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
​Multi-Tiered System of Supports provides academic and social/emotional/behavior support for students based on their needs.
Significant Support Needs Programs (SSN)
Significant Support Needs Programs (SSN) Programs serve students who have cognitive disabilities, and may have developmental, physical or orthopedic disabilities, Traumatic Brain Injury or multiple disabilities.
Sources of Strength
Sources of Strength is a youth program designed to harness the power of peer social networks to change unhealthy norms and culture, ultimately preventing suicide, bullying and substance abuse.