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- Cherry Creek School District No. 5
- Building Forward
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Cherry Creek Schools is dedicated to excellence in many ways. From supporting the whole wellbeing of students and creating career opportunities to ensuring each building is safe and secure, we are committed to continuously investing in our students, teachers, and facilities. The generous support of Cherry Creek School District voters have made these investments possible, allowing us to make much-needed renovations and improvements across the district. We appreciate the generous support of our voters and are committed to ensuring excellence for our community.
What's happening at your school?
Many of the bond improvement projects outlined in our 2020 bond measure have been or are close to be successfully completed. Check out Cherry Creek Schools' state-of-the-art Mapping Our Future interactive map. On the map you'll be able to see the various feeder areas, bond and budget project improvements made at each school and across the district, school population and other helpful information about schools across the district.
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Safety & Security
The safety of our students is our highest priority. The security investment projects came directly from recommendations made by the community-based Safety and Security Task Force, which met for a year with District Security and local law enforcement partners to evaluate existing safety protocols and structures and suggest improvements. This led to a variety of critical safety and security upgrades and new projects, which are in the process of being completed. These include:
- Thumb latches for schools
- New state-of-the-art intercom systems
- Secure vestibules
- Fire system upgrades
- Consolidated district dispatch center
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Innovation
Cherry Creek Schools is a leader in Colorado and around the country when it comes to using innovation to transform learning experiences and creating pathways to meaningful careers for students. With the voter-approved 2020 bond package, we continued this leadership with:
- Cherry Creek Innovation Center: In fall 2019, a state-of-the-art Innovation Campus opened to serve 1,100 students across seven career pathways to provide a hands-on learning environment and prepare the workforce of the future.
- Innovation Spaces: Six, new innovative learning environments across CCSD high schools that create higher levels of engagement for students, allow for more flexibility for learners of all kinds, and provide technical equipment and training to prepare students for 21st century careers. This complements previous work to create 53 new Innovation Spaces in elementary and middle schools.
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Mental Health
Mental health continues to be a top priority for Cherry Creek Schools. Given the historical underfunding of mental health support in schools in Colorado, CCSD has taken action and, thanks to the support of voters, made investments to provide direct support and first-of-its-kind services to students.
- Building a first-in-the-nation school district-operated Mental Health Day Treatment Facility to respond to the increased mental health needs of students in our district (scheduled to open in fall 2023)
- Only district in Colorado with a registered nurse in every building
- Total of 160 licensed clinical social workers and school psychologists in schools, far exceeding staffing guidelines
- Support students with several social-emotional curricula
- Learn more by visiting the Traverse Academy website
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School Maintenance
As we celebrate the decades of history and successes we have shared as a district, we also know our schools and facilities are aging and must be maintained to protect the community’s investment. Community support enabled the district to:
- Construct Woodland Elementary School in the southeast part of the district which opened for the 2022-2023 school year
- Make necessary repairs and critical upkeep of heating, cooling and ventilation systems, carpet, plumbing, playgrounds and more to ensure a safe and comfortable learning environment for all students
- Construct Woodland Elementary School in the southeast part of the district which opened for the 2022-2023 school year
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Technology
We want to ensure every student has equal access and opportunity to computers and other technology necessary to prepare them for advanced jobs and in-demand careers of the future. To support this effort as well as respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, CCSD made the following investments:
- A 1:1 device plan that puts a computer into the hands of every student and opens up new worlds of possibility through innovative, 21st Century learning
- Critical upgrades to core district facilities such as wireless network, firewall and data center
- Distributed more than 14,000 devices and hundreds of WiFi hotspots to students during the COVID-19 outbreak, ensuring all students could participate in remote learning
- Trained all teachers to deliver high-quality instruction and support via online platforms that kept students engaged in meaningful learning throughout the pandemic
What's Happening at Your School?
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Mapping Our Future is a digital tool designed to share information about each school in Cherry Creek and show how your tax dollars are being spent to prepare the next generation of leaders, innovators and groundbreakers.
CCSD In the News
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Students learn from professionals of color at STEM event
Approximately 75 students gathered to hear from seven professionals of color in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields (STEM) as a way to engage students of color who are interested in pursuing a career in one or more of those fields.
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CCSD leads with physical and mental health initiatives
Cherry Creek Schools celebrated the first anniversary of its School-Based Community Health Centers on March 1! These clinics are one of many initiatives to prioritize students’ physical and mental health as the district lives its core value of Whole Wellbeing.
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CBS News: U.S. To address lack of youth mental health services, one school district tries a radical new solution
CBS National News recently profiled the first-of-its-kind mental health facility called Traverse Academy.
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CBS4: Students develop coping & resiliency skills at Smoky Hill High School
There's a rise in anxiety, depression and even suicidal thoughts. One Colorado school district is making mental health a priority. Cherry Creek Schools Superintendent Christopher Smith visited the district's Smoky Hill High School in Aurora where student Dakota Huber shared details about the school's "Zen Den."
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9News: A school district takes students' mental health into their own hands
The Cherry Creek School District was searching for answers to help their students experiencing mental health crises, so they decided to build their own solution. Traverse Academy in Aurora will open this fall as a place where kids can receive both treatment and continue their studies.