The Cherry Creek School District 5, also known as Cherry Creek Public Schools, is a school district

School district

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 based in western Arapahoe County

Arapahoe County, Colorado

As of the census of 2000, there were 487,967 people, 190,909 households, and 125,809 families residing in the county. The population density was 608 people per square mile . There were 196,835 housing units at an average density of 245 per square mile...

, Colorado

Colorado

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. The superintendent is Mary Chesley.

History

Cherry Creek School District No. 5 was voted into existence in 1950 by residents of seven Arapahoe County

Arapahoe County, Colorado

As of the census of 2000, there were 487,967 people, 190,909 households, and 125,809 families residing in the county. The population density was 608 people per square mile . There were 196,835 housing units at an average density of 245 per square mile...

 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

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

• Cherokee Trail High School
  Cherokee Trail High School
  Cherokee Trail High School is a public secondary-educational institution located in the eastern portion of the city of Aurora, Colorado. It is the sixth high school in the Cherry Creek School District and the largest high school on the Western side of the Mississippi River...
  
  
• Cherry Creek High School
  Cherry Creek High School
  Cherry Creek High School is the oldest of six high schools in the Cherry Creek School District in suburban Denver, Colorado. It is one of the largest high schools in the Denver metro area, with an campus and more than 3,700 students. Cherry Creek High School has been designated a Blue Ribbon...
  
  
• Eaglecrest High School
  Eaglecrest High School
  Eaglecrest High School is located in unincorporated Arapahoe County, Colorado, near the cities of Aurora and Centennial. The school mascot is the Raptors, and school colors are red, black and silver. Eaglecrest was the fourth high school to open in the Cherry Creek School District, and it is a...
  
  
• Grandview High School
  Grandview High School (Colorado)
  Grandview High School is the second largest high school in the Cherry Creek School District, with approximately 2,800 students. Grandview opened in 1998 as the district's fifth high school, built to accommodate a population boom in the district's growing southeastern region. Grandview is located...
  
  
• Overland High School
  Overland High School
  Overland High School, located in Aurora, Colorado, and part of the Cherry Creek School District, opened in 1978.Overland High School is a comprehensive public, suburban, college-oriented institution. Overland High School is accredited by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and...
  
  
• Smoky Hill High School
  Smoky Hill High School
  Smoky Hill High School is located in Aurora, Colorado and currently has around 2,600 students. Smoky Hill is part of the Cherry Creek School District and was the second high school built by the district in 1974.It goes by the short name 'Smoky'...
  
  

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:

• 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)