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About Peak to Peak
Learn more about Peak to Peak Charter School, including the open enrollment process, program offerings, and different school levels.
Peak to Peak’s elementary program focuses on standards-based learning and uses the nationally recognized Core Knowledge Sequence as the basis for its content in social studies and science. In addition to language arts (reading, writing, spelling, and grammar) math, science, and social studies, Peak to Peak elementary students participate in physical education, art, French, Spanish, music, and library time. Elementary students also have a variety of extracurricular programs available to them.
Students entering middle school enroll in courses specifically designed to prepare them to succeed in Peak to Peak’s advanced college preparatory high school courses. In addition, they enjoy a variety of courses such as physical education, music, theater, art, and technology. Students are also encouraged to participate in Peak to Peak’s extracurricular sports program, as well as a variety of clubs, competitions, and visual/performing arts.
Peak to Peak’s high school features Advanced Placement (AP) courses, offering over 20 of these college-level courses. To recognize students who desire a challenging, well-rounded high school experience, and indicate to highly selective colleges a student’s commitment to excellence, Peak to Peak offers the “Peak Scholar Award.” The high school also provides an assortment of courses in visual and performing arts, music, journalism, technology, and physical education. Students are also encouraged to participate in Peak to Peak’s extracurricular sports, theater performances, clubs, and competitions.
Enrollment at Peak to Peak is lottery-based and managed by the Boulder Valley School District Open Enrollment Office. Once admitted to Peak to Peak, students may continue at the school until graduation, including the transition points between each level, without needing to re-apply. As a public charter school within BVSD, Peak to Peak does not charge tuition or have any additional entry requirements for enrollment.
Peak to Peak is a 3A school that offers 22 sports at the middle and high school levels with more than 50 state championship titles.
Peak to Peak strives to provide broad access to an exemplary K-12 liberal arts, college preparatory education that challenges students to achieve their academic potential while providing an environment in which each student is known, respected, and valued as an individual of great potential and promise. The Peak to Peak community is one that values and recognizes scholarship, academic achievement, and creativity and is committed to preparing students to become active and responsible citizens of an interdependent world.