The Colorado Springs School

"Incredible school with a heart. CSS does an amazing job of creating a learning environment based on respect, individualized learning, and valuing everyone as part of a caring community. We have 2 middle school students that are new and they love this school! They are actually upset when there is a snow day....that says alot for middle school teens/tweens. If you value education, a safe environment for your kids, and a place where kids are accepted and celebrated for being themselves, you should seriously consider CSS. In a time where school bullying, student lethargy, and teacher burnout seems rampant and ubiquitous, CSS is a haven where kids can be themselves and love learning in a supportive community."

"This school offers an amazing education. My three kids each started the school when they were 3 years old. This school has supported them, given them opportunities at every turn, and challenged them to grow as people. Two of my kids have now graduated from the high school, and the third will graduate next year. It has been an amazing combination of strong academics with experiential education... a place where my kids could call “home” all while taking AP classes, diving into immersive seminars, join in the tennis team, the robotics club, the many band opportunities, the theater program... lots of opportunities to be involved at this amazing school. 18 years, and I wouldn’t have sent my kids anywhere else!"

"A top caliber school with a contemporary approach to learning. This school has it all; from pre-school to college preparation and everything in between, including traditional music, theater, sports, and academics. I'm honored to be part of the music and arts department."

"Our daughter spent from preschool through 8th grade at this school. It helped her become the independent thinker that she is today."

"Where you send your kids to school is a decision you make with your heart. When both of your kids are born premature some 30 years ago and from the beginning are in a fight for their lives, you pray, you plead and you promise. You promise that if somehow they can live that you will give them the best. That is where the Colorado Springs School came in. It was the right decision. It was FAMILY from the beginning. In a setting out of Gatsby, with small classes, a progressive educational system focusing on children getting experiential learning and planned trips all over the world, this school built confidence, built experience, and built lifelong friendships. My kids still have many close friends from their days at CSS. My daughter went from a precocious kindergarten dufus to become an attorney. She married on the campus, in the majesty of the Trianon, with many of her CSS classmates and teachers in attendance. My son went from a Ninja Turtle moon boot kindergarten picture on the CSS steps to an international business degree at DU, and now pursues a commercial real estate practice in Denver. He will marry there this summer and many CSS and DU friends will be in attendance. The CSS education started with ice cream socials, proceeded to big friend, little friend, was a flurry of intensive and personal education and trips all over the world, and ended with graduation as the kindergartners sang to the seniors. It was a dream. My kids played almost every sport, my daughter was a cheerleader, sports were incredible and both were class leaders. This small school gave them a chance to do everything. EVERYTHING. Both kids later coached at the school. My wife and I have gone to games for years after our kids graduated. Every time it is like an old home week reunion. The Colorado Springs school was the best decision we ever made. Let's be clear: deciding where your kids go to school is exercising control. You are controlling where your kids are educated, by whom they are educated, and who they get to grow up with in a real and personal way. Just as you decide what they eat and what sports they play and many other facets of their lives, giving your kids an education at this school gives you the ability to give your kids your best shot. None too soon your kids will use their fresh, clear eyed (and all knowing) 18 year old knowledge of the world to choose their college and oh boy is that an eye opener. Until then though you can guide them, and guide them well, by sending them to the Colorado Springs School. You are choosing FAMILY. The Colorado Springs School is FAMILY. My wife and I have always thought that the job of parents is to give their children roots and wings. Our hearts tell us that a tangible part of the roots we provided was CSS. You love em up and then send them off as preschoolers and kindergartners to be educated by others; a leap of faith as you hold back your tears. The trust we gave to CSS was rewarded beyond anything we could have dreamed. It was the job of CSS to help us protect them and prepare them until their wings were ready for the next step. CSS came through in spades and they still do."