Lewis-Palmer High School

Very happy with our choice to choice into LPHS! Our children are happy; therefore, we are happy. Amazing drama and music department. Comprable to the local Universities in my opinion.

Exceptional. Nothing less than exceptional. This school has class and grace. Boundaries are set and followed. LPHS has standards when hiring teachers and coaches. It is a team approach. LPHS's has expectations and they continuously exceed those due to the high quality of staff that work (I use that word losely because they make learning fun) at LPHS. LPHS is undoubtedtly, the BEST high school in D38...academics, athletics, and all around citizenship...handsdown!!!

Coming from a student's point of view, this is a horrible school. They claim to be one of the highest ranking schools in Colorado. Personally, I highly disagree and I don't understand why. The education is so sub par (granted it could be worse but compared to other districts, it is very lacking in quality and advancement of education). For example, going into this school as a freshman I decided to take Honors English 1. After taking this class, I was completely confused as to why they would call it an honors class, because it is the exact same as regular English. There was no challenge. Honors students were reading the exact same books and doing the exact same work, the only difference was the name of the class. In addition to this, my teacher was useless and didn't really teach. She told us a page in a text book and expected us to figure it out from there and no teaching. The entire year I had no idea what was going on and my teacher was of no use. And the saddest thing of all about having to be at this trash school is that the teachers only get worse. My teacher was one of the good ones apparently. Both the math and English depart are the literal embodiment of trash because of how horrible the teachers are. When their students fail, they blame it on the students and not on the fact they have no idea how to teach. The entire class could fail and it's the students fault. The teachers and administrators do. Not. Listen. To the students. Don't even get me started on the security, which is the stupidest thing. There are only two security guards and they're nice but they care more about someone wearing a hat in the building than the actual safety of the students it seems like. They care more about the kid they've seen going to the school for months forgetting their ID than they do about the kids smoking pot on school grounds. If you're wanting to take a language be careful about which one you choose, because German and French 1 are definitely terrible with the teacher currently teacher them. Prior to coming to Lewis Palmer, I was supposed to be in French 2 because I had already taken French 1. However, Lewis Palmer does not offer French 2 to freshman, so I was stuck taking a repeat course. And it was one of the worst experiences of my life. The teacher was so bad and mean, that I no longer have the desire to take a language ever again. Consider carefully.

This school has been great for my kids. There seems to be a place for everyone to get involved and have fun. Whether sports is their thing, or any of the many clubs, or just helping others. Our kids came out of here college-ready and with great opportunities for success.