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West Ridge Academy is a tuition-free K-8 Core Knowledge Charter School in Greeley, Colorado.
Our vision is to prepare each child to meet his or her highest academic potential and strongest character to ensure personal success.
We are committed to working with families, students, and an exemplary staff of educators to create a rigorous, character-focused, academic learning environment using our eight pillars of virtue.
West Ridge provides a small school atmosphere where students are known by name, value and respected and have a significant relationship with at least one adult in the school. We strive to meet the diverse educational needs of each student.
At West Ridge, we value the role of the family in a child’s education and invite meaningful parental involvement.
Our team would love to talk more about your child's specific needs and goals and how we can help meet them, so please reach out!
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What Makes West Ridge Academy Different?
West Ridge Academy is consistently a top-performing school offering a traditional rigorous education. Our students learn the foundations to excel in their education and life. Our 8th graders have a 100% success rate in acceptance to their high school of choice and are prepared for their educational journey ahead.
West Ridge Academy’s curriculum, the Core Knowledge Sequence, encompasses language arts, mathematics, science, history, geography, fine arts, and physical education. The curriculum is characterized by knowledge that is context-rich, cumulative, content specific, and coherent.
West Ridge Academy is focussed on providing a strong education in a safe and supportive environment. We stay away from cultural trends, hot-button topics and the latest wave of social ideas, allowing parents to lead their values in the home. Our personalized, data-driven academics help your child perform to the best of his/her ability without distractions.
Respect, Responsibility, Gratitude, Community, Self-Control, Integrity, Compassion, and Perseverance. These pillars are taught every day and incorporated into our culture and curriculum. We daily model, recognize and reinforce these pillars in our school.
West Ridge Academy offers a warm, small-school environment where every child is truly known. With small class sizes and a low student-to-teacher ratio, we provide individualized learning with strong parent partnerships. We encourage our parents to volunteer in the school and make our families a part of our community.
Core Knowledge encompasses more than just its curriculum. West Ridge Academy’s Pillars of Virtue define our school culture and are expected behavior for WRA students. Character is developed through a coherent program of expectations, modeling, and study of historical and literary figures.