PSD Choice Schools

A small, student‑centered alternative high school in Fort Collins that offers flexible scheduling, personalized learning, and strong support for social, emotional, and behavioral growth

• Hexter model: students attend in six-week blocks, with new students enrolling every six-weeks. This helps them recover credits rapidly.
• Four-day week: Students attend slightly longer days Tuesday-Friday, with one Monday attendance every six weeks. 
• Small classes capped at 18 students within a positive, caring culture of dedicated staff 
• Closed campus to help support students' attendance
• Opportunities for off-campus experiences during E-week
• Access to all PSD programs such as the Career Tech Center, concurrent enrollment, etc.
• Health clinic on campus
• Major performance growth 
• Discovery model to help students re‑engage and succeed on paths to graduation
• Career and Technical Education (CTE) Pathways: Architecture & Construction

PSD’s choice-only* Core Knowledge middle school, featuring strong academic performance and excellent leadership programming  

• Center-based multi-categorical/Integrated Services program 
• Strong music program
• Career and Technical Education (CTE) Pathways: Design & Technology, Multimedia Production, Entrepreneurship, Game Design, Computer Science, Family & Consumer Sciences, International Foods

PSD Options: A one-day-per-week, no-cost, in-person enrichment program for homeschoolers in grades K-8

PSD’s innovative, choice-only* expeditionary learning school, featuring a small and close-knit student body, weeklong intensives, adventure trips, and fieldwork experiences 

• A welcoming, game-changing option for students who feel like they don’t fit in and students struggling in traditional school environments
• Experiential, inquiry-based learning including portfolio development, presentations of learning, and standards-based grading throughout k-12
• Equity focus and restorative justice approach to behavior management throughout k-12
• Smallest middle school in PSD, leaving no room for students to be overlooked
• Unique rites of passage, mixed-age learning and mentoring, and crew model for belonging and community-building
• Collaboration with Poudre Community Academy for sports
• Concurrent enrollment courses offered for earning college credit
• All seniors graduate with work-based learning project portfolios and capstone completions
• High School Career & Technical Education Pathways: Design & Multimedia, Natural Resources Management (the only program of its kind in CO), Outdoor Recreation (the only program of its kind in CO), PSD Career Tech Center Pathways

A closed‑campus, alternative school setting in PSD for grades 8‑12 that combines small class sizes, strong expectations, service learning, and extensive support toward graduation and career readiness.

• Tailored, personalized, flexible learning and support, including credit recovery
• Trauma-informed focus
• Sports programs: basketball, track and field, volleyball, e-sports
• Service learning and work-based learning
• Quarterly experiential Learning Activities like climbing, rafting, or visiting museums 
• Increased number of staff with higher degrees
• Career and Technical Education (CTE) Pathways: Career Tech Center Pathways

PSD Global: A hybrid K-12 learning program blending virtual and in-person learning to meet unique, personalized student needs

• Parent serves as learning coach
• Clubs including garden club, running club, e-sports, and more
• Teen parent program
• CTE pathways: Computer Science, Education & Training, Career Tech Center Pathways

PSD’s award-winning, choice-only* Core Knowledge school

• Site-Based Management Council: A unique governance model that includes seven family partners, six staff members and the principal
• Exceptional academic performance
• Parent Partnership Mentor program helps new families integrate and thrive