Colorado Springs KIDS Magazine | Open Enrollment School Directory

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The Colorado Springs School (CSS)
Independent Day school | PreK-12th grade | Established in 1962
Elevating Education from PreK through 12th Grade for over 60 years, where belonging meets excellence. Discover a transformative learning experience offered at our historic campus nestled beneath Cheyenne Mountain. We offer a whole child approach: experiential education blending superior academics, field experiences, and personalized attention. Our innovative curriculum prepares our students for a dynamic world: balancing tradition and cutting-edge learning strategies. Regional Bus Transportation and Financial Aid Available. Voted #1 K-12 Best Private School and #1 STEM High School in Colorado Springs (Niche.com). Join our 2025-2026 academic year! You're invited to our admission events and campus tours. Learn more at: css.org.

Colorado International Language Academy
Top-rated Performance with Distinction Immersion School
Join our CILA family of diverse learners! Give your child the unique opportunity to excel in academics, while becoming fluent in another language and developing cross-cultural understanding. Offering Immersion programs in Spanish, German and Mandarin Chinese. Homeschool Enrichment programs available, as well. CILA offers transportation across the COS area. We are located at 303 Austin Bluffs Parkway. To enroll, please call 719-645-8063 or visit our website at www.cilaschool.org.

Rocky Mountain Classical Academy (RMCA) offers a private school experience as a public school. We currently offer a highly rigorous curriculum for Pre-School, Elementary (K-5) and Middle School (6-8). RMCA exists to support parents in developing citizens of integrity and character who are equipped with a strong knowledge base and academic skills. The basis of this development is rooted in an academically rigorous, content rich, classical education program with a Core Knowledge emphasis. RMCA has a strong extracurricular program as well. Sports, art, drama and art clubs, Honor Society, S2S are just a few. To learn more about Rocky Mountain Classical Academy please visit www.RMCACS.org or schedule a tour by calling 719-622-8000.

Mountain Song Community School is a public Waldorf-inspired charter school dedicated to providing a developmentally appropriate and holistic education that nurtures the body, mind, and heart of every child. We believe in preserving childhood and feeding children’s natural curiosity through storytelling and hands-on experiential learning. We offer a rich, integrative, and multi-sensory learning environment infused with arts and music. Our practical and age-specific curriculum encourages our students to be kind, well-rounded, and academically successful. To learn more about Mountain Song Community School and how to enroll your child please visit www.mountainsongschool.org or call (719) 203-6364. Please join us for Art Night on January 30th from 4-6 p.m. Prospective families are also invited to join us for a Middle School Parent Information Night on January 30 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. while 1st -5th grade families are invited to learn more during a Parent Information Session from 5-6 p.m. Prospective Kindergarten families are invited to join us on January 17 at 4:30-5:30.

Thomas MacLaren School
K-12th grade | Established in 2009
Thomas MacLaren School opened in 2009 to educate students in the sixth through twelfth grades. In 2018, we opened our Lower School and now we are educating over 910 students in K-12th grades. From the seminar to the science lab, from the music room to the playing field, we begin with the conviction that all human beings can know truth, create beauty and practice goodness. To that end, we expect students to develop basic tools of learning, ordered basic knowledge, moral seriousness, breadth and depth of imagination, artistic ability and sensitivity, and a sense of wonder. We are enrolling for the 2025-2026 academic year! You're invited to our Information Night on March 6, 2025! Learn more at: www.maclarenschool.org.

James Irwin Charter Schools is an award-winning, K-12 public charter school network. Voted Gazette’s Best of the Springs for 10 consecutive years (2015-2024), James Irwin has 6 schools on 4 campuses. For 25 years, James Irwin has emphasized character development, academic excellence, patriotism, and the study of Western Heritage. James Irwin believes that children belong to the parents and not the government, and we engage our students in meaningful, personal interactions instead of devices. James Irwin’s three elementary schools teach phonics, cursive, Core Knowledge, and tried-and-true math facts. New this is year is James Irwin Elementary – Canada Drive at 2525 Canada Drive- one block east of Peterson Blvd. and Constitution. Our Astrozon campus (K-12) 5525 Astrozon Blvd, James Irwin Elementary School – Howard Campus (K-5 at1801 Howard Blvd. PTEC (6-12 pre-engineering, professional trade school) is at 2460 Waynoka Way. Learn more at www.jamesirwin.org or call 719-302-9105.

Colorado Springs Charter Academy
Award-Winning Academics & Character Building | Kindergarten (Full-Day) - 8th Grade | Tuition-Free | Established in 2005 CSCA has an award-winning academic program with a rigorous curriculum (not Common Core), a focus on character, and a strong community of families. Nestled at the foot of beautiful Palmer Park, CSCA offers smaller class sizes (with a teacher and educational aide in each classroom K-6th), high expectations for discipline (using Love and Logic), uniforms, cursive, specials classes for all K-8 students (art, music, Spanish, library, P.E.), and fun student activities. To enroll for the 2025-26 school year, attend an informational night and tour, or learn more, vi it www.cscharter.org.