Rocky Heights Middle School, Lone Tree | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

Let me set the scene. It was a cold October day and the alarm clock rings, awakening a young Chris from his slumber. For a brief second bliss is his only emotion, having just awoken from a dream where he was devouring one of Gordon Ramsay’s famous fillet mignons while a gorgeous Russian model tells him how much she adores his collection of bakugan training cards. But as he turns on his bedroom light, crippling reality begins to take grasp and he gives a prepubescent sigh. “Why do my parents despise me?” He asks in a woeful tone. Why me? He ponders pretending to to be sick but ultimately decides to follow his typical sisyphean reutine. He finally rises from his twin sized bed and pulls the curtains aback only to see the same old tree, withering away as it always does this time of year. He prepares himself for school and before he leaves for the bus his mother says to him, “it’ll get better.” She is relentlessly optimistic but by no means persuasive. The young Chris sits down in the same seat as always, seat 3. This way he is far enough from the politically progressive bullies who make fun of his birth mark, not a sexual orientation. Also not close enough to the bus driver to be forced to converse. He also enjoys this seat because occasionally a cute girl, who for privacy sake will be referred to as Shaquira, would sit next to him. Talking to her is the first step in his 25 month plan in becoming her boyfriend. Step two is convincing her that you aren’t gay. Rather then engaging in conversation, he instead opts to listen to his playlist of “What does the fox say” repeated 27 times. Chris slowly plods off the bus and into the classroom where they will be subconsciously reminded to “text a tip” on their peers if they are either exhibiting typical teenage behavior, someone you want to reap revenge on or if you want to get out of class. Chris has been texted a tip on for the third time this week and it’s finally becoming annoying because each time he would have to talk with a police officer.The first was because he was eating food in class as someone considered that “threatening her well-being”. The second time was because he looked at a girl in the class longer then 6 and a half seconds which automatically constitutes as “sexual assault”. (I’ll purpously avoid talking about the third time for the rest of my story). Chris can’t describe the way he feels about the no phone rule in words so instead opts to explain it in metaphors and loose rhyme. The day is uneventful. The only escape he can find is during the time at lunch and during the 20 minute aloted yard time. Then it’s back to class where his desk partners quote obscure youtubers and wiggle a pencil between their fingers trying to convince you for the 19th time that it’s rubber. By the time he leaves, the sole thing he was taught was the common German phrases “Männer sind Schweine” and “Verrat an allen”, which he totally didn’t just get from typing “English to German” into Bing, his favorite web browser. His only sanctuary from the awfulness of Rocky Heights Middle School is in his dreams, where he is able to fall fast asleep and have dreams of Elizabeth Olsen’s portrayel of Scarlet witch in the new Avengers movie.

Sincerely yours,
Chris P. Bacon

Rocky Heights is probably one of the best middle schools in all of Douglas County. It has very nice teachers and staff but one of the biggest draw backs to this school is it’s method of teaching. As I am a student in this school, the form of learning we use is called “World Class Education”. It involves using ideas like World Class Outcomes and the 4C’s. The big issue with these are they have no practical use or benefit to us students. In fact, many of us think that they disrupt our learning and do not let our teachers actually teach us kids what we are supposed to be learning. As example, instead of my Social Studies teacher teaching us about The Holocaust, we are learning how to “Evaluate how perspective and bias generate and shape global citizenry”. If you do not know what global citizenry is, it is a form of socialism that is supposed to teach kids how everyone can be the same and not me offensive to anyone or anything. I would like to say that all of Douglas County teaches very Liberal which I personally do not agree with as they push their form of politics upon students and will not let students express their own political beliefs. Another thing is teachers have to teach these things because if they don’t they get fired. It is annoying to think that Douglas County is basically making their teachers teach something they don’t believe in and won’t let them teach their own ways. I know my formatting for writing this might not be the best but I was in Advanced English! In summary, I love the teachers and staff in this building but they need to change the way they make all teachers teach and how kids learn. We are getting a new superintendent this new school year which is exiting but we will never know how stuff turns out.Sorry for ranting a bit but I wanted to give a honest review of my school.