Middle School

Middle School at STEM is where core curriculum and innovation guide skills and character development

Academics & Pathways

We Foster Fearless Innovation

The Middle School at STEM School Highlands Ranch is a haven for continual innovation, creative exploration and rigorous discovery.

At STEM School Highlands Ranch Middle School, we focus on a providing an engaging and empowering education that incorporates essential middle school level skills and character development, with rigorous real world education. All of this is then rooted in STEM-based problem solving and fueled by constant exploration, inquiry and discovery.

Our students are thinkers, doers, change makers and innovators.  They develop the skills of critical thinking, collaboration, safe failure and applied innovation through an exciting and challenging integrated STEM curriculum.

At the heart of our innovative model is a student-centered and teacher guided approach to learning where students become curious, creative and active drivers and problem solvers to real world challenges. Our teachers are catalysts, champions, guides and experts in igniting a love of learning while teaching appropriate use of technology, collaboration, teamwork and organization to achieve goals.

We work tirelessly to provide an exciting and engaging education that unlocks the unlimited potential of every student while fostering the character and confidence needed to succeed in an exponentially changing world.

Secondary Bell Times

  • Mon.-Fri. 7:50 - 2:55

Meet Our Team

Enrollment Questions

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Maura Ridder
Middle School Director

Would you like to enroll in our STEM Middle School? Click the button below to learn more about how to enroll, take a tour, get your questions answered and more.

Come tour our school every Wednesday we’re in session at 9 a.m. Families should meet in the Secondary School Lobby. Please remember to bring a driver’s license in order to receive a visitor’s badge.

Supports for Our Students

The mission of the Student Support Team at STEM School Highlands Ranch is to provide every student with the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive in an environment that is safe, challenging and nurturing. We are dedicated to helping the entire student body reach their full potential while feeling empowered, respected and supported.

Our Student Support page is divided into four sections:
  • Academic Support
  • Emotional Support

Middle School News

Morning Bell Times

  • Doors Open 7 a.m.
  • School Starts 7:50 a.m.
  • Tardy Bell 7:55 a.m.

Afternoon Bell Times

  • Dismissal Starts 2:55 p.m.
  • Dismissal Ends 3:15 p.m.

* If you are running late and cannot pick up your student by 3:15 p.m., we will send your child to our After School Club, and fees will be assessed.

Meet Our Team

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Middle School Student Support

Our Counselors

The mission of the Student Support Team at STEM School Highlands Ranch is to provide every student with the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive in an environment that is safe, challenging and nurturing. We are dedicated to helping the entire student body reach their full potential while feeling empowered, respected and supported.

Our Student Support page is divided into four sections:
  • Academic Support
  • Emotional Support
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Lily Williams
Middle School Counselor (A-L)
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Lisa Clay
Middle School Counselor (M-Z)

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