STEM School Highlands Ranch is a Douglas County School District Charter School and operates under the Enrollment Calendar of the District.
Our doors are open every Wednesday at 10 a.m. for tours. There is no need to sign up. Just meet in the Secondary School Lobby. We ask that you arrive about 10 minutes early, so the group is ready to go at 10 a.m.
You will need to have your driver’s license to have a visitor badge made. Because we offer the weekly tour on Wednesdays at 10 a.m., we do not provide on-going shadowing opportunities. Please check our website for school holidays, closures or other reasons the Wednesday tour might be canceled.
STEM School Highlands Ranch accepts names for enrollment via our waitlist throughout the year. On December 1, we begin to pull students off of the waitlist for enrollment for the upcoming school year. Enrollment is based on grade level availability.
For questions, concerns or comments, please email us at registrar@stemk12.org.
It’s that time of year! We’re starting to prepare for the 2023-24 School Year and we need our CURRENT STEM Families to complete the Intent to Return/Not Return process.
This information will help our Leadership Team plan for the new school year as it pertains to budgeting, facility use, staffing and more. This process also helps us to know how many new students we will have openings for in the upcoming school year so that we can invite students off our waitlist.
Please complete the form via the button below for each of your CURRENTLY ATTENDING STEM students so that we know your student is either returning or not returning to STEM. Completing the form does not require your student to attend STEM for next year should you change your enrollment plans.
Current Families with Siblings Wanting to Attend STEM
Does your current STEM student have a sibling who is interested in attending STEM for the 2023-24 school year? Did you know that they have priority on our waitlist? Please add them to our waitlist now by clicking the button below. STEM’s open enrollment is open and we will begin notifying families of accepted spots for the 2023-24 school year beginning December 1, 2022.
DCSD Open Enrollment Window Information
The Douglas County School District’s Open Enrollment Window is now open, however current STEM families who wish to stay at STEM for next year DO NOT complete that process. Your student(s) will be automatically enrolled. The DCSD Open Enrollment Process (via their website) is if your student is interested in attending their neighborhood school, or another school that uses the DCSD Open Enrollment Process.
The First Round of the Open Enrollment Window for DCSD will close on December 1 at 4 p.m. The Second Round of the Open Enrollment Window will open on January 23 at 8 a.m. and close on August 1, 2023, at 4 p.m.
(Note: Parents of any students who wish to go back to their neighborhood middle school for their 7th-grade year must file an intent to return form, by January 10, 2023; applicable also for parents of 6th-grade students whose attendance area is within the Cimarron Middle School, Rocky Heights Middle School and Sagewood Middle School boundaries.)
STEM is now accepting names for the waitlist for 2023-24 and beyond. Please spread the word to your family and friends. They can add their child to the waitlist here! We will begin notifying families of accepted spots beginning on December 1, 2022. Please note that STEM does not follow the Douglas County Open Enrollment process.
Moving to out of state or to another school? Please click the buttons below to access out Withdrawl Form and our Records Release form. Both should be submitted to registrar@stemk12.org.
Our Prospective Spartan Showcase Night is the community’s opportunity to see what our STEM Secondary School is all about. Our teachers and students will be on hand to showcase all of the different opportunities and offerings that are available to students in our Secondary School (grades 6-12).
We’ve invited families in fifth and eighth grade, across the district with a postcard (image to the right), but this event is open to any student/family who is interested in find out more about our sixth through 12th grades. We’ll also be showcasing our Career Discovery program, which provides High School students with career-path development and opportunities.
