Rivendell School

I have seen Rivendell School almost every week when I drive by to deposit my recycling. They have a brightly colored playground and a huge peacock statue that was once was covered in CD’s which was very very creative! It reminded me of a real peacock! It has since lost the CD’s and is now dressed Hawaiian style.
About a week ago I saw that Rivendell has signs up for a book sale. The prices looked very reasonable. About 50 cents to 2 dollars, depending upon what type of book. I went in and looked around the place. I was very impressed! The school is fairly small and the main room is covered in books. A very impressive library! I bought about four or five books all for a very good price and the ladies that were working there were all very nice and sweet.
After going to the book sale I decided to investigate more about what Rivendell School was about. I saw that they have been around Fort Collins since 1976. They are a nonprofit, secular private school. They have a huge emphasis on respect. They teach children how to respect the teachers and each other no matter how different you may be. In other words they don’t let the cliché’s run wild like at regular public schools. Their curriculum is less ‘goal oriented’ meaning they don’t primarily focus on test scores and make things so directional. If a child needs a little extra attention then they can get that extra attention because of the small class size.
Wow! How I wish I could have gone to a school like Rivendell! I was not impressed or amused overall with my public school experience and think I would have done much better in a place like this.
While I don’t have children I would highly recommend this place to friends that have children that are about to start school. I think they could greatly benefit from it. I also will be keeping tabs on the school’s events and would love to continue to support this place! There really, really needs to be more schools like this!