The Widefield School District 3 is a public
school district
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serving parts of western
El Paso County, Colorado
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, United States. It primarily serves
Security-Widefield, but it also serves southeastern
Colorado Springs
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, which is where the district office is located.
List of schools
Preschools
* Widefield Preschool - Formerly North Elementary School in 2011-2012 school year
Elementary schools
*French Elementary
*King Elementary
*North Elementary - repurposed as a preschool starting in the 2011-2012 school year
*Pinello Elementary
*Sunrise Elementary
*Talbott Elementary
*Venetucci Elementary
*Widefield Elementary
*Webster Elementary
A former school, the
S.A. Wilson Elementary School in Security-Widefield, built in 1959-61, was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 2017. It was one of six elementary schools in Widefield School District built during 1954 to 1961, during which the district grew from 125 students to more than 3,500 students. The building later became the S.A. Wilson Center, hosting several school district resources.
[ Photos in the nomination, including 20 photos from 2015, are not included in the linked PDF.]
Junior high schools
*Janitell Junior High
*Sproul Junior High
*Watson Junior High
*Grand Mountain K-8
High schools
*
Discovery High School, Widefield
*
Mesa Ridge High School
*
Widefield High School
Widefield High School is a high school in Security-Widefield, Colorado, United States. It opened its doors in 1958 and is the older of the two high schools in Widefield School District 3. Widefield's mascot is the Gladiator and its colors are nav ...
D3 My Way K-12 Virtual School
Charter
* James Madison Charter Academy
James Madison Charter Academy
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See also
*List of school districts in Colorado
This is a list of 179 public school districts in the U.S. state of Colorado.
Footnotes:
See also
* Outline of Colorado
*Index of Colorado-related articles
* Education in Colorado
* School district
* State of Colorado
** Colorado Departmen ...
References
External links
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{{School districts in El Paso County, Colorado
School districts in Colorado
Education in El Paso County, Colorado
School districts established in 1874
1874 establishments in Colorado Territory