Welcome to New Vista High School
The small, innovative public high school of Boulder Valley
New Vista High School opened its doors in the Fall of 1993 with a mission "to break the mold " of conventional secondary school practice. A small public high school of choice, serving a heterogeneous student body, we have two goals. The first is one that every high school must have-to educate students in the conventional subjects and prepare them for a variety of post secondary programs, including highly competitive colleges and universities. The second goal is more unusual and defines our unique environment. We help each and every student identify and pursue interests or talents at which they are genuinely motivated to excel.
Fifteen years later we are meeting both our goals. The 2007 School Accountability Reports issued by the State of Colorado awarded us the second highest performance rating. In the rank ordering of schools, our students' scores earned us 32nd place out of 355 public high schools. Test scores for 2007 show New Vista students achieve at levels comparable to Boulder's other high schools.
With regard to our second goal of supporting talent development in all students, we have had successes across the board. We have challenged exceptionally strong students and we have been able to succeed with some of the at-risk students who have come to us. Our most remarkable effect has been with students who were neither stars nor failures before they came to us. Kids who everyone (including themselves) thought of as just average are expected to earn high grades and find the way or ways in which they are extraordinary.
New Vista High School
700 20th Street, Boulder Colorado 80302
phone: 720-561-8700 | fax: 720-561-8701 -Attendance Line 720-561-8702
e-mail: donna.davis@bvsd.org