The Bijou School (0871)
2115 AFTON WAY
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80909
Alternative Education Campus (AEC).
119
Total Students Served
Grade 9 - Grade 12
School District:
Colorado Springs 11 (1010)
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About The Bijou School (0871)
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The Bijou School
2025-2026
The Bijou School is located on the Roy J. Wasson Academic Campus. We are proud to be an alternative high school option within the D11 Portfolio of Schools. With an academic focus and behavioral support, we embrace students' potential, raise their hope, and turn dragons into dragon graduates. "Bijou" is the French word for gem. Dragons are powerful guardians. We, the Staff, guard and protect the precious gems, our students, until they discover their potential and become high school graduates! Our…
Mission: We dare to empower the whole student to impact the world profoundly. Our Vision: We are building a school where all students Receive the Best First Instruction to become academically ready and a continuous learner. Have a growth mindset for graduation and becoming empowered citizens and skilled communicators. Receive early, individualized interventions to become innovative problem solvers. Empowered through career-connected learning for postsecondary and workforce readiness to become healthy and balanced Learners. Develop grit and resilience to become critical thinkers and empathetic collaborators. Determined to find their unique potential, raise their hope, and build a foundation for their future.                                                                                     Our Students Follow The Dragon Honor Code                                                                 Attendance  90%-100% Attend or Excuse Be on Time & Stay the Whole Time                                                      Behavior            Responsibility Centered Discipline FIRED UP!                                                                     Course Progression   Earn All Credits Attempted with an A, B, C, or D And are FIRED UP! We are FOCUSED on Academic Achievement. We can IMAGINE our Academic Growth. We can show RESPECT through Student Engagement. We are EMPOWERED with Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness. We are DETERMINED to find our UNIQUE POTENTIAL.                                                            The Bijou School serves students in grades 9th -12th and awards a Colorado Springs School District 11 Diploma. The state of Colorado defines an Alternative School as any school that has 90% of students enrolled with one or more of the risk factors as identified by the Colorado Department of Education. The risk factors include:                                     Juvenile delinquency                                                                                       Dropped out of school                                                                                      Expelled from school                                                                                         History of personal drug or alcohol use                                                                           History of personal street gang involvement                                                                        History of child abuse or neglect/foster care                                                                  Has a parent or guardian in prison                                                                            Has an IEP                                                                                                 Family history of domestic violence                                                                           Repeated school suspensions                                                                                Pregnant or parenting                                                                                       Migrant child                                                                                              Homeless child                                                                                            History of severe psychiatric or behavioral disorder                                                                 Over-age/ under-credited.                                                                                    For the 2024-2025 school year, The Bijou School identified 95% of the enrolled students as having one of the listed risk factors, and 65% have two or more of the risk factors. How do we do what we do?                                                             An empathic, experienced staff encourages and supports students to achieve their personal, academic, and professional goals. Teachers use various instructional materials, including online resources, textbooks, and multimedia content. The highly qualified Staff hold themselves to the exact rigorous expectations as their students. The team participates in regular personal and professional development to ensure the best instruction for their students. Our curriculum meets Colorado state standards. Our Counseling Department, including a Social Worker, is available to guide students in meeting their social, emotional, and life goals. The Bijou School partners with Career Pathways to offer students the opportunity to prepare for their future through career education. We are a school where all students receive the best first instruction in all content areas with individualized support through a lesson plan for learning, with 125-190 students in the entire school, and no more than 24 students in a class. We are a school where all students have a growth mindset in their education, graduation, and foundation for their future by understanding the power of "YET", a co-lab model across content for credit recoupment every quarter and postsecondary workforce readiness opportunities onsite. We are a school where all students receive early, effective, and individualized interventions via students accessing counselors and a social worker daily, tutoring opportunities during the school day, and restorative practices to repair harm in relationships.                           Through multiple meetings, this UIP was written based on the feedback and input of stakeholders, including students, Staff, parents, guardians, and advocates. The priority performance challenges were determined through data collection analysis, while a series of stakeholders met to identify the root causes.
Final 2025 Performance Rating
Average SAT & PSAT Scores
SAT Grade 11:
772PSAT Grade 10:
740PSAT Grade 9:
730School Year: 2024-2025
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