Meridian Ranch Elementary School was established in 2005 and is located in the Falcon Zone of District 49 at 10480 Rainbow Bridge Drive in Peyton. Here at MRES we strive to inspire students through caring relationships and meaningful, student-centered learning opportunities. 

Mission

The mission of Meridian Ranch Elementary School, a high-achieving, innovative community that puts kids first, is to cultivate critical and creative thinkers, collaborators, and communicators by fostering personalized learning experiences within a safe and nurturing environment built on a foundation of relationships that embrace diversity and individuality for success in a global society.

Learning and Instruction

At Meridian Ranch, all students receive academic and social instruction that encourages and supports a love for learning while mastering grade level content standards. The collective commitment provides a relentless focus on learning while ensuring success for all students. Faculty members encourage and embrace parent and community engagement, as they strive to create a learning community where all members are dedicated to fulfilling the school's mission. The Colorado Model Content Standards serve as the foundation for the instructional program. The school provides differentiated instruction using a variety of research-based programs. It incorporates inquiry-based instruction, technology integration and student participation in the arts and physical education.

Extracurricular

The school is bustling with activity even after hours. It offers before and after-school band and choir programs. The school offers a technology club that meets on Tuesday and Thursday mornings before school and Student Council meetings on Fridays. MRES is also proud to participate in Battle of the Books and also offers after-school opportunities on and off during the year, such as art clubs, science clubs, and the Landsharks running club.

Community

Meridian Ranch Elementary has a supportive Parent-Teacher Association that sponsors many programs. It raises funds that help to support teachers with generous mini-grants and major school wide projects. Other PTA-sponsored events are Start The Art Night, school-wide assemblies, Veterans Day assemblies, various after school classes, as well as Muffins with Moms and Doughnuts with Dads. We also have a strong WatchDOGS (Dads of Great Students) program, which includes volunteers who visit classrooms assisting teachers, walking the halls, and spending the day with students.

Falcon Zone has a strong tradition that dates back to 1900. That tradition carries on today with six highly successful schools: Falcon High, Falcon Middle, Falcon Elementary School of Technology, Woodmen Hills Elementary, Meridian Ranch Elementary, and Bennett Ranch Elementary. You can learn more about our history, traditions, and our vision for modern personalized learning here below.

Falcon Zone offers the following programs: Academy of Health Science, Academy of Finance, Academy of Information Technology, Air Force JROTC, FBLA, Distributive Education Clubs of America, Link Crew, National Honor Society, Student-to-Student program, and many others. The zone offers more than 20 advanced placement and CU Succeed Classes. Its schools performed well on CMAS and SAT.

While the Falcon Zone greatly honors tradition, we also embrace that our leaders today deserve a different learning experience from yesteryear - one that will prepare them to be successful in our ever-changing world.

Through Empower Falcon Zone (Empower FZ), we aim to empower our learners by offering three main things:  

Engaging Environments

Enhanced Opportunities

Elevated Instruction 

We want our students to have more voice and choice in their education. We desire to cater more to their interests and needs while at the same time providing them with unique, challenging, expanded, and blended learning opportunities.