Colorado Rocky Mountain School, 1493 County Road 106, Carbondale, CO 81623, US

Located in Carbondale, Colo., Crystal River Elementary School offers classes from preschool through grade five. Operated by the Roaring Fork School District, it offers environmental science programs and field trips, Spanish as a second language, learning groups that challenge all students and provides learning through hands-on experiences. It additionally provides a literacy program balancing student-led and teacher-guided instruction, specialized art, music, physical education and technology study and focuses on the arts through theater, storytelling and dance. Its extracurricular activities include writer s caf and student book publishing, field day, brain bowl, spelling bee, choir, science fair, reading program, annual art show exhibiting students works and a student-produced school newspaper. The school has extensive instructional resources available to students and teachers and provides additional academic opportunities through tutoring and summer school programs. Crystal River Elementary School also offers gifted and talented program, character development and monthly student awards for good citizenship.