City: Lafayette, CO

Category: Education

Telephone: (303) 665-6679

Address: 10455 Dawson Drive

Description: Alexander Dawson offers a tried-and-true basics academic approach for grades K through 12. The sprawling campus east of Boulder includes tennis courts, art rooms, a pottery studio, and a theater. The buildings look as clean as new pennies, and the staff takes a rigorous, academic approach, offering courses from Latin through Advanced Placement Biology, plus interscholastic sports and a creative-writing magazine.