The GVR E-12 Campus Rendering

Founded in 1997 by Pat Hamill, Chairman & CEO of Oakwood Homes, LLC, in collaboration with Marshall Kaplan, executive director of the Institute for Public Policy at the University of Colorado at Denver, the Foundation was created to foster outstanding public schools in the Far Northeast Denver community.

To date the foundation has received over $2.8 million from Oakwood Homes alone while valuable contributions have also been made by other homebuilders, foundations, businesses, and individuals as well. This generous support has allowed the Foundation to support and create projects that offer parents and students innovative educational opportunities in the schools within the community where they live.

The vision and goal is to utilize current and future resources within the community such as businesses, community leaders, public officials, and citizens to not only positively affect a child’s education, but to also make the Far Northeast Denver schools the model for education in the state and country.

GVR E-12 Campus Live

You can now view construction progress of the Evie Garrett Dennis Campus live via webcam here! Enjoy the process and count the days till the opening of the new GVR E-12 Shared Campus.

On June 25, 2009, Green Valley Ranch celebrated the groundbreaking of the new E12 shared campus. More than 200 people walked across the field to where the school entrance will be located and sat in the warm morning sun to help commemorate this very special day.

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Schools and Education

Thanks to the Foundation for Educational Excellence, Green Valley Ranch is able to offer the children of its residents an abundance of unique and highly regarded educational opportunities. From exceptional teachers and challenging curriculums to extracurricular activities and specialized courses, the students of Green Valley Ranch learn to love learning.

Master Education Plan

The mission of the Green Valley Ranch Master Educational Plan is to establish Green Valley Ranch as a national benchmark for integrating quality learning programs and activities where all residents, regardless of age, can find a breadth of educational choices and opportunities to meet their individual educational and recreational requirements.

Schools and Educational Programming – Great communities require great schools. Study after study shows a direct correlation between world-class Pre-K and K-12 instruction and sustainable, high quality neighborhoods that produce students prepared for the rigors of active citizenship and long-term success.

Through the Foundation for Educational Excellence (FFEE) , we engage and partner with Oakwood Homes, school districts, community leaders and parents at the outset to discover the best ways we can create quality schools that will meet the needs of all children in Oakwood Homes communities. Once opportunities are identified, the Foundation provides grant funding to execute the desired outcomes.