History
In an expanded building that was first occupied in 1959, Cache La Poudre Middle School (CLPMS) is one of the longest continually operating junior high schools in PSD.

Learning culture
CLPMS strives to provide a safe, positive, productive, and mutually respectful environment where students and staff have the right, and responsibility, to learn and teach. We believe in academic rigor, content relevance, school safety, respect, and personal responsibility. We believe parents, students, staff, and community working toward these goals create a learning environment in which students are successful and excellence is rewarded.

Academic environment
Writing and literacy are the focus of CLPMS. Students are required to write once a day in all classes using the Six Traits Writing matrices.

All 6th- and 7th-grade students take the Discovery program. All 8th-grade math students take some form of algebra. Leadership is available to all 8th graders. After-hours opportunities exist in Pirate Tutorial.

Instructional & enrichment programs
In addition to accelerated college Pre-Advanced Placement courses available for 6th, 7th and 8th graders, we also offer AVID, a skills class for selected college-bound students.

Foreign language is offered in an exploratory study for the first year, and students beginning the language in 7th grade can finish Spanish I by the end of their 8th-grade year.

Students have exposure to an extensive technology education program. Also available are a variety of academic and elective classes.

Opportunity for parents
Parents serve on the School Improvement Team and volunteer to help students in the classroom. Our site-based decision making team provides input about goals, curriculum, and accountability and helps develop the annual report to the community.