ICYMI: PRA will be hosting its first Parent Coffee event on Tuesday, August 26 from 9-9:45 a.m. in the K8 Commons!
This coffee event is open to all parents and will have PRA Executive Director, April Wilkin, on hand to go over Driveline information. See you on Tuesday 😉
This coffee event is open to all parents and will have PRA Executive Director, April Wilkin, on hand to go over Driveline information. See you on Tuesday 😉
🏐 Home Openers 🏐
Thank you to everyone who came to campus this evening as the PRA Middle School volleyball and PRA High School volleyball programs each hosted our first home athletic events of 2025-26! #GoMiners #K12onPurpose
Thank you to everyone who came to campus this evening as the PRA Middle School volleyball and PRA High School volleyball programs each hosted our first home athletic events of 2025-26! #GoMiners #K12onPurpose
⛰️ Middle Mountain Assembly ⛰️
We were excited to debut our new Middle Mountains house system for PRA Middle School!
Our Miners found out this afternoon which mountain (Lookout, Meadow, Nimbus, Emerald, Sundance or Eagle Cliff) they will be joining! The purpose of the Middle Mountains house system, similar to PRA's Peaks system at the high school level, is to:
- Foster community and belonging
- Encourage positive behavior & character development
- Promote healthy competition and school spirit
- Support mentorship and leadership opportunities
- Unify the school culture
We were excited to debut our new Middle Mountains house system for PRA Middle School!
Our Miners found out this afternoon which mountain (Lookout, Meadow, Nimbus, Emerald, Sundance or Eagle Cliff) they will be joining! The purpose of the Middle Mountains house system, similar to PRA's Peaks system at the high school level, is to:
- Foster community and belonging
- Encourage positive behavior & character development
- Promote healthy competition and school spirit
- Support mentorship and leadership opportunities
- Unify the school culture
🎒🏫 K8 Back to School Night 🏫🎒
K8 Guardians, be sure to mark your calendars for Tuesday, August 26 for our K8 Back to School Night!
Elementary Back to School Night will offer two separate sessions (4:30-5:00 p.m. and 5:15-5:45 p.m.)
Middle School Back to School Night is scheduled for 6-8 p.m., beginning in your child's first period classroom.
As part of Back to School Night, all K8 families are also invited to a special presentation by our Executive Director April Wilkin, based on the book How to Raise an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims. Two sessions of this presentation will be available in the K8 Library beginning at 4:30 p.m. & 5:15 p.m.
Click the link below to read more! #PRAMiners #K12onPurpose
https://www.prospectridgeacademy.org/article/2364108
K8 Guardians, be sure to mark your calendars for Tuesday, August 26 for our K8 Back to School Night!
Elementary Back to School Night will offer two separate sessions (4:30-5:00 p.m. and 5:15-5:45 p.m.)
Middle School Back to School Night is scheduled for 6-8 p.m., beginning in your child's first period classroom.
As part of Back to School Night, all K8 families are also invited to a special presentation by our Executive Director April Wilkin, based on the book How to Raise an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims. Two sessions of this presentation will be available in the K8 Library beginning at 4:30 p.m. & 5:15 p.m.
Click the link below to read more! #PRAMiners #K12onPurpose
https://www.prospectridgeacademy.org/article/2364108
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, August 20th! The delicious and generous Smashburger (14375 Orchard Pkwy.) is donating back 20% of Dine-In, Takeout and Pick up orders to support a great cause -- Prospect Ridge Academy!
We ask that you RSVP here: https://grouprai.se/e304415 (even if you’re not completely sure) so Smashburger knows roughly how many orders to expect.
We hope you can make it and thank you for the support!
We ask that you RSVP here: https://grouprai.se/e304415 (even if you’re not completely sure) so Smashburger knows roughly how many orders to expect.
We hope you can make it and thank you for the support!
PRA High School was ranked in the top 3% for the entire country in this year's annual U.S. News & World Report Rankings! #PRAMiners
https://www.prospectridgeacademy.org/article/2357711
https://www.prospectridgeacademy.org/article/2357711
We had a TON of fun this morning coming together as a K-5 for our Beginning of the Year Elementary Assembly! 🥰 #PRAMiners
Congratulations to PRA's own Executive Director, April Wilkin, who was a guest on "The Charter School Connection" podcast earlier this month.
In this episode of “The Charter School Connection” Dallan speaks with April Wilkin, Executive Director at Prospect Ridge Academy (PRA) in Broomfield, Colorado. Learn how April went from being a fourth grade teacher at a charter school to being the Principal of PRA when they first opened inside a strip mall.
Click the link below to listen to the full episode, which is also available also on Spotify, Apple Podcast and YouTube.
https://soundcloud.com/charter-school-connection/59-prospect-ridge-academy-april-wilkin?si=b85848dacbc1494684e001b09b5117d4&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
In this episode of “The Charter School Connection” Dallan speaks with April Wilkin, Executive Director at Prospect Ridge Academy (PRA) in Broomfield, Colorado. Learn how April went from being a fourth grade teacher at a charter school to being the Principal of PRA when they first opened inside a strip mall.
Click the link below to listen to the full episode, which is also available also on Spotify, Apple Podcast and YouTube.
https://soundcloud.com/charter-school-connection/59-prospect-ridge-academy-april-wilkin?si=b85848dacbc1494684e001b09b5117d4&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
The 2025-26 school year is just two days away! PRA will be hosting its annual K-12 Check-In Fair and Elementary Open House event tomorrow, August 12.
Click the link to learn more!
https://www.prospectridgeacademy.org/article/2252686
Click the link to learn more!
https://www.prospectridgeacademy.org/article/2252686
Elementary Class Lists for the 2025-26 school year are now available! The lists are posted in the K8 vestibule or can be viewed at the link below.
https://5il.co/3mzyq
https://5il.co/3mzyq
PRA is excited to welcome Rylie Tanoura as our new head coach for the high school boys' golf program!
Tanoura has seven years of experience as a golf professional and currently serves as the PGA Golf Professional at Thorncreek Golf Club. Click the link below to read more! #PRAMiners
https://www.prospectridgeacademy.org/article/2314228
Tanoura has seven years of experience as a golf professional and currently serves as the PGA Golf Professional at Thorncreek Golf Club. Click the link below to read more! #PRAMiners
https://www.prospectridgeacademy.org/article/2314228
Congratulations to PRA High School english teacher Heather Preusser on the launch of her second book in her Hedgehog Whodunit series!
Ms. Preusser is inviting the PRA community to join her at a few upcoming events, celebrating the launch of the new book 𝙃𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙜 𝙒𝙝𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩:𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙡 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧, at local libraries and bookstores. #PRAMiners
Ms. Preusser is inviting the PRA community to join her at a few upcoming events, celebrating the launch of the new book 𝙃𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙜 𝙒𝙝𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩:𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙡 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧, at local libraries and bookstores. #PRAMiners
Registration is currently open for the 15th annual Miner Gold Rush & Fall Festival, scheduled for Saturday, October 4!!
Click the link below to learn more and get your tickets during this Early Bird window!
https://www.prospectridgeacademy.org/article/2306239
Click the link below to learn more and get your tickets during this Early Bird window!
https://www.prospectridgeacademy.org/article/2306239
✨ Happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸
Wishing everyone in our PRA community a safe and fun Fourth of July weekend!! 🥰 #GoMiners #K12onPurpose
Is your child interested in fall sports?! PRA is excited to announce we are currently accepting lottery registration for Elementary Fall Sports Intramurals between now and Tuesday, August 12!
Click the story below to learn more and to access the lottery registration link #PRAMiners
https://prospectridgeacademyathletics.com/elementary-intramurals/
🚨 Fall Sports Registration Open 🚨
Calling all PRA Middle School and High School student-athletes! Registration for fall sports is now OPEN!
The due date to register for fall sports is Friday, August 8th. If your student is interested in FOOTBALL or BOYS GOLF, the due date to register is Friday, August 1st.
Click the link below for more information. Go Miners! #PRAMiners
https://prospectridgeacademyathletics.com/2025/06/16/2525/
It was a TREMENDOUS spring sports season for our five PRA High School varsity programs! Click here to read more, and to view the complete list of 2025 PRA Spring Sports Athlete Achievements #GoMiners
https://prospectridgeacademyathletics.com/2025/06/10/2025-spring-sports-athlete-achievements/
PRA is excited to announce that Jeff Vigil has been named the new varsity head coach for the boys' soccer program!
Coach Vigil, who also currently serves as the head coach of the varsity girls' soccer program, has 25 years of coaching experience and helped lead the Miners to the Class 3A quarterfinals this past spring #GoMiners
https://prospectridgeacademyathletics.com/2025/06/06/jeff-vigil-tabbed-as-new-pra-high-school-boys-soccer-head-coach/
That's a wrap on the 2024-25 school year!
A special congratulations to the Class of 2025! We had 108 students in our graduating class, with 99% having plans after graduation and earning a total of $9,944,528.00 in scholarships! In addition, three students - Lucas Piedra Toral, Sierra Bennett and Noah Sharp - earned the National Merit Scholarship!
We wish all of our Miners a safe and fun summer break! We'll see you again in the fall 😉 #PRAMiners #K12onPurpose
Check out our 2024-25 school year video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZXfJ_PhyT8
We had a blast celebrating the end of the 2024-25 school year at today's final Elementary Assembly! Lot of fun, laughs and even some staff singing in the style of the Masked Singer!
