Prospect Ridge Academy

The PRA girls' tennis program made school history over the weekend, winning the Longmont Trojan Invitational! The victory marked the first time a PRA tennis program has placed 1st overall as a team in a tournament 🥰 Congratulations to all our singles and doubles players on this incredible accomplishment and for their stellar individual performances! #PRAMiners 1st Place Finishers: #2 Singles - Shannon Schmidt #3 Singles - Maya Anderson #1 Doubles - Arianna Rader & Nada Hamzeh Second Place: #2 Doubles - Stephanie Milter & Kate Nelson #3 Doubles - Amelia Waggoner & Elsie Schuler Third Place: #1 Singles - Omi McGee #1 Doubles - Zerren Lutska & Yazhini Godwin

Congratulations to our high school boys' basketball team on earning a spot in the Class 4A State Tournament "Great 8" round!! The No. 4 seeded Miners defeated No. 13 The Classical Academy by a 63-40 final on Saturday in the Sweet 16. They will now face either No. 5 Fort Lupton at 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12 at the Denver Coliseum #GoMiners #copreps

🏀 GAME DAY 🏀 Our No 4 seeded Miners are back in action this afternoon as they square off against No. 13 seed The Classical Academy in the Sweet 16 round of the Class 4A State Tournament! #PRAMiners #copreps 📍 PRA HS Gym 🆚 #13 The Classical Academy 🕔 1:00 PM 🎟️ https://gofan.co/event/3377671?schoolId=CO68940

🏀 MINERS WIN!!! 🏀 Our No. 4 seeded Miners, hosting the program's first ever home playoff game, open the Class 4A State Tournament with a 69-60 victory over No. 29 Delta!!! PRA advances to play at 1 p.m. TOMORROW against either The Classical Academy or DSST College View. Thank you to all the PRA faithful for packing the gym tonight!! We'll see you again tomorrow 😉 #PRAMiners

🏀 GAME DAY 🏀 YOUR No. 4 ranked PRA boys' basketball team open the Class 4A State Tournament this evening with a home game against No. 29 Delta!! Put on your favorite black PRA attire and we'll see you in the gym 😤 #PRAMiners #copreps 📍 PRA HS Gym 🆚 Delta 🕔 5:00 PM 🎟️ https://gofan.co/event/3344709?schoolId=CO68940

Don't miss the high school spring musical, The Lightning Thief! Performances take place March 13-15. Learn more in our video here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3gO_6jMDiBU. Tickets can be purchased at https://bit.ly/41rT4R1

We had so much fun at our elementary assembly this morning, including playing a game and announcing our Students of the Month! Thank you to these Miners for showing the PRA Way!

Congratulations to our middle school and high school Science Olympiad teams! The regional competition was this last Saturday, March 1st at Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Collins. Our team members are eagerly awaiting to hear which teams will make the state tournament in April at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Don't miss out on your chance to support the PRA Model UN and Robotics Team Blackout at their joint fundraiser coming up on Saturday, March 22nd from 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. at Applebee's in Broomfield! Funds raised for PRA Model UN will be used to offset expenses for team members to compete in Japan this April, while funds raised for the robotics team will be used to offset expenses for team members to participate at the Worlds Championship in Houston, TX in April 2025! PRA Model UN Fundraiser: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/pra-model-united-nations/items?cart PRA Robotics Team Blackout Fundraiser: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/pra-robotics/items?cart

Wanna help support PRA’s Model UN? Join us at MOD Pizza (16818 Sheridan Pkwy) at any time today (Wednesday, March 5) for a PRA food fundraiser! When you checkout or order online, use the code "MODGIVES25" and PRA will receive 25% of the fundraiser sales to assist the High School Model United Nations Team as they prepare to compete in Japan!

PRA's Reece Blair has qualified for the state oral spelling bee, which takes place this Saturday, March 8 at Sturm Hall on the University of Denver campus. Good luck, Reece!

An already historic 2024-25 season for the PRA High School boys' basketball team has added its latest chapter this week when the Miners were awarded the No. 4 seed, and regional hosting rights for the first two rounds, in the Class 4A Boys Basketball State Tournament! PRA (17-6 overall), which has already set a school record for wins in a season, will begin the state tournament with a 5 p.m. home game this Friday against No. 29 seed Delta High School. If the Miners win, they'll host either No. 13 The Classical Academy or No. 20 DSST College View at 1 p.m. Saturday. All K-12 students get into Friday's for free, while adult tickets ($8) and senior citizen tickets ($5) are available for purchase online. Click the link to read more about the Miners' rise to Class 4A prominence this winter! https://prospectridgeacademyathletics.com/2025/03/04/pra-boys-basketball-continues-historic-2024-25-season-set-to-host-first-round-of-class-4a-state-tournament/

Last weekend, the PRA Mock Trial team took second place out of 14 teams in the Adams/Broomfield county regional tournament! They advanced to the Colorado State Mock Trial Championship Tournament, which will be held in Pueblo on March 14-15. The team's coaches are PRA English teacher Dr. LeCarner, a former corporate trial lawyer, and Claire McGuire Elster, a practicing criminal defense attorney. Go Miners!!

On Saturday, a team of PRA HS students competed at the National History Day regional competition, with six projects earning top-3 finishes! Congratulations to our PRA finalists who advanced to the state competition on Saturday, April 26! #PRAMiners https://www.prospectridgeacademy.org/article/2063405

Our 1st through 4th grade students stretched their imaginations today during a visit from DeLovell Earls, the author of WHAT IF... Check out some of our favorite moments from this author visit! 🥰

Today is Westward Expansion Day in our 2nd grade classes! Students are making their own wanted posters, panning for gold, enjoying story time, and more. 🤠

🏀 SENIOR DAY 🏀 Come cheer on your No. 5 ranked Miners, and help us celebrate our five graduating seniors, this evening against Bennett! #PRAMiners #GoMiners #copreps 📍 PRA HS Gym 🕖 7 PM 🆚 Bennett HS 🎟️ https://gofan.co/event/2142883?schoolId=CO68940

We were so impressed with the students who performed at the Mid-Winter Concert last night! Great work, Miners! 🎶

Thank you to everyone who came out to the girls' basketball Senior Night game against rival Stargate!! Our Miners closed out the home portion of their schedule with a 47-40 victory! It was a great way to honor our one senior, forward Kayah Robbins, who will graduate from PRA with SIX SCHOOL RECORDS, including the girls' basketball program's career scoring and career rebounding records. Not too shabby for a future collegiate soccer player 😉 #PRAMiners

Our second session for Cal-Wood left for their trip this morning! Have so much fun, Miners!!