Prospect Ridge Academy

PRA is proud to announce that our very own Kayah Robbins has signed her National Letter of Intent (NLI) to play soccer at the University of the Cumberlands! Robbins is a two-time First Team All-Metro League winner as well as a two-time All-State player for the Miners. She will now join a Patriots team that finished 18-1 overall and ranked No. 8 overall in the final 2024 NAIA Coaches’ Poll. Congratulations, Kayah! 🖤💛

This past Saturday, high school robotics team Blackout 17483 participated at the Northern FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifier in Loveland. They were on the winning alliance, scoring the third highest score in the WORLD during the finals match. Blackout also received third place Inspire award, meaning they were the third best overall team at the competition. Blackout will be competing at the Colorado FIRST Tech Challenge State Competition this Saturday, February 8th, at Regis University. Good luck to the team this Saturday and amazing job so far!!

🏀 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕆𝕦𝕥 𝔹𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕝𝕝 🏀 What a TREMENDOUS #copreps boys' basketball game to end the evening! Unfortunately, the No. 7 ranked Miners had their fourth-quarter comeback effort fall just shy against No. 2 Peak to Peak. With tonight's standing-room only crowd, PRA did set a NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD for a home basketball game! Thank you for helping us pack the stands, Miners! #GoMiners

🏀 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕆𝕦𝕥 𝔹𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕝𝕝 🏀 We are off and running with tonight's Black Out Games!! Thank you to the PRA high school choir for performing tonight's National Anthem before the girls' tip-off against Peak to Peak. Also a special thank you to our 6th and 7th Grade hoopers for providing the halftime entertainment! #GoMiners

🖤 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 🖤 HUGE night of prep hoops on the PRA campus! Wear your favorite black attire and come cheer on your Miners as they host rival Peak to Peak! #GoMiners 📍 PRA HS Gym 🕠 5:30 (Girls) & 7 p.m. (Boys) 🆚 Peak to Peak 🎫 https://gofan.co/event/2142818?schoolId=CO68940

PRA introduced a new tradition on Thursday, the "Walk of Champions," honoring our two high school programs (girls golf and girls cheer) that each won CHSAA Class 3A State Championships in 2024!! Our student-athletes were celebrated by the entire K-12 student body and staff as they made their way around the halls this afternoon 🖤🏆💛 #PRAMiners #K12OnPurpose

Check out some of our favorite moments from today's 4th Grade Poetry Cafe, where students read their poetry and enjoyed some tasty treats!

We had so much fun at our elementary assembly today! Congrats to our Students of the Month! #GoMiners

PRA is excited to join other academic institutions across the country in celebrating National School Choice Week (NSCW), which runs from January 26-February 1. NSCW informs, inspires, and empowers parents to discover the K-12 education options available for their children. We thank all our Miners for choosing PRA and we’re proud to be a choice school for families in the Adams 12 Five Star School District! Learn more about PRA, how to book a tour, and/or how to apply ahead of this Friday's January 31 application deadline by visiting: https://www.prospectridgeacademy.org/page/admissions-pra

Today, students who participated in Winter Break Reading Bingo had a free dress day! In addition, for having the highest participation in Elementary and Middle School, 5th and 7th grade got to enjoy hot chocolate at lunch and earned 500 extra gold for their grade level. Thank you to all of our students who participated in Winter Break Reading Bingo!

Prospect Ridge Academy had three representatives down at the Colorado State Capitol Building this morning for Charter School Advocacy Day! Harsha Chundru, Kayah Robbins and Omi McGee were named Class of 2025 Charter Champions by the Colorado League of Charter Schools during the fall semester. They joined other charter school students, teachers and leaders from across Colorado to gain insight into the legislative process, learn effective advocacy strategies, and better understand the current education bills that could impact charter schools.

Some of our 2nd graders were visited by a storyteller this afternoon! Check out some of our favorite photos from today's storytime.

There were SO MANY great trips and experiences to choose from at this year's annual Gala! Thank you to one lucky winner, Landon Szabo, for sharing this photo from his "TopGolf with Mr. Storer" experience 🥰

Our 7th graders earned the most gold during the Fall semester, and today they got to celebrate with a pizza party during lunch! Congrats, 7th grade!

The PRA Mathcounts team competed in the Adams 12 Five Star Schools Prelim District Competition this past Saturday at Rocky Top Middle School! PRA finished sixth overall as a team, while Anton Turnacliff won first place for the individuals in the final countdown round! Please help us congratulate all of our PRA mathletes: Anton Turnacliff, Aarohan Poudel, Arnav Reddy, Pravesh Chettri and Jegan Arunprasad! #PRAMiners

ICYMI: Registration for elementary spring sports intramurals opens TODAY, middle school and high school spring sports registration is also currently open! Click the link to learn more about the spring sports due dates, upcoming parent meetings and more https://prospectridgeacademyathletics.com/2025/01/22/spring-sports-registration-open-for-ms-and-hs-es-intramurals-open-jan-24/

Today, our 4th grade class went on their Young AmeriTowne field trip and got to run the town for the day! In preparation for this field trip, students elected their judge and mayor, and they also interviewed for the jobs they held today!

Today, PRA is hosting the FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Broomfield Regional Qualifier! Students designed their robots to compete in this year’s “Into the Deep” challenge. Good luck to all of the teams participating today! Want to watch the teams compete? Check out the event live steam here: https://www.youtube.com/live/N83KfW3PBdk?feature=shared

This past weekend on January 11th, five of our exceptional high school and middle school musicians showcased their talents at the Adams 12 Five Star School District Honor Band Festival! After three days of intensive after-school rehearsals, these dedicated PRA students joined forces with top musicians from across the district to deliver a truly remarkable performance. Their commitment, collaboration, and musical achievements make us proud to call them Miners! Adams 12 High School Honor Band Participants: 🎷 Miriam Anderson 🎺 Evie Hellbusch 🎶 Logan Lostroh 🥁 Sidney Palmer Adams 12 Middle School Honor Band Participant: 🎵 Isaac Miller

Our Interim K-8 Assistant Principal, Jennel Verow, talked to 5th grade students today to help support them and answer some of their questions as they transition to middle school. Go Miners!