Prospect Ridge Academy
| Prospect Ridge Academy | |
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| Address | |
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2555 Preble Creek Pkwy, Broomfield, CO 80023 Broomfield, Colorado, (Broomfield) 80023 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°59′39″N 105°01′3.6″W / 39.99417°N 105.017667°WCoordinates: 39°59′39″N 105°01′3.6″W / 39.99417°N 105.017667°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Charter school |
| Motto | Creating Academic, Social, and Ethical Leaders |
| Established | 2011 |
| School district | Adams 12 (children living in district get priority, but anyone can apply) |
| Principal |
Adam DiGiacomo (Secondary) April Wilkin (Elementary) |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Average class size | 22 |
| Hours in school day | 7 |
| Campus | suburban |
| Color(s) | Black and yellow |
| Sports | Football, Basketball, Golf, Cross-Country, Soccer, Track & Field, Tennis; Volleyball, Mountain Biking (as of 2016-2017) |
| Nickname | PRA |
| Team name | Miners |
| Website | http://www.prospectridgeacademy.org/ |
Prospect Ridge Academy (commonly referred to as PRA) is a K-12 charter school in the Adams 12 School District, founded originally as a K-6, then adding a grade each year, it has now become a full K-12 school with the high school being built 3 year ahead of schedule due to popular demand. The inaugural class will graduate in May 2018.[1]
Elementary/Middle School
The school was founded as a K-6 school, after being approved by the Adams 12 board in 2011, as well as by a unanimous decision from the Broomfield committee.[2] The school purchased land in Broomfield, in North Park, a neighborhood development, and began construction on the K-8 building, while the school operated in an office space in Thornton for 6 months. The school grew to fill the building in the 2013-2014 school year.
The elementary/middle school building is approximately 45,000 sq/ft, complete with a school library and gymnasium. The total cost of building the facility was around $8 million dollars.
Middle School Athletics
Prospect Ridge is one of the few remaining Adams 12 schools to offer middle school sports, as most of the schools have eliminated middle school sports due to budget cuts. The middle school offers basketball, volleyball, soccer, cross-country, golf, and tennis.
High School
By the 2013-2014 school year, the demand for the high school building was so high, that they began building it in the 2014-2014 school year so that the inaugural K-8 class would also be the first to graduate. The building cost $14 million to build, and included a full gymnasium and most of the classrooms. There are plans to build a football and soccer field, 4 more classrooms, 2 teacher work-spaces, and possibly an auditorium (there is a small stage in the cafeteria which is currently used for assemblies and the spring musical).
Athletics
In the high school's first year, since the only class was the freshman class, the only sports teams were freshman teams, but sports participation was as much as the surrounding high schools of its size for freshman teams. The school offers JV football, JV and freshman basketball, golf, cross-country, JV soccer, boys tennis, and JV and freshman girls volleyball.
Theater/Drama
The middle school drama club was founded in 2014, and put on "Mrs. Nelson is Missing!" as a spring play.[3] In the 2014-2015 school year, the school put on its first school musical, Rodger and Hammerstein's Cinderella Jr., on the cafeteria stage, as a combined musical with the middle and high schools. This spring, the school put on another Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The Sound of Music.
Notes and references
- ↑ "http://www.prospectridgeacademy.org/". www.prospectridgeacademy.org. Retrieved 2015-10-03. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ na. "New Prospect Ridge Academy Charter School Opens in Broomfield | ENR: Engineering News Record | McGraw-Hill Construction". mountainstates.construction.com. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ↑ "Broomfield charter school students' actions lead to new opportunities for acting". Retrieved 2015-10-05.