From The Gazette
Pikes Peak Prep charter renewed
The charter for Pikes Peak Prep was renewed for five years this week by the Colorado Charter School Institute. The school, at 525 E. Costilla St., serves about 300 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The school, formerly called 21st Century Charter School, partners with the Boys and Girls Club for free afterschool services and with Pikes Peak Community College so high school students can earn college credits.
Colorado Department of Education
Charter School Institute Renews Two Charters, Closes One
The Charter School Institute (CSI) held a public hearing at its regularly scheduled board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 to review three applications of charter schools seeking to renew their charters.
The three schools were:
- Colorado Springs Charter Academy
- Pikes Peak Prep
- Colorado Distance and Electronic Learning Academy (CDELA), a statewide online program.
The charters for the Colorado Springs Charter Academy and Pikes Peak Prep were renewed with new, five-year terms through unanimous votes by the CSI board of directors. [READ MORE]
Message from the Principal
As the new calendar year begins, many exciting things continue to happen at Pikes Peak Prep, including our first high school boy’s basketball team and our first high school graduation. Our students are in the midst of preparing our annual yearbook. On January 13, 2010, students performed for a gym full of audience members with our Winter Music Concert, comprised of our full choir, the recorder ensemble, wind ensemble, and the concert band.
Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences are being conducted on January 29, 2010, as the semester ends.
Read below to learn more about the special things happening in Kindergarten class through High School seniors.
Kindergarten is learning even more in 2010 with Ms. Sherman and Ms. Trox. “Learning again in 2010” is their motto for the new year! Currently students are working on learning about coin and dollar bill value in math; they love learning about $$money$$. Students began an African unit starting with Martin Luther King and continuing into February to celebrate African American History. Kindergarten is an exciting place to be at Pikes Peak Prep! [READ MORE]
Donors Choose:
Bringing visual aids into the classroom
Ms. Hall wanted to provide her students with a magnetic whiteboard to use in the classroom. She turned to Donors Choose and the GEO Foundation to raise the necessary funds.
They will use magnets to hang visual aids to demonstrate, they will use graphic organizers to collect information in a coherent manner, and their weekly homework log will be displayed on the right-hand side to help students stay organized. A whiteboard is an essential element in a classroom and will be a great asset and integral piece to student success.
"Tools for my trade are important when engaging the prepubescent minds of eleven and twelve year old, high-needs, sixth grade students," said Ms. Hall. "It is my belief that every child can aspire to go to college and realize their full potential, but they will need the right tools to do the job."
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