• 4/4/25 PD Day

• 4/7/25 CMAS Testing Begins

• 4/11/25 Coffee with Leadership @8:30AM

• 4/15/25 Fire Drill @11:20AM

• 4/18/25 PD Day and Science CMAS for 5th and 8th graders ONLY

• 4/24/25 Social Accountability Committee (SAC) Meeting

• 4/30/25 Rockies Game Field Trip

Thank you to everyone who volunteered, donated money, donated decorations/food, and attended the Dance-A-Thon! The students, caregivers, and staff had a wonderful time dancing the night away! We really appreciate everyone's support and involvement to help grow our PA community culture!

New Electives:

We are excited to announce that student started new electives this last week. These elecitives include the following:

• Chess
• Arts and crafts
• Minecraft
• VOISS (Virtual Integration of Social Skills)
• History through Movies
• Media Production/Microenterprise
• Team Sports
• Social Studies
• Manga and Anime
• D&D
• Duo-lingo
• 8th Grade Transition Class (High School Prep)

8th Grade Transition Class:

Over the course of the next few weeks all 8th graders will be participating in a high school prep course. This is a great resource for our 8th graders as they prepare to leave middle school and enter into high school. We will also have some current high schoolers come into Prospect for a Q&A session with our students. This course will be covering the following topics:

• Health and Wellness (Nutrition, Exercise, Healthy Habits, Puberty, Sex Education)
• Research and Essay Writing (Five Paragraph Essay Writing, Persuasive Writing, Plagiarism)
• Executive Functioning Skills (Goal Setting, Group Work, Organization Skills)
• Social and Emotional Health (Healthy Relationships, Stress Management, Boundaries)

Upcoming CMAS Testing:

CMAS Science testing alert - if you have a 5th or 8th grader, we will hold their CMAS Science testing on Friday 4/18. This is a change from the original schedule and a professional development day for us, but with only half of our school testing in Science, we thought it would be the best way to implement this in our space. All 5th and 8th graders NOT opted out of CMAS will come to school on 4/18 from 8:30a - 1:00p. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please reach out to Rachael Watkins.

Our CMAS Testing will be as follows:

• 4/7/25 Reading and Writing ELA Testing
• 4/9/25 Math Testing
• 4/18/25 for Science Testing (this is only for 5th and 8th graders only).

• please send your student with a book for them to read after testing
• please send your student with water/snacks to ensure they have enough nutrition
• please encourage your student to get a good night sleep the night before testing
• please bring your student to school on time, as testing will be starting right at 8:30AM
• opt-out student will have programming during the day

We are excited to share that we will be continuing our after school music program with Mr Cullen! We have heard great feedback from the students that signed up! Mr Cullen will be teaching every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 3:15-4:15PM starting April 8th and ending May 8th. If you would like to sign your student up for the class, please fill out this form. The program will be $100 per student. Here is the link to make that payment. Please reach out if you have any questions!

As a celebration for all the hard work your students have put into this school year, Prospect Academy will go on our 2nd annual field trip to a Rockies game at Coors Field on April 30th! Attached is an info sheet outlining all the details of the trip as well as a Google survey and payment portal that you will need to fill out. Please read thoroughly and complete the action items by Friday, April 25th if you would like your student to attend.

• Here is the link for the permission slip for the Rockies Game
• Here is the link to pay for the field trip
  

For any questions, please reach out to Mattie Hankal at mattie.hankal@prospectacademyco.org

If your child plays a sport or does an activity and you have their schedule for the next few weeks or months, please send it over! We as a staff would love to support your kids in their outside activities like basketball, martial arts, music, etc. if our schedules allow. Please email schedules to chloe.heller@prospectacademyco.org

We are excited to share with parent community members about the very FIRST Rocky Mountain Parent Leadership Summit. Join Transform Education Now as they work alongside parent leaders like you from across Colorado for a powerful day of learning, connection, and action at the 2025 Rocky Mountain Parent Leadership Summit. For more information please visit the website below:

https://speak4.app/lp/zd01nsnm/?ts=1741290654

We are piloting a new program at Prospect Academy - a therapy dog-in-training. He's a 9-year-old black lab named Ninja and has been around kids his whole life. He has a gentle temperament and loves to be pet, go on walks and fetch, and eat.

He'll be primarily spending time with our counselors and in the counseling office. Students will get a chance to interact with Ninja both during their sessions and during the school day. Students will also learn and engage in general care of an animal.

Please reach out to Mia Coffing if you have any concerns about having Ninja join the PA team.

Drop Off Instructions:

• pull around in the red
• drop off in the blue area
• pull out in the yellow - please no dropping off in the yellow

As we end the month of March, students will continue to focus on authority, decision-making, and following rules during their social emotional learning times. Please refer below for some ways that you can spark conversations with your students at home regarding balancing emotions and actions to achieve goals:

If you haven’t already, please follow us on Facebook and Instagram , and share our pages with your friends and family. Help us spread the word about Prospect and connect with more people in the community!

If you're interested in helping promote Prospect Academy by delivering flyers to local pediatricians, occupational therapists (OTs), physical therapists (PTs), speech-language pathologists (SLPs), and similar professionals, please contact Ms. Hernandez at Aspen.Hernandez@prospectacademyco.org. Your support makes a difference!

Here is a chart of who can help you with different aspects of our school. PLEASE refer to this chart when you are contacting staff with various questions and concerns, as it helps us streamline our communication and work. You can cc me on any emails or requests, but if you just email me directly without including the leader who owns that bucket of work that could delay a response.

If your student is sick or will be absent for any reason (or for an appointment or tardy), please call the school line and leave a message on the attendance option. You can also email: attendance@prospectacademyco.org.

Please go to this link to sign up for carpooling to and from Prospect if you would like to do so! http://www.groupcarpool.com/t/tvj2bf Please note, by signing up you will give permission for all families to see your name, address area, etc.