• 5/22/25 Penguin Award Ceremony @1:30PM

• 5/22/25 8th Grade Graduation @5PM

• 5/23/25 Last Day of School- Field Day Fun @1PM

• 8/6/25- Back to School Night

• 8/13/25- First Day of the 2025/26 Academic School Year

Thank you to all the families who donated tie dye supplies for our Tie Dye Fun Day! Students had a great time making their shirts for Field Day. Please see below for all the instructions you need for the Tie Dye T-Shirts:

Instructions:

1. Let your student’s t-shirt soak in the plastic bag for 24 hours.
2. Take the t-shirt out of the bag. Rinse out the excess dye under cold running water.
3. Take off the rubber bands, and keep rinsing until the water runs clear.
4. Wash the tie-dyed items in the washing machine with hot water and detergent
5. Wear t-shirt to school on Friday May 23rd for Field Day!

Be expecting a letter in the mail with updates on your students' assessment performance including: MAPS reports, WJ assessments, and finalized grades from Infinite Campus.

Thank you to everyone who donated towards our outdoor recreation equipment/updates! In addition to upgrading our equipment and outdoor space, your generous donations were enough for us to purchase a shed! We will house our equipment for safe keeping and storage and we are really excited about continuing to update this space over the summer! That being said, we have created a link to donate if anyone would like to donate money towards supporting any other upcoming events. Thank you in advance for your time and generosity!

The students in the microenterprise elective have been making sugar stems! These will be on sale at the Penguin Award Ceremony on Thursday May 22nd at 1:30. Please see below for additional details:

• Candy Bouquet $15 or 1500 crittercoin

• Candy Bucket $20 or 2000 crittercoin

Limited supply, first come first serve!!

Here are some important August dates to add to your calendars:

8/6/25 Back to School Night

8/13/25 First Day of the 25/26 Academic School Year

We will also be hosting a summer get together for new + returning students to meet up. We'll provide more details and info. Be on the look out for a few newsletters over the summer that have back-to-school info for the 25-26 school year!

The Drake Durkee Foundation has been a great parter to Prospect Academy! This foundation is one of our greatest funders who have funded our exercise bikes and free weights, gaga ball pits, profession development for staff, and more! Please help us show our support by going to their Family Fun Day on June 7th! Please see below for more details:

On Thursday May 22nd at 1:30, we will be hosting our Penguin Award Ceremony. This is a great opportunity to come and support your student as they get end-of-year awards. The ceremony will start at 1:30PM in the upstairs of our building. We look forward to hopefully seeing you there!

To honor our 8th graders, we will be having our 8th Grade Graduation on 5/22 at 5PM! Dessert and refreshments will be provided. Graduation will be hosted on the upstairs floor of PA. This is a great event to invite family to if you would like to celebrate your 8th grader entering into high school! Please see below for additional details:

• 8th grade caregivers only: please email Nurse Chloe a baby photo and a current photo of your student for our graduation slide show
• If you would like to donate decorations or food/drinks for the graduation, please go to this sign up sheet
• 8th graders are encouraged to wear business casual to this event as we will be taking photos that they can have for life
• Please share the attached graduation invites to any friends/family that you would like to invite

Lastly, to celebrate the end of the 2024/25 academic year, we will be hosting a Field Day for students! We will start the party at Prospect and then head down to Ralston Central Park at 1PM for more games, pizza, and popsicles. Please remember to have your student wear their tie-dye t-shirts this day! Please feel free to join us at the park if you would like to see students play field day games and sign each others tie-dye shirts. We will also be doing dismissal/pick up at the park at 3:15PM. Please reach out if you have any questions!

We are seeing an increase in students coming to school with energy drinks. We would like to remind caregivers that energy drinks are not permitted on campus. Studies are showing an increase in adolescent energy drink consumption across the US. Energy drinks are not only filled with more caffeine than what is recommended for teens, they also have large amounts of sugar content. Doctors have seen increase in heart rates, anxiety, heart arrhythmias, dehydration, high blood pressure, insomnia, and even seizures as a result of energy drink consumption in teens. We appreciate your support starting at home as we try and prevent energy drinks on campus!

Prospect Academy is partnering with the Carson Foundation to provide wrap around support to our caregivers. This program will launch with one-on-one caregiver coaching provided by Prospect Academy staff and expert consultants. If you would like additional support around parenting and behavior challenges, please reach out to Sean McHale at sean.mchale@prospectacademyco.org. This free program will launch over the summer months and will be limited to a few participants.

Calling all caregivers who shop at King Soopers!! If you would like for some of your grocery shopping money spent to go towards finically supporting PA, please click here to add our school to your shoppers card number.

Any transactions moving forward using the Shopper’s Card number associated with your digital account will be applied to our school, at no added cost to you. King Soopers donates annually to participating organizations based on your percentage of spending as it relates to the total spending associated with all participating King Soopers Community Rewards organizations. Thank you in advanced for partnering with us!

Caregiver feedback is extremely important to us. This is one of many tools we use to help our staff and school grow and make positive adjustments! Please consider taking time to fill out this form.

TEEN JOB EXPLORATION AND SKILLS ASSESSMENT COURSE

Discover your strengths and explore different career paths with REV UP Employment Program’s Job Exploration and Skills Assessment Course for Teens with Autism and I/DD.

The Neurodiverse Summer Camp is open to teens ages 13-17 in the Denver Metro area with autism and/or intellectual disabilities.

When: June 2nd- Aug 1st from 9PM-3PM

For more information, click this link.

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.