Yummy Fundraiser!!

Fruit Bars and Ice Cream Sale

When: Thursday, May 10th.

Time: After school on the sidewalk in front of PPP (3:30pm)

How much? $1.00-$1.50

Come enjoy a tasty treat and support the Pikes Peak Prep Science Club!

Getting to Know your Neighbors!

Presents:

‘Getting to Know Your Neighbors’

in conjunction with Pikes Peak Prep…at the Monterey and Circle location…

Saturday May 26, 2012 from 12pm – 5pm

There will be a car wash, a basketball game, music, food/craft venders* and a volleyball game.

    

We still need parent volunteers…

Please call PJ Gage 570-7575 ext 3168

*if you are interested in reserving a vender table the cost is $15.00 – please contact-Johnny Buckner at johnnybuckner32@gmail.com

Mark Your Calendars!

UPCOMING EVENTS FOR MAY:

Thursday – 5/17 Career Day – 1:50pm – 3:30pm

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The week of 5/21 – 5/25 – PPP Closed

Memorial Break !

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Monday 5/28 – PPP Closed

Memorial Day !

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PPP Fundraiser

Pikes Peak Prep

Fundraising Event

April 23^rd - 27^th

In the Pikes Peak Prep Parking Lot

Pikes Peak Prep will be collecting gently used:

clothing

toys

household items

appliances

linens

appliances

knick-knacks

home decor

books

• •             All items are tax deductible...the more we donate, the more we

make for our school! Please contact Stephanie Cutter at

618.363.2049 with questions. Volunteers are needed!



New Principal Announcement

April 5, 2012

Dear Pikes Peak Prep Families:

We are excited to announce that Dawn Nelson has been selected as the new principal for Pikes Peak Prep. 

The Board of Directors conducted an exhaustive national search for qualified candidates and indeed we received resumes from Arizona, California, Pennsylvania, Wyoming and of course, here in Colorado.  After interviewing with the staff and parents as well as the board, we chose Dawn because we liked her experience, her energy, her attention to detail, her initiative and drive, and most importantly, her dedication to caring for students.   She served in the United States Air Force for 11 years before entering into public education where she have served in many different positions since 1994 including a special education instructor, language arts, technology and media teacher, and associate principal among others.

Dawn started Monday on a part-time basis and will go full time July 1.  She is getting a running start on the 2012-13 school year, getting to know the families and your needs and concerns, as well as getting to know the staff and building a successful team for the next school year.  Please introduce yourself and your children to Dawn and share your thoughts.  Over the next few months, we will be hosting events to introduce Dawn to the school and neighborhood community, too.  We hope you can join us.

We have much to be thankful for including the recent “Governor’s Award” from the Colorado Department of Education for excellence in achievement and we are certain that with Dawn’s leadership that we will continue to grow in excellence. 

Please join me in welcoming Dawn Nelson as the new principal of Pikes Peak Prep.

Sincerely,

Walter R. Glover

Board President

The Month of April Brings Us Confidence

April School Wide Character Development Trait of the Month

Our Character trait word for the month of April is CONFIDENCE.

This month we will be working on understanding the concept of confidence as well as discussing why it is important, and how it could impact our social and academic success. We will be commending responsible behaviors and talking about ways we can show confidence in ourselves, in our relationships with classmates, teachers, friends and family, in our education and overall character. We will also highlight ways showing confidence creates opportunities for triumph and growth.

We will continue the character trait tickets. When students are seen displaying confident actions they will be rewarded with tickets. These tickets allow students the opportunity to be nominated for Eagle of the week and month. Their names will be announced in the morning on Fridays; and for our Eagles of the month, students are treated to lunch with the principal!

High School Art Field Trip

The Pikes Peak Prep (PPP) high school art class visited the Gallery of Contemporary art at UCCS on Friday March 2nd to view the life work of proffessor Louis Cicitello.

From the GOCA website "Cicotello was well-known and beloved regionally, having moved to Colorado Springs from Kansas City, MO. in 1984 to serve as Chair of the Visual Arts Department at UCCS. Cicotello was Professor of Fine Arts through 2007 at UCCS and inspired countless students in their own careers. As an artist, Cicotello pushed the boundaries of the media he worked with--from human-scale plexiglass towers of his early years to mixed-media assemblage, collage, and free-standing sculpture." Cicitello was a professor to our art teacher Lisa Cross in college before his tragic death in a canyoneering accident in 2011.

Our PPP students enjoyed the exhibition and were lead in an exercise called Visual Thinking Strategies. VTS is a researched based teaching method that improves critical thinking and language skills through discussions of visual images. The students would look at an artwork for one minute without talking and then discuss what they thought was going on in the artwork.