Student Story: Jonathan Soules

My experience at Pikes Peak Prep has been a great learning experience. The education, with the opportunity to take college courses, and teachers are amazing. The teachers are much different than teachers at other schools. Unlike other schools where the teachers are uninvolved and don’t care what grades you get. Here the teachers will give you one on one time to make sure that you understand what they are teaching. They will give you suggestions on how to keep or get your grades up.

The teachers will go above and beyond with your education. Unlike other schools where they teach you to a certain level, here they teach high school students college level Math and English. This school’s curriculum is not like other schools which their lowest is a D, here the minimum grade requirements is a B. It’s a very high standard compared to others. The thing I really love about this school is the opportunity to take college courses. This is the main reason the teachers teach at such at a high level, to get the kids ready for what college is about. You take college courses in high schools starting at ninth grade.

What I didn’t mention is that we get to use iPads at our school and we are the only school in the country that gets to use them. With the iPads we use them in every class to help expand our learning to make it a more enjoyable experience. We get our own personal iPads and we get to customize what the screen looks like. Only high school students get to use them but soon, maybe even middle school students will get to use them. Getting to use an iPad is a huge privilege at our school.

When I first started going to PPP I thought that it was a regular charter school, but it’s different in many ways. So Pikes Peak Prep is one of the greatest learning environments out there in the world; don’t pass up an opportunity like this.

Student: Jonathan Soules Grade: 10