Platte River Academy

Welcome to the website for Platte River Academy (PRA), a K-8 Core Knowledge charter school located in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. This year (2011-12) marks our 15th year in the business of providing a quality education for students in Douglas County.

This website provides lots of information to the general public, our staff, and the PRA parent community. It has been created and designed to provide you the information that we have heard is important to you. Please enjoy “discovering” what PRA is really about as you surf our site.

If you do not find the information that you need or want, please feel free to call the office or send us an email. We will certainly try our best to respond to your questions or direct you to someone who can answer them. Additionally, the general public is always invited to attend one of our prospective parent meetings to get face-to-face with Mrs. Becky Bonner, Assistant Principal, or me and receive a more personal picture of PRA.

~ Dr. Gary Stueven, Principal

Our Mission: Provide a content-rich academically rigorous education with a well-defined, sequential curriculum in a safe, orderly and caring environment.

Interested in enrolling a student at PRA?

New admission to Platte River Academy is based on a lottery system. The largest availability of positions for students exists in the kindergarten class, however admission is accepted for all grade levels as space becomes available. To become part of the lottery process, please visit our Prospective Enrollment / Lottery page.

To stay updated on PRA news and event with the Newsletters and Thursday folder.  Or you can stay updated in the Calendar page.

Don’t forget your volunteer hours!

Thanks to everyone who continues to volunteer over and above your minimum commitment of volunteer hours.  You can enter your volunteer hours by clicking here.

PRA Financial Transparency

Click on our Financial Transparency page for more information from PRA and Douglas County School District.

Click to see the school calendar for the 2012-2013 school year.