Compliance Updates
February 2022 – Kate York – Compliance Director Email is an easy way to communicate with students and parents. Before sending an email, it’s essential to evaluate the risk associated with sending student information and recognize if it is personally identifiable information (PII). Any time you share FERPA-Protected PII, there’s a risk it will end up in […]
Daniels Fund
January 2022 – Daniel Bazan – Communications Director Our entire APA community wishes to congratulate two of our incredible APA Seniors, Glenn Blanchard, Draper 3, and Carlos Padilla, West Valley 2. They have been named finalists in the Daniels Fund Annual Scholarship Program. All applicants were notified via email on Friday, January 21, whether or not they […]
Character in Action
January 2022 – Tim Evancich – Chief Operations Officer Several years ago, our schools initiated a program to encourage our students to take pride in their campus and be responsible for keeping it clean. This program is called Not One Thing Ever or N.O.T.E. We want students, staff, and parents to take N.O.T.E. and pick […]
Operations Specialist
Like so many businesses lately, American Prep is struggling mightily to fill several important positions. One of the lesser thought of but critical positions is the support role in operations. That role is partly a traditional custodial role, but it is much more than that. We also prep spaces for activities, do light repairs, assist with […]
Donation Drives
December 2021 – Hailey Stevens – Service Coordinator American Preparatory Academy students 鈥淩ock the Socks鈥� for The Road Home donating聽41,403 socks to benefit those experiencing homelessness this season. Today, December 17th, 2021, Students from American Preparatory Academy delivered聽41,403聽socks to one of聽The Road Home鈥檚 Resource Centers聽in Salt Lake City. In December, our students have been feverishly […]
Call for Artwork
December 2021 – Nancy Patterson – West Valley 2 Secondary Art Teacher As you may know, each year, APA鈥檚 Art Department holds a spring art show of our student鈥檚 best work. This year, we would like to take this opportunity to showcase your talents with a faculty and staff section. We are excited to give […]
Award Nominations
December 2021 – Utah Jazz Most Valuable Educator We all know deserving educators. Instructure and the Utah Jazz invite our Utah community to nominate local educators who are making an impact in their schools and communities and are an inspiration in the lives of their students. Through this program, 21 educators will be recognized during […]
APA Central Kitchen
December 2021 – Dan Bazan – Communications & Marketing Director We are excited to share news about APA’s Central Kitchen, a full-service commercial kitchen where school lunches are prepared and packaged for all APA campuses. Since APA took on the responsibility of preparing our own meals in the summer of 2021, significant changes have been […]
A Message from our Director
November 2021 – by Carolyn Sharette – Executive Director Hello American Prep Parents! Today I would like to share some of my personal thoughts about human flourishing. At the heart of a classical education is the idea that human flourishing is the ultimate aim of all of our efforts. From my view, this means that […]
A message from our Director
October 2021 – by Carolyn Sharette – Executive Director Human Flourishing Today, I share some of my personal thoughts about human flourishing. At the heart of a classical education is the idea that human flourishing is the ultimate aim of all of our efforts. From my view, this means that we look at each and […]