Puma Spotlight 2022-23
May 2023
High School Track & Field athletes qualified to run and compete at the state meet. Here are the impressive results:
State champion - Kourtney Rathke (11th grade) in pole vault and long jump
2nd - Kourtney Rathke (11th grade) in triple jump
3rd - Chelsey Streifel (9th grade) in pole vault
4th - Kourtney Rathke (11th grade) in 100 m hurdles
7th - 4x400 relay - Jack Krupey (10th grade), Teagan Trasky (9th grade), Lucas Briggs (12th grade), Reece DiGiacomo (12th grade)
In addition, a number of other track athletes qualified and participated at the state meet:
Annaka Rudolph (11th grade), Abbey Brende (11th grade), Harper Riss (11th grade), Skye Williams (9th grade), Kellan Brockway (11th grade), Ethan Rathke (9th grade), Jack Cerullo (10th grade), Ryan Taylor (12th grade), and Dante Rozin (11th grade)
The Lafayette Cultural Arts Commission has awarded Peak to Peak three $1000 Arts in Education grants! The first grant will fund a middle school project titled "Inside/Outside: My Letter to the World" during the 2023-24 school year and was championed by Ms. Bunting.
Our orchestra teacher, Ms. Schneider received grants for the following projects:
Recording Lafayette's Musicians of the Future: Students each semester will have the opportunity to record their bands and solo projects with a professional recording engineer at Dog House Music Studio. The cost of professional music recording has skyrocketed over the past twenty years, and more barriers to entry to the music industry exist than ever before. This program not only provides youth with free recording time, but prepares students to be efficient and effective in their music creation process, and equips them with the knowledge they need to be successful in the Colorado Music Scene and beyond.
Intro to Sound Engineering for Budding Musicians: Peak to Peak students in Guitar Lab, Tri-M and the larger student population will visit a local music studio in Lafayette to explore a career path not always included in standard secondary music curriculum: sound engineering. With this grant funding, multiple field trips will be able to take place for students to tour the student, meet with professional engineers, and see how they can get involved with the local music scene.
Peak to Peak's High School Girls Tennis players won individual 3A 2023 State Championship titles as follows:
Sydney Lewis (10th grade): #2 Singles
Rayne Ezenekwe (10th grade) and Sydney Parkinson (9th grade): #1 Doubles
Josie Adams (11th grade) and Rory West (12th grade): #3 Doubles
Sanuj Acharya (9th grade) is a finalist for the Games for Change Student Challenge! As a finalist, he may win a $10,000 scholarship. His game follows the life of a sea turtle and the goal of the game is to get back to the beach where the turtle was born.
Skye Williams (9th grade) won two major awards! Her video about Aquaponics won the International Teen Dreams 2023 Video contest. This honor means that in addition to her video award, Skye is now invited to join an international hub to become a changemaker with young people from around the world!
Skye also just won first place in the Colorado Young Writer's Contest, sponsored by DU, for her amazing story "Fire and Ash."
Peak to Peak's Builders Club was recognized with an award from the Salvation Army called the "Bell Ringer Award."
Samuel Coronado (9th grade) attained Eagle Scout rank!
The Peak to Peak Boys 4x400m Track & Field relay team beat a school record with a time of 3:31.47. Jack Krupey (10th grade), Teagan Trasky (9th grade), Lucas Briggs (12th grade), and Reece DiGiacomo (12th grade) will continue to train for the state meet and are currently ranked 4th for 3A schools.
Warren Chen (11th grade) was named a Colorado Math Award Winner. Warren received Colorado's highest score on the National American Math Competition in rounds 12A and 12B which correspond to expectations at the 12th grade level! Each contest is a 75-minute 25-question multiple-choice test. Approximately 40,000 students from nearly 3,000 schools compete at this level.
Peak to Peak's Battle of the Books competitors participated in the BVSD regional competition and earned high marks!
3rd Grade: First Place
4th Grade: Third Place
5th Grade: First Place tie with Aspen Creek School
6th Grade: Third Place (after the tie-break round)
7th Grade: Third Place
8th Grade: Close to the podium in a highly competitive field!
"Students, educators, and entire schools are invited to submit lessons, activities, and/or materials they develop to connect environmental knowledge and concern with a wide range of careers and jobs. The purpose of this contest is to encourage careful thought about these questions and then to inspire projects – quite simple to more involved – to advance an “ALL Careers approach” to education."
April 2023
Siddharth Nareddy (11th grade) was invited to attend a bill signing ceremony in the Governor's Office for two bills he has created and advocated for over the past year and a half through the Colorado Youth Advisory Council (COYAC). These two bills, SB23-008 (Youth Involvement in Educational Standards Revision) and HB23-1009 (Secondary School Substance Use), are aimed to solve problems that youth in Colorado face. Both bills were signed into law by the Governor.
The Peak to Peak Wind Symphony received a Superior rating on their musical performance in front of three judges at the Colorado West Music Festival held in Grand Junction. A Superior rating is the highest rating an ensemble can receive based on 14 different musical criteria. After the band returned home, we learned that they also won the Outstanding 3A Band award, again the highest rating for all of the 3A bands. The Wind Symphony played two challenging and contrasting pieces, Nimrod by Edward Elgar, and Puszta movements one and four by Jan Van der Roost.
Mr. Spicer was also recognized at the Colorado West Music Invitational as the Class 3A "Outstanding Concert Band Director!"
Alex Flint (12th grade) and Amrita Saini (11th grade) both placed second in their category at the Colorado State Science Fair last week. Alex's project investigated the Effect of Different Rover Wheel Materials on Triboelectric Charge of Lunar Simulant Dust Particles and Amrita's project involved Investigating Natural Hydrogels to Sustain Bioluminescent Algae for Sustainable Lighting and CO2 Removal. Both projects will now advance to the International Science Fair in Dallas this May.
Amritha Saini and Alexandra Flint both presented their Science Fair projects last week in the International Science and Engineering Fair in Dallas, TX - two of only 4 students from BVSD to do so! Click here to see the press release.
Alex's project was awarded a special $300 award by the Central Intelligence Agency: Click here to see the press release.
The winning student Samsung team presented their idea at the last BVSD board meeting and received many compliments on how they are trying to help the invisible damage potentially caused by the Marshall Fire.
Three Peak to Peak students have been invited to participate in the O'Neill Symposium at Blue Origin to talk about their idea "Cosmic Collectors." Ranye Ezenekwe's, Vai Jasti's and Tanishka Tagare's (all 10th graders) idea to use space dust to create eco-friendly fertilizer impressed judges so much that they are flying the students to Cocoa Beach FL later this month to help them develop their ideas as they meet with astronauts and engineers.
Katelyn Remund (12th grade) represented Peak to Peak at the All-State Band Festival in Greeley, CO, as First Chair in flute.
Yosha Gautam (11th grade) was awarded a Gold Metal Scholastic Art Award at the National Level for her artwork titled "Cotton Picker." Yosha created this artwork last year in AP Studio Art: Drawing as a part of her sustained investigation series. She focused on creating a dynamic and evocative series of drawings that dabbled in themes of migration and identity. Yosha will be given her award at Carnegie Hall in New York City on June 8, 2023.
Allison Duan (8th grade) placed in the top 10 in the AMC 8 exam and 12th in the state-level Mathcounts competition in Denver. Hundreds of students entered this annual academic competition which is specifically designed for middle schoolers. The competition series has 4 levels of competition—school, chapter, state, and national. Each level of competition is comprised of 4 rounds designed to take about 3 hours to complete.
For its exemplary record of leadership, service, and activities that improve the school and community, Peak to Peak's High School Student Council has been recognized as a 2023 National Gold Council of Excellence by the National Student Council (NatStuCo). This is a testament to the highest standards of quality that the council consistently demonstrates in its operation, and its projects, and activities. A student council must meet a variety of criteria to earn the National Council of Excellence Award. In addition to basic requirements such as a written constitution, regular meetings, and a democratic election process, the councils must have demonstrated successful sponsorship and participation in activities such as leadership development and service to the school and community.
Middle School Battle of the Books students advancing to the district competition: Anders F, Silu W, Margot M, Evan G, and Agastya R (6th grade); Levi H, Jocelyn F, Aleema R, Prisha J, and Samuel I (7th grade); and Caitlyn P, Neva J, Vyom J, Kyra R, and Shibani S (8th grade).
March 2023
Winter Sports Student-Athlete Awards:
Girls High School Basketball:
Honorable Mention: Charley Miller (11th grade)
2nd Team Metro League: Megan Wagner (11th grade)
1st Team Metro League: Alexandra Eschmeyer (10th grade)
Player of the Year Metro League: Alexandra Eschmeyer (10th grade)
Boys High School Basketball:
2nd Team Metro League: Elijah Eschmeyer (10th grade)
2nd Team Metro League: Grant Boonstra (11th grade)
Eddie Humphreys (8th grade) won 7 medals in the USAG Colorado Men’s Gymnastics Championships for level 7. He received a 2nd place medal on Floor and High Bar. He earned 4th place in Vault and 5th place medals in Pommel, Rings, and Parallel Bars. He cleaned it all up with a 4th place medal for all-around best gymnast!
The Peak to Peak Mock Trial Team did a fantastic job competing in the Colorado Bar Association's Boulder County Regional Tournament in February, winning several awards! The lawyers and witnesses were all highly talented and posted one of Peak to Peak's best performances ever.
Back Row: Josephine Gaarder, Katie Day, Lexi Day, Kayla Kerrane, Hailey Weintraub, JP Kerrane, Atticus Phillips, Leah Legeer, Pranavi Amantha, Robert Gable, Lea Cook, Steph Keil, Sydney Parkinson
Front Row: Ashlyn Kerrane, Hope Peddycord, Karina Lefort, Haley Haskins, Amanda Wolsho, Suntali Donahue, Faith Peddycord, Conner Lyapunova, Evelyn Deemurrie, Vandy Wang
Peak to Peak's 2023 Impact on Education award winner is Ileana Peterson. Ms. Peterson works in the main office as our Latino Cohort Coordinator providing support and translation services to our families. As a long-standing and beloved member of our community, Ms. Peterson's contributions go above and beyond to make Peak to Peak a special place. She leads with her heart and approaches everyone with love and care. With this award, we celebrate her immeasurable value, her generous spirit, and her warm kindness.
The following students placed in the Top 3 of their category at the Regional Science Fair last Saturday!
In the "Senior" (High School) Division:
Quinn Burns (11th grade)
Reece DiGiacomo (12th grade)
Alexandra Flint (12th grade)
Vasilisa Malenkiy (12th grade)
Amrita Saini (11th grade)
Samuel Spotts (12th grade)
Casseia Watson (12th grade)
In the "Junior" (Middle School) Division:
Karlee Berger (7th grade)
Kate Guengerich (7th grade)
Shibani Senthikumar (8th grade)
Alexis Webster (7th grade)
Alexandra Flint, Reece DiGiacomo, and Amrita Saini will advance to the State Competition in Fort Collins in mid-April, and Alexandra and Amrita were awarded 2 of only 3 projects to automatically advance to the International Science and Engineering Fair in Dallas in mid-May.
Vix Douglass (10th grade) competed in Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Anjana Radha (11th grade) competed in Original Oratory.
Lena Crotty (10th grade) and Neha Pesaramelli (9th grade) completed in Extemporaneous Speaking.
Ram Mangu (9th grade), Tanush Shekhar (9th grade), Sidd Nareddy (11th grade), Aditya Nandyal (11th grade), Miralisa Trivedi (9th grade), and Skye Williams (9th grade) competed in Public Forum debate.
Seven of our ten students made it to elimination rounds in their events.
Sidd, Aditya, Miralisa, and Skye finished in the top 16 in Public Forum Debate.
Neha and Anjana were both semifinalists, finishing in the top 12 in Extemporaneous Speaking and Original Oratory, respectively.
Lena was a finalist in Extemporaneous Speaking, finishing 5th overall.
February 2023
Eddie Humphreys (8th grade) earned an impressive 2nd place on the floor, 3rd place on the pommel, 4th on the rings, and 5th place in the All-Around competition at the Blackjack Gymnastics Invitational in Las Vegas.
Seven high school photographers had their work selected for the Month of Photography Teen. Printed works will be displayed at Red Rocks Community College for the next month.
Winners:
1. Ryan Wallis
2. Michael Gerber
3. Isabelle Schantz
4. Izzy Entin
5. Sasha Brazy
6. Nick Pineda
7. Hayden Connors
Three Peak to Peak students finished up the ski racing season with great success. Soren Dumond (8th grade), Charlie Haskins (7th grade), and Felix Dumond (6th grade) participate on the BVSD Middle School Ski Racing team. The district-wide team took second place in this year's championship races. Soren placed 4th overall in the slalom race, then finished 6th and 8th in the two giant slalom races. Charlie finished 5th, 7th, and 6th in the same respective races. Felix also had a great day with 10th, 15th, and 16th place finishes.
High school science teacher, Sandra Shedd, received a $4,127 STEM grant from the Toshiba America Foundation (TAF). These funds will support the Green Week group during the inaugural Peak Week experiential learning initiative this spring, in addition to supplementing the AP Environmental Science and 9th-grade Biology courses.
The goal of this project is to provide a robust experiential education program for 9-12 students in sustainable agricultural technology and the intersection of sustainable food systems and the resilience of human society in a changing climate.
For more information visit: http://www.toshiba.com/taf/
Senior artist Leah Leeger just won a $1,000 art scholarship from the Colorado Scholastic Art committee for the (pictured) digital art drawing she created in AP Studio Art: 2D Design. She will be recognized at the Denver Art Museum along with her teacher, Heather Bertarelli, who will also be recognized for teaching the most Scholastic Art winners in Boulder Valley School District this year.
2023 National Aspirations in Computing Award (NCWIT) Recipients Announced:
Quinn Burns (11th) received a National Winner
Shriya Biddala (12th) received a National Honorable Mention
Each year, U.S. high school students in grades 9 through 12 who are women, genderqueer, or non-binary are eligible to receive recognition for their aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing, as demonstrated by their computing experience, computing-related activities, leadership experience, tenacity in the face of barriers to access, and plans for post-secondary education. This year, 40 winners and 360 honorable mentions were selected from more than 3,300 amazing, talented young applicants.
Reema Patadia: Affiliate Winner
Shriya Biddala: National Honorable Mention, Affiliate Winner
Quinn Burns: National Winner, Affiliate Winner
Ava Sommer: Affiliate Winner
Amrita Saini: Affiliate Winner
Adithi Ramaswamy: Affiliate Honorable Mention
Shriya Biddala: National Honorable Mention, Affiliate Winner
Quinn Burns: National Winner, Affiliate Winner
Ava Sommer: Affiliate Winner
Amrita Saini: Affiliate Winner
Adithi Ramaswamy: Affiliate Honorable Mention
In a thrilling competition, our Peak to Peak middle school team came in 4th overall in the local standings at the MathCounts Competition.
Allison Duan competed in the head-to-head buzzer round and was placed 2nd as an individual. She will attend the state rounds in March.
Pictured: Michael Lu, Sam Hughes, Neva Joseph, and Allison Duan
Other individual participants: Sophia Alter, Agasyta Radha, Silas Saldden, Oliva Bolt, Joaquin Hoffer, and April Duan.
Learn more about MathCounts here,https://www.mathcounts.org/about/our-story
Three Peak to Peak ninth-grade teams have advanced in the Diamond Challenge, the largest high school entrepreneurship competition in the country.
Skye Williams, Emily Fu, and Luke Martin created Coral Capture, an artificial coral made from repurposed limestone that traps microplastics.
Gia Sagrillo, Eva Temple-Weed, and Paxton Sayer made TasteTap, a combination of essential oils to stimulate the olfactory glands and help people on airplanes or those with taste disorders enjoy food more.
Josephine Gaarder, Gissel Garcia, and Kylie Silvera ideated the Purifiers, remote-controlled toy submarines that purify water as they swim.
All three teams will now prepare virtual pitch videos showcasing their ideas and prototypes for the judges.
January 2023
Twenty-one middle school students competed in the North Regional Optimist Brain Bowl. Team 7B placed 1st in morning qualifications and qualified to compete in the state championship.
Ranye Ezenekwe (10th grade) received a Silver Key 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Award for the West Region. Her piece is titled "The Girl Who Can't Speak Igbo" and the award is for the Personal Essay and Memoir category. In addition, Hailey Rasmussen (9th grade) won an Honorable Mention for her poem "Marine Me." The Scholastic program is the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens.
Ninth grader Penelope Letter's play was selected as a high school winner in this year's Denver Center's Young Playwriting Competition. Thanks to inspiration from theater teacher, Ms. Mylott, Penelope crafted a play about teens putting on a gone-wrong performance of Shakespeare. Penelope's *Players, Staged* will be featured at the New Play Summit with a professional reading on stage at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
Tenth grader Sydney Cusack's short film about cow manure (really!) has won accolades from the Climate Innovation Competition which nominated the film for the 2023 Colorado Environmental Film Festival next month. She's the first Peak to Peak filmmaker to have a piece featured at this annual event.
Addison Matlosz (10th grade) is a member of the Broomfield High School JV Dance Team. The team placed first in their category at the CSCA JV & Freshmen Invitational, claiming the title of 2023 Colorado JV Hip Hop State Champions!
Peak to Peak's 2023 Scholastic Art Award Winners:
Peak To Peak Charter School, has earned the College Board's AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for expanding access to AP Computer Science A (CSA). This award acknowledges 1,105 schools for their work toward equal gender representation during the 2021-22 school year. Peak to Peak is one of only 209 schools to be recognized for achieving this important result in AP CSA. This honor recognizes the outstanding work schools are doing to engage more female-identifying students in computer science.
Students participating in Ms. Bertarell's AP Studio Art course were selected for the *Subject Matters* team exhibition. The artwork featured here will hang at the Evergreen Arts Center from January 12th-February 11th this winter. These students are eligible to win various art scholarships and awards as selected by jurors at the Evergreen Arts Center. Congratulations to: Lorelei Bell (11th grade), Micaela Kerrane (11th grade), Margaux Therond (12th grade), Zoe Trierweiler (12th grade), Jessica Wilcox (12th grade), Hayden Connors (11th grade), and Leah Legeer (12th grade)
Diya Shajikumar (5th grade) won the Level 5 Open (Girls 12's Singles) U.S. Tennis Association Tournament recently held in Wyoming. She won all the matches to secure first place.
December 2022
Mia Ritchie (11th grade) was named the Daily Camera's Gymnast of the Year. This linked article illustrates the obstacles she has had to overcome and how her dedication resulted in a stellar accomplishment.
A Peak to Peak Innovation team won the Grand Prize in the Corteva Agriscience People, Purpose Planet Challenge! Along with student teams from across the country, these Pumas grew their skills as social entrepreneurs by designing and pitching (via Zoom) their ideas to create healthier school communities through sustainability and agriculture to a panel of industry leaders. Their ideas to use hydroponics impressed the judges (as did their corny vegetable puns) and the prize included grant funding and a trip to Corteva Agriscience headquarters in Indianapolis for mentoring by environmentalists and scientists.
November 2022
All of Peak to Peak's high school fall sports athletes (Cross Country, Boys Golf, Boys Soccer, Softball, Boys Tennis, and Girls Volleyball) posted winning seasons and advanced to the post-season play. This is the first time in the school's history that all six fall sports have advanced in a single season.
Jacque Steven (9th grade) was selected to be a member of the Sugary Drinks Youth Steering Committee as a part of Boulder County Public Health. She will be using her previous national diabetes advocacy experience and efforts to create campaigns to reduce sugary drinks, speak at city council meetings, and support the passing of a policy to ensure healthy drinks in kids' meals. .
Saatwik Das (9th grade) was invited to display and discuss his Colorado Science & Engineering Fair project at the Colorado Rural Electric Association's Energy Innovations Summit.
Yada Jaraschatrkaew (11th grade) won second place in the Colorado Art Education Association's Youth Art Month - Reimagine the Colorado Flag Art Contest. Her mixed piece, titled "Your Art, Your Voice," will be printed on a mug and was recognized for its innovative mark-making and design.
Ninth-grade student Isabel Swarr's art was selected by the city of Lafayette in the #whatmakeslafayettegreat call for pieces on sustainability. Her beautiful work "Sun" will be featured on recycling containers in Old Town Lafayette.
Seven Peak to Peak students competed at the Loveland Speech and Debate Tournament: Neha Pesaramelli (9th grade), Dimitri Zaronias (9th grade), Amanda Zou (9th grade), Kavilaya Gokula Giridaran (9th grade), Lena Crotty (10th grade), Sidd Nareddy (11th grade), and Aditya Nandyal (11th grade). Sidd and Aditya earned 2nd place in Public Forum Debate and Lena landed 1st place honors in National Extemporaneous Speaking.
After playing in the State Championship Final Four, High School Boys Soccer advanced to play in the 3A state championship game, eventually taking 2nd place in the state.
For the second year in a row, the Broomfield Eagles gymnastics team won the CHSAA 5A state championship. This team, representing all of BVSD, includes 11th graders Sophia Pych and Mia Ritchie (2nd and 3rd from left, bottom row). Mia Ritchie is the team captain and placed 4th all-around. She also went on to the individual state tournament in floor exercises, balance beam, and vault, placing 5th in the state on the floor and 5th in the state on the beam.
At the 26th Annual Awards for Excellence in Environmental Education, three Peak to Peak superstars were honored at a special luncheon. Josie Karr, Stella Corzine, and Abby Fitzgerald (all 10th grade) won the Outstanding Young Environmental Leaders Award for 2022 for their work promoting sustainability, collaborating with teens around the world and showing how environmentalism intersects with careers.
Noelle Thompson (12th grade) earned a prestigious post-season golf award from the Colorado State Golf Association. Noelle was awarded the Grace Burke Award, an honor given to a female high school golfer who exhibits character, leadership, and personal integrity through their actions in competing and participating in various golf programs.
October 2022
The High School Cross Country Team had a great finish to a strong season. The boys' team placed 10th overall and the girls' team placed 8th in the state. Jack Cerrulo (10th grade) led the team with a 4th-place finish in the individual rankings.
For a couple of years, our community has been cheering on Ms. Harlow, our Elementary Library Teacher, as she fulfills a goal that is unreachable to many. Pictured here at the finish line with Ms. Manzanares, Middle School PE Teacher, Ms. Harlow completed a 100-mile run and race. Click this link to read Ms. Harlow's blog.
The WOW Children’s Museum in Lafayette welcomed the winners of the Doodle Contest. Student winners signed the museum's art on the wall and enjoyed milk and cookies at their art opening. We had many Peak to Peak Elementary artists chosen, and it is an honor that their artwork now adorns the walls of the museum.
Peak to Peak was the first school in the state of Colorado to launch a fully electric bus fleet. No other school or school district in the state has met this bar as of this writing.
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“This charter school is 1st to have all-electric school bus fleet in Colorado” KDVR FOX31. 27 October 2022
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“Peak to Peak Charter School unveils state’s first all-electric school bus fleet” The Daily Camera. 27 October 2022
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“Peak to Peak Charter School launches all-electric school bus fleet” CBS News Colorado. 27 October 2022
The High School Boys Soccer Team advanced to the state finals and was ranked as the #7 team for the post-season tournament.
The High School Softball team won the regional tournament and moved on to the state tournament. This is the second year in a row the team has made it to the state tournament.
The High School Boy’s Golf team finished in 6th place at the state championship tournament. Jack Brayman (9th grade) was a standout athlete and led the team by finishing in 5th place overall, followed by Om Mathur (10th grade) who finished 20th, Jack Winter (11th grade) who finished 40th, and George Grady (11th grade) finished 64th. Jack Brayman earned 1st Team All State, Om Mathur earned 2nd Team All State, and Jack Winter received an Honorable Mention.
The Middle School Cross Country team had an excellent season. The boys team took home top honors at the Bulldog Invitational and resoundingly won the Middle School Athletic League Championship.
The Middle School “C” Volleyball team recently participated in a local tournament where they won 5 out of their 7 games.
September 2022
The High School Boys Varsity Tennis team won first place at the Longmont Boys Tennis Invitational.
Seniors Alexandra Flint and Aneesh Movva who were named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.
Stella Corzine (10th grade), Abby Fitzgerald (10th grade), and Josie Karr (10th grade) have won Colorado's Excellence in Environmental Education award and will be celebrated at the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education luncheon in November. These three made recycling and composting videos for the school, invented eco-innovations, led an international environmental discussion with One Voice for Change, and recently presented on the All-Careers initiative to local leadership. Click this link to read more about this award.
The High School Boys Golf Team placed second at their regional tournament and have qualified to compete in the 3A State Tournament. George Grady (11th grade) placed 5th, Jack Winter (11th grade) placed 6th, Jack Brayman (9th grade) placed 9th, and Om Mathur (10th grade) placed 12th. Of particular note, Jack is only the second freshman in the team's 21-year history at Peak to Peak to be named to the 1st All-Metro League.
Peak to Peak's High School JV Girls Volleyball team won 1st place at the 41st Annual Bennett Invitational Tournament.
Damian Gorsevski (7th grade) earned an honorable mention in The Author of Tomorrow contest. The annual contest, which attracts thousands of entries from preteens and teens across the nation, is designed to find the adventure writers of the future. An excerpt from Damian’s work, The Prey in the Night, will be featured on the contest’s website. Click here to learn more.
August 2022
Simon Holstein (12th grade), Jack Davila (12th grade), and Julian Zerwekh-Reardon (12th grade) enjoyed a great tournament win with the Monarch Colorado Prep Hockey League team. The team beat Resurrection Christian in a close championship game after a nail-biter semi-final that went into overtime and a 3-round shootout.
Prisha Jain (7th grade) earned 2nd place as an overall gymnast at the CARA Gymnastics State Championship Competition this summer. She also received medals in several individual events.
Summer 2022
Peak to Peak students sent a project they designed on a United Launch Alliance’s intern sport rocket. Philip Fischer (10th grade) and Calvin Johnson (10th grade) made improvements to a project they created last year for this summer's launch. They even had the opportunity to meet with the United Launch Alliance CEO to discuss their project
Wyatt Harrison (rising 7th grader) was a finalist in the worldwide math and art Mathigon competition.
Kourtney Rathke (rising 11th grader) was named BoCo Preps Athlete of the Year.