Anderson Preparatory Academy

Our fall sports are in full swing. We love seeing our Jets Athletics in action. #JetPride #AllSystemsCheck #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

Miss Valentina’s first graders are learning about the brain! During Leader in Me they created play-doh brain sculptures! #AllSystemsCheck #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

We had an awesome time hanging out at the Anderson Gaslight Festival yesterday! Thank you to everyone who stopped by to chat with us all about what awesome things are going on at APA! We also had the privilege of two of our cadets being honored as winners in the Gaslight Essay Contest. Congrats again, Ernesto and Gianna! #AllSystemsCheck #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

Another successful APA Cheer clinic performance last night. We would like to thank everyone who came out and supported these future Jet cheerleaders. Last night we had 37 young cadets take one step closer to joining the unbreakable bond. See ya in the winter! Always remember… GO JETS💙 #AllSystemsCheck #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

Come see us today at the Anderson Gaslight Festival, 10a - 7p. We are at the corner of 8th and Chase with free popcorn and water! #AllSystemsCheck #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

Congratulations to our Gianna Peak and Brando Hernandez (not pictured) for being a 2025 Anderson Gaslight Festival Essay winner! Both Gianna and Brando earned second place in their respective age ranges. They will each receive a $50 winning prize as well as some Anderson Gaslight Festival shirt, along with some other goodies. Winners of the essay contest and their families are also invited to ride on the Anderson Trolley in Gaslight Festival Parade that starts at 11 am. Awards will be given out at a brief ceremony at the Gaslight Festival on August 23, 2025 at Funk Park at 4:00 pm. We're so proud of them! See you tomorrow! #AllSystemsCheck #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

On Monday, our seniors arrived at school at 6am to have their Senior Sunrise to start senior year. Thanks to our cadets for planning this event and thank you to the senior sponsor, Lt. Och, for hosting our seniors early on a Monday morning. #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

We had an amazing reunion of one of our kindergarteners, Nova, and her uncle, 2022 APA graduate, Robert DeWalt! He just got home from deployment. We're so happy we could make this happen! #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

Cross Country ran in the Blue River Valley Early Bird Invitational this morning to kick off their season! #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

Thank you to Lily Jones with The Herald Bulletin for writing a story about APA's LaunchPad. We are so happy to provide this service to our full-time employees and eventually open it up further! You can read the article here: https://www.heraldbulletin.com/news/local_news/from-cradle-to-cap-and-gown-anderson-preparatory-academy-opens-daycare-for-staff/article_5cb09ecf-42bf-4b15-8b99-fd64e633dd82.html #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

Lt. Bradley’s class had very special visitors today. Her cadets’ LOVIES!! The class has spent the first two weeks reading Corduroy and Bear Wants More to earn this opportunity to bring their most beloved stuffies into class. #AllSystemsCheck #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

APA proudly presents the Class of 2038. 💙 #AllSystemsCheck #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

Congratulations to Ryan Fathauer for being named APA’s new Athletic Director. Lt. Fathauer has been with APA for 14 years as a secondary PE teacher, and 2 years as our Varsity Boys Basketball coach. We are so excited to see him make his dreams take flight in this new role. #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

We are so excited to announce Lt. McBee has been promoted to SRO McBee! He will now be our full-time K-12 School Resource Officer. We couldn’t be more overjoyed to have him be full-time in this position servicing both buildings with his tenured knowledge. #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

APA's Family Conference dates and times are set!

We cannot wait for families to join us on October 30 and 31 for family conferences!
Thursday, October 30 - 11am - 7pm
Friday, October 31 - 8am - 2pm

More information to come!

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Join our friends at Intersect for their Strengthening Families Program!

This seven session family program runs from September 15 to October 27, just down the road from us at AFC. Each session families attend, they will receive a $10 gas car, dinner and childcare!

Register at intersectinc.org

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We had the honor to host the CAP High Altitude Ballon Challenge again this past weekend. Local cadets and staff from the state and national CAP offices joined us on Guillaume field for launching! Thanks to Lt. Dean and the CAP department for their handling of all the logistics and hosting this event! #AllSystemsCheck #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

First Day Success! A few of Mr. Kramer’s 6th-grade students were able to complete the Pringle challenge on Monday by making a standing ring using only Pringles. #AllSystemsCheck #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

Happy first day of school! We are so excited to start the school year! Reminders: Elementary drop off is from 7:30-8:00a and Secondary drop off is from 7:20-7:50a. Dismissal time for Elementary is 3:00p and Secondary is 3:30p. Have a great day! #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight

Breakfast AND lunch are FREE again for the 2025-2026 school year! See you tomorrow! #AllSystemsCheck #MakeYourDreamsTakeFlight