Pleasure Ridge Park (PRP) High School’s mission is to empower students to become dedicated and engaged in their classrooms, careers, and communities.
As an Academy of Louisville, we are committed to preparing students for postsecondary options, including college and career. To prepare our students for their next step, PRP is intentional in providing meaningful and relevant content and real-world skills that will set students apart from their peers at the next level.
Along with the four Academies of PRP, we offer the Honors Program and PRP Advance Program. PRP has a long tradition as a top Advance Program school, and seasoned teachers encourage gifted and talented students to reach their full potential. Our Advance Program students are challenged in the classroom and are accustomed to a rigorous curriculum that allows them to be successful in college.
PRP students have many opportunities to showcase their skills in our visual and performing arts courses.
School Highlights
- Small teams of students and teachers offering a personalized learning experience
- Introduction to extracurricular, cocurricular, sports, and other school-sponsored activities through Freshman Seminar
- Opportunities to earn industry certifications and dual credit in chosen career pathway
- Award-winning visual and performing arts classes, including theatre, dance, orchestra, band, graphic design, choir, and visual arts
- Access to industry-level lab spaces to practice and enhance skills in a well-equipped, modern lab space
Academies and Pathways
Business and Communications Academy
- Learn to function as staff, producers, directors, and managers of media programming and film production.
- Practice the principles and techniques for effective communication in digital design and other formats.
- Learn the process of developing consumer audiences and how to move products from producers to consumers.
- Prepare for a career in education.
Health Science
- Become educated on health sciences, research, and clinical procedures while being introduced to various healthcare occupations.
- Learn how to tend to patients in acute care settings and long-term care facilities.
Manufacturing, Engineering, and Design
- Begin to assist lead welders in the fabrication of steel and metal structures.
- Learn computer-aided drafting (CAD) to draw building layouts and HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and lighting blueprints.
- Prepare for a postsecondary Registered Apprenticeship training program while still earning credit for classes taken that relate to the apprenticeship.
Quick Facts
- Student Enrollment: 1,535
- Start/Dismissal Time: 8:40 a.m./3:20 p.m.
- Phone: (502) 485-8311
- Address: 5901 Greenwood Road, Louisville, KY 40258
Web: https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/schools/profiles/pleasure-ridge-park
Seneca
Seneca High School is a positive, caring community where staff members and scholars are committed to becoming exemplary models for success in a global society. Our mission is to prepare scholars for college and career goals as measured by the state academic standards.
As an Academy of Louisville, Seneca is committed to connecting our classrooms to community, college, and career, thereby increasing student engagement and achievement. To accomplish this, we engage students with meaningful and relevant content; provide students with real skills for the real world; guide students in career discovery and career exploration; foster relationships and connections between students, staff, community, college, and career; and empower students by offering hands-on, real-world learning experiences with our community and business partners.
School Highlights
- Numerous dual-credit and Advanced Placement (AP) offerings
- Electives, including African-American History, Great Books, Debate, Journalism, Yearbook, Psychology, Creative Writing, Ecology, Forensic Science, and Pop Culture
- Offers clubs, including Black Student Union, Girls Who Code, GSA/LGBTQ, Hair Braiding, Harry Potter Club, Hispanic Student Union, and Men of Quality
- Annual Cultural Extravaganza highlighting the food, dance, dress, and customs of the many cultures represented at Seneca
- Future Farmers of America (FFA) recognized on a national level as a 3-Star chapter
Tradition Guides Us, Achievement Drives Us
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