PRP Alumni Association

The vision of the PRP Alumni Association is to build a strong support network of Pleasure Ridge Park High School graduates. Our mission is to improve the quality of education and student life at Pleasure Ridge Park High School through a strategic alliance with its alumni.

The Pleasure Ridge Park High School Alumni Association has pursued this mission through a number of coordinated activities:

• The Annual Hall Of Fame Awards Dinner

Each year the PRP Alumni Association hosts this dinner to offer an opportunity for PRP alumni to network and an opportunity to acknowledge those who have given more, through induction into the PRP Hall of Fame. The PRP Hall of Fame is developed to honor people who are leaders in their fields and who are role models for Pleasure Ridge Park High School students and others. The PRP Hall of Fame fosters pride in our school and community and recognizes achievements and contributions of those who were and are a part of our school.

• Scholarships

The PRP Alumni Association raises funds from corporations and individuals and offers scholarships to PRP graduates who would otherwise not be able to attend college. Recipients apply or are nominated by faculty at PRP and have used their scholarships to attend colleges across the country in a variety of fields. The PRP Alumni Association stays in touch with the recipients to monitor their progress and to offer encouragement.

• Mentoring

While the scholarship aspect of the PRP Alumni Association is very important, we also support current students by offering mentors to those students identified by the school system to be most at risk of dropping out. Mentors are trained by LEAP (Louisville Education & Employment Partnership) professionals and offer encouragement and stability from an adult role model. These mentors are not tutors, but advisors and cheerleaders--something many children are missing. The PRP Alumni Association is constantly recruiting mentors, with the goal of providing a mentor for every requesting student.

• School Support

Often PRPHS finds itself needing adult volunteers for short term projects, such as for career preparation activities (for example, mock job interviews.) The PRP Alumni Association provides a pool of human resources for the school when they have a need.

• Community Advocacy

The PRP Alumni Association allows us a collective voice with which to acknowledge the strength of the community that we call PRP.