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Awards, Honors and Achievements
BEST OF STATE UTAH
American Preparatory Academy wins Best Charter School in Utah, along with 12 other Best of State Awards
West Valley 3 Students Receive Prestigous Scholarship Awards
Two inspiring West Valley 3 students continuing to shine in the arts and academics
SALT LAKE CITY TOP WORKPLACES
American Preparatory Academy (APA) is honored to have earned the Top Workplaces 2023 Award from the Salt Lake Tribune for the second consecutive year.
SALT LAKE CITY TOP WORKPLACES
Salt Lake Tribune names American Preparatory Academy
A Winner of The State of Utah Top Workplaces 2022 award
BEST OF STATE UTAH
2022 Best of State Utah Awards have been announced and we are honored to share that APA has been awarded TEN…
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT HIGH SCHOOL RANKINGS
We are excited to celebrate another year of success in the US News & World Report Best High Schools Rankings…
BEST OF STATE UTAH
Each year Best of State Utah recognizes organizations throughout the state with awards acknowledging outstanding…
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT HIGH SCHOOL RANKINGS
APA Draper 3 ranks in the top 10 BEST High Schools in Utah for 2020…
BEST OF STATE UTAH
We are excited to share that 2020 Best of State Award winners have been announced and APA won…
2A COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD
2019 Congratulations to our Draper 3 History and Debate teacher, Tanner Latham…
DRAPER SCHOOLS RECOGNIZED BY NICHE AS BEST CHARTER SCHOOLS IN UTAH
Each year, NICHE.com releases their Best Schools in America rankings and Niche grades….
SURYA KAPU WINS UTAH’S NORTHERN REGIONAL SPELLING BEE AND EARNING A BERTH FOR THE NATIONAL COMPETITION.
Popinjay: A vain, talkative person; a parrot.Although American Preparatory Academ…
BEST OF STATE PRINCIPAL AND BEST OF STATE ADMINISTRATOR
Congratulations to our 2018 Best of State winners, Carolyn Sharette and Craig Peterson…
BEST OF STATE CHARTER SCHOOL
Congratulations to our West Valley 1 campus for achieving the 2017 Best of State Charter school…
BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Phil Collins
Chief Financial Officer
In 2015, Phil Collins, CFO, kept American Prep school on track financially…
AWARDED FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION
In 2015, Phil Collins, CFO, kept American Prep school on track financially by keeping budgets…
CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE YEAR
Charter School of the Year awarded by the Utah Association of Public Charter Schools…
- 2022
SALT LAKE CITY TOP WORKPLACESSalt Lake Tribune names American Preparatory Academy A Winner of The State of Utah Top Workplaces 2022 award Read more - 2022
BEST OF STATE UTAH2022 Best of State Utah Awards have been announced and we are honored to share that APA has been awarded TEN… Read more - 2021
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT HIGH SCHOOL RANKINGSWe are excited to celebrate another year of success in the US News & World Report Best High Schools Rankings…
- 2021
BEST OF STATE UTAHEach year Best of State Utah recognizes organizations throughout the state with awards acknowledging outstanding…
- 2020
BEST OF STATE UTAHWe are excited to share that 2020 Best of State Award winners have been announced and APA won…
- 2013
AMERICAN PREP DRAPER 2 OPENS
Located across the street from the Living Planet Aquarium this campus has been open for 5…
- 2011
AMERICAN PREP WEST VALLEY 2 OPENS
West Valley 2 is American Prep’s largest school with more than 1,300 students in grades K-12…
- 2009
AMERICAN PREP WEST VALLEY 1 OPENS
West Valley 1, formerly The School for New Americans, opened in 2009…
- 2003
AMERICAN PREP DRAPER 1 OPENS
Draper 1, our first American Prep campus, opened in the Fall of 2003…