High School Distinctives

Juniors and seniors travel to a camp in northern Arizona at the beginning of the school year. During this three-day retreat, students participate in numerous activities such as praise and worship chapels, workshops and class activities.

Freshmen and sophomores remain in Tucson and participate in activities such as hiking, bowling, team games, and community service. Freshmen boys and girls have an event with their fathers and mothers one evening and sophomores will gather as a class one of the nights. 

Retreat Week provides our high school students with the opportunity to rekindle friendships, and in some cases form new ones, and bond as classes. They are encouraged in their walk with the Lord, and the tone is set for the spiritual emphasis of the school year. This is such an important aspect of our school life that PRCA requires high school students to participate in the retreat.

All students and their families are encouraged to attend athletic competitions and cheer on our PRCA mighty lions! 

Dances and socials are a part of the social life at Pusch Ridge for grades 9-12. Homecoming, Winter Formal and Prom are traditions at PRCA.

Students in the Choral Ensemble and Advanced Band audition each year for the S.E. Arizona Regional Honor Choir and Honor Band. Those who are successful participate in a two-day event preparing for and performing with 100 of their peers in an Honors Performance. Participants in the Honors Choir or Band also audition for the prestigious Arizona All-State Honor Choir or Band.

All high school students are encouraged to participate in this event, where they memorize and recite a Shakespeare monologue. 

Held during the spring on the Pusch Ridge campus, graduating seniors and their families gather for individual, personalized blessings from faculty and staff.

A special Pusch Ridge tradition is to honor our graduating senior girls at a spring tea. This is an opportunity for faculty and staff to celebrate the senior girls' accomplishments and to bless them as they begin the next chapter in their lives.

One final competition for the senior guys is a timed race along the Ridge. Dinner is cooked and served by male faculty and fathers, and blessings around the campfire are a fitting closure for our senior boys.

Each year, the senior class selects a location for a three-day trip to conclude their high school experience. This trip occurs the last week of school, just before graduation, and is an opportunity for fun and fellowship before the class members go their separate ways.