Life on the Prairie

December 19th . . . Last day before Winter Break . . . No after school activities or buses

December 20th - January 5th . . . Winter Break

January 6th . . . Classes resume after Winter Break

January 8th - 9th . . . MAP Testing

January 13th . . . PTO Meeting . . . @ 9:15am RM 307

January 19th . . . Martin Luther King Jr Day . . . NO SCHOOL

January 23rd . . . Combined 6th grade social with Station at Prairie

Please click here to read about the sexual abuse prevention curriculum that will be taught by our Wellness staff in late January and February.

Recently the district business office uploaded fees for missing technology items to Infinite Campus accounts. These fees pertain to items that were not turned in during the ipad swap days in the fall when students traded their old ipads for new ones.

Fees could be related to: charging bricks, cables, or Logitech crayons. If you locate the missing item(s), please send it/them to school with your child to give to our Library Tech Assistant, Tori Wells. She will work with the business office to check in the item(s) and remove the fee(s) from your account. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Wells at: twells@barrington220.org.

See the attached pic to know which of the 57 cables floating around your house needs to be returned. 🙃

The Speech Tournament will be held on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at Prairie. If your child is interested in joining this year, they can join the Schoology group to get all the information for the tournament. The code for the Schoology group is: CJ4F-2FKW-FQBZ2. Please make sure they sign in to the group, not the course.

Check out our late winter sports offerings!

Join the PTO on Tuesday, January 13 at 9:15 a.m. for our General PTO Meeting. Get helpful updates from our counseling department on each grade level’s activities, get the scoop on everything sports from our Assistant Principal/Athletic Director and ask your hard-hitting questions like, “What does 6-7 even mean?” We may not know all the answers, but we’ll have a good time figuring it out together! Register here for the meeting ahead of time and we’ll have your credentials ready when you roll in.

When: Friday, January 23, 2026 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Who: Prairie & Station 6th grade students

Location: Prairie Middle School

$10/student - Register here by Monday, January 19! F/R student fee is waived for this event.

Volunteers needed! Sign up here!

Snack donations--sign up here!

We are gearing up for a Winter Beach Bash for our 6th Graders—a fun evening filled with music, food, games, and plenty of tropical-themed excitement! This is a combined social for Prairie & Station 6th graders and will be held at Prairie this year. To help make this event a success, we rely on the support of parent donations and parent volunteers. If you’re able to lend a hand, we’d love to have you join us!

Your outgrown spiritwear, that is. To school. No extra trip to the resale shop required!

The PTO has placed boxes inside the main and student activities entrances to collect your too-small or rarely worn spiritwear. They are hoping to pass along items your kids have outgrown to others who can give them a second life.

The plan is for the boxes to be there throughout the year, so send 'em in!

Click here!