Life on the Prairie

9/15 . . . 6th Grade Party on the Prairie . . . after school until 5:00

9/19 & 9/20 . . . MAP testing

9/28 . . . Picture Retake Day

10/18 & 10/19 . . . Parent-Teacher Conferences (NO SCHOOL ON THE 19TH)

10/20 . . . Institute Day . . . NO SCHOOL

We are excited to produce our Prairie fall play, directed by a team of talented Barrington High School students and district-wide Fine Arts staff. Ms Buerckholtz, 220 Fine Arts Facilitator, is the creative producer of the play, and details are listed below.

Prairie Theatre presents:

Bedtime Stories (As Told by our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up) written by Ed Monk

Performances will be:

Thursday, Nov. 16th - 7pm

Friday, Nov. 17th - 7pm

Saturday, Nov 18th- 2pm

Saturday, Nov. 18th- 7pm

Please note changes in the production title and performance dates. The first rehearsal will be held Monday, September 25th at Prairie. Audition and Tech Crew forms are due Monday, September 18.

Click on the links below for Auditions or Crew Only sign-up forms.

Audition Form

Prairie Fall Play Audition Packet 2023

Crew Only sign-up form

Questions? Please reach out to sbuerckholtz@barrington220.org.

We are looking for parents to help supervise 6th grade students in the Commons during lunch. Interested? Click here.

Today is the last day to order from the Prairie spiritwear store! Orders will be delivered to school the week of October 16th.

Questions? Please contact Karen McGee at: karenmcgee22@gmail.com.

View your school portraits, and select your yearbook/class picture before Retake Day!*

• *The final deadline is two weeks after retake day; if you do not pick an image VIP will choose a yearbook/class picture image for you.

• To view your student’s school portraits look for an email sent to you by “Visual Image Photography”, or go to vipis.com. (Student ID number may be required.)

• Retake pictures will be taken on 9/28/23.

• Retake photos will be added to your online image gallery about a week after they have been taken.

• If you have any questions, please email support@vipis.com.

All students interested in Robotics Club should come to the first meeting after school on Tuesday, September 19th in Room 301.

This meeting will be an introduction as well as activities designed to get familiar with the different materials and the software used for coding.

If you cannot attend the first meeting, don't worry!

The rest of the meeting dates for first semester are…

-October 10th

-October 24th

-November 7th

-November 28th

-December 12th

Please reach out to Miss Schmidts at aschmidts@barrington220.org if you have any questions. Hope to see you there!

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming soon to Prairie! There will be a variety of books for all readers!

The fair will run September 25th-29th in the library. Students will visit the fair during their English periods. Later in the week they can visit during lunch or Colt Time. We accept cash, credit/debit cards, ApplePay and checks made payable to Prairie PTO. Sales tax of 9% will be added to all purchases.

An online fair will run from Sept 25th to October 8th with purchases shipping directly to home. You can access it by clicking on our Scholastic page. Your support will allow the PTO to keep a portion of the profits.

Follow the Prairie PTO on social media for the latest updates.

Please click here to read about the assessments that will be taking place throughout the year.

Check out the awesome cold weather offerings from our Prairie PE department. These are optional items that can be purchased and worn instead of the school-issued short sleeve shirts and shorts.

Our first meeting was very successful. If you plan on attending a meeting or want to be included on our distribution list for minutes and PTO happenings, please fill out this form.

Please bring your driver's license if you are new to Prairie for check-in.

Upcoming meeting dates for 2023 (9:15 am start):

October 10

November 14

December 12

Please click here for the 2023 fall athletic information.

Barrington 220 is now partnering with an Illinois school safety helpline aimed at providing students a place to report information that might prevent bullying, suicide, and campus violence. Safe2Help is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It allows students to confidentially share school safety issues via a mobile app, text, email, or phone call. You will notice that the "See Something, Say Something" button on our district and school website now links directly to the Safe2Help contact page. We are asking that all students, parents, staff, and community members now use this platform to report safety concerns. In the case of an emergency, call 911. Please be aware that when a Safe2Help report is made which references Suicide, Self-Harm or School Safety building staff and/or local authorities will be contacted.

During an emergency situation at one of our schools, it is important for our community to work together. Barrington 220 has developed this tip sheet for parents/guardians, which shares specific actions parents/guardians should take in the event of an emergency.

Website: prairie.barrington220.org
Location: 40 E Dundee Rd, Barrington, IL, United States
Phone: 847-304-3990
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Prairie220/
Twitter: Prairie220