Life on the Prairie

September 20th . . . 6th Grade Party on the Prairie . . . 3:40 - 5:00 PM

September 24th . . . Picture Retake Day

September 27th . . . Early Release Day . . . 11:37 AM

October 16th & 17th . . . Parent-Teacher Conferences

October 25th . . . 7th Grade Social . . . 7-9 PM

Click here to read a message from Principal McWilliams about this season's home football games.

View and select your school portrait for use in the yearbook and class picture!

• The final deadline is two weeks after retake day; if you do not select an image, VIP will choose the pose to use in the yearbook and class picture for you.

• To view your student’s school portrait look for an email sent to you by “Visual Image Photography”.

• Retake day is 9/24/24.

• Retake photos will be added to your online image gallery approximately 7-10 days later.

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

The Prairie PTO is looking for volunteers to chair and/or support our grade-level socials, our teacher conference dinners and our teacher appreciation programs this year. If you are interested in learning about these programs please click here to read more and then contact Brynnen Crosson (brynnen.crosson@gmail.com).

BStrong invites the whole community to participate in a Community Wellness Walk on Sunday, September 22 at Citizens Park from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Everyone is welcome to participate and there will be a goody bag for the first 200 attendees.

During the first half of 2024, more than 2,500 community members collaborated on a plan to continue to improve Barrington 220's aging school buildings. The final $64M community-driven plan will go to you, the voter, for approval as a referendum question on this November 5 election ballot. If successful, the referendum will:

• Increase safety & security throughout Barrington 220
• Build a new community auditorium at Barrington High School
• Enhance STEAM and instructional spaces for students (This includes modernized science lab classrooms at the middle school level to effectively implement current and future curriculum.)

Join us at our upcoming community meeting to learn more about the referendum, tour current spaces, and see why these improvements are needed:

• 12 PM Saturday, 9/28 at Barrington High School (immediately following the Homecoming parade)

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming soon to Prairie! There will be a variety of books for all readers! The fair will run September 23rd-27th 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, eWallet, ApplePay, and checks made payable to Prairie PTO. Sales tax of 9% will be added to all purchases. An online fair will run September 23rd to October 6th with purchases shipping directly to home so please check it out if your child doesn't find exactly what they're looking for at the fair. You can access it by clicking on our Scholastic homepage.

Your support will allow the PTO to keep a portion of the profits for a variety of activities and events. Thank you!