Sun Prairie Schools

More than 200 educators from Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, including SPASD’s Jamie Racine, attended the Wisconsin Coalition for Community Schools Conference at Vel Phillips Memorial High School in Madison earlier this week.

The day-long event focused on community building and professional development for educators. State Representative Andrew Hysell was among those in attendance and Governor Evers also made an appearance.
There are more than 40 Community Schools in Wisconsin. C.H. Bird, Creekside, Northside, Westside and PPA were the SPASD Community Schools in 2025-26, while Meadow View and Royal Oaks will join Community Schools next school year.

Check out Jamie’s interview on WMTV-Ch. 15 on Tuesday: https://www.wmtv15news.com/2026/06/16/more-than-200-educators-gather-wisconsin-coalition-community-schools-conference/.

An end-of-year celebration for Sun Prairie East and West students who took the Introduction to Education and Teaching course in 2025-26 was held on Monday, June 1 at the Sun Prairie West Small Theater.

The Class of 2026 honorees included: Cora Damask, Sophia Gille, Lucia Hahn, Maeve Holder, Srikeerthi Komanduri, Lendsey Landaverde-Discua, Emma McKenna, Samuel Mejer, Ania Moore, Mya Patterson, Alex Reinen, Cameron Rustler, Amber Sabo, Na'Tasjah Stamps, Aysha Tekisalp, Olivia Thompson, Cambria Waelti, and Ellyson Wos.

Read more at:
https://www.sunprairieschools.org/district/news/news-post-page/~board/news-highlights/post/future-teachers-celebrated

A huge thank you to reporter Peter Lindblad and The Star for their recent story on Meadow View and its Leader in Me program. The elementary school also was recently recognized as a Lighthouse School by FranklinCovey.

Check out the story at

Meadow View Elementary sees benefits from Leader in Me program Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Meadow View Elementary School was struggling to control kids’ behavior.

Register for Badger Bots this summer!

Students entering grades 1-8 can explore robotics, coding, and problem-solving while having fun with hands-on STEM activities. The camp takes place at Token Springs Elementary this July. Extended care and scholarships are available!

Register today: https://www.cogran.io/index.html?badgerbots #/

SPASD is hosting Badger Bots in July in the run-up to hosting a First Lego League Team at the elementary level this fall. The camp is open to students entering grades 1-8. The camp will be held at Token Springs Elementary and run in the afternoons on July 13-16 and 20-23. Extended care and scholarships are available!

Learn more and register at https://www.cogran.io/index.html?badgerbots #/

Would you like to support the annual Stuff the Bus program? The Sunshine Program, which helps coordinate the event, has set up pages on the respective websites of Amazon and Walmart where you can purchase items for this year’s program.

Amazon wish list: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/33PMA7ZBW2KY0/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex? #

Walmart wish list: https://www.walmart.com/lists/shared/WL/a2db8c4b-18ae-403e-b9ab-452ff52b5df7

Or if you would prefer to give a monetary donation, you can do so at https://sunshine.app.neoncrm.com/forms/12. Every gift will be used to purchase school supplies and backpacks for children in Sun Prairie.

Did you miss the Prairie Phoenix Academy graduation ceremony?

Check out the City of Sun Prairie Media Center’s KSUN Now Channel to view the event, which lasted a little more than an hour. You can access it directly at https://u.peg.tv/s/w1vdts

We are proud to partner with Kobussen. Thank you to the Kobussen team for keeping our students safe and taking them to and from school more than 170 days every school year.

We are all in this together!

Thank you to The Star, and particularly staff members Peter Lindblad and Andrew Schroeder, for their work on the special section celebrating graduates from the area, including Sun Prairie East, Sun Prairie West and Prairie Phoenix Academy.

It was also nice that the special sections were available for SPASD’s two Class of 2026 graduation ceremonies at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison on Friday, June 12.

Looking for a great gift while supporting our students? Check out the Sun Prairie East FFA Candle Fundraiser!

The Candle Fundraiser runs through Aug. 2, with proceeds helping FFA members travel to the National FFA Convention. Order today by visiting: https://orderform.countrylights.net/

Want to smell the candles or learn more about the products/fundraiser - email [email protected]

Sun Prairie East FFA is hosting a Candle Fundraiser to support travel to the FFA National Convention. Anyone can purchase Candles, Wax Melts, or Fidget Sniffers.

The costs are:
Candles - $18
Wax Melts - $5
Fidget Sniffers - $3.50 individually or 3 for $10

All proceeds from the fundraiser will be used to support the travel costs for individual FFA members. You can order online anytime until Aug. 2 by visiting this website: https://orderform.countrylights.net/

Want to smell the candles or learn more about the products/fundraiser - email [email protected]