A celebratory slideshow depicting historic photographs and memories of Prairie community members.

1. Memories

6. The 7th/8th grade musicals.
Watching the kids grow into young
adults.
Hosting a foreign exchange student.
- Kevin Orlowski

9. The outstanding
musicals and plays so
professionally done.
- Beth Shelton

12. Having lockers
without locks.
- Tom D’Orazio • Class of 1982

14. My Interim trip to Spain with Mr.
Butler, an Interim trip to England
with Mrs. Stanton and the 8th grade
trip to Washington D.C.!
- Ann-Elise Henzl • Class of 1983

16. Our daughters in tennis and
watching the plays in the
Lower School gym.
- Dr. Rafi Rafiullah

21. The ducklings crossing
through the Middle School
from the inner circle to the
big outside world every year.
- Jennifer Popowski • Class of 1992

23. The wonderful people, especially
Bonnie Benes, Kathy Boero,
Kevin Will and Pat Wagner!
- Rob Bissegger

25. I really enjoyed being able
to kayak at the Willow
Reservoir!
- Tarah Patzke • Class of 2006

27. Sam Johnson "Eating his hat" when
the original building was finished in
time for the initial school opening 50
years ago.
- Terry Malone

29. Building gingerbread
houses as a family.
- Dr. James Toniolo

31. All of Jerry Buck’s little chemistry
jokes (many of which I already knew
from my older siblings' stories).
- Johnathan Johnson • Class of 1986

33. The Art Department fire. I remember
that Winnie Johnson and I were
goofing around in their observatory
and saw smoke coming from school.
- Diane Szumowski • Class of 1976

35. Grandparents’
Day!
- Dave Rowland • Class of 1975

37. My stage debut in
‘Design for Murder.’
- Thomas Navratil • Class of 1978

41. Soaking up the sunshine
on the patio!
- Madeline Henderson • Class of 2012

45. Bob Sagadin, after I'd hit my finger with a
hammer: "Don't do that. It hurts." To this
day, it's a phrase I use with my kids. My
daughter even wrote me a poem for
Christmas quoting it!
- Nate Warner • Class of 1991

51. One of my fondest memories
of Prairie was glassblowing
with Mrs. McCombs!
- Mara Hagopian • Class of 2005

54. I was the Girls' Junior Varsity
Basketball Coach for a short time.
Coaching was a dream I had
fulfilled at Prairie - one of many.
- Peggy Wielenberg

57. Finding out in calculus class that
there are shapes with infinite
surfaces and finite volumes, so you
can fill 'em but you can't paint 'em.
- Thomas Navratil • Class of 1978

61. Showing Sam Johnson how to
use the electronic library search
station at the library open house.
- Peggy Wielenberg

65. Getting a terrible rash after wearing
‘burr’ sweaters with
Lillian Waisman at my 10th grade
Biology camp trip in 1979!
- Meg Daniels • Class of 1982

70. Coach Swanson's Bermuda
hat and Mrs. Spinks'drama
productions!
- Kanwar Singh • Class of 1985

73. I grew up at Prairie, I attended the school for 15
years. It was and always will be my home away
from home! The teachers and other faculty watched
me grow and became extended members of my
family. I know that I always have a
place to come back to.
- Ashleigh Mohrbacher • Class of 2012

81. Playing in the 1982
basketball State
Championship.
- Terry Chapko • Class of 1984

84. Attending the musicals at
Prairie! Feeling a part of
the "Prairie Family."
- Tom Addison

88. My great collection of
Mother's Day plates.
- Tom Issacson

91. Class of 1996 — first
senior class in the new
Upper School building.
- Benjamin Issacson • Class of 1996

94. Serving as the President of
the Student Council was an
honor as well as a challenge.
- Sara Walker • Class of 1979

97. The school and teachers really care about you
and your future. That is something that is
hard to find other places.
The Prairie School community is like no other
and I am proud to be a part of it!
- Ashleigh Mohrbacher • Class of 2012

99. Winning the soccer State
Championship with great
friends in 2004!
- Andrew Spinelli • Class of 2005

102. The openness and freedom allowed to students!
I never realized until later how special it was to
not have bells, and to leave the lunchroom when
you finish eating with the option to CHOOSE
where you would spend the rest of that time.
- Cassandra Vite • Class of 1996

104. Loved being a part of the
theatrical productions with Mrs.
Benson. My favorite was
‘A Midsummer's Night Dream.’
- Martha Tubini • Class of 1976

108. Winning the 1982 Basketball
State Championship highlighted
12 great years at Prairie.
- Billy Walker • Class of 1983

111. My husband going to Caitlyn's
Kindergarten class and telling the
children how to become a doctor.
- Karen Ayres

115. Field Hockey was great fun! Some of the
teachers were real characters: Jim
Corsica, Al Hagopian & Stoyan Topalof
come to mind. They always kept things
interesting.
- Toni Alicia Smith • Class of 1984

117. All the artwork & beautiful
architectural features
throughout the campus and
building.
- Everett McKinney

120. Seeing the ducks every
year in the courtyard.
- Janet Trimble • Class of 1981