Our Mission

Founder's Intent

“The Prairie School exists to enhance the educational options for Racine and surrounding communities, to provide an excellent independent ES-12th grade college preparatory educational institution and to serve as a key catalyst to make our community a better place to live, work and raise a family.”

- Imogene P. Johnson, Prairie Founder

Our Vision

The Prairie School will be a national leader among Early School through 12th grade independent college preparatory day schools, with financial and enrollment stability, providing dynamic and evolving educational excellence for generations to come.

Our Mission

The Prairie School nurtures the creativity, interests and abilities of every student, inspiring each to explore, thrive, and add value individually and in collaboration with others.

Our community of students, faculty, and families works together to create a collaborative and supportive culture grounded in human values – celebrating both our differences and commonalities.

Prairie graduates are prepared for college and life with the desire and skills to make the world a better place.

Approved by The Prairie School Board of Trustees, January 24th, 2018

Guiding Mantra

To know, value, support, and challenge every student to be their best self.

Inclusivity Statements

The Prairie School is a community of students, faculty, and families who care for and respect one another, celebrating both our differences and commonalities.

We value the representation and full engagement of individuals whose differences include, but are not limited to, age, ethnicity, family makeup, gender, learning profile, physical ability, race, religion, sexual identity, and socioeconomic status.

We acknowledge that inclusivity is a complex idea to define and quantify. Beyond multicultural personal identities, The Prairie School embraces diversity of thought, culture, and all that may be unseen but also subject a person to preferential or disadvantageous treatment.

We believe that inclusivity makes our students, faculty, and community members wiser and better able to fulfill our mission of promoting lifelong individual and collective growth.

Well-Rounded Academics

Expert Teachers

Parents as Partners