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Prairie Football Team Crowned 1981 Class 3A Champs

The 1981 Prairie varsity football team, under the leadership of Head Coach John Oertel, ended the season 12-0, ECIC (East Central Conference) Champs and Class 3A State Champions. Eight players were named to the All ECIC Team and Eight additional players were named to the second team.

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1958 Newsletter

Check out the College Community Schools public newsletter from July 17, 1958. There are some interesting articles on school finances, transportation and the hot lunch program that you might find interesting. By 1958, Prairie was open to all grades K-12 with the 11th and 12th grade students just coming on board that year. The first graduating class of 61 students was in May of 1959. 

College Community School News July 17 1958Download

First Lady Barbara Bush Helps Prairie View Students

In 1992 First Lady Barbara Bush helps Prairie View Elementary School students plant a flowering crab tree on the grounds of PMX Industries.

First Lady Barbara Bush planting a tree with students from Prairie View Elementary School.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower Flew Over Prairie Campus

In 1958 President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent College Community Superintendent Sam Wiley a letter expressing his gratitude to the students for the heartwarming message they formed when he flew over the school in his helicopter. President Eisenhower was on his way to the National Corn Picking Contest.

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College Community School District Officially Formed in 1950’s

College Community School District was officially formed during the 1950’s.  College Community inherited the College Township Elementary which had just opened in 1953 (located on the north side of 76th Ave. later to be called Prairie Elementary and Prairie Heights). When the doors opened for the 1954-55 school year, enrollment was 100-125.  Couple of years later Prairie High School Opened to 350 students. First graduating class was 1959.

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Prairie Lunches in 1955-1956

Prairie Archives: In 1955-56, approximately 125 K-8 students received daily lunches for 25 cents. Today, College Community serves on average 4,200 lunches daily at $2.80 for students in grades K-4, $2.90 for students in grades 5 & 6 and $3.05 for students in grades 7-12.

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Transportation Fun in the 1950’s

Prairie Archives: Check out some fun transportation photos from the 1950’s. Community School District was officially formed during the 1950’s with the first graduating class in 1959.

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Silver Medalist and 1980 Prairie Grad Barry Davis Honored at Prairie

Prairie Archives: 1984 Olympic Silver Medalist and 1980 Prairie grad Barry Davis was back to participate in a school assembly in his honor. Davis was a four time NCAA Division I All-American, and a three-time NCAA Division I National Champion and was named NCAA Outstanding Wrestler in 1985. Barry Davis’ career record at Iowa was 162-9-1. Standing alongside Davis was teachers Darrel Bogner and Roger Stigers.

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Channel One Broadcasting System

In October 1991, Librarian Sylvia Ralston prepares Channel One for classroom viewing by Prairie Junior High students.  Channel One was an educational broadcasting system bringing 12 minute daily news broadcasts featuring current events from a teen student’s perspective. 

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