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Historical Class Composites and Yearbooks

We are committed to uplifting our alumni’s achievements and our District’s 150-year-old culture of excellence.  You no longer have to be in our schools to see these archives.  Sun Prairie East High School, Sun Prairie West High School, and Prairie Phoenix Academy now have touch-screen digital exhibits showcasing class composite photos, Wall of Success honorees, and coming very soon will be the addition of yearbooks.

Our new Professional Learning Center, located on the historic hilltop campus southwest of downtown Sun Prairie will host school board meetings and be home to our archive of Wall of Success plaques and framed class composite images dating back to 1886. The location  formerly served as our Sun Prairie's original high school, and has been called “School House Hill.” Visit the plaques by attending a school board meeting in the Professional Learning Center.

NEW in 2022: Each high school has space dedicated to “restart” a history wall and feature class pictures going forward.

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1971 Junior High School Time Capsule

As crews were demolishing the former home of Prairie Phoenix Academy at 160 South Street, they discovered a time capsule within the walls. It was from the dedication of the building in 1971 when it opened its doors as Sun Prairie Junior High School. Below are a few artifacts from the time capsule.

The District has donated the time capsule and its contents to the Sun Prairie Historical Library and Museum, which has added these pieces of history to its permanent collection. If you would like to view all of the artifacts in person, the museum is located at 115 East Main Street in Sun Prairie.

Sun Prairie Junior High School 1971 Dedication Program
First page of the PDF file: Programfromthe1971DedicationofSunPrairieJuniorHigh
1970-1971 Sun Prairie Public Schools Description Booklet
First page of the PDF file: 1970-1971SunPrairiePubllicSchoolsDescriptionBooklet
1971-1972 Sun Prairie Junior High School Course Description Booklet
First page of the PDF file: 1971-1972SunPrairieJuniorHighCourseDescriptions
Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce Description Booklet
First page of the PDF file: SunPrairieChamberofCommerceWelcomeBooklet1971-1972
1970-1971 Sun Prairie Junior High School Course Description Booklet
First page of the PDF file: 1970-1971SunPrairieJuniorHighCourseDescriptions
January 1971 Sun Prairie Junior High School Newspaper
First page of the PDF file: January1971MonthlyNewsletter-SPJuniorHigh
February 1971 Sun Prairie Junior High School Newspaper
First page of the PDF file: February1971MonthlyNewsletter-SPJuniorHigh
1970 Badger Conference Junior High School Interscholastic Policies Booklet
First page of the PDF file: BadgerConferenceJuniorHighSchoolInterscholasticPolicies-October1970