Memories & Milestones!

Congratulations again to the East Prairie Class of 2020!  Last night’s ceremony was a touching tribute to our graduates and all those who helped guide them to this moment.  

East Prairie is a special place to learn no matter what your age!  Perhaps no point better illustrates this than the commitment and longevity of our staff.  This year alone we are celebrating nearly three centuries worth of milestones!  Congratulations to:

Mrs. Kelly (30 years), Mr. Stephen (25), Ms. Britton (25), Ms. LaPata (20), Mrs. Mehr (20), Mrs. Albandia (20), Ms. Wydmanski (20), Mrs. Clapper (15), Mrs. Dovijarov (15), Ms. Friedman (15), Mrs. Berkowitz (15), Ms. Hayes (10), Mrs. O’Connor (10), Mr. Butler (10), Mrs. Braca (10), Mr. Kramer (10), Mr. Camarena (10), Mrs. Mato (5), Mr. Karpenski (5), and Mr. Martinez (5)

These marvelous milestones reflect the commitment of our staff and speak volumes of the community that makes EPS such a special place!

Congratulations Class of 2020!!!

Graduation is TONIGHT!  This evening we celebrate the commitment and accomplishments of the East Prairie Class of 2020!  Please join me in congratulating the following scholars on this momentous occasion!

Susannah Antlept, Ricelle Aquino, Wasif Atcha, George Barkho, Fiona Barros, Ismet Bojku, Alston Cadiente, Brendan Chan, Michael Coppola, Jennalyn Deleon, Kenny Do, Tracy Duong, Diego Garcia, Maya Garcia, Ivan Gonzalez, Noor Huda, Aleena Hussain, Amy Huynh, Tim Huynh, Zia Iftikhar, Bryan Ionescu, Cecilia Jacob, Amina Jusic, Claire Kempner, Zara Khatoon, Arjun Krishna, Brooklyn Kuman, Arlind Kurti, Jonathan Lee, Aiden Litt, Marina Mami, Kaelyn McKinney, Aziz Mir, Sumaiya Mohsin, Jonathan Montoya, Kevin Moran, Nathaniel Noworul, Miriam Pasca, Ayesha Rahman, Antonia Reyes, Anastasia Rudyak, Meera Sahrawat, Adnan Saifuddin, Eric Saxe, Amr Shehata, Dylan Sopanarat, Dezarre Tammo, Trent Tono, Cecelia Truong, Yasmine Valencia, Fiona VanOsdol, Adrian Villa-Abrille, Joy-Alyse Warburton, and Ryan Yee.

We're All In This Together

Today is the final day of school for our 8th graders!  While this hasn't been the end to the year (and to their EPS journey) that they or any of us expected, this group of young people has handled this situation with grace, dignity, and remarkable resilience.  Still, we wanted to put together a little something extra to help send them off in style.  While we will officially culminate their East Prairie experience with our graduation ceremony next Thursday, we wanted to share an important message - 

"We're All In This Together."

Congratulations and enjoy!

We hope you have as much fun watching it, as we did making it!

Family Game Night!

Thank you to the many families that joined us for a fun filled evening of trivia!  It is evident that you know our East Prairie staff quite well!

It was fabulous to see so many of our families in one place, and something we will immensely look forward to again!  Congratulations to our winners!!!

Living Room Recital!

Congratulations and bravo to Mr. Berlinghof and our amazing band students on a sensational "living room recital!"  It was most moving to hear your pieces and original compositions; what progress has been made throughout the year!

Congratulations on a beautiful 

(and very unique) program!

BAND-ing together!

Here is a clip of our Symphonic Band students playing On East Prairie.  We hope this helps to further inspire you to submit a clip of your family singing our school song to Mr. Schmeisser (hschmeisser@eps73.net).
 

What is even more remarkable is that this recording was made during our time away, and is a compilation of individual student performances assembled by Mr. Berlinghof to create the Remote On East Prairie Band! 

8th grade meeting w/ Dr. Edwards

Thank you to Niles North Principal Dr. Edwards for making the time to meet and talk through the transition to high school with our almost graduates!  Thank you to our 8th graders for waking up for our 1:30PM meeting, prepared with such thoughtful questions and insights.  It is an outstanding group of soon to be Vikings!

Construction update

Though we may not be in the building, construction presses forward.  The front drive and plaza are progressing beautifully, and are on track to be completed this summer!

Thank you to Mr. Stephen for these updated photos and for his leadership overseeing this endeavor!  Here is a digital rendering of what we can all look forward to enjoying together!

EPS parade video

Here's a link to a phenomenal video of our EPS Parent Appreciation Parade.  Thank you Mr. Abraham and all of our contributing photo/videographers for marking this moment so beautifully!

Panthers on parade!

What a perfect day to parade!  Thank you for the immense showing of love, gratitude, and support!

We are so proud and honored to service this extraordinary community!

Please add your pictures to our community Padlet wall so we can thoroughly document this historical happening! #pantherpride

Parading Panthers!

Here is a link to our parade route, turn-by turn directions, and additional information, and an aerial view of our parade route:

Cars will depart from Hamlin Park at 11:00AM.  The parade will run approximately 30 minutes, ending at about 11:30AM at Hamlin Park.  If we don’t go down your specific block the parade can be seen from Hamlin Park, Lyon Park, and Emily Oaks (corner of Brummel and Knox).

Having never done a parade through the neighborhood before, we commissioned a local artist to provide a rendering of what may be to come.  Here are two possible scenarios for what later this event may look like.

It is possible, and perhaps likely, that our parade looks nothing like either of these options.  Either way, it is sure to be a fabulous event and fantastic time!  Our teacher team is excited to see and celebrate you and our kids!

Our community in action

Here is just one more thing that makes our East Prairie community so very special and unique!  Thank you Mr. Abraham for putting this video together. #pantherpride