August 2025
Welcome back to a new school year! Whether you are a returning family or a new family to Prairie Wind, we are looking forward to an exciting school year with you all. This year looks to be one of the best years yet. I am excited to head into year four as your principal. Our enrollment this year is hovering at around 300 students. Our school makeup will consist of 2 sections of Kindergarten and 3 sections in each of the remaining grades (1st-4th). While we said goodbye to some familiar faces at P-Dub last year, I am over the moon excited about the returning and new staff coming to the school in 25-26. We have created a staff of the most competent, experienced and caring educators in the business. Your children will be in great hands this school year.
This year will bring a few changes. The first is a fun one. The 4th grade Legacy Project from last year has been installed. When you walk inside of Prairie Wind, you will be greeted by our very own Cheyenne 8-foot-tall boot that was designed by our students and made a reality by local artist Chad Blakely. We look forward to sharing this picture backdrop with you all at Open House and throughout the year during award ceremonies.
The next couple of changes have to do with protecting the instructional day and school safety. You may have heard recently, but we will be sharing an updated electronic device agreement with you. The district goal is to limit distractions in the classroom throughout the school day. I appreciate your support in pre-teaching your students ahead of the first day of school.
The second update is that before and after school the playground will no longer be open to visitors. This is to protect and provide better supervision to the students we are serving. Once all students are cleared from the playground at about 4pm, the playground will be open for public use. Thank you in advance for adhering to this new change.
The final update is that our 2nd grade classrooms have moved down the hall from their original location. We will now have a K-1 wing, a 2-3 wing and downstairs will be a 4-Summit Academy wing.
Please remember that official communication will be shared through the ParentSquare app and our school website. We are looking forward to seeing you at our Open House on August 22nd from 8-9 am. At 8 am there will be a brief principal welcome in the gym and at 8:15 we will dismiss everyone to go meet their teachers. (You will be notified by your assigned teacher prior to Open House when teachers report back on contract).
Let’s make this an amazing year together!
Brian Aragon
August 2024
P-DUB Community,
The time has flown by, it is already the start of my third year as the principal here at Prairie Wind. That means my first kindergarten class is already second graders! It is hard to believe that we will be a K-4 building this year. It has taken a lot of work to make this transition happen. I know there are mixed emotions on this topic. As the reality of it sets in in a couple of weeks, our staff is committed to making the 24-25 school year an amazing year for everyone.
Our district has adopted a new math curriculum called Eureka Math Squared. We will begin this roll out this year as we continue to implement Wit and Wisdom for Language Arts. Each grade will continue to have an intervention block for reading and math so that we meet all students where they are academically. Prairie Wind looks to have around 390 students this year as opposed to years past with almost 500 students in our building. In addition, our school will house an Affective Needs Program this year to support our Central Triad.
Prairie Wind will have three sections of kindergarten, first, second and 4th grades. We will have four sections of third grade for this academic school year. Our staff will utilize our multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) to help support students academically, socially, and behaviorally. We will continue to implement positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) to meet every learner where they are and to motivate each student to be safe, respectful, and responsible while at Prairie Wind and out in our community. PBIS Rewards will help us to issue points to students that they can use in our school store.
As a member of our school community, I want to encourage everyone to live our vision more so than ever. We Are ALL In! This means that collectively with parents, students, community, and Prairie Wind Staff, we will do whatever it takes to make our students at P-DUB successful.
Welcome back to the 24-25 school year. We are excited to collaborate with you to make this a memorable year for your child/children!
Best,
Brian Aragon
I am energized and encouraged to be stepping into year two at Prairie Wind Elementary. I know as a new administrator last year that I made a ton of mistakes. I plan to use those learnings and failures to make myself better for all our students! As I model this throughout the year, I want to encourage all our parents, guardians, educators, and PW staff to follow this growth mindset. The more we model for our children that failure is a new opportunity to learn and grow, the better we will all prepare our students for their future.
Those of you returning to Prairie Wind will experience some changes this year. We have teachers that desired a change in their day-to-day activities and will be teaching in a new grade. I am excited for the teaming and collaboration of our elite staff this year. Next, we are going to rollout a new positive behavior reward system that will replace Principal’s 200 club. This new system is called PBIS Rewards. We are going to move the needle in motivating students to bring their best selves as a learner every day. Lastly, while the district goes through a leadership change, I am excited about something that the district is bringing back. We will have a new version of Elementary Athletics (more info to come).
One thing that hasn’t changed and will stand the test of time, our school’s vision: We are ALL in! I challenge everyone in our community to reflect on this simple statement. How will you be “ALL in” when it comes to every student in our school. This could be as simple as getting your learner to school on time every day, developing study groups, attending a sporting event of a child outside of school, donating time to volunteer in the building or volunteering to serve the PTO.
I want to welcome you to the 23-24 school year. It is going to be the best year yet!
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