New Prairie High

New Prairie High School
Keeping Life Alive
Address
1255 S. Oak Bluff Road New Prairie, WI, 53401 USA
Information
Type	Public School
Established	September 1, 1927
Opened	1927 (Original School), 1947 (New Building)
School district	New Prairie School District
Grades	9 to 12
Gender	coed
Enrollment	1,500 (as of 2008)
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Black and Red
Mascot	Bulldogs
Nickname	New Prairie High, NPH
Newspaper	The NPH Almanac

New Prairie High is one of the two high schools in New Prairie and the oldest.

History

The original New Prairie High School was founded in 1927, located two blocks west of the courthouse. This building functioned without issue for almost 2 decades until it was decided the growing population of the city required a larger school.

In 1945 a new high school, big enough to house 3,000 people, was constructed and finished in 1947. The original building was closed and left vacant for the next 15 years until it reopened in 1960 as a homeless shelter and eventually a community center.

The school remained the only High School in New Prairie until 1983 when due to a growth spurt in the town’s population another school was built out past I-41.

New Prairie High Alumni

Many of New Prairie’s personal celebs have walked the halls of New Prairie High.

1940's

• Helen Calvin (1945 - 1949)
• Johnathan Calvin (1945 - 1949)

1950's

• Judd Fonnerelli (1950 - 1954)

1970's

• Lauren Jensen (1970-1974)
• Denis Porter (1970-1974)
• Maggie Sporteino (1970 - 1974)
• Jake Calvin (1971 - 1975)
• Lt. David Bingham (1972 - 1976)
• Roberta Quercioli-Foxx (1975 - 1979)
• Hillary Portman (1978 - 1982)

1980's

• Thaddeus Abbott (1983 - 1987)
• Nathan Myers (1983 - 1986)
• William Quercioli (1983 - 1987)
• David Ricci (1985 - 1989)
• Kevin Stewart (1985 - 1989)
• Andy Williams (1985 - 1989)
• Dustin Thompson (1985 - 1989)
• Eugene Niron (1986 - 1989)
• Prudence Tracy (1987 - 1991)
• Alison Nadel (1988 - 1992)

1990's

• Kirsten Bellini (1990 - 1994)
• Chandler Bingham (1990 - 1994)
• Emma LaBelle (1990 - 1994)
• Harold Meltzner (1990 - 1994)
• Garrett Moore (1990 - 1994)
• Thomasena Sacco (1990 - 1994)
• Florence Smith (1990 - 1994)
• Daniel Spacey (1990 - 1994)
• Maria Sporteino (1990 - 1994)
• Dominic Tracy (1990 - 1994)
• Elizabeth Abbott (1991 - 1995)
• Jenni Anderson (1991 - 1995)
• Joel Boyer (1991 - 1995)
• Sarah Cole (1991 - 1995)
• Keith Dean (1991 - 1995)
• Claire Fonnerelli (1991 - 1995)
• Catherine Hicks (1991 - 1995)
• Nate Jackson (1991 - 1995)
• Geoff Jenks (1991 - 1995)
• Joseph Martin (1991 - 1995)
• Robert Parks (1991 - 1995)
• Robert Smith (1991 - 1995)
• Matt Tyler (1991 - 1995)
• Jeffrey Filcher (1992 - 1995)
• Sarah Hindwither (1992 - 1995)
• Karen LaSalle (1992 - 1995)
• Lynnea Manucci (1992 - 1995)
• Amanda Mendel (1992 - 1995)
• Lindsay Rhandeli (1992 - 1995)
• Josh Stevenson (1992 - 1995)
• Chelsie McKenna (1995 - 1996)

Teachers

• Amanda Bellini (1973 - Present)