Sun Prairie Schools

to the Senior Superlatives of 2004! 🎓📸 From unforgettable hairstyles to legendary yearbook titles, the Class of 2004 brought the memories, the laughs, and the school spirit. Two decades later, these moments still make us smile!✨

Check out our digital yearbooks, class composites, and Wall of Success for a walk down memory lane, by visit the History Wall on our website! 🎉
Visit: https://www.sunprairieschools.org/community/history-wall
(best viewed on a computer or monitor)

Congratulations to Sun Prairie East’s longtime athletic trainer Ben Becker, who is this year’s recipient of the Wisconsin Athletic Director’s Association Athletic Service Award!

For more than a decade, Ben has gone above and beyond in caring for our student-athletes, managing injuries, and supporting recoveries, all while setting a remarkable standard of excellence in our community.

Please join us in welcoming Diana Castellanos, who has been named the associate principal at Patrick Marsh Middle School, starting Aug. 3! The School Board approved her hiring at its regular meeting on May 26.

For the past two years, Castellanos has served as a dean of students in the Verona Area School District. She was a fourth-grade bilingual teacher in Verona for two years and served as a bilingual teacher in the Madison Metropolitan School District from January 2021 to June 2022.

Please join us in welcoming Allison Fuelling as the new associate principal at Sun Prairie East High School, beginning July 1. The School Board approved her hiring at its May 26 regular meeting.

Allison has served as interim associate principal at Sun Prairie East since February and has been an instructional coach at the school since 2022. Prior to that, she supported students and staff as an instructional coach at Sun Prairie East and Prairie Phoenix Academy from 2019 to 2022. She also served for three years as a middle school summer school principal.

With her strong leadership experience and deep connection to the Sun Prairie community, we are excited for the continued impact Allison will have at Sun Prairie East.

Not many districts can announce this. Jalen Johnson, who led Sun Prairie to the WIAA Division 1 state semifinals in 2018 as a sophomore, has been named to the All-NBA third team!

Johnson averaged 22.5 points, 10.3 rebounds and 7.9 assists in 2025-26 for the Atlanta Hawks, who lost to the New York Knicks in six games in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Please join us in welcoming Barb Kempken as the District’s new director of school nutrition beginning July 1, following School Board approval at its May 26 regular meeting.

Barb brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in school nutrition and food service across public school districts, higher education, and state government. Throughout her career, she has led large-scale programs, including Chicago Public Schools and Waukegan Public Schools, and currently oversees Harvard University’s $65 million residential dining program.

We are excited to welcome Barb to the District and look forward to the fresh perspective she will bring to supporting students and school communities through nutrition services. Barb succeeds Barb Waara, who has served as director for the past three years.

21st Century Community Learning Center (21CCLC, TitleIVB) are wrapping up their programs this month. The programs have provided free, comprehensive after-school programs for 135 students between Creekside and Westside elementary schools!

Congratulations to Sun Prairie East sophomore Grace Berens, who took first place in the Food Science & Technology event at the Wisconsin Future Farmers of America (FFA) Career Development Event competition at Madison College on April 17.

Berens is the first individual state winner in food science from Sun Prairie East, according to agricultural education teacher and FFA adviser Josh Capodarco.

This is Berens’ second year on the food science team, Capodarco said. Her score was 19 points higher than the second-place finisher. She finished sixth in state a year ago and was part of the third-place team. The team took third this year, behind Cadott and Denmark.

Sun Prairie East’s Faith Xiong finished 24th, Lydia Spatola finished 28th and Mariama Camara was 43rd at state in food science.

Dr. Antoine Reed, the incoming superintendent of the Sun Prairie Area School District, recently made a special appearance on Prairie View Middle Schools’ PVTV, a production run entirely by students. The students conducted the interview themselves and had the opportunity to learn more about Dr. Reed and his vision for the school district.

Watch PVTV’s Interview with Dr. Reed below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phcflv9ls1U

Dr. Antoine Reed will take over as SPASD’s superintendent on July 1. Each week we are going to highlight Dr. Reed’s past experiences so our community can get to know him.

His second professional administrative position in education was an assistant principal and 7-12 grade manager at Acero Schools in Rogers Park, Ill. He held the position for more than 3 years.

“Through coaching, data-driven instruction, and culturally responsive teaching, we improved NWEA scores by 60% and reduced suspensions by 25%. The hands-on, student-centered Montessori approach deepened my understanding of differentiated instruction and project-based learning, both of which continue to inform my leadership philosophy today.

“Working with a $7 million budget that included a federal school improvement grant, I also helped strengthen early academic interventions and teacher development systems, ensuring we reached students before they fell behind."