Transparency
What is settled, and what is not
Prairie Classical Christian Academy is a school in the making, and a family considering it deserves to know exactly how far along it is. This page sets out what is settled today, what is not yet settled, and what the Academy will publish as it approaches opening.
Where things stand
The Academy is in its founding stage. It is not yet open, it is not yet accepting applications, and it is building an interest list ahead of a September 2028 opening. Families who join that list are the first to hear each announcement as it is made.
The Academy has applied to become a Hillsdale College member academy, and intends to adopt its curriculum, its teacher training and its standards. That application is under way. It is not yet concluded, and until it is, nothing on this site should be read as a settled arrangement with the college.
Hillsdale College doesn't own or operate the Academy. Hillsdale College serves as advisor and partner to a growing network of more than 90 affiliated classical academies across the country, training their leaders, board members, and teachers in the principles that make classical schools excellent.
What is settled is this: the Academy opens in September 2028 with K4 through fifth grade, adding one grade each year through twelfth, on a campus at the corner of Highway 19 and County Highway C in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
How the Academy is organized
The T. Wall Foundation, a private, tax-deductible charitable foundation, is founding Prairie Classical. The Foundation established the Academy. It donates the use of the campus, so that the Academy carries no debt and pays no rent.
Gifts to the Academy are made through the Foundation. The giving page sets out how, and the sponsorship page sets out the named opportunities.
Who is responsible
The founding work is carried by the Founding Group, described in full on the About page. Terrence R. Wall, Founder, is joined by Eric McLeod, attorney, Husch Blackwell, and by Hope Myers, who is spending a year in training at the college's academy and will lead the school's conversations with families. The Group will seat three to five members, and the remaining seats are being filled.
A headmaster search begins in September 2026, with candidates interviewed and vetted by the college. The school's leadership will be appointed through that process.
What we will publish
The documents and particulars below are forthcoming. None of them is available today. Each will be published here as the school approaches opening, and families on the interest list will be told when it is.
Forthcoming
Governing documents
The Academy's governing documents, published once the founding stage is complete and the governing body is settled.
Forthcoming
Accreditation particulars
The outcome of the application to become a Hillsdale College member academy, together with the accreditation particulars that follow from it.
Forthcoming
Tuition and fees
The full schedule of tuition and fees, published ahead of enrollment. Families on the interest list are informed first.
Forthcoming
The school calendar
Term dates and the shape of the school year, published ahead of enrollment.
Forthcoming
Uniform requirements
The uniform, selected before opening so that families can buy in good time.
How to ask
Any question a family wishes to put to the Academy is welcome, and will be answered plainly or answered with the reason it cannot yet be. Write through the inquiry form, or through the contact form on the campus page.