Prairie View Eagles Take the Plunge for Special Olympics Illinois

  • Posted March 18, 2026
Student diving into pool during Polar Plunge event.

Prairie View Middle School students and staff raised more than $40,000 for Special Olympics Illinois during the school’s first Cool School Plunge on March 17.

More than 100 participants helped make the after-school fundraiser a success, collecting donations from family and friends in the weeks before the event. The Cool School Plunge is a school-based version of the Polar Plunge and gives students a fun, meaningful way to support Special Olympics athletes across Illinois.

The funds raised will help provide year-round training and competition opportunities for athletes involved with Special Olympics Illinois.

Way to go, Eagles!

Firefighters near a fire truck are filling a blue inflatable pool with water on a sunny day for Cool School Plunge Event.      Student jumping into inflatable pools filled with water while others watch and stand around them for the Cool School Plunge event.

Student diving into kiddie pool duirng Polar Plunge event as spectator look on     Participants jump into inflatable pools during a cold plunge event, with spectators and banners in the background.

People participate in a polar plunge event, with individuals submerged in inflatable pools while spectators watch.     Two people giving each other a fist pump beofe jummoing into kiddie pools at Polar Plunge

Two people sitting in kiddie pools after diving in at Polar Plunge     Group of students pose with towels in school commons before Cool School Polar Plunge

Group of students pose with towels in school commons before Cool School Polar Plunge     A large group of people in colorful costumes, including leis, tutus, and novelty wigs, pose for a photo in school before School School Polar Plunge

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