Fischer Middle School was named after Greg Fischer,an educator who spent 32 years working in Indian Prairie before retiring in 2004. He began his career as a physical education teacher at Indian Plains School and later served as an assistant principal to Tom Gibbs at Waubonsie Valley Jr/Sr High School from 1974 to 1981. Fischer was then named principal to lead the opening of Thayer Hill Jr. High School, the Districts' first school dedicated specifically to educating middle grades students. In 1987, District 204 adopted the middle school philosophy in the same year that Fischer was named principal of Gordon Gregory Middle School where he served for the next seventeen years.