Teacher and Staff Appreciation!

8/22/2026 10:51 am

The Teacher & Staff Appreciation Committee kicked off the school year by sponsoring a Back-to-School Breakfast for our amazing teachers and staff, featuring breakfast from Village Gourmet! 🍳☕️

We’re looking forward to a great year ahead filled with lots of fun ways to show our teachers and staff just how much we appreciate everything they do for our school community. ❤️

Want to join in the fun? We’d love to have you! Please consider joining the Teacher & Staff Appreciation Committee.
Interested in joining or learning more? Sign up on our volunteer page or reach out to Yvette, Venous, or Tina!

Don't Miss Out! Library Parent Volunteer Opportunity for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade

8/22/2026 10:47 am

Throughout the school year parents will have the opportunity to volunteer for 30-minute time slots during your child's library time for classrooms Kindergarten to 3rd Grade. This is a great way to help the library staff and spend time with your child. The main responsibilities are checking books in and out to students and shelving books.

**A Sign-Up Genius link for the first half of the school year including important details will be sent to all classes Kindergarten-3rd Grade on Friday, August 28th at 10:00 am.** Listed below are the class library times for your reference.

Monday:
1st Grade Mrs. Kapotas - 10:00-10:30
Kindergarten Mrs. Wheeler - 10:40-11:10
2nd Grade Mrs. Nolin - 2:30-3:00

Tuesday:
3rd Grade Ms. Palumbo - 12:20-12:50
Kindergarten Mrs. Abitz - 1:00-1:30
3rd Grade Mrs. Segovia - 2:00-2:30

Wednesday:
3rd Grade Mrs. Shramovich - 12:20-12:50

Thursday:
Kindergarten Mrs. Bergin - 10:40-11:10

Friday:
1st Grade Mrs. Johnson - 10:20-10:50
1st Grade Mrs. Litman - 10:50-11:20
2nd Grade Ms. Mundt - 2:30-3:00

Keep an eye out for the Sign-Up Genius on 8/28 at 10:00 am. Please email Jaime Weibel at jlweibel3@gmail.com with questions or concerns. Thank you!

The 2026 Prospect Spirit Wear Store Is Officially OPEN

8/22/2026 10:41 am

Shop brand new Prospect gear for kids and adults while supporting our school. 100% of the markup from every purchase goes directly back to the Prospect PTO.

This year, we’re also excited to feature items inspired by our Student Design Contest winners: Tyler Pilcher, Elina Baron, Mackenzie Schmidgall, and Vivian Chung!

Spirit wear is made to order, so once the store closes, we cannot place additional individual orders, and some items may not be offered again this school year. Orders are expected by the end of October and will be distributed through classrooms.

Shop now HERE before the store closes September 13!

Time to Update Your Info!

8/22/2026 10:41 am

Please make sure all of your family information is up to date in Membership Toolkit. To ensure you are up to date, log into Membership Toolkit and either follow the prompts given (mobile version), or head to the Family Account page under My Account to give your info a look through. You can also update your children(s) teacher assignments for the 26-27 school year to ensure our class lists are most accurate.

Save the Date!

8/22/2026 10:23 am

After School Golf

8/22/2026 8:00 am

Elementary Golf School is offering an exciting junior golf program at Prospect School, designed to expose golf to juniors of all ability levels. This program is created and taught by PGA Professionals, to include lesson plans that are fun, safe, and educational. Youngsters will be given the opportunity to experiment with playing a variety of different shots. Our program teaches basic fundamentals, with plenty of variation for practicing and playing. We will not only teach the shots, but also the etiquette, behavior and finer points of the rules of the game. Our instructors will be able to adjust the level of complexity to each child’s individual level of progress.

For more information, or to register for the after-school golf program at Prospect School, please visit www.elementarygolfschool.com or call (630) 853-6348.

Prospect Prides

8/22/2026 7:00 am

Thank you to Kessa McKellar, the new Social Media Chair, for putting together such fun content to kick off our school year. Make sure you're following the Prospect PTO on Instagram and Facebook!

Huge kudos to Jackie Mason, our new Webmaster, for working hard over the summer to get the website ready to launch everything for the 2026-27 school year. We appreciate you, Jackie!

Thank you to all of those who came out to the bike rodeo! All the kids passed with flying colors.
Special thanks to our volunteers: Liz Bassett, Bevin Gniadecki, Katie and Josh McMahon, Venous Swan, Kate Tomasino, and Chad and Lindsay Uthe.

A Note from the Principal

8/15/2026 11:20 am

Click here to learn about first day of school logistics and important updates to school lunch in this week's S'More from Principal Cummings. 

Bike Rodeo

8/15/2026 11:10 am

Calling all 3rd-5th graders to the Prospect Bike Rodeo!
 
WHEN: Sunday, August 16th from 1:00 pm-2:30 pm

WHERE: Prospect School Blacktop (Basketball Court)



The Bike Rodeo is a fun rite of passage event for our 3rd–5th graders who would like to receive a “license” to ride their bike to school. Prospect works with a local bike shop, the Clarendon Hills Police Department, and parent volunteers to create stations where the kids receive a safety check for their bike and helmet, ride through a bicycling safety course, and finally get their bike registered with the school and the Clarendon Hills Police Department. We hope to see you there!


Requirements to Participate in the Bike Rodeo:


• An adult to accompany, supervise, and complete registration forms


• A bike helmet that fits properly


• A bike in good condition with filled tires

Frequently Asked Questions:


• If you can’t make this date, visit the CH police to register your bike


• Bike locks are not required at this event


• 4th and 5th graders with new bikes DO NOT need to do the Bike Rodeo again. Just take the new bike to the CH police department to be engraved



Volunteers Needed:


We need a few extra hands and extra air (bike) pumps at the event. To volunteer please simply show up at the event!

Save the Date!

8/15/2026 11:00 am