A Note from the Principal

4/26/2025 7:54 pm

In this week's S'More, Principal Cummings reminds families to register for the next school year and asks for any input as they prepare class assignments for next school year.

Pick Flowers for Prospect Teachers!

4/26/2025 7:44 pm

Final Stock the Lounge!

4/26/2025 7:37 pm

Calling all grades and all families!

We are celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week with a final Stock the Lounge event for our amazing teachers and staff on Wednesday, May 7th.

This event is open to "ALL" Prospect School families.

Please sign up for an available slot here. We will be collecting items on carts in the carline of Prospect School on Wednesday, 5/7 between 8:15-8:40 am.

Please email teacherstaffappreciation@prospectschoolpto.org with any questions or concerns. We appreciate all of your support and donations throughout this school year - we couldn’t have done it without you!

Help us Organize the PTO closet

4/26/2025 7:36 pm

Nicole Turano and Sarah Herrmann are looking for 2 more people to help them finish cleaning out and organizing the PTO closet - the final push to make the closet and its supplies usable.

If you are good at purging and organizing, please consider helping us on Tuesday, May 13th around 9:15 am (we're flexible on the time).

Thank you! E-mail ncirko@gmail.com to volunteer.

Don’t Miss NYT Bestselling Author, Harlan Cohen

4/26/2025 7:33 pm

Last call!

Join us THIS WEEK for the final events of the Community Speaker Series season.

Come out to the Hinsdale Central Auditorium on Tuesday, April 29 at 7:00pm or to The Community House on Wednesday, April 30 at 9:00am to hear from New York Times bestselling author and college success expert, Harlan Cohen.

Harlan equips parents and students with the knowledge and tools to achieve success by getting comfortable with the uncomfortable. We look forward to learning together and connecting with our parent (and student) community!

Tuesday, April 29 at 7:00pm (STUDENTS WELCOME!)
Hinsdale Central Auditorium
Register HERE


Wednesday, April 30 at 9:00am
The Community House
Register HERE

Hinsdale Central Parent List

4/26/2025 7:29 pm

Two Hinsdale Area High School students tragically passed away this spring.

Let's work together as a community to create the most access to resources. The Hinsdale Central Parent List is an “Angie’s List” type resource where parents can find support if they see changes in their child’s behavior or have other concerns about their child.

The Parent List needs parents to leave fresh reviews of health care providers to keep the resource viable.

It takes less than 5 minutes to add your first-hand insight to our list of health care provider reviews on The Parent List. There are only three multiple choice questions to complete in addition to the contact information of the provider you recommend. Your review is anonymous.

Click HERE to help our children.

Providers that treat emotional, developmental, learning and health problems affecting children of all ages such as anxiety, depression, grief, stress, eating and processing disorders, insomnia, school avoidance, peer relations, ADD/ADHD, and autism spectrum, are reviewed on The Parent List.

To read the existing reviews of recommended providers, go to hcpto.org/parent-list/

Questions can be emailed to: parentlist@hcpto.org

In no way does the Prospect School or staff, Hinsdale Central High School PTO or staff, school districts 86, 181 or 63 endorse or recommend any specific provider reviewed on The Parent List. The Parent List is a subjective forum set up by the Hinsdale Central PTO for your convenience. Parents and guardians are solely responsible for deciding to use any of the service providers on The Parent List in any capacity, and the Prospect School and Hinsdale Central PTOs, as well as school districts 86,181 and 63, disclaim all liability for any damages, injuries, losses, expenses, or claims of any kind arising out of the provision of services by anyone or any agency appearing on The Parent List.

Prospect’s Spring Concert Lit Up the Stage!

4/26/2025 7:25 pm

The Prospect Choir and Ukulele Club, led by Erin Kozakis, took us on a musical journey under the neon lights at this year’s Fine Arts Glow Night! Thank you, Erin, for your inspiring leadership and the joy you bring to Prospect’s fine arts programs.

Huge thanks to our incredible volunteers — Cytandra Hoover, Nicole Turano, Kat Pantke, Shawn Zadkovic, Megan Bartelli, Kate Weicher, Christine Terborg and Co-Chairs Brittany Moran and Divya Punjabi — as well as all the parents and students who stayed to help clean up. Special thanks to Kristin Cummings, the amazing Prospect staff, and our fantastic custodians for helping the night shine so bright!

Prospect Prides

4/26/2025 7:21 pm

We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make our Spring Book Fair such a fantastic success!

A huge shoutout to our incredible librarians, Becky Swanson and Susan Reinhardt and dedicated Book Fair Co-Chairs Olivia Rickert, Trisha Lewin & Megan Bartelli —your planning, energy, and leadership were key to making the fair run so smoothly.

To our wonderful volunteers: Ana Whittingham, Oojwala Rajmane, Parin Katwala, Jodi Haraldson-Noonan, Parul Thukral, Divya Punjabi, Seema Kumbhat, Jessica Fiscella, and Robin Moore. Thank you for your time and hard work whether you helped set up, processed transactions at the register, or packed everything away we couldn’t have done it without you!

Thank you to all our families for shopping the fair and helping spread the joy of reading. Your support truly made it all possible!

Thanks to your efforts and enthusiastic support we were able to purchase $2,600 worth of new books for our amazing library through our book fair sales proceeds - what a wonderful gift for our students!

A Note from the Principal

4/19/2025 7:33 pm

Read this week's S'MORE from Principal Cummings to find out more about the parent survey, countdown calendar and more! 

JOIN US FOR PROSPECT LIBRARY'S SPRING BOOK FAIR!

4/19/2025 7:30 pm