Prospect Prides

5/9/2026 5:37 pm

What an incredible week celebrating our amazing teachers and staff! We are so grateful for this wonderful community and everyone who helped make the week so special. 🎉🍎

🌸 Monday
We kicked things off by creating beautiful bouquets from all the flowers the students brought in. It was such a colorful, thoughtful, and heartwarming way to start the week!

🥐 Tuesday
It was all hands on deck as we stocked the lounge for the final time and treated our staff to a delicious breakfast from Village Gourmet.

📚 Wednesday
Teachers and staff were gifted beautiful planners from The Everygirl, special shoutout to Alaina Kaczmarski for helping make that happen!
We also gifted our crossing guard a special thank you gift and celebrated our very own Mrs. Richardson for Nurses Week!

A huge thank you as well to our Panther family member Denise Novak for the incredible handmade cookies. We are so grateful!

🌮 Thursday
We enjoyed a delicious taco lunch from Coco Taco Truck and gifted each staff member a car wash gift card from Fuller’s Car Wash.

🍓 Friday
We wrapped up the week with yummy build-your-own açaí bowls, a fun and healthy treat to end an amazing week!

Thank you again to everyone who donated, volunteered, organized, and helped us celebrate the incredible teachers and staff who do so much for our students every single day. ❤️🐾

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Spring Book Fair 2026 Thank Yous!

This year’s Spring Book Fair was a huge success, raising over $2000 for new books for Prospect’s Library. Thank you to all the students and parents who purchased books to make this happen!

Thank you to our librarians, Mrs. Swanson and Mrs. Bodrozic, for all your hard work, and for bringing the Author, Christina Soontornvat, to our school! It was such a pleasure to meet her in person!

Big thank you to the parent volunteers, who helped set up, worked the registers, and helped take everything down and get the library back to working order: Erica Camiliere, Sarah Hermann, Parin Katwala, Kristen Kester, Manish Kumar, Robin Moore, Divya Punjabi, Oojwala Rajmane, Simmi Rakalla, Katie Schmidgall, Jennifer Teubl, Parul Thukral, and Yali Zhang.

Huge thank you to the Book Fair Co-Chairs, Megan Bartelli, Trisha Lewin, Olivia Rickert, and Elizabeth Toscano. Special thanks to Trisha who has chaired 9 book fairs, this one being her last! Your dedication, knowledge, and help these past years have been such a treasure and you will truly be missed!

Lastly, we want to thank all who contributed to “Prospect Cares” -- the jars by the registers. 100% of your donations help children in need right here at Prospect. It means so much to us knowing how generous our community is!

A Note from the Principal

5/2/2026 7:39 pm

Please check out this week's SMORE from Principal Cummings for info on MAP testing and Prospect's ABC Countdown!

ABC Countdown: Week of May 4

5/2/2026 6:48 pm

Prospect Fine Arts Night!

5/2/2026 6:47 pm

Mark your calendars for this year’s Prospect Fine Arts Night on Wednesday, May 6. This year’s celebration is themed around Literature and features our One Book, One School author, Christina Soontornvat. We are thrilled that she will be joining us in person to autograph books during the evening.

Families will have the opportunity to enjoy a Book Fair, explore the K–5 Art Show, take part in an Art Scavenger Hunt, create a shell necklace, and visit the “Guardian” Family Creature Gallery. The evening will conclude with “Simon at the Art Museum,” a musical retelling of the story by Christina Soontornvat, performed by the Prospect Choir and Ukulele Club.

This is a wonderful chance to celebrate the incredible work Prospect students have done all year in Art, Music, and Literature. We hope to see you there!

Fine Arts Night Program

5:30–7:00 p.m. (Book Fair, K–5 Art Show, Art Scavenger Hunt, Shell Necklace Making, Author Signing, “Guardian” Family Creature Gallery)

7:15 p.m. “Simon at the Art Museum” Performed by the Prospect Choir & Ukulele Club

Collecting Donations at the Book Fair!

5/2/2026 6:37 pm

Donate to the Prospect Cares Committee at the Book Fair this week!

Please let your child know if they can donate any book fair change or bring a donation to drop in collection by the registers. This year the Prospect Cares Committee supported Angel Fund, People's Resource Center, and made birthday cards for distribution at West Suburban Food Bank's Birthday program. Stay tuned for more this month and help us grow to do more support and service projects next year. Thank you for your support!

Please join us for Prospect Library's Spring Book Fair

5/2/2026 6:36 pm

PLEASE JOIN US FOR PROSPECT LIBRARY’S SPRING BOOK FAIR
PARTNERING WITH ANDERSON'S BOOKFAIR COMPANY

When:
• Tuesday, May 5th from 8:25AM – 3:30PM
• Wednesday, May 6th from 8:25AM – 3:30PM and from 5:30PM-7:00PM during Prospect's Fine Arts Night

Important Info:
• Students in Grades K thru 5th will visit the fair as a class at the times listed below. Parents are welcome (and encouraged) to join their child(ren) when they shop with their class! You are also welcome to send money with your child to shop during this time and our volunteers will help your child manage the purchasing process.
• We accept CASH (smaller bills appreciated) and all major CREDIT CARDS. Sorry no checks.
• You can help our teachers build their class libraries too! Make sure to check out the Teacher Baskets to donate a book to your child(ren)’s classroom.

New This Year:
• Since most items at the book fair are priced at $xx.99 the total due will be rounded up to the nearest whole dollar when paying with cash.

Book Fair Class Schedule:

Tuesday, May 5

8:45 - 9:05: Rediger
9:10 - 9:30: Matt
9:35 - 9:55: Wheeler
10:20 - 10:40: Bergin
12:20 - 12:40: Segovia
12:45-1:05: Abitz
1:10 - 1:30: Mundt
1:35 - 1:55: Nolin
2:00 - 2:20: Shramovich
2:25 - 2:45: Litman

Wednesday, May 6

8:45 - 9:05: Palumbo
9:10 - 9:30: Johnson
9:45 – 10:00: Legner
10:00 - 10:15: Tweedie
11:05 - 11:25: Kapotas
12:20 - 12:40: Bauer

You can check-in before arriving at the book fair and your badge will be waiting for you in the office. We can't wait to see you there this week!

Teacher Appreciation Week!

5/2/2026 6:30 pm

Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week Kickoff 🌸

Tomorrow we are so excited to kick off Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week, May 4–8!

As a reminder, please bring your 3 flowers tomorrow, Monday, May 4, at morning drop-off. Parent volunteers will be stationed at all entrances to help collect them.

Flowers can be:

* Store-bought
* Picked from your garden
* Gathered on your walk to school

We can’t wait to create colorful bouquets to brighten the week and show appreciation for all the hard work, care, and dedication our teachers and staff give every day.

Questions? Please reach out to teacherstaffappreciation@prospectschoolpto.org.

Thank you for helping us make this a special week for our incredible staff! 🌼💐

2026-27 PTO Chair and Committee Positions Open

5/2/2026 6:26 pm

Sign-ups for 2026-27 PTO chair and committee members are open. Once you click the link below, you can find the form available on your family account page. You will need to be signed into your account and you must be current on your PTO dues. If you are unable to see the link, try to clear your cache.

CLICK HERE FOR PTO VOLUNTEER OPENINGS

**Teacher/Staff Appreciation and Spring Parent Night Out Committees need chairs. These are both super fun and a great way to get involved! Find a friend and sign up.

Parent support and involvement is a large contributing factor in making Prospect Elementary School such an amazing place for our children. Thank you for considering a volunteer role.

Note: Room Parents, Music, Library and Hot Lunch volunteer roles will be released in the early fall.

Hot Lunch Date Change

5/2/2026 6:25 pm

Parents: please note that Pizza Hot Lunch date has changed from Friday to Thursday, 5/7 this week!

5th-Grade End of Year Party Signup

5/2/2026 6:23 pm

5th-graders: Let’s kick off the beginning of summer with a fun summer-themed party at Ruth Lake!

Parents: sign up your 5th grader up to attend by sending $35 to Megan Caplis by 5/11/26.

Venmo is @Megan-Caplis
Zelle is megan.caplis@gmail.com