1st Grade Families: Stock the Lounge

2/8/2025 10:18 am

First Grade Families: let's show our appreciation to our amazing teachers by stocking their lounge with drinks, coffees, teas, snacks, and treats. The teachers and staff love it!

Please sign up for an available slot here. We will be collecting items on carts in the Prospect School carline Wednesday, February 19th from 8:15-8:40.

Please email questions or concerns to teacherstaffappreciation@prospectschoolpto.org. Thank you so much for your support and generous contributions!

5th Grade Music Program - March 6th

2/8/2025 10:15 am

5th Grade Students will present their musical program “Through the Years at Prospect School” on Thursday, March 6 at 2:00 p.m. in the Prospect gym.

5th graders have brainstormed and captured their most treasured memories, moments, and descriptions of Prospect School and are working to express them through music. All family and friends are invited to attend. 5th grade students should wear a red shirt (Prospect wear or any red shirt is great!) and dark bottoms the day of the performance (blue or black pants or skirt are good options).

We look forward to seeing you there! If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Kozakis at ekozakis@d181.org.

Love Your Library

2/8/2025 10:12 am

Looking for a great way to make a lasting contribution to Prospect School? Donate a book to the Prospect Library!

We are using an Amazon Wishlist for “Love Your Library."  Mrs. Swanson and Mrs. Reinhardt have added books that we would like to add to our library. Some of these books are from authors that classes met virtually last week during World Read Aloud Day!

Simply choose an item, ADD YOUR CHILD'S NAME AND CLASS TO THE "GIFT MESSAGE" and buy it. It will be shipped to Prospect. Your child’s name and school photo will be placed in the front of the book. When it’s ready, we will offer it to them to check out first, if they are interested.

Click here for our wishlist! If needed, we will keep adding to the Wishlist until the end of February. Thank you so much for showing our Prospect library some love with new books!

Prospect Chess Club

2/7/2025 6:00 pm

Join the Prospect Chess Club!

Friday Feb. 14, in the I-Lab 3:05-4:05pm Learn and Play the game of Kings and Queens!
Try the 1st week free.

- No chess experience needed. Beginners welcome!
- All New, Lessons, Games, Worksheets, and Tournaments - Learn Fun New Tactics, Strategies, and Tricks to Improve! - Earn Certificates and Prizes!
- Fridays 3:05-4:05 in the I-Lab
2/14, 2/21, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25

- $199 activity fee: Last session this school year!

Register Online: www.IllinoisChessTeachers.com
Email to try 1st week free!
Include: School, Students Name, Grade & Parent Phone #
Paul@IllinoisChessTeachers.com (630)-674-3474

5th Grade Spring Robotics Club

2/7/2025 5:55 pm

Is your child interested in robotics? Do they want to know more about coding? Prospect's Lego Mindstorms Robotics Club is a club for 5th-grade students to learn to design, build, and program robots using Lego Mindstorms EV3 kits. Because students will work in small groups to complete projects created specifically for EV3, regular attendance at club sessions is important.

*Please note that students will not be able to take the robots home as all parts will be reused from session to session.

At this time, the club is available to a maximum of 15 5th-grade students and will meet on the following Wednesdays after school until 4:20 p.m.:

February 19 & 26
March 5, 12 & 19
April 16, 23 & 30

*If needed May 7 will be used as a make-up date.

Please complete the Google Form ( https://tinyurl.com/5th-Grade-Robotics-Club ) to request registration for the robotics club before Wednesday, February 12. If more than 15 registrations are received, a random number generator will be used to determine participation. You will be notified of your child's participation in the club or waitlist status on February 14.

If you have any questions, please contact Meredith Bailey (mbailey@d181.org)

Wednesday Art Club Schedule Update

2/7/2025 5:54 pm

Art Club will NOT take place Feb. 12th.  It will be moved to May 7th as a make up day.

Prospect Prides

2/7/2025 5:53 pm

A big thank you to all the Hot Lunch Volunteers for the month of December! Angie Ehmke, Georgia Miocinovic, Kristen Fisher, Divya Punjabi, Rose Chow, Beth Hoekman, Oojwala Rajmane, Christine Terborg, Dawn Jones, Sarah Kelley, Kelly Noskowitz, Parin Katwala, Diane Crites, Elizabeth Toscano, Meredith Cull, Olivia Rickert, Nicole Turano, Liz Bassett, Lisa DeCourcy, Harley Housner, Jodi Haraldson-Noonan.

We couldn't make a weekly hot lunch work without all of your help.  Many thanks!

A Note from the Principal

1/31/2025 9:23 am

Don't miss this week's S'MORE from Principal Cummings to find out more about Valentine's Day, registration and more!

Love Your Library this February!

1/31/2025 9:18 am

Looking for a great way to make a lasting contribution to Prospect School? Donate a book to the Prospect Library! This year, we are using an Amazon Wishlist for “Love Your Library." Mrs. Swanson and Mrs. Reinhardt have added books that we would like to add to our library. Simply choose an item, ADD YOUR CHILD'S NAME AND CLASS TO THE "GIFT MESSAGE" and buy it. Then it will be shipped to Prospect. Your child’s name and school photo will be placed in the front of the book. When it’s ready, we will offer it to them to check out first, if they are interested.

Click here for our wishlist!

If needed, we will keep adding to the Wishlist until the end of February. Thank you so much for showing our Prospect library some love with new books!

Raise Some Dough for Prospect

1/31/2025 9:16 am