Prospect Fundraiser: BUY TICKETS TODAY!

2/10/2024 10:10 pm

Tickets to the Prospect Parent Spring Fundraiser are now on sale! 

We hope you can join us on March 9th at Butterfield Country Club for a night of fun and fundraising!

Click here for more information and to purchase your tickets.

Home Run Inn Order Pick Up on 2/13

2/10/2024 10:04 pm

Thank you to everyone who purchased Home Run Inn to support Prospect's PTO!

To pick up your order, walk into the Prospect lobby between 2:45-3:15 PM on February 13. Please park your car in the lot or off school grounds - do not park in the car line to walk in.

If you have an older child who can pick up for you on their way out of school, that's encouraged. Fortunately, we've sold a lot of pizzas! But because of that, we are expecting a line.

Please be patient as we will get everyone their orders as quickly as we can. :)

PTO General Meeting

2/10/2024 9:59 pm

Please join the PTO executive board at our February PTO general meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 13th from 1:45pm - 2:30pm at Prospect School. We will chat about PTO programs, activities, and take a look at the renderings of the proposed new playground we are fundraising.

Sign up HERE if you can attend so we know how many to expect.

5th Grade Winter Pool Party

2/10/2024 5:59 pm

Let's make a splash at the 5th Grade Winter Pool Party!

Sunday, February 25th; 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Oak Brook Park District Pool
1450 Forest Gate Road
Oak Brook, IL 60523

Cost is $15.00 per student

To register and pay for the party:
Log in to your family account page in the PTO Portal (via app or website). Look for “5th grade Winter Party Registration” form under New Forms.

Please wear a swimsuit to the party and remember to bring a towel, goggles, and a change of clothes!

To ensure the maximum amount of pool time, food will NOT be served. Please have your children eat before the party.

Registration closes on 2/16/24!

5th Grade Lego Mindstorms Robotics Club

2/10/2024 5:53 pm

Is your child interested in robotics? Do they want to know more about coding?

Prospect’s LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Club is a club where 5th grade students will 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 expected. Through the design process, students will develop engineering and coding skills in building and programming robots.

*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 Tuesdays after school until 4:15 p.m.:

March 5, 12, 19
April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
May 7 (The 14th will be used as a make up day if needed.)

Please complete this Google Form (http://tinyurl.com/RoboticsClubSpring24) to request registration for the robotics club prior to February 28. 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 March 1. If you have any questions, please contact Meredith Bailey (mbailey@d181.org).

Congratulations to our Prospect Battle of the Books Winners!

2/10/2024 5:50 pm

Congratulations to the Prospect team that won this year's Battle of the Books: Connor Caplis, Norah Darin, Carter Lang, Krista Kocoras, and Becca Nordby! They will compete against the winning teams from the other elementary schools at the District Battle on Thursday, February 15 at Elm School at 4 pm. Any Prospect students are welcome to watch and cheer on our team!

Waste-Free Wednesdays

2/10/2024 5:45 pm

Hi Panther Families!

Our EcoPanthers Club is here to inform you about a worldwide crisis that we need your help in solving. Did you know that the average person throws out 1,600 pounds of trash per year? Pollution is a serious issue and the only way we can help is by working together to stop it.

So, Prospect’s EcoPanthers are promoting Waste-Free Wednesdays! Every Wednesday we ask you to bring a waste free lunch to prevent the trash in landfills, oceans, and cities from getting bigger.

So, "what is a reusable lunch?” A reusable lunch does not contain any plastic baggies or non-recyclable containers. Reusable lunches also have earth-friendly water bottles, not the one time use water bottles.

We challenge you to participate in Waste-Free Wednesdays and, kids, if the majority of your class brings a waste-free lunch each Wednesday, then your class could get a Panther PAW!

Waste-Free Wednesday lunches start Wednesday, February 14th, and will continue every Wednesday until the end of the school year!

Thank for your support!
The Prospect EcoPanthers

One World Night: THANK YOU!

2/10/2024 5:40 pm

Panthers, we did it again! The One World Night was an amazing success! The night was filled with curiosity, laughter and amazing food. We could not have done it without the help of so many people!

We would like to thank the Prospect School teachers and staff, especially Ms. Cummings, Ms.Richardson, Ms. Alberts, Ms. Conkright, Ms. Swanson, Ms. Akiti and Ms. Desa and Ms. Zora from the custodian staff.

To the DeCourcy, Patel, Panchal, Patel, Kalle, Sidhu, Gu, Jiang, Xu, Chen, Wang, Chmielnicki, Tushaus, Megalis, Lattas, Kocoras, Miocinovic, Hanke, LaReau, Hussain, Swan, Manuchehry, Cardamone families that made this event possible by dedicating their time to showcase all the countries and cultures portrayed at the One World Night.

Thank you to the Katwala family for running the henna tattoo activity.

Thank you to the Fuller, Pichaikani, Zhang, Thukral, Punjabi, Caplis, Tushaus and Katwala families that volunteered their time before, during the event and helped with the clean up.

And a big thank you to Co-Chairs, Bruna Burgener and Nadine Sbei, for spearheading this amazing school event.

Prospect Prides

2/10/2024 5:35 pm

A big thank you to our volunteers for helping with the pizza hot lunch: Lindsay Uthe, Jaime Weibel, Diane Crites, Kerissa Ellenberger, Jennifer Teubl, Karyn Szurgot, and Angie Ehmke.

Special thanks to Dr. Josh McMahon, our fabulous Student Leadership speaker and a big thank you to Jamie Blyth and Kristin Conway for creating an amazing experience for our 4th/5th grade leaders at last week's meeting.

A Note from the Principal

2/2/2024 8:25 pm

To find out more about the CSCI survey, registration and more, be sure to check out this week's S'MORE from Principal Cummings.