Prospect Prides

11/4/2023 9:44 am

A special thank you to all of our Room Parents who planned amazing Halloween parties for our students this past week. Thank you as well to our Room Photographers who captured all the fun memories for our yearbook pages.

A big thank you to our volunteers for helping with the pizza hot lunch this week: Lisa DeCourcy, Karyn Szurgot, Elizabeth Toscano, Oojwala Rajmane, Shali Luo, Melissa Fanaro, and Alicia Pielsticker.

A Note from the Principal

10/28/2023 11:19 am

In this week's S'More from Principal Cummings get all the details for Halloween at Prospect, Veteran's Day next month and when you can sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences!

Shop 'n Share This Thursday!

10/28/2023 10:56 am

It's going to be a long week, so we have you covered! Support Prospect School and grab dinner at Portillo's at the Wilowbrook Location only!  You can order in person, online or in app for pickup.  Add the code PORTILLOS31 before checkout in the "Apply Offer" field, or show this flyer or a digital version to cashier when ordering at the restaurant. Chocolate cake for everyone!

After School Art Enrichment

10/28/2023 10:52 am

Maureen Claffy's "Draw and Paint for Life" program is coming back for a winter session! We have 2 days to choose from for After School Art Enrichment! Pick from Wednesdays or Fridays. 

4th & 5th graders: Student Leadership Club is Back!

10/28/2023 10:17 am

The Student Leadership Committee has been busy developing a leadership series designed to help 4th and 5th graders build a foundation they can use for the rest of their lives.

We plan to kick off with our first event on Nov 8, after school, bringing in 6th to 8th grade CHMS student leaders to talk leadership from their perspective, with an introduction to the conversation by Principals Kristin Cummings (Prospect) and Levi Brown (CHMS).

This will be followed by a Q&A and a hands-on leadership activity for our students. Interested 4th and 5th graders should submit their signed permission slip (attached) to their classroom teachers by November 7th.

Prospect ❤️ Penn

10/28/2023 10:08 am

A great big THANK YOU to the Prospect Community for supporting our Sister School, William Penn Elementary, during the month of October. You showed up in a BIG way and we are incredibly grateful!

Coat Drive - Thanks to our 5thGrade team and students, including Yuko Gato, Miles Lindemeyer, Dev Patel, Aria DeCourcy, Joellen Wang, Norah Darin, Kaylen Thukral, Devan Goel, Sabrina Mao, Kira Turano, Ava Zymali, Megan Mulligan, Aislinn Moran, Sasha Sandhu and Sophie Xu. We were able to collect and sort a huge amount of winter gear and the administration at Penn was very appreciative. The coats arrived just in time to be handed out at Parent Teacher conferences this week.

Pennies for Penn - Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of the Prospect Community, Pennies for Penn collected $1,078.45!  More than one thousand dollars! This money goes directly to support our efforts at Penn this year, including store purchases, teacher appreciation and support for the administration. We recently purchased binders for every middle school student to support their studies this year. Congratulations to all of our raffle winners too!

Grand Opening of the Ollie Store - We were so excited to welcome the students and teachers back to the Ollie store! Every student was able to visit the store, purchase items with their earned Ollie bucks and choose a free book for their home libraries! Thank you to our parent volunteers, Bridget Demartino, Cytandra Hoover, Amanda Lizzadro, Tami Croff, and Michael Oliviero for your instrumental help in the store this month.

Penn Teacher Appreciation - Thank you to the amazing generosity of parent volunteers providing treats for the teachers at Penn and stocking the lounge, including Jessica Kaczmarski, Trisha Wilson, Harley Houser, Tami Croff, and Nicole Turano. They most definitely are enjoying their sweet and salty snacks!

We are always looking for volunteers to join us on our visits. Please visit our Sign Up Genius HERE. Note that we have changed the December store visit to December 13th and would love it if you could join us and share the joy of meeting these kids!

Wrapping Up Charleston Wrap Fundraiser

10/28/2023 10:06 am

Thank you so much for all of your involvement in the Charleston Gift Wrap Fundraiser benefiting Prospect School PTO. Our fundraiser was a success because of our wonderful Prospect families. Thank you for your support!

Prospect Prides

10/28/2023 9:52 am

A big thank you to our volunteers for helping with the pasta hot lunch this week: Katie Allanson, Amanda LaReau, Jen Teubl, and Angie Ehmke.

Thank you to the Charleston Wrap Fundraiser co chairs, Jaime Weibel, Angela Goss, and Alicia Pielsticker for a successful sale benefiting the Prospect PTO.

Thank you to Bruna Burgener and Beth Hoekman for organizing and creating the music folders for our Prospect Choir and a big thank you to Erin Kozakis for all of her work preparing to start choir this fall. We can't wait to see these amazing 4th and 5th graders perform!

A big thank you to the 4th and 5th grade families who helped the Teacher Appreciation Chairs Jaime Weibel and Kiersten Tomson stock the lounge in the months of September and October.  We were able to fill it up with coffee, treats, protein bars and their favorite drinks!  They are so appreciative - thank you again!

A Note from the Principal

10/21/2023 10:30 am

In this week's S'More from Principal Cummings, learn more about Prospect Halloween including costumes and parade details, plus November testing schedule for 2nd and 5th graders.

Save the Date: Holiday Bazaar!

10/21/2023 10:27 am

Mark your calendars! The Holiday Bazaar will be held on Saturday, December 9th, from 11 a.m. - to 1 p.m. in the gym/MPR.

The Holiday Bazaar is a unique event where students can shop for holiday gifts for their immediate family members and pets in secret and at affordable prices. There is also a section where parents can shop. CH Infant Welfare will sell luminaria kits, the Spirit Wear Committee will have new items for sale, and our sister school, William Penn, will have a wishlist.

We hope to see you there!