4th Grade Stock the Teacher Lounge!

10/21/2023 10:19 am

Attention 4th grade families! It is your turn to help us stock the Prospect Teacher Lounge for the month of October. Take your pick from this wish list via Sign-Up Genius.  Thank you to those who have already volunteered.  We greatly appreciate any donations and the teacher and staff love it even more!

Please drop off items this Friday, October 27th between 8:15am to 8:40am.  We will be set up with carts by the front doors to roll the items into school.  Kindly, do not send any shipments to school or drop off items late.  If this time doesn't work for your family, email Teacher Appreciation Chairs, Jaime Weibel and Kiersten Tomson teacherstaffappreciation@prospectschoolpto.org to coordinate a different time. THANK YOU!

Spirit Wear Pop-Up Shop

10/21/2023 10:16 am

Thanks to Boujee Beez for their adorable pop-up shop at the Family Reading Night this past Thursday. In case you missed it or want to take another look, you can browse the custom Prospect School merchandise and place an order directly from the online store at the link below. All proceeds will benefit the Prospect School PTO. Here is the link: https://boujeebeez.com/collections/go-panthers

Pick Up Your Robots!

10/21/2023 10:13 am

If you created a robot for Family Reading Night, please pick up your robots by the end of the day on Monday, October 23rd (if you have not already done so). Thank you so much for taking to the time to create and build some of the best robots we've ever seen! Your creativity was astounding and they made everyone smile. THANK YOU to all families that participated!

Prospect Prides

10/21/2023 10:01 am

THANK YOU to Mrs. Swanson and Gretchen Kotleba for planning The Wild Robot Family Reading Night! THANK YOU to our volunteers, including Mrs. Segovia, Mrs. Nolin, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Litman, Mrs. Matt, Mrs. Scudella, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Bergin, Mrs. Abitz, Mrs. Awtry, and Mrs. Turrentine. THANK YOU to Mrs. Reinhardt for help setting up! We could not have done it without your help!

THANK YOU to Brennan Cummings, Coach Dawn, and Unknown Element Team 10635 for taking the time to show us their robot build and share about their experience as members of a local robotics team!

THANK YOU to our Fifth Graders for collecting coats and winter gear in car line and at all school entrances this past week for our sister school, Penn! THANK YOU to Mrs. Tweedie for coordinating the coat drive efforts! THANK YOU to everyone that contributed to the coat and winter gear drive. We cannot wait to deliver all items to Penn this week, just in time for winter weather.

THANK YOU to MRS. SWANSON and MRS. REINHARDT for another amazing and successful Book Fair!

The PROSPECT COMMUNITY deserves a HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE for coming out to support the Book Fair. We hope you are enjoying all of your new books and doing lots of reading.

BIG THANKS to Book Fair Co-chairs TRISHA LEWIN, OLIVIA RICKERT AND EMILY PODBOY for helping to make the fall book fair a big success.

THANK YOU to our amazing Book Fair Volunteers; JASMINE SANDHU, JODI HARALDSON-NOONAN, LAUREN GRAY, BRUNA BURGENER, NADINE SBEI, MARTHA GAVIN, MEGAN BARTELLI, OOJWALA RAJMANE, KRISTEN FISHER, ANN TUSHAUS, ANGIE EHMKE, KERISSA ELLENBERGER, LIBBY MCMICHAEL, KELLY CORTY, DIVYA PUNJABI AND KRISTYN BANNON. Your help at the fair is invaluable. We appreciate you!

Thank you to our Picture Day Volunteers— Angie Ehmke, Bruna Burgener, Oojwala Rajmane, Gelareh Karimi, Emily Barron, Trisha Lewin, and our Picture Day Chairs, Dorothy Foster and Diane Crites!

Thank you to our Teacher Appreciation Chairs Jaime Weibel and Kiersten Tomson for dropping off treats for Mrs. Cummings during Principal Appreciation Week! Also a big thanks to these 4th graders for chalking the sidewalk.

A Note from the Principal

10/14/2023 11:10 am

Learn more about the 5th grade coat collection for our sister school as well as Wear Orange for Unity Day on Wednesday, in this week's S'More from Principal Cummings.

Book Fair This Week!

10/14/2023 11:02 am

COME SHOP PROSPECT LIBRARY’S FALL BOOK FAIR!

This Thursday and Friday, 8:20am-3:30pm 

Thursday evening, 6-8pm

Anderson’s Book Fair Company is bringing new and exciting titles right to our school library. Get some holiday shopping done, grab a gift for someone with an upcoming birthday,  and don’t forget to help our teachers grow their classroom library. Please consider purchasing a book from the *Teacher Bins* to make it happen!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Kindergarten Parents are welcome to shop during Book Fair hours; your child(ren) is welcome to shop with you before or after school.

Students in Grades 1-5 will visit the fair as a class at the times listed below. You are welcome to send money with your child to shop during this time; we will help your child manage the purchasing process. Parents are welcome and encouraged to join their child(ren) when they shop with their class!

We accept CASH, CHECK (made payable to Anderson's Book Fair Company) and all major credit cards.

A portion of all Book Fair sales directly benefit the Prospect Library. Mrs. Swanson uses these proceeds to purchase new and exciting titles and replace “well-loved” books, building an even better library to foster our children’s growing minds!

Any questions, please email bookfair@prospectschoolpto.org 

Book Fair Class Schedule:

Thursday, 10/19
8:45 - 9:05am - Abitz
9:10 - 9:30am - Johnson
9:55 - 10:15am - Palumb
12:20 - 12:40pm - Segovia
12:45 - 1:05pn - Turrentine
1:10 - 1:30pm - Litma
1:35 - 1:55pm - Akiti
2:00 - 2:20pm - Legner

Friday, 10/20
8:45 - 9:05am - Shramovich
9:10 - 9:30am - Matt
9:35 - 9:55am - Goetz
9:55 - 10:15am - Bauer
12:20 - 12:40pm - Nolin
1:35 - 1:55pm - Tweedie

The Wild Robot Family Reading Night THIS THURSDAY!!

10/14/2023 10:59 am

JOIN US THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19TH FROM 6-8PM FOR THE WILD ROBOT FAMILY READING NIGHT!

Celebrate the culmination of our One Author, One School event with your family and friends by participating in a variety of activities, including:

---Meeting a robotics team and learning about their builds and competitions,
---Building and learning about robots with Lego bricks,
---Building a lodge for a Roz and friends with Keva planks,
---Moving and grooving to a robot dance,
---Flashing your best smile in the Photo Booth,
---Becoming a programmer in training with Ozobots,
---Supporting the Prospect Library with every book fair purchase, and more!!

Robot cookies will be offered on a first come first serve basis to attendees with parent approval in accordance with district policy. 

Ingredients for cookies are as follows: Unsalted butter, Sugar, Eggs, Baking powder, Pure vanilla extract, Unbleached flour, Powdered sugar, Skim milk, and Corn syrup.

If there are any questions, please email familyreadingnight@prospectschoolpto.org

The Robot Invasion Begins Tomorrow!

10/14/2023 10:52 am

All families that have chosen to build their own robot to be displayed at Family Reading Night should deliver their robot friends to school on Monday, October 16th.

Please label your creation with your student(s) name(s) and grade(s) and your robot’s name (if it has one!). We will provide index cards on the morning of October 16th for anyone needing to label their creation.

All of our new robot friends will be displayed in the foyer leading up to Family Reading Night on Thursday, October 19th. All robot friends will be returned to students on Friday morning to live out their happy lives at home.

Final Chance for Hot Lunch!

10/14/2023 10:49 am

Enjoy a break from making lunches! The hot lunch committee is opening the hot lunch signup one final time 10/15-10/17.

You have the option of signing up for both pizza and pasta days for the year, or only one. Don't forget to mark your calendar for hot lunch days listed below. You will be contacted if there is a change to the schedule. You can find the signup and ingredients list at prospectschoolpto.org under 'my account.'

Pizza days: 11/1, 12/6, 1/10, 2/7, 3/6, 4/10, 5/8 and field day (TBD).
Pasta days: 10/25, 11/15, 12/20, 1/24, 2/21, 3/20, 4/24, and 5/22.

Charleston Wrap Fundraiser EXTENDED

10/14/2023 10:45 am

The Charleston Wrap Fundraiser benefiting the Prospect PTO will be extended for ONE MORE WEEK! The new deadline to order products in time for the holidays will be Friday, October 20th.

Please use the attached link and Prospect's School ID : 12653 to place your orders.

Thank you for your support!