Does Your Child Need Mental Health, Learning or Behavioral Support?

10/14/2023 10:35 am

The Parent List contains first-hand insight from D86, D181 and D63 parents about area providers that have helped address their child’s anxiety; depression; school avoidance; eating disorders; insomnia; peer relations; grief; stress; ADD/ADHD; autism spectrum and more.

The Parent List is comprised of helpful resources in our community that have already been used by a parent experiencing similar concerns to you. Doctors, therapists, support groups, inpatient and outpatient programs, tutors, nutritionists, books and holistic medical approaches may all be reviewed on The Parent List.

Much like Angie’s List, The Parent List relies on consumer feedback...to read existing Parent List reviews, go to hcpto.org/parent-list/

Questions can be directed to: parentlist@hcpto.org

Find all the information HERE.

***In no way does the Hinsdale Central or Prospect School PTOs, Hinsdale Central High School or Prospect School staff, school districts 86, 63 or 181 endorse or recommend any specific provider reviewed on The Parent List. The Parent List is a subjective forum set up by the Hinsdale Central PTO for your convenience. Parents and guardians are solely responsible for deciding to use any of the service providers on The Parent List in any capacity, and district 86, district 63, district 181 and the Hinsdale Central and Prospect School PTOs disclaim all liability for any damages, injuries, losses, expenses, or claims of any kind arising out of the provision of services by anyone or any agency appearing on The Parent List.

Pennies for Penn

10/14/2023 10:31 am

As Prospect students get ready for the fun of the fall book fair on October 19th and 20th, they will have the opportunity to try to win a new book and a Prospect Paw while helping students from our sister school, William Penn Elementary at the same time!

Students should have brought home a plastic bag with a “raffle ticket” attached this weekend. To participate, complete the “raffle ticket” and start filling the bag with loose change!

Students should bring their bag and raffle ticket with them when they visit the book fair with their class. Your child will be entered into a drawing to win one of five new books. The drawing will take place on Friday, October 20th.

All loose change will be used to support our sister school outreach activities - thank you for your help!

Share the Warmth: Coat, Hat & Mitten Drive

10/14/2023 10:24 am

Share the warmth of a coat, hat or mittens with a student in need this fall!

The Prospect PTO along with our 5th grade students will be collecting new and gently used coats, snow pants, boots, gloves and mittens of all sizes along with new winter hats from October 16-20th for students at our sister school, William Penn Elementary.

Donations will be collected in car line by 5th grade volunteers and inside all student entry doors. Donations can also be brought to Family Reading Night. Thank you for supporting Penn!

Need Volunteers for Our Sister School!

10/14/2023 10:22 am

We are desperately in need of volunteers to help at our Sister School, William Penn. We especially need help on the day of our store opening, Wednesday, Oct. 25.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO VOLUNTEERS SIGNED UP TO HELP.

We will leave the school parking lot at 8:30am and we should return to school around 1:00-1:30pm. Please consider joining us! We promise, it's lots of fun and leaves you feeling great! Here is the Sign Up Genius.

Prospect Prides

10/14/2023 10:03 am

THANK YOU to Cytrandra Hoover, Enrique Deangulo-Hoover, Candice West, Patrick West, Renee Hillinger, Blake Hillinger, and Blair Hillinger for all of your hard work assembling the Pennies for Penn bags for students!

THANK YOU to Amanda Lizzadro, Nicole Turano and Bridget Demartino for stocking the teacher lounge at Penn! Our Penn friends were SOOO excited and appreciative!

THANK YOU to Megan Bartelli, Amanda Lizzadro, Bridget Demartino and Gretchen Kotleba for a tremendous day sorting school supplies and books at Penn to prepare for the GRAND OPENING of the Ollie Store on October 25th!

THANK YOU to Melissa Fanaro, Sarah Herrman and Georgia Miocinovic for helping with the Walk to School Day! And a special thanks to Seema Kumbhat for being an awesome Panther mascot!

A big THANK YOU to our volunteers for helping with the pizza hot lunch this week: Megan Caplis, Jasmine Sandhu, Shali Luo, Lauren Gray, Katie Lang, and Alicia Pielsticker.

THANK YOU to the 5th Grade Fall Party Co-Chairs, Alicia Pielsticker, Jaime Weibel, and Kristyn Bannon, as well as parent volunteers Beth Hoekman, Megan Caplis, and Bruna Burgener for planning and chaperoning the Ultimate Ninjas event for the 5th Grade class.

A Note from the Principal

10/6/2023 6:45 pm

Please read Principal Cumming's weekly SMORE to learn more about White Cane Safety Day, Unity Day and more.

October PTO meeting

10/6/2023 6:42 pm

Join us THIS TUESDAY at 2pm for our first general PTO meeting of the school year. Learn about upcoming events and get updates from the PTO committees. Click HERE to RSVP so we know how many people to expect. See you there!

The Wild Robot Family Reading Night

10/6/2023 6:29 pm

The robot invasion is coming soon! We hope all of our Prospect artists and engineers are hard at work planning and building their family robots to be displayed at school October 16-20, including at Family Reading Night. Please label your robot with your student’s name(s) and grade(s). We will provide index cards on the morning of October 16th for anyone needing to label their robot creation.

We also hope you are enjoying reading the works of Peter Brown at home together! Our One Author, One School festivities will culminate on Thursday, October 19th from 6-8pm at The Wild Robot Family Reading Night! Whether you have a few minutes or the whole evening, we invite you to join us to enjoy a variety of activities, including: a robotics demonstration by the Cummings boys and their robotics team, a photobooth, opportunities to learn to draw Roz and build her a lodge from Keva planks, coding ozobots, and much more!

5th Grade Fall Party!

10/6/2023 4:56 pm

Music Volunteers Needed!

10/6/2023 12:15 pm