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!

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.