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Click the button below to Register or Login to our site where you can have access to the directory, sign up to volunteer, make donations, and be kept in the know with all things Prospect!

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5th Grade Parents Help Stock the Lounge

9/23/2023 12:16 pm

Please help stock the Prospect Staff Lounge with drinks, snacks and treats! Take your pick from this wish list via Sign-Up Genius. We greatly appreciate any donations and the teachers and staff love it even more!

The Teacher Appreciation Commitee will be cordinating this effort with each grade level throughout the school year - first up, 5th graders!

Please drop off items on Friday, September 29th between 8am to 8:40am. We will be set up with carts 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 Jaime Weibel (jlweibel3@gmail.com) or Kiersten Tomson (kierstentomson@gmail.com).

A Note from the Principal

9/16/2023 4:15 pm

In this week's edition of S'MORE from Principal Cummings, learn more about MAP scores, tech ambassadors, safety drills and more!

Fall Book Fair Save The Date

9/16/2023 4:08 pm

THURSDAY OCTOBER 19th &
FRIDAY OCTOBER 20th
8:20am – 3:30pm
IN THE LIBRARY

SHOP LATE during Prospect’s One Author, One School Night on THURSDAY 10/19 from 6-8PM

*A Portion of the Book Fair Sales go directly to Prospect School Library
*Help Build Your Teacher’s Classroom Library
*Shop with your child during school hours (specific time slots to come)

Save the date: Family Reading Night

9/16/2023 4:07 pm

Please save the date for our Family Reading Night at Prospect, Thursday, October 19th, 6:00-8:00pm. The theme will be The Wild Robot! More details to come soon!

A Robot Invasion is coming to Prospect!

9/16/2023 4:00 pm

Calling all artists and engineers! Want to show off your creative side? We are looking for families to build your own robot to display as a part of “The Wild Robot” Family Reading Night. Use Legos, use kits, use posterboard, use cardboard boxes or recycled goods - make it as big or as small as you like! No electronics or coding necessary. All submissions should be delivered to school by Monday, October 16th and will be displayed in the foyer leading up to Family Reading Night on Thursday, October 19th. Questions: familyreadingnight@prospectschoolpto.org

Charleston Wrap Fundraiser 2023

9/16/2023 3:45 pm

We are pleased to announce the official kick off of our 2023 Charleston Wrap Fundraiser benefiting the Prospect PTO! To reach our goals and make this fundraiser a success, we need support from our amazing families. We encourage you to spread the word to your friends and family, near and far!

9/22 Kick-off Date: The Charleston Wrap catalogs with registration instructions will be coming home with your students on Friday, September 22nd

10/13 Order Deadline: In order to have products delivered in time for the holidays, we need to submit the orders by Friday, October 13th.

Prospect’s School ID: 12653

All orders will be done online and delivered directly to your homes. Once you receive your catalog you can register your student online. Please use this link with instructions on how to register your student. After you register, you’ll be able to share your students’ link with your friends and family. Together, we can ensure our organization reaches its goal and even surpasses it!

Please let our gift wrap team know if you have any questions at jlweibel3@gmail.com

Thank you for support!

BAM Theatre classes start TOMORROW!

9/15/2023 6:25 pm

There's still time to sign up for the BAM Theatre after school program, held at school on Mondays right after school. See this flyer for more info! Classes start tomorrow.

The Community Speaker Series 2023/24 Season

9/15/2023 6:19 pm

The Community Speaker Series promotes district wide learning about education, child development, wellness and parenting. It is open and free to all members of the K- 12 learning community. The intention of the series is to encourage proactive parenting that supports children’s and adolescents’ social and emotional development as well as their academic achievement. Through the series, D86 and D181 enlist top experts to inform and inspire our community as a means to enrich school-family partnership that supports the education of our students. We are looking for parents and community members to volunteer on our committee. If you are interested in helping identify speakers for future seasons and becoming more involved, please contact Dana Martin for details (dfiordalisomartin@gmail.com).

Prospect Prides

9/15/2023 5:12 pm

We want to give a HUGE thank you to everyone who purchased raffle tickets and attended our Panther Pride Fest on Friday! It was such a fun afternoon! Good luck to all of the students who purchased teacher experience raffle tickets! Winners will be chosen this week.

The amazing raffle would not have been so successful had it not been for the FUN and CREATIVE experiences, so giant thank you goes out to the PROSPECT TEACHERS & PRINCIPAL CUMMINGS!

A special Panther Pride goes out to Dharati Szymanski, who chaired the fest.

PANTHER PRIDES are also given to the fest volunteers: Jessica Kaczmarski, Megan Caplis, Lauren Gray, Nicole Turano, Sarah Herrmann, Katie Schmidgall, Jessica Cooper, Jeannie Sullivan, Adam Szymanski, Roy Thomas, Jackie Mason, Dorothy Foster, Parin Katwala, Cytandra Hoover, Kate Weicher, Shali Luo, Seema Kumbhat, Krysten Thomas, Kerissa Ellenberger, Kristyn Bannon, Emily Podboy, Michelle Darin, Jill Kozeluh, and Tina Lattas.

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A big thank you to our volunteers for helping with a successful first pizza hot lunch this week: Kerissa Ellenberger, Jasmine Sandhu, Shali Luo, Jessica Fiscella, Kristen Fisher, Alicia Pielsticker and Angie Ehmke.

A Note From the Principal

9/8/2023 10:18 pm

In this week's edition of S'More from Principal Cummings, learn more about Prospect Spirit Week, information about upcoming safety drills and a new social emotional learning tool for our students.