CHMS Pizza Wars event draws over 475 attendees and names Sarpino's as winner
The CHMS Parent Teacher Organization brought together the Eagles community on April 15 for the annual Pizza Wars event, which saw a record turnout of more than 475 students, parents, and incoming sixth graders from feeder elementary schools. Attendees sampled pizza from Brama La Pizza, Billy Brick's, Mrs. T's, and Sarpino's, with Sarpino's being voted as the favorite among participants.
The event featured not only pizza tasting but also charcuterie provided by local business Gone Grazy and custom cotton candy. Guests could take photos in a booth to remember the evening. Entertainment included a student talent show and a performance by the CHMS teacher and staff band "After School Special," which closed out the night.
Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 includes Clarendon Hills Middle School along with Elm Elementary School, Hinsdale Middle School, Madison Elementary School, Monroe Elementary School, Oak Elementary School, Prospect Elementary School, The Lane Elementary School, and Walker School according to Illinois Report Card. The district serves DuPage and Cook counties.
According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education as reported by Illinois Report Card, Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 employs 282 teachers with an average salary of $94,227 before pension contributions; women make up ninety percent of teachers while men comprise ten percent. No teacher in this district had more than ten absences during a school year.
Demographic information shows that Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 is composed of approximately seventy percent White students; Asian students represent about fifteen percent; Hispanic students nearly seven percent; Black students just over one percent according to ISBE.
District spending per student was $31,308 in 2020 for a total expenditure of $117 million according to Illinois Report Card. Chronic truancy rates remain low: four chronically truant students were enrolled in the district during the same year—just one-tenth of one percent—compared to a statewide average of nearly ten percent as reported by ISBE.
The district enrolled 3,743 students during the 2019-2020 school year across grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade according to Illinois Report Card.