Oak School gym hosts Boys Night Out Glow Dance Party on March 23

The Oak School gym was transformed into a glowing venue for the annual Boys Night Out Glow Dance Party, held on March 23. The event brought together students and their guests for an evening of music, dancing, and activities under black lights.

The party was organized by the Oak PTO Family Connections Committee Chairs: Natasha Yaqub, Emily Christianson, and Litsa Chrysanthou. Organizers said parent volunteers played a key role in making the night special for all attendees.

Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 represents DuPage and Cook counties and includes several schools such as Clarendon Hills Middle School, 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 the Illinois Report Card.

District data shows there are 282 teachers with an average salary of $94,227 before pension contributions; ninety percent are women while ten percent are men. No teachers had more than ten absences in a school year according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Demographically, Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 is made up of approximately seventy percent White students; other groups include Black (1.1 percent), Hispanic (6.8 percent), and Asian (15.4 percent) students as reported by ISBE. The district spent $31,308 per student in 2020 with total expenditures reaching over $117 million according to state data.

In terms of attendance issues during the 2020 school year only four students were classified as chronically truant—a rate far below the statewide average—meaning they missed five percent or more of mandated school days without valid excuse per ISBE records. The district enrolled 3,743 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade during that period and is located in Clarendon Hills within DuPage County according to official reports.