Prospect School holds family heritage celebration for second-grade students
Prospect School hosted a Family Heritage Celebration for its second-grade students and their families on May 1. The event marked the conclusion of a year-long heritage program and included a slideshow, musical performance, and classroom displays.
The celebration aimed to highlight the diversity within the Prospect community and encourage appreciation for different backgrounds. Students shared songs about the country and family traditions, while families viewed creative projects such as portraits, family trees, poems, and cultural flags.
After the musical presentation, attendees visited classrooms to see student work reflecting their studies throughout the year. These activities tied into the curriculum, including a field trip to the Swedish Heritage Museum.
Prospect Elementary School is part of Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181. The district 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, The Lane Elementary School, Walker School as well as Prospect itself,according to Illinois Report Card. The district enrolled 3,743 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade during the 2019-2020 school year in Clarendon Hills and DuPage County.according to Illinois Report Card
Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 spent $31,308 per student in 2020 with total expenditures of $117 million.according to Illinois Report Card The district's demographic breakdown is approximately 69.8 percent White students; other groups include Asian (15.4 percent), Hispanic (6.8 percent), and Black (1.1 percent).according to Illinois Report Card
District data show high teacher retention rates with no teachers having more than ten absences per school year; most teachers are women.according to Illinois Report Card Chronic truancy remains low at just four chronically truant students or about 0.1 percent compared with a statewide average of nearly ten percent.according to Illinois Report Card