Prospect School hosts Fine Arts Night with author Christina Soontornvat
Prospect School held its Fine Arts Night on May 6, inviting all Prospect families to celebrate the arts and student creativity. The event featured a special literary focus with author Christina Soontornvat in attendance, who signed books for families.
The highlight of the evening was a musical performance at 7:15 p.m., where the Prospect Choir and Ukulele Club collaborated to bring Soontornvat's book, "Simon at the Art Museum," to life through music and song. Earlier in the evening, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., families explored a school-wide art show and browsed the book fair. Special activities such as an Art Scavenger Hunt were also available for attendees.
The event showcased Prospect's dedication to incorporating literature as well as visual and performing arts into student life. Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 represents DuPage and Cook counties, including Prospect Elementary School among other schools in its district, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 had an enrollment of 3,743 students during the 2019-2020 school year. The district serves grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade and is located in Clarendon Hills and DuPage County according to the Illinois State Board of Education. The district spent $31,308 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $117,185,545.
District data shows that it employs 282 teachers earning 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 during a school year according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In terms of demographics, Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 is comprised of approximately seventy percent White students, fifteen percent Asian students, nearly seven percent Hispanic students, and just over one percent Black students according to state data. Chronic truancy rates remain low within this district; only four chronically truant students were reported in the most recent available year—a rate far below statewide averages.