Way to go to all of our Prospect School Spelling Bee participants! We had 22 students participate in the virtual competition. Congratulations to the top 5 winners:
1st place – Trifon Reed
2nd place – Riyan Thukral
3rd place – Caelyn Xiang
4th place – Arjun Kaushal-Goel
5th place – Nayan Rao
Trifon and Riyan …
The science committee is excited to offer a virtual family science night experience for all Prospect students! Save the date for Thursday, February 4th at 6:30pm for the Yuck Show. Students will engage in an interactive science assembly by watching and following along with experiments. Check out these video trailers of the Yuck Show:
Presented by The Community Speaker Series, D181 and D86
Madeline Levine, Ph.D.: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World
In the wake of uncertainty and rapid change, many adults are doubling down on the pressure-filled parenting style that pushed children to excel. Dr. Levine identifies the skills that children …
For information on Mindful Mondays, safety reminders regarding Prospect ponds, the MAP testing schedule, and more, please review Mrs. Cummings Smore.
For all Prospect spellers registered for the Spelling Bee, it will be held on Monday, Jan 11, 2021 @ 4pm via Zoom. We will forward you the zoom link no later than 8am Monday morning.
Please consider signing up to be on the Nominating Committee. In order to continue our offerings to the school as a PTO, we need to have volunteers representing every grade level involved in this very important process. There is currently only one volunteer signed up!! This is a minimal one time committee lasting a few …
The dragons are coming! On Friday, the oldest Prospect student from each family will receive a copy of the book “Dragons in a Bag” by Zetta Elliot and a variety of fun dragon crafts . Elliott is an advocate for greater diversity and equity in publishing. A longtime resident of Brooklyn, she currently lives in …
The next PTO meeting will be on January 12th at 2:00 via zoom. Sign up here to be sent a zoom link prior to the meeting.
The program “A Visit with Writing Couple Ben & Tonya Mezrich,” presented by D181 Foundation, will feature a conversation and Q&A with this duo in a webinar at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 14. Register here. The Mezriches will be interviewed by a team of D181 students, including, Fiona Duffy Schimpf (5th grade Mrs …