Prospect School held its Fine Arts Night on May 6, inviting all Prospect families to join an evening dedicated to the arts. The event featured a school-wide art show, book fair, and special activities for attendees.
The night placed a special emphasis on literature, highlighted by the attendance of author Christina Soontornvat, who signed books for families. A musical performance at 7:15 p.m. saw the Prospect Choir and Ukulele Club bring Soontornvat’s book “Simon at the Art Museum” to life through music and song.
From 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., families explored student artwork displayed throughout the school and participated in an Art Scavenger Hunt. Organizers said these activities aimed to showcase Prospect’s focus on blending literature with visual and performing arts in students’ education.
Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 includes Prospect Elementary as well as other schools in DuPage and Cook counties, according to the Illinois State Board of Education. The district enrolled 3,743 students in the 2019-2020 school year and serves grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. In that same period, it spent $31,308 per student for a total expenditure of $117,185,545.
The district employs 282 teachers with an average salary of $94,227 before pension contributions; ninety percent are women and ten percent are men. No teachers had more than ten absences during a school year. The district is composed of approximately seventy percent White students, fifteen percent Asian students, nearly seven percent Hispanic students, and just over one percent Black students.according to the Illinois State Board of Education
Chronic truancy rates remain low within Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181; only four chronically truant students were recorded in the most recent data available—a rate of just one-tenth of one percent—compared with a statewide average chronic truancy rate of nearly ten percent.
