Central Unit School District 301 · Elgin, Illinois

Bringing The Pro-Kids Show Back to District 301

Years ago, several schools in Central Unit School District 301 brought in The Pro-Kids Show, and the response was the same everywhere it went: packed gyms, enthusiastic crowds, and invitations to come back again.

Now, Assistant Principal Tim Shermak, who has personally booked The Pro-Kids Show again and again throughout his career, has joined Prairie View in District 301. He’d love to see that same excitement return, not just at Prairie View, but across the district.

Here’s a principal from the St. Charles District sharing how it all works!

District 301’s History With The Pro-Kids Show

Between 2014 and 2016, Country Trails, Prairie View, and Lily Lake each brought Tim in for assemblies and Family Night shows, with packed gyms, enthusiastic crowds, and school leadership cheering it on right alongside the students.

Country Trails students gathered for the 2014 assembly

A speaker addressing the Country Trails assembly audience in 2016

Tim with onstage helpers and a packed Country Trails Family Night crowd in 2016

Panoramic view of the Country Trails Family Night audience in 2016

Country Trails families seated together for Family Night in 2014

Country Trails Family Night in 2014 viewed across the gym

The Pro-Kids Show stage set up at Country Trails in 2015

Country Trails Cougars Pride school expectations poster

Tim Hannig with Country Trails administrators in 2014

The principal introducing Tim to Prairie View students in 2016

Tim and onstage helpers in front of a huge Prairie View Family Night crowd in 2016

Lily Lake students watching The Pro-Kids Show assembly in 2016

Tim and helpers with the Lily Lake Family Night audience in 2016

A Proven Model, Ready to Repeat

In Wood Dale, Illinois, Tim Shermak led Oakbrook while a fellow principal led Westview, and the two schools teamed up to bring The Pro-Kids Show in together: one school hosting a daytime assembly in the morning, the other in the afternoon, followed by a joint Family Night that evening at Wood Dale Junior High for both communities.

It worked so well that Oakbrook alone has had Tim back seven times, three of them while Shermak was there, with an eighth visit already booked for January 2027 using that same two-school model.

That’s the exact format District 301 schools could use together today.

Tim with volunteers and a packed audience at Family Night in Wood Dale

Tim with school leaders in Wood Dale in 2019

A Format That Fits Your School

A standalone daytime assembly, 45 minutes, with no evening commitment required
A school’s own evening Family Night show, paired with the daytime assembly
A joint Family Night, with two or more schools combining at a shared middle school or junior high, the same model Oakbrook and Westview have used for years

Schools can also choose to bring Tim in once, or make it a yearly tradition the way Country Trails, Prairie View, and Lily Lake once did.

Programs for Every Grade Level

Elementary Assembly & Family Night Middle School Show

Interested in Bringing The Pro-Kids Show to Your School?

District 301 already knows what this show can do. Reach out to Tim Shermak or contact Tim Hannig directly to talk through options and get a quote for your school.

Contact Tim Hannig