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Congratulations to Central High School student Raleigh Cavero and Kickapoo High School student Spencer Price attended the Missouri Leadership Seminar June 5-7 at University of Central Missouri - Warrensburg.  

The Missouri Leadership Seminar is a gateway program that introduces future leaders to the values of leadership, citizenship and community service. The two were among more than 150 students representing high schools throughout Missouri.

 

Congratulations to seventeen students who have been selected to participate  in the 2009 Missouri Scholars Academy June 7 through June 27. SPS had the largest number of students selected for the academy at University of Missouri-Columbia. 

Central High School:
Karl Bennicoff-Yundt
Martha Burton         
Raleigh Cavero
Amelia Chiles             
Claire Donze
Nathaniel Fairbank
Parker Hall
Stephen Hoffmeister
Lauren Kerivan
Elizabeth Marler
James McShane
Anthony Ndikum
Marc Simon
Sara Swango
Dounan Zhu

Glendale High School: Roman Aldaiz               
Tanner Caruthers 

Congratulations to six Springfield high school students who are among 190 from across the state participating in the Missouri Fine Arts Academy June 7 through June 27.

Central High School:
Erin Cameron
Elizabeth Kaatz
Aubrey Smith

Glendale High School:
Kristi Turk

Hillcrest High School:
Noah Sheets

Parkview High School:
Kacy Shelton

Congratulations to Judy Johnson, counselor at Rountree and Watkins elementary schools, who was awarded a $500 Educator Scholarship from Horace Mann Insurance.

Congratulations to Jason Steingraber, principal at Bowerman Elementary School, who was named to Springfield Business Journal's "40 Under 40" list.

Congratulations to Dave Davis,Hillcrest High School, named the district’s 2009-2010 Teacher of the Year. Davis will represent Springfield Public Schools at the state competition.

Other finalists were:

• Julia Armstrong, Pipkin Middle School
• Steve Fielding, Kickapoo High School
• Lisa Lilley, Central High School
• Fred Romaine, Robberson Elementary School

A huge thanks to the Foundation for Springfield Public Schools for putting on another great Teacher Appreciation Banquet April 20. Speakers included out-going district Teacher of the Year, Beth Nickle, retired teacher Sandy Harrison, and April Berry of Wilson’s Creek 5-6 School. Harrison was a counselor at Kickapoo when Nickle was a student there. Nickle taught April Berry at Bailey Alternative High School. Not surprising the theme of this year’s banquet was “the ripple effect” teachers have on the lives of their students.

Dozens of district students competed April 25 in the Language Arts Department (LAD) Fair of Southwest Missouri, writing essays, journals, poetry, stories, and competing in the spelling bee. See complete results at www.ladfair.com - Language Arts Department

The community at Hickory Hills Middle School donated over 468 pounds of food to the Ozarks Food Harvest.It was part of the student council’s spring community service project.

Kickapoo High School art students Marc Hardy, Kristen Smieshek and Carole Finley were named winners in this year’s CASA holiday card design contest. Their work was honored at an April 16 reception at Randy Bacon Gallery and displayed during Arts Fest on Walnut Street. Other holiday card winners were: Tori Frizell – Sherwood elementary; Chucky Swift – Glendale high; Claire Willard – Gray elementary. Landscape note card winners were: Ian Fuemmeler – Central; Shelby Orr – Gray. Honorable mention were: Jennifer Hampton – Glendale; Kylee Weatherby – Gray.

Congratulations to Hannah Cantrell, a fifth-grade student at Disney Elementary School, named this year’s Springfield Arbor Day Poster Contest winner. Hannah’s poster also took third place in the state Arbor Day Poster Contest. In celebration of her fine effort, Springfield Mayor Jim O’Neill and other city officials planted an Eastern white pine at the school on April 25.

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