The Willow Springs Middle School is hosting a Holiday Food Drive now until December 13th!
See below for information on what each grade level is encouraged to bring.
If you'd like to make a charitable donation this year, you can help out a family or student by paying/donating to their lunch bill.
For those interested in donating, please contact our Food Service Director, Regina Roberts for more information by calling 417-469-3260 ext 414. All donations will remain anonymous.
✨The Willow Springs High School is hosting a Christmas Fine Arts Night on Thursday, December 14th from 6:00-7:00 pm at Munford Gymnasium!✨
Join us for a fun night full of art and music as we recognize our incredibly talented fine arts students!🎼🎨
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Lots of basketball going on this week!🏀
🏀 The boys JV and varsity teams will be playing in the Mansfield Invitational this week.
🏀 The girls varsity team will play tonight at Gainesville at 6 pm, this is a varsity only game. The JV girls will play at Mountain View on Thursday around 7:30 pm after our middle school boys, this is only JV.
🏀 The middle school boys will host West Plains tonight at 5:30 pm and will be at Mountain View on Thursday at 5:30 pm.
🏀 The middle school girls will host Thayer on Tuesday at 5:30 pm.
Go Bears!🐻 #OneWillow
Mr. Siler's carpentry students, our maintenance crew and our technology team have been working hard at Innovation Hall (our Career and Technical Education Center) to get it ready for our open house on December 12th!
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Join us Thursday evening for the 1st and 2nd grade Christmas Concert!🎼
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Some of Mrs. Cook's students embraced the holiday spirit last week as they decorated the Christmas tree in their classroom!🎄
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Students in Mrs. Drake's 8th grade Medical Detectives class has been learning about the different lobes of the human brain. They even dissected a sheep brain and identified the various parts of the brain.
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Students in Mrs. Nelson's and Mrs. Cook's class recently participated in "Fun Factor" where they got to play different board/card games and they worked on math-place value stations!
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Here are the Middle School Staff Members of the Week for the last 2 weeks!
🐻 Sara Buckner, Head Cook at the Middle School
🐻 Tanya Spencer, 6th Grade Math Teacher
About Mrs. Spencer:
• 19th year teaching. Previously, taught 6th grade reading and math in Tennessee.
• 12th year at Willow Springs Middle School
• "I love reading, spending time with my family, and traveling."
Congrats to both Sara Buckner and Tanya Spencer!
Andrea Simandl was nominated to win $100 worth of classroom supplies from Kirk Nettles Insurance Agency, Inc!
JW Murrell, the local agent in Willow, was also there to help make the presentation!
Congratulations Mrs. Simandl and thank you Mr. Nettles for supporting area teachers!
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Please help us welcome our next new teacher feature, Mrs. Lacey Bunch!
About Mrs. Bunch:
"Hello! I am Lacey Bunch and this is my first year as a Kindergarten teacher, but my second year teaching overall. Teaching has always been my calling and passion. Aside from teaching, I enjoy spending time with my family. I attended Willow PreK-12th grade and discovered my love for teaching because of the extraordinary teachers I had here. The love, support, and guidance I was given is what I want to give to my students as well. I am honored to be a part of such an amazing district."
Welcome to Bear Nation Mrs. Bunch, we're so glad you're here!🐻
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Yesterday we celebrated MO Beef Day!
All three schools were educated on beef by our Willow Springs FFA officers. The elementary students were given coloring pamphlets and got to meet Hazel the heifer! Middle school and high school students watched a presentation, received stress balls in the form of cows, and also got to see Hazel the heifer!
Students were served spaghetti with fresh local beef for lunch yesterday and learned about the importance and benefits of fresh local meat and produce.
The Mo Beef Kids program, which Willow Springs Schools participate in, connects schools and their food service professionals to local cattle farmers and ranchers to “beef” up school lunches.
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Join us on Wednesday, December 13th from 5:00-7:00 pm for the annual Christmas Extravaganza!🎄
There will be fun Christmas themed activities set up by school extracurricular groups and classes/departments for the community to participate in on High Street (between the middle school playground and the elementary school).
Santa Claus will also be making a visit all the way from the North Pole!🎅
Don't miss this night full of fun holiday cheer!❤️💚
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Girls varsity basketball bracket for the Lady Dawg Classic at Van Buren.
Varsity and JV boys basketball brackets for the Strafford Invitational.
High school yearbooks can be ordered online!
Use the link below to get one ordered and please note, this is for high school yearbooks only.
Order link: https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1059516/Willow-Springs-High-School/?fbclid=IwAR3h5H5FDjNYe6RZUeai8NeWdiFpt4hAgFAuubSKDTCtf0G3ykNJD-Ioj4M
✨Join us on Tuesday, December 12th from 5:00-7:00 pm for an open house of our new facilities - the Bear Training Facility and Innovation Hall!✨
The Bear Training Facility, located at 901 N Ferguson Street (next to the football practice field), is a training facility open to all athletes and students in weight training classes.
Innovation Hall, located at 908 Springfield Road, is a Career and Technical Education Center that houses hands-on programs such as Aviation, Bear Media, Carpentry, Criminal Justice and Engineering.
We are excited to showcase the progress of our new programs and look forward to seeing you on December 12th!
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Tuesday, November 28th Willow Springs Schools will be celebrating MO Beef Day!
Help us show our local farmers support by dressing like a farmer on Tuesday!👨🌾
We want to thank West Plains Bank and Trust Company for recently stopping by to speak to our senior personal finance classes about banking basics and how to build your credit!
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