Also, congratulations to our Teacher Proud recipient, middle school special education teacher, Jesse Wilson! Mr. Wilson does a phenomenal job taking care of our kids! Well done!!!

Congrats to one of our best paraprofessionals, Michelle Fotos! She is our Bear Proud recipient this week for her incredible work with our students. Please congratulate Mrs. Fotos!

Today's games at Thayer have been postponed.
They have been rescheduled for May 2nd at 4:30.
The already scheduled MS baseball game at Thayer on May 2nd will now be played after the Varsity game.
Congratulations to the WSMS March Students of the Month!

Please congratulate last week's Teacher Proud recipient, Mrs. Crystal Sartor! Mrs. Sartor does an amazing job with our kindergarten students every day. Take a moment to watch the video and give Mrs. Sartor a big high five today! Happy Monday!

The Willow Springs R-IV School District is accepting bids for Occupational, Physical, Behavior, Counseling and Speech/Language Therapy for the 2023-24 school year. Please call 417-469-3260 ext 365 or email barkerm@wspgs.com with questions.
Please send bids to:
Willow Springs R-IV School, Marlenia Barker, Special Education Director,
215 W. 4th Street,
Willow Springs, MO
Closing date June 1, 2023.
Champs! Lady Bear softball wins the 1st annual Willow Springs Invitational softball tournament!

Todays first round games of our High School Softball tournament has been canceled.
We will begin our tournament Saturday morning at 9:00 AM.
Bear Media Productions filming today!! We were fortunate enough to be joined by some Middle School students for part 2 of our Transition to High School Series on the BEARCAST podcast channel. Thank you Allie, Cooper, Grady, Madison, and Neely for helping us out today.



Bears are in action today!
High School Softball @ Liberty 4:30
High School Track @ Ava 4:00
High School Baseball @ Norwood 4:30
Middle School Baseball @ Norwood- following the HS game.
High School Golf @ MG
Over 20 members of the Missouri Council of Administrators of Special Education across the state came to the Capitol in Jefferson City to meet with Missouri legislators in an effort to advocate for students with disabilities. Mrs. Barker, Special Education Director, Mrs. Altermatt, Process Coordinator and Mrs. Pollard, Process Coordinator met with Rep. Travis Smith, Rep. David Evans, and Sen. Karla Eslinger to discuss pending legislation and potential impacts on students from Willow Springs community.




High School Basketball Players and Parents:
Our annual banquet is tomorrow night in Grimes Auditorium beginning at 6:00 PM. We will have dinner first, followed by team awards!!
This is always a fun night as we conclude this years basketball season!
Spring Sports are in action tonight!
4:00 HS Track @ West Plains
4:30 HS Softball @ Gainesville
4:30 MS Softball vs MG at Booster Field.
The high school baseball games scheduled for tomorrow at Alton has been canceled.
TRACK MEET CANCELED
Today's high school track meet at Springfield Catholic High has been canceled.
High School Softball Cancellations:
Tonight's home softball game vs Licking has been postponed- No make Date set yet.
Saturday's tournament at MG has been Canceled.
It is a great afternoon to watch some Bear Sports!
HS Baseball vs Van Buren @ Booster Field 4:00 PM
HS Softball vs Alton @ Booster Field 4:00 PM
HS Tennis @ Lebanon high School 4:00 PM
7/8 Baseball practice will be in the New Gym until 4:30
7/8 Track Practice will be in the New Gym until 4:45
Boys Tennis Schedule Change:
(3-24 ) home match vs Lebanon has been rescheduled for tomorrow (3-22) at Lebanon.
4:00 PM start.
Check out our latest Teacher Proud Tuesday presentation for 8th grade science teacher and coach; Tanner Barnes! Coach Barnes has been a phenomenal addition to our district! Take a minute to congratulate him on an awesome year!

