✨The Willow Springs Elementary School would like to recognize the following students as Pawsitive Bears who have shown the character trait of Encouragement during the Second Quarter of school! These Bears have displayed how to be a good friend to others.✨
🐻 Russell Garner
🐻 Olivia Eggert
🐻 Graycie Tackitt
🐻 Colvin Bailey
🐻 Wesley Farrar
🐻 Connor Collins
🐻 Celia Green
🐻 Finley Capeder
🐻 Quincy Foster
🐻 Alex Dikhtierov
🐻 Finley Stoltzfus
🐻 Brooklynn Slayton
🐻 Harley Campbell-Holmes
🐻 Collin Waggoner
🐻 Collyns Forrest
🐻 Journey Hays
🐻 Bella Grogan
🐻 Ivye Browne
🐻 Mark Protsenko
🐻 Rowdy Hays
🐻 Renlee Bell
🐻 Kylin Becker
🐻 Everly Thomas
🐻 Starlynn Waldron
🐻 Brooklyn Sweat
🐻 Peggy Slavens
🐻 Jacob Revels
🐻 Lucas Collins
🐻 Lukas Solik
🐻 Jazmyn Davis
🐻 Luke Blair
🐻 Finlee Hicks
🐻 Susannah Pigg
🐻 Destiny Bruce
🐻 Skyler Little
🐻 Linley Green
🐻 Oakley Hatch
🐻 Charley Layton
🐻 Brair Hood
🐻 Taisley Jones
🐻 Trevor Kelly
🐻 Kixson White
🐻 Khalana Saucier
🐻 River Bell
🐻 Braxton Bell-Collins
🐻 Taisley Grindstaff
🐻 Not pictured: Justin Geise
Congratulations to these Pawsitive Bears!🥳
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It’s #TeacherProud and #BearProud Tuesday!
Willow Springs is excited to join other school districts across the region in celebrating teachers and district staff on the second Tuesday of each month. Our nominees for the month of December are:
🐻 Misty Pitts - Willow Springs Elementary School 3rd Grade Teacher
🐻 Ashley Johnson - Willow Springs Middle School Girls PE Teacher
🐻 Kim Cochran - Willow Springs High School Librarian
🐻 Eva Braun - Willow Springs Schools Cafeteria Staff
Congratulations to this month's recipients, we are so grateful for all the hard work and dedication you give to our district and students!
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We have a lot of events taking place this week before Christmas Break begins!✨
Come out and join us this week!
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Ms. Berry recently had a former A+ tutor, Holly Wehmer, stop by to do a fun habitat lesson with her first grade class!
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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.
Join us Thursday evening for the 1st and 2nd grade Christmas Concert!🎼
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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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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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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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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 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!👨🌾
Students in Mrs. Warren’s 4th grade reading class wrote many wonderful things about what they were thankful for this week!🥰
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Kindergarteners gave a Thanksgiving performance to family and friends yesterday!
They did such a wonderful job!🧡
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It’s #TeacherProud and #BearProud Tuesday!
Willow Springs is excited to join other school districts across the region in celebrating teachers and district staff.
Our nominees for the month of November are:
🐻 Jessica Cunningham - Willow Springs Elementary School 1st grade teacher
🐻 Amanda Marks - Willow Springs Elementary School special education teacher
🐻 Amber Lewis - Willow Springs Middle School 5th grade science teacher
🐻 Jerry Wickens - Willow Springs High School american government and criminal justice teacher
🐻 Kenny Smith - Willow Springs Schools transportation
Congratulations to this month's recipients, we are so grateful for all the hard work and dedication you give to our district and students! Stay tuned for our recipient spotlight videos!
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There will be no school November 22-24 for Thanksgiving break.
Students in Mrs. Land's class recently completed a fun fall project!🍂
Using all natural supplies and their imaginations, students created "leaf people"! They also named their leaf person and wrote about them!🍁
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Join us on Tuesday, November 21st at 9:00 am in Grimes Auditorium for a Thanksgiving Program that is being put on by the Kindergarten classes!✨
Congratulations to Mrs. Brooke Coffman for being selected for the McDonald's Outstanding Educator Award!✨
This award program honors local educators for exhibiting the ultimate dedication to their students and those that go the extra mile to contribute to the improvement of education in the communities we serve. Community members were invited to submit nominations online and Mrs. Coffman was selected from a pool of more than 1,700 nominations - 1 of only 5 $1000 winners!
Winners of the outstanding educator award each receive a Visa gift card to use toward their classroom, a coffee mug, certificates and McDonald’s coupons to provide to parents with outstanding students throughout the year. The Outstanding Educator Award Recipients are selected at random by using a random generator tool.
Here is what the nomination for Mrs. Coffman said:
I am nominating Brooke Coffman because of her dedication and love she pours into every student she meets. She offers more love and patience than any other human I have met. She creates and encourages opportunities that most of these students would never receive if it wasn’t for her ongoing support and encouragement. Brooke has said before, I am not only influencing these children as students but as future adults. She is phenomenal and gives 110% and expects nothing in return."
Congrats Mrs. Coffman and we are so grateful for the hard work and dedication you bring every day!
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Join us Saturday, November 18th at 10:00 am for the Bears for a Better Christmas cornhole tournament!
All proceeds from the tournament will go to Bears for a Better Christmas to purchase toys, books, and warm winter clothes for kids. There will also be a bake sale and silent auction going on.
If your family lives within the Willow Springs school district, has kids 0-15, and needs assistance with gifts, warm items, and books for Christmas stop by MUNCH to sign up as soon as possible.
