The Willow Springs School District invites you to nominate the amazing teachers and staff who make a difference every day! Through our "Boosting Our Bears" program, you can celebrate their hard work and dedication.
Submit your nominations today—it's quick and easy! Nominations carry over each month, so there's no need to resubmit for previously recognized individuals.
👉 Click here to nominate: https://go.willowbears.com/boostingourbears
(All nominations must be submitted through the form.)
Let’s Boost Our Bears together! 🐾
Reminder: New Pick-Up & Drop-Off Procedures Begin Monday, August 19
Starting Monday, August 19, the Willow Springs School District will roll out new pick-up and drop-off procedures aimed at enhancing student safety and reducing traffic congestion.
Key Changes Include:
New Line-Up Route: Vehicles will now line up from Campbell to 3rd Street, avoiding congestion on Main Street.
One-Way Streets: Campbell Street (4th to High St.) and High Street (Campbell to Garfield) will become one-way to streamline traffic flow.
For detailed information, please refer to the original news release: Pickup/Drop-off Procedures.
Special thanks to Howell County News for providing a video overview: Watch Video.
District calendar for the 2024-25 school year!📆
For a PDF version, click this link: https://tinyurl.com/ydv2ykwb
📅Mark your calendars!
Free athletic physicals will be available on July 9th beginning at 8:00 am in Munford Gymnasium.
All athletes entering grades 7-12 need a valid athletic physical and must have one before the first day of fall practice.
Middle school students in Ms. Tice's class recently delivered thank you notes to Kirby Cauldwell for donating picnic tables to the school!
They also recently visited the nursing home in town!
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Congratulations to 8th grade student Eavanna Kharitonova for winning 1st place for the west side of Missouri in the Missouri Peace Officer Foundation essay contest!🌟
Along with this honor, she received $300, her classroom teacher received $100, and the school district will receive $100!
Congratulations Eavanna!🐻
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🚨 Elementary and middle school summer school forms need to be returned by Friday, May 3rd.
Middle school students that had a 98% attendance percentage or better got to go on a field trip to Noblett Lake last week!🌟
Everyone had a great time!🎣
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Students in Mrs. Wardle's class recently toured the Willow Springs Museum, the Ferguson Building, the Railroad-Welcome area and the prior Horton Hotel location to learn about our local history!🤩
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The middle school staff member of the week is Mrs. Tammy Henry!🥳
Congratulations and thank you for all that you do!🐻
#OneWillow
The 7th grade math classes recently competed in a jump rope contest to collect data to graph!
Each class divided into groups to see how many times they could jump at 1:30, 1:00 and 0:30 seconds. Then they took the data from the top 10 jumps to create a box and whisker plot; also discussing the I.Q.R. (interquartile range) and the outliers of the box plot.
The class with the greatest upper quartile of 114 was the Maroon 3 Block!💪
#OneWillow
6th grade students in Mrs. Welch's class recently created scale models of the size of objects in our solar system!🪐💫
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The middle school staff member of the week is Mrs. Mindy Cooper!🥳
About Mrs. Cooper:
- She taught for 22 years at Richards School in West Plains
- This is her first year at Willow Springs
- She teaches 7th Grade Science, Kitchen Science and coaches girls track
"I love spending time with my family, antique shopping, everything outdoors, traveling, and being involved in my church."
Congratulations Mrs. Cooper and thank you for everything that you do!🐻
#OneWillow
8th Grade students in Mrs. Drake's Project STEM class recently spent some time researching and then building model bridges!
They tested those bridges until failure. The strongest bridge was built by Sadie Parsons. Her bridge withstood a weight of 4144 grams!
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The middle school staff member of the week is Mrs. Amy Bunch-Schmitt!🐻
About Mrs. Bunch-Schmitt:
"This is my 16th year in education. During my career I have taught middle school social studies, high school history, 8th grade English/Language Arts, 6th grade math, and now I currently serve as the middle school Reading Interventionist. I enjoy spending time with my family. We love traveling and seeing new places every chance we get."
Congrats and thank you for all that you do!
#OneWillow
Elementary and Middle School students recently participated in the Art Around Town event that is sponsored by MSU-West Plains and the West Plains Art Council!🎨
Keera Honerkamp placed 1st in the K-2nd division, Adelyn Dhillon placed 3rd in the 3rd and 4th division and Porter Casey won Best of Show!
Congratulations!🥳
#OneWillow
The middle school spring social is on Friday!
See the information below.
The middle school staff member of the week is Mrs. Audri Coursen!🐻
About Mrs. Coursen:
- She has been teaching at the Willow Springs Middle School for 3 years.
- She currently teaches middle school art
"I love God, my family, drawing, reading, hiking and camping, and watching interesting things on Youtube."
Congrats Mrs. Coursen and thank you for all that you do!
#OneWillow
Mrs. Welch and Mrs. Miller took the 6th grade Science Club to the St. Louis Science Center last weekend!
They explored hands on science activities and viewed a show at the McDonnell Planetarium.
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