Springfield School District

Springfield Jr./Sr. High School Students of the Week - April 15, 2024. Congratulations Clarissa Cooper, Jackie Grigat and Conley Hall!

New School Record: Congratulations to freshman Parker Arbuthnot for breaking the 2 mile school record at the meet in Holly yesterday. He ran the 2 mile in 10:36.44. The previous record of 10:58.3 was set in 1978 by Steve Powell. Way to go Parker!

Congratulations to the Springfield FFA Quiz Bowl Teams! Team A- Jason Miller, Ellie Cohoon, and Jaylee Mort are District 6 FFA Champions and State Contest Representatives Team B- Cheyenne Penson, Dakota Reid, and Draven Ferch are District-6 Runner-Ups and State Alternates. Additionally, congratulations to Cheyenne Penson for having the highest written round score in the district and Draven Ferch the second highest written round score.

Shout out to Construction Trades from the Preschool Team for restoring our Preschool Playhouse! Much thanks to Mr. Ernie Felzien and his students! The children are so happy!

The Springfield School District Board of Education will host a special board meeting on Friday, April 12. You may find the agenda linked here: https://5il.co/2iaib

Family Reading Night!

Please find a press release about today's, 04/09, lockdown at Springfield Schools linked here: https://5il.co/2i75g. All students and staff remained calm and safe.

Solar Eclipse fun🌒

The Springfield High School FBLA Chapter attended the Colorado State Conference at the Gaylord Resort in Denver on April 1-3, 2024. Eleven students competed in twelve different events. President, Bryann Forrest competed in Economics; Joy West, Electronic Career Portfolio; Thomas Schmidt, Introduction to Business Concepts; Introduction to Event Planning –Team Jason Miller and Dakota Reid; Rylan Smith, Introduction to Event Planning; Parker Arbuthnot, Introduction to Financial Math; and Marketing—Team Jacquelyn Grigat, Tyanne Miller and Rayne Thomas. Joy West placed in the top ten in her event while Thomas Schmidt placed fourth in Introduction to Business Concepts. Thomas will advance to Nationals to compete with students all over the United States. The FBLA National Convention is June 28 through July 2 in Orlando. The Springfield Chapter has 16 members. Their competition includes events in computer skills, accounting skills, personal finance, speaking and ag business to name a few.

Springfield Jr./Sr. High School Students of the Week - April 8, 2024. Congratulations Draven Ferch and Shelbi Watkins!

Congratulations to Mrs. Self! She was recognized for 25 years of service to FCCLA! SHS is privileged to have a teacher and leader like Mrs. Self! She is pictured here receiving her award and with her 23-24 state qualifying chalter members (2 members are not pictured). What an amazing LONGHORN!

Schedule of events for JH track in La Junta tomorrow, 5 April 2024.

2nd graders are visiting the Koshare Museum & Trading Post!!

Please see the document attached regarding safety procedures on campus Wedensday, April 02. With great care and concern, and some teamwork, no dangerous situations at school(s) were present. https://5il.co/2hrnw

Over the next few days we will be highlighting 8 FCCLA projects that have qualified and will be competing at state April 4th-6th. Our sixth project is by Clarissa Cooper, Joy West and Valerie Woller. Introducing "Air Bee n Bee," a collaborative project under Sustainability Challenge by Joy West, Valerie Woller, and Clarissa Cooper. This project mainly focuses on the environmental impact from construction waste in landfills and the need for bee preservation. Our innovative initiative project transforms recycled construction materials from the school project into bee hotels, providing cozy accommodations for solitary bees. By collaborating with the Springfield Construction Trades class, this project showcases the repurposement of materials from landfills and reducing environment impact. By recycling construction materials and creating habitats for pollinators, our project not only promotes sustainability, but biodiversity, and environmental conservation as well.

Over the next few days we will be highlighting 8 FCCLA projects that have qualified and will be competing at state April 4th-6th. Our fifth project is by Tyanne Miller, Brody Rosengrants and Rayne Thomas. Reach For the Stars Not Drugs is a chapter service project where elementary, middle school, and high school students are all educated on the dangers of drug and nicotine use. Rayne Thomas, Tyanne Miller, and Brody Rosengrants went into all of the classrooms in the Springfield School District with a presentation on the effects of marijuana, cigarettes, vapes, oral nicotine pouches, and secondhand smoke. A survey was given before and after the presentation to gauge how insightful the presentation was for the students. After the elementary presentations, personalized star shaped cookies were given to each elementary student to remind them to reach for the stars, not drugs.

Over the next few days we will be highlighting 8 FCCLA projects that have qualified and will be competing at state April 4th-6th. Our fourth project is by Shirley West. Scrubs and Suds is an event in entrepreneurship by Shirley West in which a business plan was written that dictates a hypothetical business, in this case, a laundry business based in Springfield. Scrubs and Suds is designed to help ease the stress on late-night shift workers, such as construction workers or hospital staff, but is also open to all. Through long hours of researching and typing, the business plan of Scrubs and Suds was created and refined, ready to compete at State. The project helps teach the difficulty of becoming a business owner and helps raise awareness of the struggle of our city and community workers.

Springfield Jr./Sr. High School Students of the Week - April 1, 2024. Congratulations Aden Swanson and J.J. Pannell!

CALENDAR CANGE: Baca County Baseball will host Stanton County on MONDAY, April 1st at 3 PM in SPRINGFIELD. This will be a varsity double header.

Over the next few days we will be highlighting 8 FCCLA projects that have qualified and will be competing at state April 4th-6th. Our third project is by Lainee Leathers and Bay Ellis. Lainee Leathers, FCCLA Vice President, and Bay Ellis, FCCLA Secretary, finalized their FCCLA ‘Star Event’ project this week. The initiative was titled ‘First Aid for Freshmen. The project was based on teaching First Aid and CPR to Springfield High School freshmen. Lainee and Bay first raised money through a breakfast burrito sale, to pay for the cost of the class materials. With the help of the Springfield EMS group, Springfield FCCLA, and the volunteers who contributed to the burrito sale, the freshmen students acquired the skills, knowledge and importance of CPR and First Aid in the ‘Living On Your Own’ class.