We open our doors, so you can find yours. 🚪 We are Missouri's District of Choice. Your Future. Our Focus. #SPSProud
Springfield, MO
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We open our doors to all who want to discover their full potential. 🚪
At SPS, we offer rigorous curriculum, innovative programs and extensive resources so every student can find their unique path.
Your Future is Our Focus.
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Your voice matters! SPS gathers feedback on Facility Master Plan during community meetings.
Plus, students learn fire safety, no school Friday and more.
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Springfield Public Schools retweeted
🚌 Student Transportation Safety in Focus 🚸
DESE’s Lucas Bond talks with Dean Wake, Assistant Director of Transportation for Springfield Public Schools, to show how Missouri keeps school buses safe and road‑ready.
Every bus must pass a full safety inspection within 60 days before operating each school year, and daily pre‑trip checks — brakes, mirrors, lights, emergency exits — help protect students every day.
💛 Thank you to Missouri’s transportation professionals who put safety first!
🎥 Watch as Dean explains how safety starts long before the bus leaves the lot: ow.ly/NtRK51009zo
🔗 Inspection Requirements: ow.ly/EThT51009zn
🔗 School Bus Standards: ow.ly/Risz51009zp
Springfield Public Schools retweeted
Springfield Public Schools is moving learning beyond classroom walls 📚🌿
Outdoor Pursuits — place‑based and credit‑bearing — gives juniors and seniors immersive experiences across the Ozarks with community partners and outdoor professionals. Students build technical skills, problem‑solving, teamwork, and leadership while exploring recreation, conservation, and environmental stewardship.
📸 Thanks to Brad Brummel (Springfield Public Schools) and Marty Marsh (Missouri Dept. of Conservation) for the tour.
Activities pictured: fire‑starting 🔥 and kayaking 🛶
#MOed #OutdoorLearning
Springfield Public Schools Hall of Fame honors outstanding graduates who are inspirational examples for current SPS students.🎉 Congratulations to the 2026 inductees:
🔬 Pete Lollar, M.D., world-renowned hematologist and @EmoryUniversity professor of Pediatrics.
🥤 Sally Hargis, vice president and board chairman of @OzarksCokeDP Bottling Company.
⚓️ Sarah Self-Kyler, retired @USNavy captain who is a trailblazer for female officers.
Learn more at bit.ly/4ypdIAB.
#SPSProud #IChooseSPS
Springfield Public Schools retweeted
Proud to team up with @officialSPS for the 417 Reads program—empowering young minds through monthly reading sessions with 3rd and 4th graders! 📚✨ #LiteracyMatters #gbankmo
#417Reads literacy initiative kicked off today with 160 mentors visiting more than 30 Springfield Public Schools to read aloud to third and fourth grade classrooms.📖🎉💙
In partnership with @Scholastic, this district and community-wide initiative is dedicated to expanding access to books, strengthening instructional practices and making literacy a priority across SPS. The mentors will return each month throughout the 2026-2027 school year to read new books and foster a passion for reading amongst the students.
Learn more at bit.ly/3VIT5Rg.
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Springfield Public Schools retweeted
The best day for #417Reads at @SpsTruman. Thanks to an amazing community supporting literacy! @officialSPS
Your voice matters! Dr. Lathan is hosting multiple Superintendent Solutions events that invite open conversations focused on our community. Students, teachers and families from every school and area of Springfield are welcome to come talk about what’s working well, highlight areas for growth and help shape the district's priorities.
Hosted at our five traditional high schools, you are encouraged to attend the event at the building your school feeds into:
🔵 Hillcrest area — Oct. 15, 5:30 p.m.
🔵 Kickapoo area — Oct. 28, 5:30 p.m.
🔵 Parkview area — Nov. 5, 5:30 p.m.
🔵 Glendale area — Nov. 10, 5:30 p.m.
🔵 Central area — Nov. 19, 5:30 p.m.
Not sure what area your school is in? Check our feeder patterns online at bit.ly/4rs5aGp.
RSVP at bit.ly/4AraI8h to let us know you're coming and give us an idea of what you want to talk about.
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The Board of Education will host a combined meeting tonight at 5:30 p.m.
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Foundation distributes more than $300k in grants 👏
Plus, students participate in Japanese Fall Festival, SPS Ambassadors named and more.
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Springfield Public Schools retweeted
Where Flowers Bloom, Hope Grows!
We are excited to celebrate Michelle duPlessis on receiving a grant to bring Floristry in STEM to our students! @officialSPS @Foundation4SPS #youbelong #STEM
Pipkin and Reed cut the ribbon! ✂️
Plus, Shady Dell celebrates anniversary, National Merit semifinalists named and more.
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Meet our 2026 Hall of Fame Inductees 🏆
Plus, Central and Holland recognized for sustainability and more.
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SPS welcomes back over 24,000 students 🎒
Plus, early childhood programs honored, SPS U dates finalized and more.
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Springfield Public Schools retweeted
🎉Students were welcomed to The Alliance for Healthcare Education campus at Cox North today with cheers and high-fives.
"These students are part of something much larger," said Shallina Goodnight, executive director of The Alliance.
The Alliance is a partnership between CoxHealth, @MissouriState, @OTCedu and @officialSPS, focused on building the future healthcare workforce. 💙
Seven Springfield Public Schools Early Childhood Centers have been recognized by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (@MOEducation) with the “Exhibiting High Quality” distinction, the highest recognition given through the Quality Assurance Report (QAR) program:
🔵 Adah Fulbright Early Childhood Center
🔵 Harrison Early Childhood
🔵 Shady Dell Early Childhood Center
🔵 Study Alternative Center Nursery
🔵 Truman Early Childhood
🔵 Weaver Early Childhood
🔵 Wilder Early Childhood
Learn more at bit.ly/4xQPcaJ.
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Staff prepare to go #BacktoSPS at Kickoff 🎉
Plus, Bingham holds groundbreaking, new teachers attend Induction Days and more.
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Grab your favorite book and get ready to go #BackToSPS!📚🚌🧒 New principals, our 417 Reads champions, the SPS Teacher of the Year and so many more have boarded the bus bound for a great new school year.
Thanks for riding the bus with us Logan Aguirre with @417mag, Nancy Allen, Bob Helm, Christian Lewis from @simmons_bank, Lucas Grabeel, @CCOzarks, @Scholastic, @UWOzarks and all the new leaders with #TeamSPS.
Springfield Public Schools started off the new school year this morning with the 2026 #BackToSPS Kickoff. 🎺🕺🎉 Held at the Great Southern Bank Arena, this event brought together more than 3,500 members of #TeamSPS, fostering a sense of community and shared purpose in preparation for students coming back to classrooms next week. Read more about the event at bit.ly/4xbH9Wf.
