Reminder! The Christmas Extravaganza is tonight from 5:00-7:00 pm!🎄
There will be fun Christmas themed activities set up by school extracurricular groups, classes and 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 tonight all the way from the North Pole!🎅
We look forward to seeing you tonight!❤️💚
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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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✨Reminder! Our new facilities open house is tonight from 5:00-7:00 pm!✨
The Bear Training Facility is located at 901 N Ferguson Street (next to the football practice field).
Innovation Hall is located at 908 Springfield Road.
We are excited to showcase the progress of our new programs and look forward to seeing you tonight!
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December 2023 Regular Session Board Meeting
https://youtube.com/live/Zgz889HnSUo?feature=share
Join the Willow Springs High School Theater Club this weekend as they put on the play "Taking Over" at the Star Theater!🎭
Tickets are $7.00 at the door. Show times are Friday 7:00 pm, Saturday 7:00 pm, and Sunday 3:00 pm.
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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The Willow Springs High School cheer team recently attended a Missouri State University-West Plains basketball game and were able to watch the Grizzlies' cheer team, which includes 2023 Willow Springs graduate, Drake Marshell!
Drake is pursuing an education in cyber security and is really glad he was able to continue cheerleading after high school!
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Students in Mr. Wilson's Adaptive PE class had so much fun recently playing doctor dodgeball, soccer, and riding scooters!✨
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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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The Middle School Staff Member of the Week is Mrs. Crystal Hopper!✨
About Mrs. Hopper:
🐻 She has taught a variety of classes over the course of 23 and a half years in education. She started out in 6th grade Social Studies and ELA. The years between those subjects and her position now as Instructional Coach were filled with keyboarding, novels, career education, IGNITE, and computer apps.
🐻 She has spent all 23 and a half years right here at the Willow Springs Middle School.
🐻 In her position, Mrs. Hopper works with the Middle School teachers with our RTI program, she provides support to new teachers as well as any other teacher that might need a little help, and she is working with the elementary this year on our new Student Success Plans.
🐻"I enjoy spending time with my husband, my 2 sons Riley and Eli, my daughter-in-law Amelia and my precious grandson Oliver. We love to spend time camping together and making memories. In my down time, I love to crochet and make gifts for family and friends."
Congratulations Mrs. Hopper and thank you for all that you do!
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The Willow Springs Middle School is hosting a Holiday Food Drive now until December 13th!
See below for information on what each grade level is encouraged to bring.
Congratulations to these Willow Springs Football players for being selected to the 2023 SWMFCA Class 2 All-Region Team!🏈
✨Please help us welcome our next new teacher feature, Mrs. Michele Nickel!✨
About Mrs. Nickel:
"I have been teaching for over 15 years in a variety of subjects from middle school to high school. I moved last year from Oklahoma to Missouri. I received my Bachelors in History from the University of Tulsa and earned my teacher certification from NSU Tahlequah. I have taught science, history and FACS during my years teaching. I still have two children at home, one in 8th grade and one in 10th grade. I enjoy participating in a variety of hobbies from watching my own kids in their activities, softball and band, to gardening to crafts like ceramics and sewing. I am happy to be a new part of the Willow team and can't wait to see what the future holds."
Welcome to Bear Nation Mrs. Nickel, we're so glad you're here!🐻
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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.
✨The Willow Springs High School is hosting a Christmas Fine Arts Night on Thursday, December 14th from 6:00-7:00 pm at Munford Gymnasium!✨
Join us for a fun night full of art and music as we recognize our incredibly talented fine arts students!🎼🎨
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Some of Mrs. Cook's students embraced the holiday spirit last week as they decorated the Christmas tree in their classroom!🎄
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Lots of basketball going on this week!🏀
🏀 The boys JV and varsity teams will be playing in the Mansfield Invitational this week.
🏀 The girls varsity team will play tonight at Gainesville at 6 pm, this is a varsity only game. The JV girls will play at Mountain View on Thursday around 7:30 pm after our middle school boys, this is only JV.
🏀 The middle school boys will host West Plains tonight at 5:30 pm and will be at Mountain View on Thursday at 5:30 pm.
🏀 The middle school girls will host Thayer on Tuesday at 5:30 pm.
Go Bears!🐻 #OneWillow
Mr. Siler's carpentry students, our maintenance crew and our technology team have been working hard at Innovation Hall (our Career and Technical Education Center) to get it ready for our open house on December 12th!
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Join us Thursday evening for the 1st and 2nd grade Christmas Concert!🎼
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Students in Mrs. Drake's 8th grade Medical Detectives class has been learning about the different lobes of the human brain. They even dissected a sheep brain and identified the various parts of the brain.
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