Springville Elementary

The 1st Annual Math Family Fun Night was held at the end of May! SES teachers, staff, and high school student volunteers came together with families for a fun-filled and interactive night focused on building math skills and community connections.

Families enjoyed a variety of engaging activities, including puzzles, board games, dice games, logic puzzles, learning a card trick with Mr. Gesing, and even an exciting escape room challenge. The event gave students and families the opportunity to experience math in a hands-on, enjoyable way while spending quality time together.

A huge thank you to the Springville Community Education Foundation for funding and supporting this event. Their generosity helped make this special evening possible for our students and families. Each student also went home with a large bag of math games and activities to continue practicing and having fun with math at home alongside their families.

Thank you as well to everyone who helped make the night such a success. We are already looking forward to making Math Family Fun Night an annual tradition and continuing to build a strong sense of community along the way.

For the first time, Springville Elementary held schoolwide Wellness Days! The younger students in grades K-2 got their turn first, and then the third-, fourth-, and fifth-graders got their turn. The students rotated between stations with activities like yoga, yard games, a silent disco, running the track and enjoying smoothies and trail mix! Thank you to all the staff and volunteers who made the event a joyful, positive experience centered on wellness!
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We are excited to welcome families and community members to our upcoming All Chorus Concert, Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM! This special evening will feature singers from across the district joining together in celebration of music and collaboration.

Student Arrival Information
-Colden Elementary students report at 6:10 PM in the Band Room (Room 118)
Concert dress - Yellow Music Department shirts
-Springville Elementary students report at 6:10 PM in the Library Media Center
Concert dress - Yellow Music Department shirts
-Springville Middle School students report at 6:15 PM in the Auditorium
Concert dress - concert black
-Springville High School students report at 6:15 PM in the Auditorium
Concert dress - concert black

The concert will begin promptly at 6:30 PM on the front steps of the High School.

Families should bring their own lawn chairs for seating. Bathrooms will be available in the HS using the front LMC doors.

Parking Information
General parking will be available on:
-North Buffalo Street (street closed)
-Back High School parking lot
-Eaton Street parking lot
**We kindly ask that available spots in the front parking lot be reserved for attendees with limited mobility.
***If parking on North Buffalo Street, please leave all of the residence driveways open and available to them.

Looking forward to a great night of music-making and sunshine with our students and families!

Thank you to everyone who supported the SES McTeacher Night! It was a blast celebrating with all of you while raising money for our school community. Seeing so many staff members, teachers, families, and students come together made the night incredibly special.

A sign of spring has hatched in Mrs. Russell's classroom! Once again, her students were able to learn about the early stages of a chicken's life firsthand. The students incubated the eggs and got to witness the fluffy little chicks emerge from their shells. They hatched 17 chicks!
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Join us for Springville Elementary's McTeacher's Night tonight from 4-7 PM at the Springville McDonald's.

Please join us for the SGI District Art Show at UNOVA from May 22 to June 8! Art from grades Pre-K to 12 will be on display weekdays from 4-7 PM and weekends from 11 AM - 2 PM. Join us for the opening reception on May 26 from 5-6:30 PM to celebrate all the artists!

Check out the SES Newsletter for May 2026! SES students are building momentum to finish the school year strong! Check out this month's newsletter here:
https://app.smore.com/n/v8n02

Please join us in congratulating the SES 4th & 5th Grade Band, Chorus and Orchestra on a wonderful Spring Concert performance last week!

The annual Springville Elementary Student Showcase and Art Show was a huge success! Student artwork lined the halls and the library, student work was on display in classrooms, and music was brought to the lobby by former teacher Donna Benstead and student singers. We also welcomed our fourth-grade Golden Griffin Sellers, fifth-grade Maple syrup sales, capital project engineers, and food trucks at this wonderful family event!
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SES 5th-grade students recently had the exciting opportunity to create their own metal sculptures in Art class. With guidance from High School Tech Teacher Mr. Timothy Baumgartner, students brought their original sketches to life using a plasma cutter — an experience that combined creativity with hands-on technical skills. Next, students will add color by spray painting their sculptures and enhance them with details and accents using paint markers. These unique creations will serve as lasting keepsakes of their hard work and creativity — a true life-long treasure.

Attention SES Families: The SES Student Showcase and Art Show will be held on Thursday, April 23 from 5:00-6:30 PM. Please join us for a fun night showcasing your student's accomplishments in the classroom and in specials classes! There will also be food trucks on-site. See you there!

After reading Marion Dane Bauer’s "In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb," students in Mrs. Duerr’s and Mrs. Spielberger’s first-grade classes at SES put their own spin on March weather.

Each student chose their favorite side—the roaring "Lion" storms or the gentle "Lamb" sunshine—and wrote about the reasons behind their choice. This project allowed our young writers to practice expressing opinions while exploring the changing seasons.

Students in Mrs. Duerr's and Mrs. Spielberger’s first-grade classes at Springville Elementary recently turned into young engineers. After studying the life cycle of chickens, the children faced a "farm-to-table" dilemma: how to safely transport an egg from a high hayloft to a ground-level nest.

The mission was to design a device that would allow a farmer to drop an egg without it breaking. Through trial, error, and plenty of creativity, these students explored the basics of physics and protection.
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Check out the SES Newsletter for April 2026! March is behind us, and spring activities have begun at SES! Check out this month's newsletter here:
https://app.smore.com/n/y7ja4

Last week, students had the opportunity to visit the Sugar Shack, where they learned about the process of making maple syrup. Mr. Chaddock and the fifth-grade students work hard each year to collect the sap from the grounds around SES and process the sap into golden maple syrup. The students once again made delicious maple candy, which was sold alongside the syrup in order to fund future activities and field trips.
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The Fourth Grade Golden Griffin Sellers are running a bustling business at Springville Elementary! The student entrepreneurs are involved in every part of the business - from their name to the products they sell to marketing and finances. They can be found most Wednesdays selling fun pens and pencils, bookmarks, keychains, lanyards and even plants in the SES lobby. Proceeds from their business fund the Gallivan Grant, a scholarship for a 5th grader to follow their passions in honor of the late Colleen Gallivan, as well as an end-of-year celebration for the fourth graders.
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Five students from SES earned a special experiential learning field trip to Julie’s Pizzeria! Each student made their very own pizza, chose their toppings, cooked their pizza, and then ate it! It was a fun way to connect with the community and learn how a kitchen runs! Thank you to Julie’s for collaborating with SGI to provide this opportunity!