Mrs. Tazelaar

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Important Dates to Remember

Upcoming Dates to look forward to in October:

October 27-31 - Red Ribbon Week
October 27 - PTO Parent Meeting @ 6pm in SPES cafe
October 28 - Fifth Grade Field Trip - Crystal Mines
October 28 - National Chocolate Day
October 31 - Eagle Rally @ 8:15am & Treat Day

Springhill Elementary Calendar of Events (CLICK)

“Renewal is the principle—and the process—that empowers us to move on an upward spiral of growth and change, of continuous improvement."

By: Stephen Covey

How Parents can help at HOME:

Literacy - Try 10 minutes of reading together or just listening to your child read.

Math - Play a math game with them to strengthen their skills with counting to 100, recognizing fact families, or multiplication facts.

For more detailed grade level standards being taught visit BPS Elementary Curriculum

Things Happening at Springhill

Hispanic Heritage Night

4th Grade Renaissance Festival

1st Grade at the Pumpkin Patch

Kindergarten at the Pumpkin Patch

Introducing our Student Principal & Asst. Principal for the Day

Principal Sawyer Childs

and his Asst. Principal Harrison Neely

It was such a joy watching our student principal and assistant principal take on all the responsibilities of running the school for half a day! They were issued walkies for emergencies, prepared the lost and found for parent-teacher conference night, supervised our paraprofessionals, and even jumped in to help the secretaries with some last-minute copying and sorting. These two students were incredible—showing leadership, responsibility, and teamwork every step of the way!

America's Safe School Week

October 19-25

This week, we want to give a huge THANK YOU to our amazing School Resource Officer — Officer Sublett!

Your dedication, kindness, and daily presence help make Springhill Elementary a safe and welcoming place for all students and staff.

Your different crazy, loud, huge hats allow our students, parents, and staff to see school is fun and full of smiles!

We’re so grateful for everything you do to protect and support our school family!

SPES PTO Information

https://www.facebook.com/SpringhillElementaryPTO

SAVE THE DATE! Parents, please join us for our upcoming meeting. We will be answering questions about upcoming events, fundraising efforts, and parent involvement opportunities. We look forward to seeing you there, answering your questions, and listening to feedback. If you’re unable to attend in person, we will post link for the meeting closer to the date.

Springhill PTO Needs Your Help!

Our amazing PTO is busy planning a Silent Auction, and we’d love your support! Each grade level will be creating a color-themed basket to contribute to the auction.

If you have questions about what to donate or how to participate, please check out the flyers below for more details.

Every contribution helps make this event a success — thank you for supporting our students and school community!

Leader In Me News

Springhill will be recognized at the November 20, 2025 Bryant School Board Meeting @ 6:00pm.

I’m thrilled to share some incredible news—Springhill Elementary has been designated as a Leader in Me Lighthouse Academic Honor Roll School, recognized for success in both Exemplary Academic Growth and Exemplary Academic Proficiency.

Even more remarkable, Springhill is the only school in Arkansas to earn this distinction and one of just eight schools in the entire nation to be recognized at this level!

This achievement speaks volumes about the dedication of Principal Deborah Tazelaar, Assistant Principal Chardae Creggett, the staff, and the students at Springhill. As Bryant’s only Leader in Me school, they are modeling how academic excellence and leadership culture can work together to create extraordinary results.

Congratulations to your team for supporting a school community that continues to shine so brightly—what a powerful reflection of the vision and heart within Bryant School District.

Keep shining,

Amber Moss

🌱 Leader in Me Focus

This month we’re spotlighting Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind and Habit 3: Put First Things First.
Ask your child:

“What’s your current WIG?”
“What lead measure are you tracking?”
“How did you put first things first today?

What does it mean to be a Leader in Me School?

Springhill Elementary began our Leader in Me journey in 2015 when we adopted FranklinCovey’s Leader in Me framework, based on Dr. Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. For us, this is more than just a program—it is a whole-school transformation model that helps students, staff, and families learn and apply essential leadership and life skills.

At Springhill, we believe every child is a leader. Being a Leader in Me school empowers our students to take ownership of their learning, develop lifelong leadership habits, and make a positive difference in their school and community. It’s about creating confident leaders, not just learners.

In November 2019, we were proud to be named a Leader in Me Lighthouse School, a distinction earned by only a select number of schools worldwide. The Lighthouse designation is a prestigious honor recognizing schools that demonstrate exceptional growth in student leadership, academic achievement, and school culture. This achievement confirmed what we already knew—Springhill shines brightly as a model of how leadership and learning go hand in hand. We are deeply grateful to our staff, students, families, and community for making this recognition possible. Together, we are lighting the way for others.

Now, we look forward to the next step in our adventure: becoming a Leader in Me Legacy School. A Legacy School not only achieves Lighthouse status but sustains it over time with excellence, consistency, and proven results. It represents the highest honor in the Leader in Me framework. Reaching this milestone will show that leadership is not just something we teach at Springhill—it is the very heart of who we are.

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