SPRING LAKE SCHOOL

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Happy New Year! Just a friendly reminder to please check your Teacherease student account balances.

SuperSTEM returns! 🧠 🧪 This afternoon, our 3rd–6th grade students became animal researchers as they explored SuperSTEM science articles. They read, compared, and analyzed information to identify the main idea and key details about amazing animals from around the world. Students are now creating poster presentations to showcase their learning — stay tuned for their finished products! 🎨📚

Our first and second graders have been studying states of matter. To reinforce the idea that liquids can freeze into solids, students made lemonade slushies!

First grade has been having fun learning about different kinds of energy through hands-on activities! They've explored sound, light, and heat energy. To learn about sound energy, students made cup phones using two cups and a tight string. When a student talked into one cup, the cup and string vibrated, and the sound traveled all the way to the other cup! We learned that sound moves through vibrations and works best when the string is pulled tight. They also investigated heat energy with a colorful experiment. Students watched food coloring mix into hot, room temperature, and cold water. The food coloring spread fastest in hot water, slower in room temperature water, and slowest in cold water. Students learned this happens because heat makes water particles move faster, helping the color spread more quickly. These experiments helped students see, hear, and understand how energy works in the world around them!

ECE (Early Childhood Education) Screening Information!

January Menus

A note from PTC: PTC Meeting 12/31– Spaghetti Supper Planning Tomorrow, December 31 at 10:00 AM at the school, the PTC will be holding a meeting to discuss details for the upcoming Spaghetti Supper. If you have time, please come join us. This event is always a big success and is well loved by our community, and we want to work together to make it another great year for our kids and school. If you are unable to attend the meeting but would still like to help with the event, please reach out so we can make sure to connect with you about ways you can help. Remember—without volunteers, these events cannot happen. The Spaghetti Supper helps fund many fun and meaningful activities for our students. Volunteering doesn’t just have to be moms or dads—it can include aunts, uncles, grandparents, older siblings, or anyone in the community who wants to help support our school. We hope to see you there! Thank you, Samantha Trumpy PTC

🎄✨ We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ✨🎄

We hope everyone is enjoying a joyful and restful winter break filled with special moments and time with loved ones. ❄️💙

We look forward to welcoming our students back to the building on Tuesday, January 6 and kicking off a wonderful new year of learning together!

Enjoy the rest of your break. We’ll see you soon!

We wrapped up the last day of school with lots of holiday cheer! Kindergarten enjoyed a fun puzzle exchange, while first and second grades shared the joy with a book exchange. Our K–2 students celebrated with festive party stations, including Pin the Heart on the Grinch, decorating gingerbread houses, Punch a Pine, making reindeer food, and enjoying root beer floats! Students in grades 3–6 also had a wonderful, festive day filled with Christmas fun! They created special gifts for their families, played games, enjoyed party snacks, and had root beer floats with friends. We wish all of our families a safe, restful, and joyful Christmas break. We look forward to welcoming students back to the building on Tuesday, January 6.

Today, Spring Lake had an incredible time attending Rivermen Education Day! Along with 9,211 students, educators, and families in attendance, our students enjoyed a day filled with excitement and school spirit. Thank you to the Peoria Rivermen for hosting such a fun and engaging experience. We loved being part of it!

Another year of being blessed by Cindy! Ensuring that every Spring Lake student has a hat was a tradition started by her dear friend, Darla, who was both an incredible teacher and person. Darla helped make hats for many students and schools, including ours. In her memory, Cindy has continued this meaningful tradition since Darla’s passing in 2020. We are so grateful for her kindness and generosity. Thank you, Cindy! ❤️

Just a friendly reminder to mark your calendars that Friday, December 19th is early dismissal at 1:30 pm for Winter Break. Winter Break is from December 22, 2025, thru January 5, 2026. Looking forward to seeing everyone on January 6, 2026. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Just a reminder that Friday, Deecmber 12, 2025 students will be dissimed at noon.

🎄 Christmas Program Day! 🎄 Our students have been working so hard to prepare for tonight’s Christmas program, and we can’t wait for you to see all their effort shine on stage! ❄️ Reminder: Today is a 1:30 PM dismissal. ❄️ Program: Tonight at 6:00 PM ❄️ Doors Open: 5:30 PM ❄️ Student Arrival: Please have your child in their classroom by 5:45 PM. We hope to see you there as we celebrate the season together! ❤️🎶

Next week is our countdown to Christmas break spirit week!

We’re excited to see everyone tomorrow for our annual Christmas Program! Early dismissal is at 1:30 PM, and students should be in their classrooms by 5:45 PM for the 6:00 program. Join us for a joyful evening of holiday music and fun!

PTC update for Santa's Secret Shop - please get those shopping lists turned in.

A message from our PTC: For the latest updates/events, make sure to follow their page (Spring Lake School PTC)! “📣PTC Leadership Update We would like to share that our former PTC President, Vanessa Watson, has stepped down from her position. We are grateful for her time, dedication, and leadership. Our current Vice President, Samantha Trumpy, will be stepping into the role of PTC President, which now leaves the Vice President position open. If you are interested in taking on this role, please reach out to any of our PTC members Samantha Trumpy, Amber Darrow and DeAnna Thomas and plan to attend our next meeting (date to be determined). Thank you for your continued support and involvement in our PTC!”

December Bobcat Bulletin