February Dates to Remember
February 2 - Therapy Dog Visitation
February 2 - H&S 50/50 Drawing
February 9 - H&S Someone Special Dance
February 12 - The 100th Day of School!
February 13 - H&S Meeting
February 16 - School Closed / Staff Professional Development
February 19 - School Closed / Presidents’ Day
February 21 - BOE Meeting
Emergency Notifications
With the cold winter months ahead, please note that we will announce any school closings or early dismissals due to inclement weather in the following ways:
- Auto-calls & text messages via K12alerts (enrollment is required; if you did not previously enroll at the beginning of the year, you can self-enroll by clicking here);
- Pop-up alerts posted to our district website
- Email notification from the Superintendent (sent to "Guardian 1" from Genesis)
- Announcements via our district Facebook and Instagram accounts
Fun Friday Themes
- Friday, February 2nd - Wear Red Day to show support in the fight against heart disease.
- Friday, February 9th - Super Bowl Friday (wear your favorite team's gear even if their season ended in a spectacular dumpster fire and you're not at all bitter about it but let's just not talk about it ok)
- Thursday, February 15th - School Spirit Day
- Friday, February 23rd - Flashback Friday (which era will you choose to represent!)
Yearbooks on Sale
Substitute Teachers & Instructional Assistants Needed
Looking for a great opportunity to be a part of the best elementary school around? If so, we'd love to have you on our team as a substitute teacher or instructional assistant. To make this opportunity even better, the school district is now providing reimbursement for all costs associated with the substitute application process! After three days of service to the school, substitutes will be provided full reimbursement for costs associated with the criminal history background check (fingerprinting) and all application fees required by the state. Becoming a substitute for Springfield Elementary has never been easier!
Interested? Applying is as easy as sending an email to Miss Brielle Neroda (bneroda@springfieldschool.org), meeting with the Superintendent for a brief interview, and getting approved by the Board of Education. We'll walk you through the state application process and assist with scheduling your required fingerprinting. Substituting is a great way to help our school support a strong education for our amazing students!
Substitute instructional assistants must have a high school diploma; substitute teachers must have a high school diploma and a minimum of 60 semester-hour credits at a nationally accredited college or university OR completion of 30 semester-hour credits if enrolled in a nationally accredited college or university at the time of application.
Don't delay....join our team today!
Student Drop-Off Procedures
As a reminder for those families dropping off students in the morning, the drop-off window is 8:30 - 8:40 AM. If it is past 8:40, you must park and escort your child to the Main Office.
For the safety of our students, please do not let children out of vehicles until you've reached the green area noted in the image below. As a reference point, your vehicle must be beyond the sidewalk before your child(ren) are safe to exit the vehicle and enter the building. Thank you for your continued cooperation in making the car rider drop off safe.
Now Seeking Future Springfield Students!
Kindergarten registration is now open for children who will turn five-years-old by September 30, 2024. The registration form is attached and can also be found on our district website by clicking here
Registration for our 3-year-old and 4-year-old preschool programs is now open. Please note that students in our preschool programs must be fully toilet-trained. The PK-3 program runs each morning from 9:00 - 11:30AM, and the PK-4 program runs each afternoon from 12:30 - 3:00PM. Each program only accepts a limited number of enrollments, and registration is first-come first-served. Please see the attached registration form for full details or visit our website for registration and preschool information by clicking here. SPECIAL NOTE: Tuition rates for the 2024-25 preschool programs are set by the Board of Education in May.
Student Birthday Celebrations
- Birthday treats can be purchased directly from our cafeteria using the order form attached to this newsletter. To ensure the cafeteria has ample supply of the treats you'd like to order, we ask that the form is submitted at least two weeks prior to when you'd like the treats to be given out.
- You may send in treats for your child; however, ONLY prepackaged and sealed products are permitted. Due to a number of food allergies throughout the student population, we can only allow prepackaged and sealed products so that the ingredients list can be reviewed by our school nurse prior to any treats being given out. DO NOT send in any homemade items or loose items such as doughnuts or soft pretzels.
- Whether purchased from the cafeteria or sent in as a prepackaged & sealed product, all birthday treats will be given out during the student lunch periods.
Before & After School Care Available
Recycling Plastic Bags & Packaging
Tis the holiday season, and that typically means a lot more household trash and waste, especially plastic bags, wrap and film used for eCommerce.
These items should not be placed in curbside recycling buckets or recycling containers because they can jam and damage the sorting equipment used at Burlington County’s recycling center. But that doesn’t mean residents can’t dispose of these materials in a sustainable way.
The Burlington County Department of Solid Waste and Recycling has opened a new plastic bag/film/bubble wrap drop-off site at the Burlington County Resource Recovery Complex to give residents a location where they can safely dispose of these plastics in a manner that’s safe and environmentally sound.
Clean plastic packaging labeled with “2” or “4” symbols, along with plastic grocery bags, bread bags, newspaper sleeves, salt bags, dry cleaning bags, cereal bags, ice bags, bubble wrap, case over wrap, plastic shipping envelopes (including Amazon mailers), and pallet wrap will be accepted at the County drop-off.
The Resource Recovery Complex is located at 22000 Burlington-Columbus Road in Florence. It is open weekdays from 7 AM to 5 PM and on Saturdays from 7 AM to noon. Residents bringing these materials should go to the Scale House.
Get in touch!
Email: cvaughn@springfieldschool.org
Website: www.springfieldschool.org
Location: 2146 Jacksonville Jobstown Road, Jobstown, NJ, USA
Phone: 609-723-2479