Bulldog Bulletin

• Message from the Principal
• Important Dates
• Spirit Week
• Penny Wars
• Springer Goes to Disney!
• Traveling Art Exhibit
• Spring Sports Updates
• Coffee with the Superintendent
• Springer Reading Challenge
• Springer Math Incentive Competition
• BARK Summer Program for Incoming 6th Graders
• BSD Summer Learning Opportunities
• AVID Showcase
• Delaware Scholastic Chess Championship
• Homework Club
• Schoology Access for Parents
• SAFE-DE
• Transportation: WheresTheBus App
• Volunteering at Springer Middle School

Springer Families,

If you pull up to Springer Middle School you will see our beautiful Japanese pear trees are beginning to bud. However, if you look at the base of these trees you will see tulips begin to sprout and blossom. Having a perfect view of these from my window I am taken aback by the symbolism. In the Fall of 2023, members of the Legacy Church donated tulip bulbs to Springer Middle School. On a warm September Saturday at Springer a year and a half ago we planted these bulbs around the bases of these trees so they could grow into beautiful flowers. We dug deep, took care of them, gave them water and put them in the best place to grow. Now they are beginning to flower and they are beautiful! All different colors and sizes, some are growing faster than others but they will mature into their final product. Completing their destiny to help make this wonderful school look even better.

The parallels between these flowers and our students are incredible. Our middle schoolers come to us in the late Summer/early Fall. We dedicate time to giving them what they need to be successful. Strong instruction, support emotionally and socially, and the right guidance to navigate school at the secondary level. Our students took on good weather and bad and are now blossoming into beautiful middle school students. Each with their own personality and traits that make them unique. Some of our students figure this out faster than others, but we are confident they will all reach their full potential. At the end of the day, they make Springer a beautiful place to be and we are thankful for both the flowers and the students!

If you have any questions, concerns, or need additional information please do not hesitate to contact me or one of my administrators. We are eager to help.

All The Best,

Dr. Sterling H. Seemans

Principal

2024-2025 Middle School Daily Rotation Schedule

BSD School Calendar

Athletics Calendar

• 4/14-4/17/25: Spirit Week
• 4/18-4/25/25: SCHOOLS CLOSED for Spring Break
• 5/1-5/2: ELA SBAC Assessments
• 5/5/25: Marking Period 4 Interim Period Ends
• 5/6-5/9/25: Math SBAC Assessments
• 5/12-5/14/25: NWEA MAP Reading Assessments
• 5/15-5/19/25: NWEA MAP Math Assessments

The Penny Wars results are in:

8th grade raised a total of $239.21

7th grade raised a total of $181.15

6th grade raised a total of $21.83

The total amount raised is $442.19 which will be rounded up to $450 from an anonymous contribution.

Once the silver coins were subtracted from the total amount

8th grade - $163.81

7th grade - $165.85

6th grade - $17.48

This makes 7th grade the big winner; however, 8th grade will also win a treat for raising the most money overall. Thank you to all who contributed to this wonderful cause.

Students and staff of our band, choral, and orchestra went to Disney World last week to compete in the Festival Disney music competition! Our students came home with awards and an experience that will last them a lifetime. We wanted to thank Mr. Baronio, Ms. Lee, Mrs. Ferrara, and all of the parent chaperones that made this amazing trip happen. We could not be prouder of our arts department and the exposure and experiences they provide our Springer students.

Over 550 people attended the Peace Art exhibit opening event in January that showcased your child’s artwork!

While the artwork was on display, a jury of community leaders reviewed the 546 visions of peace and selected the strongest messages of peace for the upcoming 2025-26 Pacem in Terris Traveling Peace Youth Art Exhibition. Your child’s artwork was selected to be part of the Pacem in Terris Traveling Peace Youth Art Exhibition!

This year, high quality reproductions of the artwork were made for display at over 25 locations statewide between May 2025 to April 2026. The reproductions allow us to get the original artwork back to you and provide longer and concurrent display time options! This means that your child’s artwork and messages of peace will have a lot of visibility. Over 200,000 people typically walk through the display locations which include state service centers, libraries, and family courthouses.

To celebrate this achievement, we hope your family can join us for a Traveling Peace Youth Art Exhibition Artist and Teacher Celebration on Wednesday, April 30th from 6-7 p.m. at Blue Ball Barn. Please see the attached invitation for how to RSVP and register early.

Springer Middle School - Alex A.

Springer Middle School - Kathryn D.

Springer Middle School - Lina N.

Springer Middle School - Sylvia S.

Springer Middle School - Talia D

Soccer

The girls soccer team started the season off with a 5-0 win over Odyssey Charter. The entire team played very well. Brynn Costenbader and Marley Richardson played lock down defense. Corine Hall played strong in goal. Everyone played well offensively. Emma Wallace and Ava Harrison each scored a goal and Emery Hailey scored 3 goals. The highlight of the game came when Emery Hailey pulled off a Maradona roulette spin while moving fast down the sideline to completely lose the defender leading fans and players from both sides to cheer loudly.

Track

The Springer Track & Field Team competed yesterday in a Tri-Meet at Gunning Bedford Middle School. Gunning Bedford M.S. and H.B. Dupont were our opponents. The official results are still coming in from Gunning Bedford's Track & Field Tri-Meet. The highlights however are the following: 8th Grader Calvin Davis placed 1st in the Boys 1600M, 800M, and the 110M Hurdles. 8th Grader Kayla Kelly placed a strong 2nd in the 100M and the 200M. Go Bulldogs!!Softball

The Lady Bulldogs recorded a big win over George Reed in their opening

game 14 - 0.

The game was shortened to 3 innings due to time restraints. Lady Bulldogs recorded 11 hits and 9 walks. Quinn Miracle was the winning pitcher.

Baseball

Bulldogs Baseball came from behind late yesterday to get the win over Gunning Bedford. Matt Sullinger threw 2 shout out innings to keep the Bulldogs in it. Wyatt Dryden tied the game in the fifth with a 2 RBI single, and Will Stewart followed with an RBI single to take the lead. Great win boys.

Softball

The Springer lady bulldogs defeated Gunning Bedford 17 - 2 in a run rule shortened game.

Isabel Oberly pitched for the win with Hailey Mullenix recording the save.

Lady bulldogs had 13 hits, Quinn Miracle had a homerun, Isabel Oberly, Scarlett Walther and Emma Young all had multiple hits, Oberly and Alli Manchin each had a triple.

Go Bulldogs !!!

Tennis

The tennis team won their first match of the season 8 games to 3. Winning for the bulldogs were the following teams:

Grace Chan/Elin Murray

Zach Glazier/Conner Tobin

Keenan O'Donnell/Vinny Caesar

Ethan Isabella/Adam Soloman

Tyler Moore/Jaxson Gaskill

Will Guarino/John Guarino

Lucas Strain/ Landon Williams

Gabe Holloway/Brodie Champeaux

Great job members of our tennis team.

We are excited to announce the start of our Springer reading challenge! Students will get rewarded with prizes for each book they read. The more books they read the better the prizes will be! Students will win snack line coupons, outside lunches, chances to win gift cards and more! Parents will need to fill out the google form below for every book they read. The google form will collect email addresses, which will be verified in the system. Students are encouraged to head to our library to check out a book. We will be tracking both individual progress and progress by grade level. The reading challenge will go on from Monday, March 10 through Thursday, April 17. Larger prize awards and a celebration of our overall winners will take place the week after Spring Break.

Reading challenge update as of 4/8:

6th grade – 43 books total; Top readers: Ava Harrison, 11 books; Will Dech, 10 books; Ellie Straub, 9 books

7th grade – 50 books total; Top readers: Zoey Quigley, 11 books, Amira Zogheib & Inbha Manikandan, 8 books each

8th grade – 49 books total; Special Shout Out to Daniel O’Brien for reading 1,100 pages of the Lord of the Rings trilogy! Kendall Barth in the lead

We are excited to announce our BARK Summer Program, which will take place the last week of July and first week of August. This is program to help incoming 6th graders with their transition to middle school. Students will learn about what it takes to thrive in middle school while meeting new friends and engaging in fun and enriching activities. If you have an incoming 6th grader or know someone who will be coming to Springer, please share this information. Please head to http://springer.brandywineschools.org/SBP for more information!

Talley Middle School is hosting an AVID showcase. This is an opportunity to learn more about what AVID is all about. AVID is a program we offer at Springer and if you are interested in having your child enrolled in AVID at Springer, please contact the school and ask to speak to a school counselor.

When Springer students return in January we are excited to announce our return of our Homework club! The Springer Homework Club is a voluntary after-school program providing academic assistance to students. Homework Club is a program which is held from 3:15 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. on Wednesdays. They meet in room 184 which provides a quiet place to study for each student to assist them in completing their assignments. There will be supervision and access to teachers and school tutors who have been trained to assist students in their studies. A Google form will be added to students' counselor corner page in Schoology for students to sign up, but it can also be found below:

https://forms.gle/KMqsPqenddDJFy8Q7

If you need help access Schoology as a parent to help support your child, please click the following link to access a document that will provide you step-by-step directions:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZjlNYAoqfGxHO3dciOvXU5JOb11Zj7-E69a7-lPn4w4/edit?usp=sharing

Families, you are encouraged to visit the following link on the BSD website to find out more information about Transportation. For your convenience, we have Where is the Bus app and a brand new bus scanner to help you see when your child(ren) are boarding the bus. Students will either enter their school IDs or lunch numbers. You will receive information in the upcoming weeks on when students will receive their school IDs. Happy Riding!! https://www.brandywineschools.org/families/transportation/bus-scanners

Springer Middle School relies on the generosity of time from our great families within the community. We welcome those who want to help be apart of our village and have a plethora of opportunities for volunteers to engage with our students and staff to better the middle school experience of our youth.

Parents who are interested in volunteering at Springer Middle School will need to follow the Brandywine School District's policy for background checks. Please follow this link: Volunteering at BSD to be properly cleared to work with our students. If you have questions, do not hesitate to contact the main office.

Background checks are good for 1 calendar year