Spruce Elementary News Today

The holidays are a period of incredible opportunity for school fundraising, but they can also present unique challenges.

South San Francisco will be lowering speed limits to 15 mph around school zones as it seeks to improve safety and walkability for kids.

Private First Class James Ellinor grants his 10-year-old brothers Christmas wish by surprising him at Spruce Elementary in Port Orange, Florida

“It just gets our people more realistic views of what would happen if this happened in real life,” said Captain Jerry Vogel with the Westlake Police Department.

New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI/ATK): The sixth NYC Green School Conference was held at SUNY Maritime College on September 24, 2022.

The students at Spruce Elementary hosted an international arctic design contest to inspire other kids to learn more about the Arctic region.

Edmonds School Board discusses plans for return to in-person learning this fall Posted: May 14, 2021 47 Edmonds School District Superintendent Gustavo Balderas provides an update on school building re-entry during the May 11 school board meeting. With plans to return students to in-person learning starting this fall, the Edmonds School Board Monday night discussed several matters that need to be addressed before the school district brings students back to classrooms five days a week. Du...

MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: May 8, 2021 18 Spring fever is described by Wikipedia as “any of a number of mood, physical, or behavioral changes, which may be experienced coinciding with the arrival of spring” with restlessness and laziness among the options. Anyone who has been in a classroom around this time knows the feeling and those of us trying to find new and exciting ways to get kids to buy into ‘finishing strong’ know it as well – though obviously this year is different and...

MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 28, 2021 118 The Edmonds School Board Tuesday night heard from Spruce Elementary School second-grade students about their work to help orphaned baby bears at PAWS in Lynnwood. Due to a drop in student enrollment, the Edmonds School District is working to find jobs for dozens of displaced teachers or risk issuing them pink slips by mid-May. Since March 2020, the district has seen an enrollment decrease of 173 FTE students. At the Edmonds School Board of Dire...

School board to discuss 2021-22 staffing, district policy amendments at April 27 meeting Posted: April 25, 2021 49 Due to a decrease in student enrollment, the Edmonds School District Board of Directors’ Tuesday will consider adopting a reduced educational plan for the 2021-22 school year. At its April 27 business meeting, the board will hold the first reading for a reduced educational program that may see some staffing reductions. Impacted staff are set to be notified by May 15. Als...