Springhurst Elementary School

Reminder- Wednesday June 19th the Dobbs Ferry Schools are closed.

Ages 5-10: Come to a Juneteenth Celebration on Wednesday June 19 at 3-4pm!

Celebrate Juneteenth with a storytime and fun activities!

Registration REQUIRED: email [email protected] to register!

Big week for Earth Day celebrations!

Rivertowns Students Crush Earth Month Throughout the Rivertowns, students hold events that help planet Earth

Springhurst Cabbage Patch Kids!

The Annual Dobbs Ferry Schools Foundation is right around the corner and is always a fun evening with friends!

The Dobbs Ferry Schools Foundation 2024 Fundraising Gala is coming up Friday, May 3rd! See flyer and note below for details:

The Dobbs Ferry Schools Foundation cordially invites you to join us at the 2024 Fundraising Gala.

This annual event serves as our most significant opportunity to raise funds to support our mission of enhancing the public education system for Dobbs Ferry students. We fund district and teacher-led grants across all three Dobbs Ferry public schools to promote excellence in all facets of learning.

Your participation through ticket purchases, donations, and bidding in the auctions enables us to continue to provide vital support for our schools. Get ready for an evening filled with dancing, delectable food, and exciting auctions!

We hope you can join us at this memorable event.

Mr. Rosen's Illustrative Mathematics website provides multiple resources to support families K-8. Check it out!

April is Math Awareness Month and Josh Rosen, the District's K-8 Math Specialist, has created a website to support families with mathematics. His Illustrative Mathematics (IM) site has extensive videos, letters, activities, and other resources to aid families in understanding and participating in their child's mathematics education. The website even breaks IM down by units of study for each grade. Please take a look and enjoy this helpful resource!
https://sites.google.com/dfsd.org/illustrative-mathematics-k-8/home

Kindergarten Orientation for the Springhurst "Class of 2036" See more information and photos below.

Members of the DFHS Thesbian Honor Society facilitated two IMPROV Workshops at the elementary school for the entire 2nd grade. Each class participated in a 45 minute session that included a number of fun improv activities including Mashed Potatoes, Outer Space, Popcorn, Wind, Feathers, Mud and Fire. Springhurst students loved this creative time and so did the teachers. Shout out to HS/MS Vocal Music & Theatre Director Georgia DeFalco and her HS students for helping the Thespian Honor Society bring this community service project to our younger students.

Happy National Public Schools Week 2024!
Public Schools Week (2/26-3/1) is an annual, week-long celebration to honor the invaluable contributions and achievements of educators, administrators, board members and support professionals in our public schools and the communities they serve.

The District Orchestra Concert is tonight at 7:30 in the High School Auditorium featuring string students from grades 4-12. It's a wonderful evening of music, and to see the progression of musical ability is inspiring for younger students. Hope to see you there?!

Check out the 3rd graders amazing "FROGECT" Museum photo album! Each student conducted research on their chosen frog, wrote a detailed written report and also created individual diaramas of their frog in its habitat. The students were able to visit every 3rd grade classroom to see other projects. This was a special culmination of the grade's interdisciplinary study of frogs. Ask a 3rd grader for some fun frog facts!

For Valentine's Day and Kindness Week (2/12-2/16), Springhurst 4th graders decided to spread the love and make donations to the Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry. The donations are also part of a larger learning lesson. Each student brought $1-$5 to school and the kids, working in groups, pooled their money. Using the Stop & Shop flyer for the week, they budgeted what they would buy and did some comparison price shopping with the funds they collected. The students created their shopping lists from suggested items the Food Panty needed, walked to the supermarket and purchased and helped bag their groceries.

This hands-on experience enables the students to apply math skills, but also play a role in positively impacting their community. The children will present the Food Pantry with their donated items at an assembly prior to vacation. Approximately 145 students participated in this wonderful activity. Shout out to 4th grade teachers Giuliano/Gilson, Ferri/Kaminski, LaPorte, Armstrong, Foresti, Turnenchalk, Mair and Ortega! Many thanks to Dobbs Ferry's Stop & Shop Supermarket!