Delaware Elementary School

Happy Throw Back Thursday!

Today, we reflect back on our Unified Schools Art Gallery Walk. Unified Champion Schools is a program through the Special Olympics that strives to promote social inclusion through sports and clubs by pairing developmentally disabled students with non-disabled peers. During the 24-25 school year, we held our first UCS event--a bowling club and family bowling night.
In the fall, we are holding a Unified Art Club, in which students worked together to create 5 different art pieces that were displayed during our culminating event—a Gallery Walk family night.

Thank you to our Unified Schools sponsor, Caitlyn Foutch. Mrs. Foutch continually fosters and provides opportunities for inclusion. Our Delaware community is grateful for her impact.

We look forward to you all attending or your student participating in one of our Unified Champion School events during the 26-27 school year!

We are so grateful that Dr. Lathan came to Delaware to pass our books for the summer reading challenge! Shout out to our STUCO students who read to students and helped pass out books. We appreciate their leadership and modeling a love for reading. 📚💚

Welcome to Delaware, Wednesday! 👋😃💚

Help us welcome Rachel Wirth, our new 4th-grade teacher!

Ms. Wirth is thrilled to be joining the Delaware team as a 4th-grade teacher! Mrs. Wirth has a high value on connection and community in her classroom, which she feels aligns with Delaware's values.

Mrs. Wirth is learning ASL with the goal of being fluent. She recently learned to crochet, loves to read, bake, and spend time outdoors with her dog Butter.

Welcome to our summer series☀️, Throw Back Thursday! Our first throw back is our STUCO Family Night!

Our Delaware families enjoyed community time, a movie , pizza meals, snacks, and a raffle!

Our student leaders called local business to get donations to raffle during the event. Our students raised $803 for Make-a-Wish!

We are grateful for Mrs. Kennedy’s support in developing student leaders and the generous support of the Delaware community! 💚

Families,

Unfortunately, it looks like we have significant rain in the forecast for tomorrow. We plan to host a picnic-style lunch in the building. Below you will see the assigned spots per grade level. You are still welcome to sign your kids out after, but we request that you stay in the students' assigned area. You are welcome to bring blankets and chairs.

4th and 5th grade- Gym
2nd and 3rd grade- Purple pod
1st and Kindergarten- Blue Pod
Early Childhood- Lunchroom

You must register at the link below to ensure you can enter quickly. Any parent attending the 5th-grade promotion does not need to fill it out if you have already filled out the form for 5th grade promotion.

https://tinyurl.com/LOLRAIN26

Delaware kids, got talent! Our students showed off their talent, creativity, and passion at our annual talent show. We so proud of our students! Families, thank you for sharing your gifted kiddos with us! 💚

Lunch on the Lawn is May 22nd at 11:00 am. You are welcome to bring outside lunch to your child. Please let your child’s classroom teacher know if you are bringing lunch, so the student doesn't get a sack lunch from the lunchroom.

Below is the map of where students will be sitting. If you prefer to sit elsewhere, you will need to sign your student out. This ensures that teachers are not trying to collect students at the end of lunch. If your student will be staying at school, please stay seated with their class. If you plan to sign your student out, please let the teacher know so that the student can bring their belongings.

We are excited to celebrate a great school year with our Delaware community!

Field Day 2026! 🏐🧽🏃‍♀️

Our students had a blast at Field Day! Thank you Coach for planning a fun and engaging experience for our students. Thank you to our volunteers for donating your time. 💚

A BIG thank you to Foundation for Springfield Public Schools for funding our school wide field trip to Dickerson Park Zoo.

Each of our classes did a research project, based on a grade level standard, around animals you would find at the zoo. Today our students have set up a gallery walk to share their projects. I am so proud of our commitment to growth and learning.

Our Cardinals' Baseball Night has been rescheduled for May 26th at 6:35 pm. Students will bring home 2 physical tickets today.