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What a GREAT evening! It was so much fun seeing our amazing families, reconnecting with familiar faces, meeting new ones, and feeling all the excitement building for a brand-new school year!

From good food and great conversations to smiles, laughter, and getting to know our teachers—we couldn’t have asked for a better way to kick off the year!

Thank you to our community partners—Saint Francis Foster Care, Urban League of Kansas, Wichita Collective Impact, Southwest Electric, Fred Douglass Lodge No. 99, and Lutie A. Brown Chapter No. 16, OES PHA. We greatly appreciate you!

We are READY for 2026–2027!

Ready to learn.
Ready to grow.
Ready to build relationships.
Ready to make this our BEST year yet!

Thank you to all of our families and staff who came out and helped make the night so special. We’re excited for everything this school year has in store!

We are excited to see our students on the first day of school, Thursday, August 13! Drop-off begins at 8:45 a.m.

#20262027

🐯🔥 Spaght Families — Join us for Chill & Grill! 🔥🐯

Come meet your child’s teacher, visit with Spaght staff, and kick off the new school year with us!

📅 Monday, August 10
⏰ 6:00–7:00 PM
📍 Spaght Playground

We’ll be outside on the playground enjoying the evening together. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, we’ll move inside to the cafeteria.

📚 Reminder: The first day of school is Thursday, August 13!

We can’t wait to see our Spaght Tigers and their families! 🐾🧡🖤

🐯🔥 ¡Familias de Spaght — acompáñennos a nuestro Chill & Grill! 🔥🐯

¡Vengan a conocer al maestro o maestra de su hijo, visitar al personal de Spaght y celebrar con nosotros el comienzo del nuevo año escolar!

📅 Lunes, 10 de agosto
⏰ 6:00–7:00 p. m.
📍 Área de juegos de Spaght

Nos reuniremos afuera en el área de juegos. Si hace mal tiempo, nos reuniremos adentro en la cafetería.

📚 Recordatorio: ¡El primer día de clases es el jueves 13 de agosto!

¡Esperamos ver a nuestros Tigres de Spaght y a sus familias! 🐾🧡🖤

Congratulations to our Good Apple recipients! Spaght is Great because of people like you!

Spaght Families,

Please join us in congratulating this week’s Spaght Tigers Students of the Week! 🐯
We are proud of the hard work, kindness, leadership, and positive choices these students have shown. Keep up the great work!

Here are a few important reminders from this week’s podcast:

Wednesday, May 20
Kindergarten Promotion
2:00 to 3:00 PM

Thursday, May 21
5th Grade Promotion
10:00 to 11:00 AM

Thursday, May 21
Last Day of School

We are so proud of all of our students as we get ready to celebrate the end of the school year. Thank you for your continued support!

Spaght families,

We are sharing several upcoming Kansas Food Bank mobile food and produce distributions available in Wichita.
Upcoming distributions include:

May 15 at 4:30 PM
Word of Life Church, North Campus
915 E 53rd St N

May 21 at 2:00 PM
Urban League of Kansas
2418 E 9th St N

May 22 at 4:45 PM
New Life Church
1156 N Oliver

May 29 at 1:00 PM
Progressive Missionary Baptist Church
2727 E 25th St N

May 30 at 9:00 AM
HealthCore Clinic
2707 E 21st St N

June 5 at 1:00 PM
Evergreen Park
2700 N Woodland

June 5 at 4:30 PM
Word of Life Church, South Campus
2020 E Blake St

June 12 at 2:00 PM
Evergreen Park
2700 N Woodland

All distributions are available while supplies last. Guests will sign in with basic information about their household. For questions, call the Kansas Food Bank at 316 265 FOOD, or visit kansasfoodbank.org/ictmobiles for more upcoming mobile distributions.

Wichita Monthly Mobile Distributions – Kansas Food Bank Wichita Monthly Mobile DistributionsBy Kansas Foodbank / December 29, 2025 In Wichita, there are 44 square miles of the city that are considered to be “food deserts” – meaning that food is not readily accessible in those areas for neighbors living there. While many of our partner pantries work...

What an amazing day at our Epic Showcase for the Code to the Future program!

We are so proud of our students and staff for all of the hard work, creativity, and teamwork that went into making this event such a success. Our students did an incredible job sharing their projects, explaining their thinking, and showing what they have learned through coding, building, and problem solving.

A huge thank you to our families, school staff, district leaders, board members, and community partners who came out to support our students. Your presence means so much, and it helped make this day feel even more special.

We are thankful for the opportunity to be part of a program that helps prepare our students for the future while giving them hands-on learning experiences they can be proud of.

Way to go, Spaght Tigers! You make Spaght great!

Spaght families,

We wanted to share a great resource with you. Kansas Food Bank will be providing free salad kits at Evergreen Resource Center on Thursday, May 14, starting at 10:00 AM.

Distribution will be inside the building and will continue while supplies last.

Evergreen Resource Center
2601 N. Arkansas, Wi

Please see the flyer for more information.

Spaght Families,

Please join us in congratulating this week’s Spaght Tigers – Students of the Week! 🐯
We are proud of the hard work, kindness, leadership, and positive choices these students show each day. Keep up the great work!

We also have two exciting events coming up next week:

Monday, May 11 – Spaght Spring Code to the Future Showcase
Parents and community partners are invited to come see our students show off their coding projects!

Presentation Schedule:
Kindergarten: 2:00–2:30
2nd–5th Grade: 2:30–3:30
Formal Presentation: 3:00–3:30
1st Grade: 3:30–4:00

Please use the QR code on the flyer to sign up if you plan to attend.

This is a great opportunity to celebrate the creativity, problem-solving, teamwork, and perseverance our students have shown through their coding projects.

Thursday, May 14 – Spaght Skate Night
Join us from 6:00–8:00 PM at Roller City for a fun evening with our Spaght community.

We hope to see our families at these exciting events. Thank you for continuing to support our students and our school!