News Archive

  • Holiday resources

    12/3/2019 - Community agencies providing free meals, winter items, gifts & more.

  • HGD curriculum review

    12/2/2019 - Grades 7 & 8 curriculum preview: Dec. 7, from 9:30-11 a.m. at Glover, and Dec. 9, from 6-7:30 p.m. at Sacajawea.

  • School Board notes

    11/21/2019 - From the Nov. 20 meeting: Legislative priorities, policy & procedure revisions, special ed update, year-end finance report & more.

  • All-State music students

    11/18/2019 - Congratulations to the SPS music students accepted into the All-State Honor Ensembles for 2020.

  • Calendars available

    11/8/2019 - School calendars for the next three years are now available for your planning purposes.

  • School Board notes

    11/7/2019 - From the Nov. 6 meeting: Highly Capable services, student behavior, vaping, policy & procedure revisions, and more.

  • School Board notes

    10/24/2019 - From the Oct. 23 meeting: vaping, key performance indicators, staffing & enrollment, and more.

  • Remember to vote!

    10/23/2019 - Mail your ballot by Nov. 5. Dropboxes will be open until 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 5.

  • Snow makeup day: Jan. 27

    10/23/2019 - We will have school on Monday, Jan. 27, to make up for the Oct. 9 snow day.

  • School Board notes

    10/16/2019 - From the Oct. 9 meeting: contract agreement, Glover MS design, tech implementation plan, safety & security workplan & more.

  • Circle of Security Parenting

    10/15/2019 - Thanks to an SPS Foundation grant, Bemiss parents are learning how to better understand their child’s emotions.

  • Stories from our schools

    10/14/2019 - With more than 31,000 students and 3,000 staff, SPS has many stories to share. What's happening at your school? Let us know!

  • School closure/delay info

    10/14/2019 - SPS will be open as scheduled, regardless of weather, unless a closure or late start announcement is made.

  • Request for proposals

    10/11/2019 - SPS is pleased to release this year’s Request for Proposals for new charter schools. Please read the RFP for details and timelines.

  • Glover groundbreaking

    10/4/2019 - Join us Oct. 10 at 2:30 p.m. as we officially begin the Glover Middle School replacement project.

  • We need you!

    9/30/2019 - Any community member, parent or staff member can apply to be part of the Boundary Adjustment Committee. Applications are due Oct. 25.

  • Principal of the Year!

    9/24/2019 - Congrats to Logan Principal Brent Perdue, who was named Distinguished Elementary Principal of the Year for 2019

  • Groundbreaking ceremony

    9/23/2019 - Please join us Tuesday, Oct. 1, as we kick off the Shaw Middle School, Hillyard Library & On Track Academy projects
    9:30 a.m. @ Shaw

  • Design Open House 9/19

    9/17/2019 - Join us for the Glover Middle School design open house Sept. 19 from 5-7 p.m. in the Glover cafeteria. Drop in any time!

  • Thank you, community!

    9/17/2019 - 28 local organizations helped Bite2Go XL get critical food supplies to at-risk teens at middle & high schools

  • Congrats, AP Scholars!

    9/6/2019 - 402 students scored well enough on last year’s Advanced Placement exams to earn special designations.

  • First day of K!

    9/3/2019 - Kindergarteners start school Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 8:30 a.m.

  • New Linwood opens

    8/22/2019 - Ribbon cutting: Aug. 29, 8:15 a.m.
    Dedication: Sept. 12, 8:45 a.m.
    Community open house: Sept. 14, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

  • Teacher leadership grant

    8/8/2019 - $100,000 from the Ellison Foundation will help develop Visual Thinking Strategies in SPS this year

  • Express Registration

    8/2/2019 - Express Childcare can be found from your school homepage using "View Our Schools" above.

  • New ways to engage

    7/30/2019 - Three new digital tools improve convenience, access, and availability of information

  • Fliers going mobile

    7/17/2019 - Gone are the days of lost or forgotten school fliers buried at the bottom of a backpack.

  • New charter school

    6/27/2019 - Lumen High School, set to open in August 2020, will serve pregnant teens and teen parents.

  • Assessing Safety & Security

    6/21/2019 - Safe Havens International delivered its final School Safety, Security and Emergency Preparedness Assessment Report.

  • Curriculum review

    6/18/2019 - SPS is reviewing Human Growth & Development and Social Emotional Learning materials. They are now available for review.

  • Summer registration info

    6/18/2019 - Register new elementary and middle schoolers at the administration building, 200 N. Bernard, through Aug. 14.

  • Partner of the Year

    6/5/2019 - Gonzaga University named Logan Elementary their Community Partner of the Year.

  • Congrats, Class of 2019!

    5/14/2019 - Check our list of SPS graduations to find out when your favorite seniors get to move their tassels.

  • School Board notes

    5/9/2019 - From the June 12 meeting: charter school forum, policy & procedure review, whole child focus update, program and intervention model & more.

  • Congrats, Spokane Scholars

    4/8/2019 - Annual event honors student accomplishments in English, Fine Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies and World Languages.

  • Boundary changes

    3/18/2019 - With the addition of three new SPS middle schools, attendance boundaries will need to be adjusted following approved guidelines.

  • Early release Friday

    2/24/2019 - These 12 early release days allow teachers time to work with their peers around student improvement.

  • School Board meeting 3/12

    2/24/2019 - Meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the SPS Administration building.

  • Congrats, SPS musicians!

    1/23/2019 - More than 5,000 students auditioned to be part of the All-Northwest and All-State Honor Ensembles for 2019.

  • Festival of the Arts is Nov. 19

    1/17/2019 - Visual and performing arts students will participate in the Festival of the Arts, Monday, Nov. 19. The celebration culminates in a free public concert at 7:30 p.m. at the First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.

  • Board notes: 2/13 mtg.

    2/24/2019 - Featuring: Student behavior policy update, threat assessment protocol, bond results, boundary info & more.

  • Don't post this to elems

    2/26/2019 - This shouldn't show on Adams. It is a news item that will only display on the SPS homepage, and nowhere else.