
Box
Tops are being collected throughout the
school year to help raise money for the
8th Grade Class. Please
check your grocery items, neatly cut, and
turn
in to your homeroom teacher by collection
date:
February
10

Dear Parents,
We would like to invite your son to participate
in the Kickapoo Basketball Academy held at
Cherokee Middle School.
The Academy
is designed to help future Kickapoo students
develop
their fundamentals in basketball. The Kickapoo
Basketball Academy coaches are current
Kickapoo, Cherokee and Carver basketball
coaches, as
well as some current and former Kickapoo
players. The cost for the camp is $10 per
session.
The camp is not just for the boys who were
on the basketball team this season. We have
a wide array of talent levels at the camp with
one thing in common, all of the kids improve
as they work In our fundamental stations.
Upcoming dates (All Sundays through the end
of February):
February
12th,
February 19th,
February 26th
Grades
6-8 session from 1:00-2:15 at Cherokee
Middle School
Grades
3-5 session from 2:15-3:30 at Cherokee
Middle School
Grades
K-2 session from 2:30-3:30 at
Cherokee Middle School
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Cherokee
Girls' Soccer

Who:
6th, 7th & 8th
grade girls
When:
Parent / player team meeting & Thursday,
Feb 16th 6:30pm at
Where:
Cherokee Middle School Cafeteria
Practice starts Sunday, February 26th 10:00am
at Lake Country Soccer Dome.
Questions call or email:
Brad Heeren -
417-848-7079
The Foundation for Springfield Public Schools
is currently taking nominations for the 2012
Turner Reading Awards which recognizes five
outstanding reading teachers in Springfield
Public Schools.
Nomination
forms can be accessed at www.supportsps.org or
here, and
should be submitted to the Foundation for
Springfield Public Schools. Nominations
are
accepted from anyone in the community, teachers,
principals, students and parents. The nomination
deadline is February 13, 2012.
The award includes a $2,000
cash prize for all five winners to be split
between the teacher
and his or her school’s reading program.
This will mark the 11th year for the Turner
Reading Awards, established and supported by
the Turner family of Springfield. Teachers
are rewarded who show an excellence in teaching
reading in the classroom and instill in students
a love of learning to read. This award is managed
and administered by the Foundation for Springfield
Public Schools.
If you have any questions please contact the
Foundation office at 417-523-0144.