
KELLY BOORTZ – PRINCIPAL, DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONKelly Boortz has roots in Georgia but quickly grew connected to the Springdale School District. When J.B.Hunt Transport tran...

Dr. Coby Davis literally gave blood to get a job in the Springdale School District. Scheduled to beinterviewed for a teaching job at Sonora Middle School, Davis accidentally cut hi...

Paul Griep’s parents never went to college but his mother wanted him to. It was a high school Spanish teacher who took enough interest in Griep to convince him to pursue higher edu...

Springdale High School principal Jason Jones has no idea where he would be if he had neverknown Kevin Brown. Living in a travel trailer in a junkyard, Jones struggled until he swit...

DEREK RATCHFORD SELECTED AS GROSVENOR TEACHER FELLOWSonora Middle School EAST instructor Derek Ratchford is only the second teacher from Arkansasever selected as a Grosvenor Teache...

SHAY HOPPER LOVES CHOICEShay Hopper loves choice. She always has. That’s why she loves the choices the SpringdalePublic School District offers its students. In her role as assistan...

Chelsea Jennings of Lakeside Junior High has been named Arkansas Secondary School Assistant Principal of the Year by the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators.
In he...

DTSOI INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE DEDICATION
“The state needs to have a thousand facilities like this one,” said Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Tim Griffin at the dedication of the ...

Bernice Young Elementary School has been named a 2020 Exemplary High Performing National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education. “I commend you for strivi...

Jennifer Taunton, a gifted and talented teacher at Linda Childers Knapp Elementary School and Jennifer Malugen, a GT instructor at Monitor Elementary, are among the five teachers i...

Steven Silvey moved from Oklahoma to Springdale as he was set to begin the third grade. He didn’t know anyone and he was quiet and shy. His teacher, Cindy Paxson, made the transiti...
Forbes Magazine has ranked Springdale Public Schools number four on its Best-in-America Employers list for Arkansas. Of entities based in Arkansas, only Arc Best in Fort Smith (num...

Shelly Porter, who just joined the Westwood Elementary staff as Library Media Specialist, is one of only 98 teachers in the U.S. to have participated in the National History Day su...


Here is the schedule for Students taking classes virtually or blended to pick up Chromebooks at the Don Tyson School of Innovation.
Superintendent Dr. Jared Cleveland has been named Administrator of the Year by the Arkansas Association of School Personnel Administrators! Congratulations! #THEChoice

For the first time in its 54-year history the Springdale Chamber of Commerce will stage its Teacher Appreciation Breakfast virtually. Perry Webb and Bill Rogers of the Chamber visi...

Here is some great news! With One Step: The Arkhan Langenbelik story is an Official Selection of the 2020 Bentonville Film Festival! Amazing stories like his are why Springdale is ...

Abbie Russell was presented her Regional Teacher of the Year Award by Governor Asa Hutchinson and Commissioner of Education Johnny Key. #THEChoice