I hope you are enjoying your summer break! As you go about your summer fun, please make time to join us for our 16^th annual Springs Charter Schools Parent Ignite! Conferencehappening at your choice of two locations on either August 20 or August 22. Our Ignite! Conference is designed to be an inspiring day of learning for parents before the school year begins; our theme for the new school year is There’s No Place Like Springs!

After 19 Years, Springs is Still Putting Students First!

The past few months have been tough for charter schools in California on two fronts.

Our 2018-19 school year is ending, and that means it’s again time to bid a fond farewell to our graduating seniors. In 2019, 253 Springs seniors will graduate, up from 229 last year.

It’s hard to believe that we’re again nearing the end of another school year. I hope you and your families have some fun things planned for the summer. And to our graduating seniors, I look forward to seeing the exciting college and career choices you will be making as you graduate from Springs.

It was my great pleasure to participate in groundbreaking ceremonies for our new facilities for Springs’ Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy on March 18. Once complete, the school will have an office and 10 classrooms surrounding a hangar. We had a wonderful turnout of Springs families and staff, local elected officials and other friends of the school.

At Springs, we’re committed to keeping our students safe. We provide our staff with training on how to respond to a variety of emergencies, including health emergencies which can arise among our 8,812 students.

(See The Press-Enterprise article from February 11, 2019, added below)

Happy New Year!  I hope you’re enjoying winter break and we look forward to your return to school soon.

Season’s Greetings!

It’s been a busy few months! As you are no doubt aware, on November 6 California had the midterm election, which included the election of a new governor, Gavin Newsom. Our outgoing governor, Jerry Brown, has been a stalwart supporter of charter schools, vetoing legislation that would be harmful or unduly restrict our operation. Unfortunately, based on his stated positions, we have concerns that Governor-elect Newsom may seek to restrict or reduce charter school options.

It’s always exciting for me to see our Springs students volunteering their time and energy to help make our community a better place. One such student I’d like to highlight this month is Cecilia Clark, a 15-year-old 9^th grader with our KEYS program, who has launched two programs to help foster children in the Kamali’I Foster Family Agency in Lake Elsinore. Cecilia herself entered the foster system at age 5, and was part of it until age 10, when her parents, Wendell and Jeanne Clark of Menifee, adopted her.