“School should be about providing a sense of hope for all, not achievement for the few.”

A legendary teacher once defined the purpose of education,”You are not engaged so much in acquiring knowledge as in making mental efforts under criticism. A certain amount of knowledge you can indeed, with average facilities, acquire so as to retain; nor need you regret the hours you have spent on much that is forgotten, for the shadow of lost knowledge at least protects you from many illusions. But you go to a school for the habit of attention, for the art of expression, for the art of assuming, at a moment’s notice, a new intellectual posture; for the art of entering quickly into another person’s thoughts; for the habit of submitting to censure and refutation; for the art of indicating assent or dissent in graduated terms; for the habit of regarding minute points of accuracy; for the habit of working out what is possible in a given time; for taste, for discrimination, for mental courage and mental soberness. Above all, you go to a school for self-knowledge.”

At Springfields Public School, we aim to help each student develop a view of themselves that is accurate, positive, and enthusiastic about the opportunities adult life will bring.

We start by helping students understand who they are (character development) and how they learn (strong academic foundation) in the lower classes. They are taught to learn and play together while embracing the school’s cardinal principles of fortitude, justice, temperance, and prudence.

In the middle classes , we foster a desire to explore new and diverse subjects, ideas, perspectives, and experiences. In the senior classes, we empower our students with leadership roles in daily academic and extracurricular life. This culminates in extraordinary student activities, athletics, and academic initiatives.

The consistent theme throughout all years is self-discovery and growth. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, “It is today that we create the world of the future.”