Press Releases

Students photographed bearded dragons using iPad minis when they hosted acclaimed author and photographer David FitzSimmons at Springer School and Center on October 28 and 29. FitzSimmons spent two days at Springer, talking with students about his work as a photographer and writer of books about animals, and guiding the students as they created their own photos of a trio of the lizards.

Two students at Springer School and Center were chosen to have their artwork featured on the cover of the Journal of Learning Disabilities in 2015. Each year, three works of art are selected from those submitted by students with learning disabilities from across the country.

Two students who attend Springer School and Center received awards for their artwork at the Hyde Park Art Show on October 5, 2014. Eighth grader Josh Campbell won a 3rd place ribbon for his drawing of a leaf in pencil and charcoal.

It was an evening filled with fun and games for more than 300 guests at Springer School and Center’s annual fundraising event A Springer Celebration! 2014 on May 1.

Excitement is building for Springer School and Center’s annual fundraiser, A Springer Celebration! 2014, and one reason is the Grand Prize of a raffle – a 2-year lease on a 2014 Buick Encore, a sporty SUV equipped with OnStar navigation system and SiriusXM satellite radio.

For the first time in the 21-year history of the Maureen Wenker Artist in Residence program, Springer School and Center welcomed an alumna as the featured artist. Emily Moorhead attended Springer’s day school in the 1990s, and now works as an artist in Chicago.

Springer School and Center’s annual fundraising dinner will offer grown-ups a chance to be a kid again. A Springer Celebration! 2014, themed Let’s Play! An Evening as a Child, is set for May 1, 2014, from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m. In addition to dinner, cocktails and live and silent auctions, there will be a wide variety of fun activities, from playing with Silly Putty and pickup sticks to mini golf and tricycle races.

Students at Springer School and Center enjoyed working with two members of the Cincinnati Opera during the 2013-14 Norita Aplin Musician in Residence Program.

Two students at Springer School and Center were chosen to have their artwork featured on the cover of the Journal of Learning Disabilities in 2014. Each year, three works of art are selected from those submitted by students with learning disabilities from across the country.

Students at Springer School and Center in Hyde Park collaborated with Oregon artist Daniel Dancer this week to create a piece of art best viewed from atop a 50-foot crane. Wearing black shirts, Springer students and staff members each served as a drop of paint, filling in the outline of an eagle fashioned from mulch, sand and fabric on the school’s lawn.

Springer School and Center is pleased to welcome four new members to the Board of Trustees for the 2013-2014 school year.

Actor, producer, director and author Henry Winkler addressed a record-setting audience at Springer School and Center’s fundraising event A Springer Celebration! 2013 on April 24.