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Springfield Park Elementary School is a public elementary school in Glen Allen, Virginia, serving students from kindergarten to fifth grade. It is located in the Three Chopt District of Henrico County, and is part of the Henrico County Public Schools division. Springfield Park runs a September to June school year schedule with no year round classes. As of the 2004-05 school year, there were 671 students enrolled in the school. According to the Virginia Department of Education, for 2005-06, 40% of the teachers here had advanced degrees and the average class size per teacher (FTE) was 18. Students in Springfield Park's attendance area are assigned to Hungary Creek Middle School in Glen Allen and to John Randolph Tucker High School in Richmond, Virginia.

Awards and recognition

At the 2006 Virginia Scholastic Chess Championship in Roanoke, Virginia, Springfield Park Elementary School won the 1st place trophy, with their top four players all finishing on the tournament top ten, earning a combined 21.5 points to take the title. At the 2003 event, the school's K-3 team came in first of the 27 teams entered, and had one of only two players in the section with a perfect 6.0 score, out of 166 players participating. The school came in fifth of 20 teams in the K-5 section. The Virginia Scholastic Chess Association will hold its Summer Metro Youth Tournaments at Springfield Park on 2007-07-21.

In 2004, Springfield Park was one of only 11 Twenty-first Century School of Distinction Award Semi-finalists from Virginia. (Virginia had no finalists in 2004.)

German language curriculum

Springfield Lake Elementary School offers a German-English International Program, for children whose native language is German. The program was established at the start of the 1996-97 school year to serve the children of German-speaking employees of local businesses, many of whom are on temporary assignment in the United States. The program offers two hours of German instruction on a daily basis, provides English as a Second Language (ESL) support to help children with the English language, and acclimates children to the local school environment. Non-native German speakers must pass a German language proficiency test to show that they would be able to participate successfully in classroom subjects taught in German. The program continues for grades 6-8 at Short Pump Middle School.

Notes

1. ^ Springfield Park Elementary School Accessed 2007-02-22
2. National Center for Education Statistics data for Springfield Park Elementary School, accessed February 21, 2007
3. Comparative data for Springfield Park Elementary School from GreatSchools.com, accessed February 21, 2007
4. Springfield Park Elementary School Wins 2006 State Title, accessed February 21, 2007
5. "Best at chess", Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 11, 2006
6. Virginia Scholastic Chess Championships Draw Record Numbers, March 10, 2003
7. Virginia Scholastic Chess Association, VSCA Tournament Information & Events Schedule Accessed 2007-02-22
8. 2004 Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, Twenty-first Century Schools of Distinction!, accessed February 22, 2007
9. German-English International Program, accessed February 22, 2007

External links

• Springfield Park School Website
• Staff page
• National Center for Education Statistics data for Springfield Park Elementary School

• Elementary schools in Virginia
• Henrico County, Virginia