Tomorrow is Career Day. Students can dress up as their future career.
To our South Putnam families and community,
I want to begin by expressing my gratitude to our families, staff, bus driver, and the emergency responders who acted quickly and calmly following yesterday morning's bus accident. Their steady response made a difficult situation safer for everyone involved.
Following the accident, students were either released directly to their parents or guardians at the scene or transported safely to school on another bus. As reported by the Indiana State Police, no students were transported from the scene by EMS for medical care. When students arrived at school, each one was individually checked by our school nurse, and our staff maintained direct communication with families throughout the day.
Most students have since returned to school. Several families chose to seek follow-up medical care, evaluation, or examination for their children, and a small number of students are still out while they recover. One student is receiving additional medical care for more significant injuries. We will continue to respect the privacy of each student and family and will not share individual medical information.
We know that an accident like this can affect students in ways that aren't always visible. Counseling and support services have been made available to students and staff, and we will continue to offer that support for as long as it is needed.
Our thoughts are with all of our students, our bus driver, and the driver and student in the other vehicle. We will continue to cooperate fully with the Indiana State Police investigation and follow all required safety procedures.
As we near the end of the school year, I also want to ask every driver in our community to remain alert and patient around school buses and student transportation routes. The safety of our children depends on all of us.
Thank you for your continued trust in our schools.
Dr. Corey Smith
Superintendent
South Putnam Community School Corporation
I want to begin by expressing my gratitude to our families, staff, bus driver, and the emergency responders who acted quickly and calmly following yesterday morning's bus accident. Their steady response made a difficult situation safer for everyone involved.
Following the accident, students were either released directly to their parents or guardians at the scene or transported safely to school on another bus. As reported by the Indiana State Police, no students were transported from the scene by EMS for medical care. When students arrived at school, each one was individually checked by our school nurse, and our staff maintained direct communication with families throughout the day.
Most students have since returned to school. Several families chose to seek follow-up medical care, evaluation, or examination for their children, and a small number of students are still out while they recover. One student is receiving additional medical care for more significant injuries. We will continue to respect the privacy of each student and family and will not share individual medical information.
We know that an accident like this can affect students in ways that aren't always visible. Counseling and support services have been made available to students and staff, and we will continue to offer that support for as long as it is needed.
Our thoughts are with all of our students, our bus driver, and the driver and student in the other vehicle. We will continue to cooperate fully with the Indiana State Police investigation and follow all required safety procedures.
As we near the end of the school year, I also want to ask every driver in our community to remain alert and patient around school buses and student transportation routes. The safety of our children depends on all of us.
Thank you for your continued trust in our schools.
Dr. Corey Smith
Superintendent
South Putnam Community School Corporation
🚀 READING CLUB REMINDER 🌟
All Reading Club missions must be turned in by April 30th. All 4 Missions need to be turned in by the 30th to qualify for a FREE book during the Book Fair May 4–8!
📚 Students will be able to pick out their FREE book on May 8th!
✨ Read. Complete. Turn in. Blast off to your free book! ✨
*this is a PTO sponsored activity
Our Friday STEM challenge consisted of making a paper chain as long as possible using only one piece of construction paper. Students were able to tinker with the width and length of chains to create the longest chain possible. Today we included some math skills as we measured the chains and created a bar graph in the parking lot. We were able to compare lengths and have conversations about the results. It's fun to connect skills at the end of the year!
Our Book Fair begins next week!
Kindergarten and Third Grade Book Buddies
Clay is becoming very studious....he joined in with the students in Mrs. Frye's class today!
Kindergarten Round-up is this Thursday. Please call the office (765-653-6175) if you plan to attend so your child can be added to the list. We can't wait to meet you!
Last week in STEM 3-5 students used TinkerCad to digitally design a 3D printed bookmark. K-2 used PlayDoh to make a subtractive and additive model of the bookmark.
Good morning, Eagles.
Due to the road conditions, all South Putnam Community Schools will be on a 2-Hour Delay on Monday, March 2nd. No AM DPK or Area 30.
Stay Safe and Warm, Eagles!
Mrs. Hacker’s class completed a Gold Medal Writing project. Students researched Olympic athletes using Magic School, wrote informative papers, and celebrated with a gold medal snack. We loved following along with some of our featured 2026 Olympic athletes too!
Kindergarten Round-Up Information
Happy School Counselor week to one of the best! Thank you Mrs. Nelson for everything that you do.
South Putnam Community Schools will have a 2-Hour delay on Friday, January 30th. No AM DPK or AM Area 30.
Stay Safe and Warm, Eagles!
South Putnam Community Schools will have a 2-Hour delay on Thursday, January 29th. No AM DPK or AM Area 30.
Stay Safe and Warm, Eagles!
Due to the continued winter weather, low temperatures, and road conditions, South Putnam Community School buildings will be closed and will have an Asynchronous E-Learning day on Wednesday, January 28th.
Look for specific assignment and follow-up information regarding the Asynchronous E-Learning from your teachers and/or building administration teams.
Stay Safe and Warm Eagles!
Due to the extreme winter weather conditions, South Putnam Community School buildings will be closed and will have a Synchronous E-Learning day on Monday, January 26th. Stay Safe and Warm Eagles!
The Winter Carnival is being moved to March 7th.
We are hiring
It's the 100th Day of School!
