SPPS Staff
Welcome to the SPPS Staff Page
Welcome Back to School!
This week is filled with excitement as SPPS staff, principals, Interim Superintendent John Thein, and Mayor Melvin Carter welcome students back to school.
Get Ready to Go Back to School!
The first day of school for students in grades 1-12 is Tuesday, September 3. Students in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten start on Thursday, September 5. See you soon!
SPPS Reads
Learn how SPPS is improving literacy instruction and building excitement around reading for all students through resources, community events, and instruction grounded in the Science of Reading.
Staff Calendar
Submit Your Photos
Send us your best pictures to feature in Photo of the Day for our SPPS Today newsletter!
Submit a Story for Brag Board
Let us know about your awesome staff, outstanding students, excellent educators and wonderful community!
Submit Content for The Bridge
Submit an Action Item or Department News for the weekly all-staff newsletter, The Bridge.
Submit Content for Principal's Playbook
Department leaders can submit action items for principals and updates that directly affect school leaders.
Staff Updates
In this time of heightened alertness about school safety, no parent, student or school staff member should have to fear that they will not be safe at school. Please know that your presence, your reassurance, your calm and your words can and DO make a difference.
Families, staff, students and community members are invited to take a short survey that will help the SPPS Board of Education create its governance goals.
Overall, Saint Paul Public Schools students remain consistent in MCA math and reading, with a small increase in science, when compared to 2022-23. In addition, several schools have met or exceeded their 2019 (pre-pandemic) proficiency rates by subject.
Quick Links
Brag Board
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![Como Senior's Lynn Marie Peterson Named 2024 Health Teacher of Year by MNSHAPE]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1725998800/sppsorg/ffw589yn3i0cvtw8tt8x/Screenshot2024-09-10at30506PM.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1725998800/sppsorg/ffw589yn3i0cvtw8tt8x/Screenshot2024-09-10at30506PM.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1725998800/sppsorg/ffw589yn3i0cvtw8tt8x/Screenshot2024-09-10at30506PM.png","width":738}])
![2023 Minnesota Teacher of the Year Michael Houston Receives National Recognition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1701386089/sppsorg/ep0kabboub3kuxhg6owo/Michael-Houston.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1701386089/sppsorg/ep0kabboub3kuxhg6owo/Michael-Houston.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1701386089/sppsorg/ep0kabboub3kuxhg6owo/Michael-Houston.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1701386089/sppsorg/ep0kabboub3kuxhg6owo/Michael-Houston.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1701386089/sppsorg/ep0kabboub3kuxhg6owo/Michael-Houston.png","width":1280}])
![Murray Middle School's Mr. Combs Named Minnesota Middle School Physical Education Teacher of Year]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1725381798/sppsorg/ibdbfx7wxvfnge2eb15x/IMG_2003.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1725381798/sppsorg/ibdbfx7wxvfnge2eb15x/IMG_2003.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1725381798/sppsorg/ibdbfx7wxvfnge2eb15x/IMG_2003.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1725381798/sppsorg/ibdbfx7wxvfnge2eb15x/IMG_2003.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1725381798/sppsorg/ibdbfx7wxvfnge2eb15x/IMG_2003.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1725381798/sppsorg/ibdbfx7wxvfnge2eb15x/IMG_2003.jpg","width":2200}])