SPS Choice Expo showcases variety of education paths

Oct. 28, 2025

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Springfield Public Schools’ Choice Expo on Oct. 27 put specialty programs on display and showed a significant part of why SPS is the District of Choice.

Not every student thrives in a traditional education setting. Through SPS Choice programs, students have options for academic paths. The expo presented all the SPS choice-centered education options that allow students to determine a learning path that best matches their goals, interests and learning style.

A woman holing hands with a girl talk to two kids in AgAcademy shirts. A woman stands in front of a crowd next to a screen that says Our Commitment to Student Choice.

SPS Choice programs include:

AgAcademy (grades 4-6)
Academy of Exploration (grades 4-6)
Academy of Fine & Performing Arts (grade 5)
Health Sciences Academy at Mercy (grade 8)
Wonders of the Ozarks Learning Facility (WOLF) (grade 5)
International Baccalaureate (preK-12)
The Alliance for Healthcare Education (grades 11-12)
Fly SPS (grades 11-12)
Greater Ozarks Centers for Advanced Professional Studies (GO CAPS) (grades 11-12)
Ozarks Technical Community College Career Center (grades 11-12)
Ozarks Technical Community College Middle College (grades 11-12)

A boy holds and looks at a large animal skull while a man talks to him. A girl leans over a table covered in a paper with blank frame designs that have been drawn on. Two students in red scrubs talk to a woman and two girls.

Other SPS specialty programs in attendance included:

Future Farmers of America (FFA)
Jarrett STEAM Academy
JROTC Drill & Raider Teams
Launch Virtual Learning
Phelps Center for Gifted Education
Fine & Performing Arts Academy at Reed Middle School
Study Alternative

Two kids and two adults stand in front of a table that says Jarrett Middle School talking to a man. A girl looks at an orange ball and pen at a table display as two women stand by her.

The choice lottery for the 2026-2027 school year opens on Nov. 1, 2025. Families can submit applications for their student(s) at www.sps.org/choice. The lottery will close on Dec. 1, 2025, and families will be notified in early January 2026.