About Our School
School Mission: SEEK excellence, ATTACK challenges, LEARN together to SUCCEED
DoDEA Mission: To Educate, Engage, and Empower military-connected students to succeed in a dynamic world.
DoDEA Vision: Excellence in Education for Every Student, Every Day, Everywhere.
Dedicated: August 1987
Spangdahlem Elementary School (SPES) is a part of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) and is located in the Europe West School District. SPES serves approximately 550 children in PK to grade 5. Our multicultural student population is made up of dependents of U.S. Military and Department of Defense Civilian Personnel assigned to Spangdahlem AB and Buechel Flugplatz. Our faculty members also represent varied multicultural backgrounds and are from many of the 50 states as well as some foreign countries.Â
Spangdahlem Elementary School is located on Spangdahlem Air Base in the Eifel Region of Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate State. Specifically, the school is located near the residential area of the air base. The school offers a wide range of academic programs including Physical Education, Music, Host Nation (known as German culture class), Art, as well as the basic curriculum of language arts, math, science, health, and social studies.
Our campus includes four buildings, several outdoor playgrounds, an information center, and all classrooms are connected to a LAN with Internet access. Spangdahlem ES prides itself on and is committed to making the world a better place one child at a time. So, children are at the heart of all we do!
Goal 1: Student Excellence
Challenge and prepare each student to maximize his or her academic growth and well-being for college, career, and life.
Goal 2: School Excellence
Develop and sustain each school to be high-performing within a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement and caring relationships.
Goal 3: Talent Excellence
Recruit, develop, empower, and retain a high performing workforce that reflects our students.
Goal 4: Organizational Excellence
Build an enduring, accountable, and responsive organization that provides appropriate resources, direction, and support to accomplish the Mission.
