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In light of recent updates that Governor Hutchison announced concerning quarantine guidelines in schools, Southside’s School Board has voted to suspend its’ face covering policy at this time. We appreciate your understanding as we navigate these new guidelines.
Our District has been asked by the Senate Education Committee to encourage our community to participate in the ARBroadBandNow Survey. This is a very important tool for understanding and addressing current broadband access issues for our schools and students. It is a quick, twelve question survey you can complete using the attached link.
We appreciate your participation!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JFSRYZH
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching! Unfortunately, our campuses will not be able to accept outside deliveries for Valentine’s Day this year. However, the High School Student Council is selling goodies that will be dispersed during school. Forms with options of goodies will be sent home with students for you to fill out and return.
We value your feedback! Please view the following calendar options for the 2022-2023 school year. There is a place at the bottom to indicate which option you would prefer. Please note that childcare options through TRACKS and Pre-School will be available on some of the non-school days. We would continue the same closures for childcare as we currently practice. Our center closes the week before school starts; Martin Luther King, Jr Day; President's Day; Good Friday; Memorial Day; 4th of July; Labor Day; 2 days at Thanksgiving; and 4 days at Christmas/New Years. A total of 17 days during the entire calendar year. The survey will close Monday, February 14th at noon.
https://forms.gle/Z5LfaTpddZ19B4Fu5
Our counselors make a difference in the lives of students, staff, and families that they work with every day. Meet our Middle School Counselor, Amanda Williams! We want to take this week to honor all the hard work she does for our District!
Congratulations to Michael Burnett for reaching the One Million word mark!
It's National School Counseling Week! Mrs. Amanda Williams is one of the best and we are blessed to have her! #bettertogether
School Choice forms can be found following this link: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/830181/School_Choice_Form_110420.pdf
The Southside School District will be OPEN for onsite instruction on Monday, February 7th, 2022. Due to the continued coverage on some routes and side roads, the following is a list of affected areas and the corresponding meeting locations for busses.
Oak Hill Lp, Cushman - Spring Mill Fire Station
Locust Grove area - Old Locust Grove Store
Hutchison Mnt area - Community Center
Bethesda area - Bethesda Store or Methodist Church
Pleasant Plains area - Tadpoles
Cool Mist/Lacy Ln area - Camp Tahkodah Rd
Pfeiffer area - Pfeiffer One Stop
Oak Grove area - T at McGough and Oak Grove
Due to road conditions, the archery tournament scheduled for tomorrow at Oil Trough has been rescheduled.
Tournament will still be held at the Oil Trough gym for the following teams and dates:
Monday, Feb. 7 @ 4:30-- 4-5 grades
Tuesday, Feb. 8 @ 4:30-- 6-8 grades
Wednesday, Feb. 9 @ 4:30-- 9-12 grades
Archers that cannot make their day can come on another scheduled day. For those that cannot attend, the Southside Middle School P.E. gym will be open on Thursday, Feb. 10 from 3:30-5:00 pm.
Please contact Amber Young with any questions:
amber.young@southsideschools.org
Or on the Southside Archery Remind page
Due to the threat of inclement weather, Southside School District will be closed for onsite learning on Thursday, February 3, 2022. Students will need to complete AMI Day 3.
Due to the threat of inclement weather, Southside School District will be closed for onsite learning on Thursday, February 3, 2022. Students will need to complete AMI Day 3.
Reading Rockstar, Kaitlyn Sanders!
Congrats to our 5th grade Poetry Slam winners! Way to go poets!!
Thank you Mr. Clayton Scott for working with all our kiddos this week!
Thank you Carly Dahl and Batesville Area Arts Council for making it possible to have artists like Clayton in our schools!
1st Place: Eden Jennings
2nd Place: Zaya McFadden
3rd Place: Jada Adams
4th Place: Madi Foree
5th Place: Kennedy Boyle
Another Reading Rockstar! Congratulations, Elijah Johnson!
We celebrated our teachers and staff today with lunch from Cowboys Bar-B-Que! We appreciate all their hard work to continually put students first! Big thanks to the folks at Cowboys who offered so many options for delicious food and delivered in such an organized manner!
We are kicking off The Great Kindness Challenge tomorrow! This week (Jan. 24-28) will be devoted to performing as many acts of kindness as possible! We want all students to show the world KINDNESS MATTERS!
Dress up days are as follows:
🔹Monday-crazy not to be kind (CRAZY SOCKS)
🔹Tuesday-kindness brightens everyone’s day (WEAR BRIGHT/NEON COLORS)
🔹Wednesday-we have power to be kind (SUPERHERO)
🔹Thursday-SMS shows kindness (HAT PASS DAY; buy a $1 hat pass; proceeds go to the Southside Food Pantry)
🔹Friday-Southerners are Kind (BLUE/GOLD DAY)
Registration is open for this fun color run right here on campus!
Follow the link to sign up to run/walk/donate to this worthy cause! https://runsignup.com/Race/AR/Batesville/MentalHealthAwareness5KColorRun?fbclid=IwAR3H44Dlvk4FwJYcodbs77XYah6AW-OOlnkuFQS2Gik0Es82sf939GuqenE&remMeAttempt=
Don't forget today is meal pick up day for families who signed up! Pick up is from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Elementary School.