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.
Families of Southside Students may use the following link to request school meal pick up for the AMI days on Tuesday, January 18th and Wednesday, January 19th. A drive-up event will be held on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Each box will contain 2 days of school meals (breakfast and lunch). Meals can be picked up between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm. https://forms.gle/Np3ADwnmv3aKmSbc9
Families of Southside Students may use the following link to request school meal pick up for the AMI days on Tuesday, January 18th and Wednesday, January 19th. A drive-up event will be held on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Each box will contain 2 days of school meals (breakfast and lunch). Meals can be picked up between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm.
https://forms.gle/Np3ADwnmv3aKmSbc9
Super excited for this event coming in April! Registration is now open. 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=
SMS now has a brand new Sensory Room! We are so excited for our students to use this space. #bettertogether
Can you sing? Dance? Can you do gymnastics, perform magic, play an instrument, etc.? We would love for you to showcase your talents for the community during our upcoming Winterfest Talent Show!
Who can be part of the talent show? Any 1st-12th grade Southside student or any type of group (a 1st-12th grade Southside student must be part of the group). A couple of classes from the elementary are working up an act-HOW FUN!! We have had cheer routines, card tricks, pogo stick demos, dog tricks, puppeteers, sign language groups, original songwriters, pianists, dancers, etc.
What all is involved? Auditions will be held in the auditorium Monday, January 10 after school until 5:30. Interested acts will need to provide a lyric sheet for approval (if applicable), fill out a talent show audition form and pay $5 to participate.
When is Winterfest? Winterfest will be held on Saturday, January 29 at 6:30 pm in the auditorium. During Winterfest, students will also be recognized by various Jr. and Sr. High clubs/organizations for their outstanding contributions.
Members of the recycling club always does a great job helping out around the school!
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
Southerner Spotlight
These 6th graders are amazing!
Thank you for your support of our recent book fair!
Congratulations to these fourth graders who led their homeroom classes in the most passed i-Ready math lessons! Mrs. Prince and Ms. Sweat treated them to a sonic lunch today!
We have SIX students that have read over 1,000,000 words this school year! WOW!! We are so proud of them! *Pictured left to right: Javen Young, Maria Robbins, Sarah Burnett, Montana Waggoner, Colin Neaville, and Maygen Garner
Students in 4th grade are presenting their Turkey Projects! Each student had to disguise a turkey and write an essay explaining why someone should not eat their turkey for Thanksgiving. We have some very creative students!
Families of Southside Students may request school meal pick up during the Christmas Break. A drive-up event will be held on Tuesday, December 21 and Tuesday, December 28. Each box will contain five school lunches and five school breakfasts. Meals can be picked up between 9:30-11:30. Sign up via Google Form or call Rhonda Fowler at 870-251-2341.
Registration Ends Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 2:00 PM
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