Southwood Academy of the Arts
May 27th - June 2nd Final Issue
Art I Field Trip
8th grade Art I students painted a 5 x 31 foot mural in a new community garden on G Street. A link to the Anderson Independent article is below. Mr. Powell and his students were covered in the local newspaper and news.
Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest
Because of weather concerns, the sidewalk chalk art contest was moved to Wednesday of this past week. Below you will see photos of students participating in the festivities. Winners with their artwork are below.
Hannah G, Michael G, Abigail C
Amanda H, Catie E, Sarah Grace B, Ella H, Lilli T
Carly W, Jessica W, Madison K, Alex I
Kaelyn B, Jonathan H, Ashley K, Noelle K, Mary P
Mrs. Patty's Parabola Project
All of Mrs. Patterson's students have been working hard on a final parabola project. Here she is helping students during her 4th period prep in the media center. Below are some group photos of each of her Algebra I classes with their catapults.
Miss Mahoney's Student Skits
Miss Mahoney's students rewrote and acted out popular fairy tales in 6th grade ELA. Below are several photos from their productions.
6th Graders Had a Great Time in Atlanta
Media Center Earns Grant for Makerspace
The Southwood Academy Media Center earned a $1,000 Anderson Five Education Foundation Grant! The funds will be used to start a Media Center makerspace with a science and technology focus. Mrs. Spencer is going to purchase several K'nex educational kits, Snap Circuits, and a Little Bits kit. Students will be able to use the hands-on activities in the media center, and teachers will be able to check out the kits for demonstrations in their classrooms.
Beta Club is Sponsoring SF4K
Beta Club is sponsoring Summer Food for Kids. This is an AIM program that provides backpacks of food for children over the summer. Students are encouraged to donate individually wrapped snacks such as crackers, chips, popcorn, pretzels, raisins, and other non-perishable snacks. Beta Club will collect items until Tuesday, May 31st.
Robert Anderson Volleyball
Summer training for rising 7th and 8th grade girls will be June 13th-17th 8:30 am-noon at Westside HS (this is a camp and contact coach for a registration form). Additional summer training will be June 27th-30th 9 am - noon. For more information, contact Coach Andrea Williams.
Westside Volleyball
There will be a Westside Volleyball camp June 13-17. Registration forms must be completed by June 6th. The registration form with all of the details is below.
AU Girls Basketball Camp
There will be an AU girls basketball camp June 13-16 for players age 7 through rising 9th grade. A camp flyer and registration form is below.
TL Youth Cheer Camp
There will be a youth Hanna cheer camp for students from 4 years to 6th grade June 20-23 9am - noon in the mall area. The registration form with all of the details is below.
For Those Who Like to Plan Ahead
Below you will find several useful links for next year. Summer reading log sheets and response journals are due August 19th to ELA teachers.
Southwood Academy of the Arts
Jamie Smith, Principal
Eric Chamblee, Associate Principal & Instructional Facilitator
Paula Doolittle, Guidance
Joshua Powell, Arts Lead Teacher
Cheri Gilbert, Secretary
Email: jamiesmith@anderson5.net
Website: http://www.anderson5.net/southwood
Location: 1110 Southwood Street, Anderson, SC, United States
Phone: 864-260-5205
Newsletter created and compiled by Kristin Spencer. Contact her at kristinspencer@anderson5.net for future announcements.