Welcome to South Valley!!
By: Ella
Things You Should Know About SVMS
You need to know that South Valley has WIN Time, Flight, Color Run, Intramural sports, Sports, Electives, and different Lunch Shifts. Win time stands for What I need, so you sign up for a class. For flight depending on your grade/GPA. there The color run cost 20 dollars to participate in and it is once a year. Intramural's are during school twice a year for dodgeball and there are after school intramural's. They are really fun and it cost 3 dollars to play and one dollar to watch. In 8th grade you can play all the sports at SVMS volleyball,m football, wrestling, cross country, track and cheer. In 7th grade you can participate in wrestling and cross country. 6th grade you can't play any sports. At SVMS there are a lot of electives and some are year round. There are 3 lunch shifts depending on your class.
Elective Classes
You can act in a play.
Cross Country
Map testing
We have map testing at the end of the year.
SVMS Clubs
At SVMS there are a lot of different clubs. The main clubs are Pokemon, Yearbook, Interact, Cooking, and Drone club. Kids at SVMS sign up for these clubs for fun and for something to do in the afternoon. Instead of waiting at home with no after school activities you can join a club and hang out with your friends and when you get home you can't wait to go back to school!
SVMS Questions
What do you like about SVMS?
"Kids like how the teachers do hands on activities and not a lot of book work." Kids love the electives, flight and intramural's because we have fun and it gives us a day off of learning. P.E. is like a break because you get to run around instead of siting in class all day. Kids like lunch shifts because they get to sit with their friends too.
Color run
Dodgeball at SVMS
Student council
Help set up dodgeball and games.
What are the rules with Phones?
"There are rules with phones. If you have your phone out during class and you are not supposed to then it will get taken away and depending on your teacher you will get it back at the end of class or at the end of the day," one of the students said. The only way to have your phone out is if your teacher allows you to like Mrs. Rhode she is the art teacher and you might have a photographing unit so you will need your phone. So if your teacher doesn't allow you to have your phone then don't get it out or it will be a little while till you get it back.
Why kids love SVMS subjects!!
This is what a student at SVMS said when I asked them this question, "Kids at SVMS (South Valley Middle School) love school subjects because teachers do hands on activities. There is very little book reading and all the teachers are really helpful if you need help. In social studies we do a lot of projects. In each subject there is a different teaching style and it helps students a lot." Teachers give you cheats to do during tests. In some classes if you do something good you are rewarded. That is why students at SVMS love the school subjects.
What is Flight?
I asked one of the students from SVMS this question and she said "Flight is a reward that students get depending on there grades/GPA. There are 4 levels, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and No Level." If you are gold you get to choose first or get a longer hang out time. Silver is next you get the second longest hang out time or you get to choose your class second. Bronze is the same thing but third and no level is you go to a classroom a teacher assigns you to a class then you so study hall the whole time. We have played outside and we have been to different class rooms watching a movie or play games. Students love flight because you have a day off from learning and get to play with your friends.
Get good grades
Then you get to participate in activities during school.
Getting bad grades
If you get bad grades (D's and F's) you will do study hall the whole time
Gold, Silver, Bronze levels
Gold=3.8 to 4.0
Silver=3.5 to 3.79
Bronze=3.0 to 3.49
Anything below that is NO LEVEL
What is WIN Time?
WIN Time (What I need) last for 30 minutes and is only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If the WIN Time class you want to go to is full you can't participate. WIN Time gives you time to finish homework or re tacks on a test. If you don't have homework then their are classes to participate in like extra P.E. or in art, finish up a project if needed. To see if classes are full or not you will check the WIN offerings which is on the SVMS homepage and when you found something you want to do you go to you type it in on your WIN Wall. Teachers will kick you out if there room is full.
What should we change at SVMS?
There are very few things to change but I asked a student this question and this is what she said, " We should make a free time for everyone and move the school start time back." Moving the school start time back will cause it to be later then adding in free time will make school longer. So if there is anything we should change then let the counselors know.