The Southside Scoop
Student Weekly Updates for Southside High School
What's Going On This Week
January 22-26
REMINDER - ONLY MESH OR CLEAR BACKPACKS ARE ALLOWED IN CLASSROOMS. ALL OTHER BAGS MUST BE STORED IN A LOCKER. SEE MRS. RICH IN THE FRONT OFFICE IF YOU NEED A LOCKER.
Monday: Regular Schedule: Chess Club Meets 3-4 in LC; Basketball @ Plainview
Tuesday: Regular Schedule: KNOWN meets in the LC at 7:15; Athlete Formal Pictures/ Who's Who Pictures/Senior Notables Pictures - see the information below; Basketball @ Etowah; Wrestling vs Arab/Chelsea - Come out and support!
Wednesday: Odd Block: 10th Grade Youth Prevention Field Trip (only those that turned in permission slips); 11th and 12th grade girls special assembly during Panther
Thursday: Even Block: FCA meets in LC @ 7:15; Bowling Regionals! - Good Luck!; JSU Academic Advisors and Admissions on Campus - Caely Williams from JSU will be onsite to assist future gamecocks with applications, scholarship opportunities and hopefully someone from their financial aid office to assist with FAFSA questions. This will be a come and go time for Seniors in the library.
Friday: Regular Schedule: Wrestling @ Beauregard; Basketball vs. Lincoln AT HOME - Come out and support the Panthers!
Important Upcoming Dates
Athlete Formal Pictures/Who's Who/Senior Notable Picture Day - Jan. 23
Youth Prevention Conference for all Sophomores at the Venue - Jan. 24
Girls Health Assembly for 11th/12th girls (Panther) - Jan. 24
ACCESS EL Testing - Jan. 29-Feb. 02
Bus Driver Recertification - Auditorium - Jan. 31
National School Counseling Week - Feb. 05-09
Quiz Bowl District Tournament - Feb. 09
SRO Appreciation Day - Feb. 15
MPA Preview Concert - Feb. 15
Progress Reports Go Home Feb. 16
State Theatre Festival Feb. 16-17
FFA Week - Feb. 19-23
Presidents' Day - No School - Feb. 19
School Bus Driver Appreciation Day - Feb. 22
ACT Experience with AMSTI (All Juniors) - Feb. 22
Anatomy Field Trip to GSCC - Feb. 27
NHS Induction Ceremony (tentative) - Feb. 28
WorkKeys Retest for Seniors - March 05
ACT + Writing for Juniors - March 12
End of 3rd 9 Weeks - March 15
Peer Helper Banquet - March 20
Report Cards Go Home - March 22
Spring Break - March 25-29
Prom - April 5
Cherry Blossom Parade for the Pride - April 10-14
Spring Athletic Signing Day - April 17
Progress Reports Go Home - April 19
Etowah County Musical - May 2-4
Teacher Appreciation Week - May 6-10
Senior Final Exams - May 08 & 09
Senior Final Walk (tentative) - May 13
Underclassmen Awards Day, 1:00 - May 15
Even Block Final Exams (9th-11th) - May 16
Odd Block Final Exams (9th-11th) - May 17
Senior Awards Day - May 20
Graduation Practice (Mandatory) - May 22
Graduation, 4:00, Pete Mathew Coliseum - May 24
Athlete Formal Photos/Who's Who/Senior Notables
All Athlete Formal photos will be taken on Tuesday, January 23rd. All male athletes are asked to wear a dark colored sport coat and tie of their choice. Female Athletes are asked to wear a dark colored dress or dressy blouse and pants.
All Who's Who winners for each class as well as Senior Notables will also be taking photos. Please prepare to come dressed in business casual attire. Dress code is applicable.
Who’s Who winners have been notified via their student email. Senior Notables will be announced by Friday of this week.
Any questions, please contact Mrs. Brewer or any of our Adventus Staff.
ACT Study Sites - Special Note from Mrs. Clark Posted to Schoology Today!
Hi Juniors!!! If you wanted to take advantage of some time today to work on ACT Test Prep Questions you have two very easy and free options! You don't have to, I just had some students ask me about some good study sites for ACT and thought I would just share them with all of you!
1) IXL
schoology
click on any course
click on IXL Learning
go to learning
skill plans
test prep
the ACT Test
Choose the subject you want to work on
2) myact.org
If you have already created a myact.org account and tested before, you can do the following
go to myact.org
log in (if you create an account use a personal email address, not your school email address)
scroll down to the bottom
**** Question of the Day
**** Sample Test Questions
I hope you all have had a great weekend and you are staying warm!!! See you soon!!
- Mrs. Clark
It’s time to vote for our own, Coach Miles Holcomb, as Coach of the Year!
Congrats Senior Notables - Voted by Your Teachers!
Most Likely to Get Away with Anything
Most Likely to Get Away with Anything
9th - Ciara Allen, Caden Holderfield
10th - Tanner Griggs, Hannah Maddox
11th - Silas Osborne, Brianna Childress
12th - Jonah Keenan, Sara Kate Yancey
Most Likely to Win an Oscar
Most Likely to Win an Oscar
9th - Tessly Kirchner, Jack Leder
10th Cyrus Johnson, Cora Lee Clontz
11th - Alexis Abel, Yves Edoh
12th - Skylar Russell, Katie Williamson
Most Likely to Become the Next Picasso
Most Likely to Become the Next Picasso
9th - Case Clough, Yiannoula Gerontakis
10th - Lilly Liu, Harrison Pierce
11th - Rania Chandra, Will Argo
12th - Ellie Clevenger, Yash Patel
Most Likely to Speak Their Minds
Most Likely to Speak their Mind
9th - Allyssa Hernandez-Fulton, Dylan Gardner
10th - MJ Giles, Miller Jolliff
11th - Micah Gober, Elizabeth Moore
12th - Calee Morgan, Billy Lindsey
Who's Who
Most Funny Freshman
Bradely Pearsall
Halle Williamson
Most Stubborn Sophomore
Madison Adcock
Asher Lang
Most Jammin Junior
Samuel McGriff
Macy Fortenberry
Most Sarcastic Senior
Jack Kilgo
Cheyenne Baalam-Reed
Bryant-Jordan Nominee
Southside High School
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Website: sshs.ecboe.org
Location: 2361 School Drive, Southside, AL, USA
Phone: (256)442-2172
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