The Bulldog Bark
December 2017 and January 2018
Reusch Report
SMS Family,
Our students and staff have worked extremely hard to produce a tradition of academic excellence. When students enter our doors in the 6th grade they are challenged at the highest levels. When they leave us, we feel this academic foundation will propel them in high school, college and beyond.
We are proud of our accomplishments and below you will see the highlights of our most recent state accountability scores (KPREP). To start off, check out the changes in the Distinguished Hall of Fame below. It displays, through the years, how many students are achieving the highest grade--Distinguished--in every category tested.
SMS DISTINGUISHED HALL OF FAME
Number of students who were Distinguished in every category tested per year
- 2011-2012: 10
- 2012-2013: 27
- 2013-2014: 42
- 2014-2015: 44
- 2015-2016: 62
- 2016-2017: 108
In the first chart below, you will see that we were 9th out of 326 middle schools in math achievement.
The next chart reveals how SMS scored in comparison to all counties that surround us.
Jeremy Joseph Day
He was chosen to receive the Henderson County Judges Scholar award! He represented South very well and is among our highest flyers! January 23rd will forever be known as Jeremy Joseph day in Henderson County.
Parent Teacher Conferences February 1, 2018 from 4-6pm
3rd marking period AR deadlines
50% goal- end of day February 12
- reward 50% goal with 82% accuracy- free dress Feb 16
100% goal- end of day March 5
- reward 100% goal with 82% accuracy- free dress March 7 (last day of marking period)
Congrats to the SMS Dance Team
South Middle School Dance Team competed in Union County at KDCO Regionals Competition for Region 1 and 2 Saturday, January 26th placing 1st in the Pom Division! SMSDT advances to State. State Competition is held In Frankfort on February 25th!
Academic Team
Quick Recall Team: 1st place
Mason Caton, Kaden Hobbs, Jaxson Wallace, Jocelyn Sugg,
Arya Jameson, Arianna Lorenzana, Reagan Abbott, Jessie Latimer
Math Placements:
1st Jessie Latimer; 4th Ariana Lorenzana; 5th Jocelyn Sugg
Science Placements:
1st Mason Caton; 4th Keaton Howard
Social Studies Placement:
1st Kaden Hobbs
Language Arts Placements:
2nd Chloe Woodard; 3rd Jessie Latimer
Composition Placement:
Jude Roppel Wolf
Academic Team Places 1st in District Governor's Cup
The South Middle School Academic Team won 1st place overall in the district
Governor's Cup academic team competition. The district is stacked with
great teams and it was an honor to play with them all. In the end South
won the overall competition beating Owensboro Catholic by 1/2 a point.
Every student on the team was key to our success and as you can see by the
final victory every point earned really mattered.
South Honors at Govenor's Cup
1st place Quick Recall:
Julianne Latimer, Ryan Nantz, Abby Salisbury, Zayne Wolfe
Callie Powers, Lincoln Bradley, James Guier, Kendall Pullum
Written Assessment Placement:
1st place Language Arts: Abby Salisbury
Math Placements:
2nd place: Julianne Latimer; 4th place: Kendall Pullum
Arts and Humanities Placement:
2nd place: Julianne Latimer
Social Studies Placements:
2nd place: Ryan Nantz; 5th place: Zayne Wolfe
Science Placement
3rd place: Josh Freeman
Other Players: Luke Robards, Grace-Ann Pruitt
Future Problem Solving Team: 3rd place
Connor Hogan, Reagan Abbott, Ryann Pruitt, Ana Rbbards; Back Up: Joelle Douglas
Composition Placements:
3rd place: Abby Salisbury; 4th place: Reagan Abbott
Thank you to our Coaches:
David Salisbury, Ali Sayre, Angel Skaggs, Samara Bruce (grader), Mike Cantrell
Congratulations to SMS Cheer Team
From Coach Dana Henderson
I am so proud to represent these young ladies and to have them represent our school!!!
Go Bulldogs!!!
Thank you to the Board for the new track, new lights, and a new roof! We so appreciate all you do to make SMS great!
Infinite Campus
With Online Registration quickly approaching in April, we want to be proactive by getting you prepared for April. We are asking that you log in to Infinite Campus before April because this will help us avoid potential problems.
Parent Technology Corner
Join Us For our Literacy Night February 20
November Students of the Month
6th Grade
Breyana Hall
Ava Denton
Izayah Smithhart
Chester Wright
Kaden Hobbs
Thomas Blanks
7th Grade
Adrienne Denton
Ellie Loney
Marc Carter
Jaxson Vincent
Zion Cruse
8th Grade
Ilana Hall
Kaylin McKee
Ryan Nance
Ethan Tolbert
Wesley Tompkins
SMS Teachers are Google Certified
Congratulations to the following teachers for becoming Google Certified Educators. These teachers went through the training and exam process to prove that they understand the many Google products that they use in their classrooms!! There are currently 46 Google Certified Educators in Henderson County and SMS has 14 of them! Congratulations!!
Cassie Austin ~ Alexis Vanfleet ~ Rachel Clark ~ Ali Sayre ~ Whitney Ward
Reneah Skaggs ~ Sakara Bruce ~ Bonnie Rone ~ Taylor Bennett ~ Jill Dame
Paula Wooldridge ~ Staci Morris ~ Stacey Hyslop ~ Tracy Belfield
December Students of the Month
6th Grade
Jessie Latimer
Avery Parris
Gage Beck
TreShawn Green
Chandler Majors
7th Grade
Kadence Bradford
Olivia Roy
Bryce Tapp
Grant Edwards
Hector Gonzalez
8th Grade
Jordan Troutman
Marley Walker
Jerry Neel
Ty Polley
Quincy Craig
Archery Team
The SMS Archery team competed in the Holy Name Cardinal Classic Archery Tournament back in December. The tournament was an individual tournament where the top 10 archers received awards. The results were as follows:
Female
6th Place: Kendall Pullum – South Middle School – score of 276
Male
3rd Place: Sam Dixon – South Middle School – score of 281
When South competed at the 2017 Henderson Open Archery Tournament, here are the top 10 archers receiving awards. The results were as follows:
Female
4th Place: Krya Haynes- South Middle School – score of 275
9th Place: Landree O’Nan – South Middle School – score of 271
Male
3rd Place: Christian Jones- South Middle School – score of 281
7th Place: James Guier – South Middle School – score of 274
Support our Bulldog Basketball Players
We would love to see the stands full when our SMS Bulldogs are out on the court!
January 29 - February 1 Girls Conference Tournament at Owensboro Middle
February 3 Boys Conference Tournament at Holy Name
Scholastic Book Order and Book Fair
Scholastic Book Order
A Scholastic Book order was sent out to students at the beginning of the month. If you are interested in purchasing cheaper AR books for your child, there are two ways you can order:
- Go online to Scholastic.com/newparent
Look up my name: Heather Buley-Coomes or enter our school/class code: RGYNR.
Click under Parents- get started.
Follow these instructions to place to place your order online by Jan. 30, 2018. - Check off the books you want to order for your child and return the flyer to me with a check made out to Scholastic Book Clubs by Jan. 30, 2018.
Book Fair
Scholastic Book Fair will be Feb. 19-23 in the South Media Center 8:00am-3:40 pm Monday- Thursday and until noon on Friday. We will also be open Tuesday during the Literacy Night until 7:00pm.
Spelling Bee
Congratulations to these super spellers for winning the grade level spelling bees at SMS. They will compete in the district spelling bee for SMS on January 26.
6th grade spelling be winner – Jude Roppel Wolf
6th grade runner up- Addy Haygan
7th grade spelling bee winner- Zayne Wolfe
7th grade runner up- Jaxson Vincent
8th grade spelling bee winner- Ryan Nantz
8th grade runner up- Kylie Givens
KYA Is Setting Records
A special thanks to Mr Heffington, Mrs Ward, Ms Adamson for all their time and efforts to help these young people succeed!
South Middle School
Website: southmiddle.henderson.kyschools.us
Location: 800 S Alves St, Henderson, KY, United States
Phone: (270) 831-5050
Facebook: facebook.com/southmiddleschoolbulldogs