The Southside Scoop
Student Weekly Updates for Southside High School
What's Going On This Week
Week of January 30 - February 3, 2023
Monday: Regular Schedule; Bus Driver Appreciation Day; ACCESS EL Testing on campus; Marine Recruiters on campus after lunch; VG/VB Basketball vs Hokes Bluff at JSU PETE MATHEWS COLISEUM - Come out and support!
Tuesday: Regular Schedule; KNOWN meets before school at 7:15 in the library; ACCESS EL Testing on campus; Chess Club after school 3-4 in Learning Commons; 9th grade/JVG/JVB/VG/VB Basketball vs. Arab - Last HOME game for the regular season and it's SENIOR NIGHT!
Wednesday: Odd Block Schedule; Chess Club in morning at 7:00 a.m. in Learning Commons; ACCESS EL Testing on campus; NHS meeting in auditorium during Panther
Thursday: Even Block Schedule; FCA meets before school at 7:15 in the library; ACCESS EL Testing on campus; LEO club meet with Mrs. Fry during Panther Period; JVG/VG Soccer vs Albertville - Barney Hood Stadium - Come support the JVG/VG Soccer team!
Friday: Regular Schedule
Important Dates To Remember:
CED Youth Prevention Conference - January 24
Bus Driver Appreciation Day - January 30
ACCESS EL Testing - January 30-February 02
ECBOE Board Meeting - February 07
AMSTI ACT Experience for all Juniors - February 08
Progress Reports Go Home - February 09
Makeup Formal Athletic Pictures - February 14
Southside High School Blood Drive - February 15
E-Learning Day - February 20
National Honor Society Inductions - February 22
Environmental Science Field Trip to zoo - February 23
AP Biology Water Festival Field Trip - February 24
Southside High host ECBOE Free ACT Study Session - February 25
ECBOE Board Meeting - March 07
Worlds of Work Event (Juniors) - March 09
End of 3rd 9 Weeks - March 10
ACT+ Writing for all Juniors - March 14
Report Cards Go Home - March 17
Spring Break - March 27-31
Good Friday (No School) - April 07
ACT+ Writing Makeup - April 11
Spring Athletic Signing Day - April 12
Prom - April 14
Progress Reports - April 19
ACT Workkeys MakeUps/Retakes - April 26
Teacher Appreciation Week - May 01-05
AP Gov/AP Chem Exam - May 01
AP Lit Exam - May 03
AP Macro Economics Exam - May 04
AP US History Exam - May 05
AP Calculus Exam - May 08
AP Language Exam - May 09
National School Nurse Day - May 10
Senior Final Exams (1,3,5,7) - May 10
AP Biology Exam - May 10
Senior Final Exams (2,4,6,8) - May 11
Makeup Senior Exams - May 12
Senior Final Walk (JSJ, SES, RMS, SHS) - May 15
Underclassmen Awards Day - May 17
Final Exams (2,4,6,8) - May 18
Final Exams (1,3,5,7) *We will run an odd block schedule this day - May 19
Senior Awards Day - May 22
Make-Up Exams - May 23
Graduation Practice (Mandatory for Seniors) - May 24
Last Day of School for Students - May 25
Teacher Inservice/Graduation at JSU 4 pm - May 26
Monday Mission
This week's Monday Mission: Monday is Bus Driver Appreciation Day! Make sure to tell our bus drivers Thank You for everything they do! Share something positive about your favorite bus driver by clicking HERE! #MissionMonday
Congrats to the Bowling teams on a terrific season! We are proud of you!
Please Be At School!
We need your help with improving our school attendance! We need you at school everyday, on time, and please do not check out unless it is absolutely necessary! Everyday Counts!
If you are absent, please turn excuses into Mrs. Rich in the front office.
Did you know that the Alabama State Department of Education defines chronic absenteeism as any student that misses 18 days of school, regardless of whether the absence was coded unexcused or excused.
Our school attendance is an important part of our school report card, but more importantly, WE WANT YOU HERE AT SCHOOL WITH US!
Attendance Really Does Matters!
Congrats Quiz Bowl!
Saturdays are for QUIZ BOWL! Southside High Quiz Bowl competed this past weekend in the LAMP Invitational Quiz Bowl Tournament. They made it to the playoffs where they fell to Hoover. They placed 4th out of 17 teams! Well done, students!
Last Regular Season Home Game for Basketball!
Come support the basketball teams in their last home regular season home game. It is also SENIOR NIGHT!
Tuesday, January 31 - Southside vs. Arab!
Freshman Boys - 3:00
JV Girls - 4:15
JV Boys - 5:30
Varsity Girls - 6:45
Varsity Boys - 7:30
Flight Simulators - Coming Soon!
Check it out - Southside Learning Commons has a new edition: Our Flight Simulators are almost ready for their maiden flight!!! Just a few more boxes to be checked before we taxi out and take off! Are you ready???? Thanks to @civilairpatrol Aerospace/ STEM Education Program for making this possible for our students. Any southside high school student interested in learning more about this, please stop by the learning commons and speak with Mrs. Brewer. #sshstakesflight #wearesouthside #sshslearningcommons #futurepilotsintraining
Students - Please remember to check your Schoology class group! Important information can be found in these groups. If you don't know what this is, ask a teacher! They will help you find your class group in Schoology.
Devan Lowe Honor Roll
Attention Seniors!!!!
Seniors will be eligible to register to win a car each nine-week grade period that they make the A-B Honor Roll. Because parental consent is required, please have your parent or legal guardian come by with a copy of your report card and the provided registration form at Devan Lowe Inc. on Hwy 77 in Rainbow City.
Our business hours are Monday thru Friday from 8am until 6pm and Saturday from
8am until 5pm. A random drawing of eligible entries will take place before school ends in May, so you can earn up to 3 chances to win the vehicle by making the A-B Honor Roll for each of the first three nine-week grade periods.
Following are the registration deadlines (unfortunately, late entries cannot be accepted):
• 1st nine weeks report card –
Registration deadline - November 12th
• 2nd nine weeks report card –
registration deadline - February 4th
• 3rd nine weeks report card –
registration deadline - April 8th
**See Mrs. Smith for registration form
Free Saturday Study Sessions
FREE ACT SATURDAY SESSIONS
PLEASE CHECK THE ECBOE WEBSITE AND SIGN UP EARLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND ACT STUDY SESSIONS.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE YOUR ACT SCORE AND IT’S FREE!!!
Seniors - Scholarships - Look in Schoology
SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN SCHOOLOGY!
Log into Schoology
Click GROUPS
Click SENIORS CLASS OF 2023
Click RESOURCES
View all SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
Southside High School
Email: sshs_help@ecboe.org
Website: sshs.ecboe.org
Location: 2361 School Drive, Southside, AL, USA
Phone: (256)442-2172
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Southside-High-School-122855827754859
Twitter: @sshspanthers