The Southside Scoop
Student Weekly Updates for Southside High School
Please do not schedule student Valentine deliveries to the school.
They will not be accepted.
Attendance
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!
What's Going On This Week
February 12-16
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.
REMINDER - HATS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE WORN IN THE BUILDING. PLEASE TAKE HATS OFF BEFORE ENTERING THE BUILDING IN THE MORNING.
Monday: Regular Schedule: Chess Club Meets 3-4 in LC; FAFSA Night hosted by GSCC @ 5:00 in the Southside Learning Commons (Library). See more details below; RMS Soccer/JVB Soccer vs. Ft. Payne at home!
Tuesday: Regular Schedule: KNOWN meets in the LC at 7:15; Mandatory Cheer Tryout Parent Meeting - 6:00 in Learning Commons; VB Soccer vs Coosa at Barney Hood
Wednesday: Odd Block: Happy Valentines Day! Key Club Meeting in LC during Panther
Thursday: Even Block: FCA meets in LC @ 7:15; SRO Appreciation Day - Stop by and tell Officer Cody Thank You for all he does for our school; Lady Panthers Basketball compete in the Regional Basketball tournament at JSU Pete Mathews Coliseum at 9:00 vs Moody! All students that attend will be excused! More details will be given this week! JVG/JVB Soccer vs Douglas; V/JV Baseball vs Coosa Christian; MPA Preview Concert
Friday: Regular Schedule: Water Festival; Job Shadowing Opportunity for 11th and 12th grade students. This must be scheduled through Mrs. Davenport, our Career Coach; Progress Reports will be emailed to all students and parents today. If you would like a printed copy, please see Mrs. Rich in the front office. We have 5 wrestlers that will be competing in Huntsville at the State Tournament! Let's Go!! VG/VB Soccer @ RBC Sportsplex; JVG Soccer @ Lakeshore Tournament; V/JV Baseball @ Pell City;
*Students attending the state wrestling contest will be excused, but must sign-up in the main office that they plan to attend. State Wrestling Tournament is held at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville.
Important Upcoming Dates
FAFSA Night Hosted by GSCC for Senior Parents 5:30 in LC - Feb. 12
Mandatory Cheer Tryouts Parent Meeting 6:00 - Feb. 13
SRO Appreciation Day - Feb. 15
MPA Preview Concert - Feb. 15
Progress Reports Go Home Feb. 16
Job Shadow Opportunity for interested 11/12 grade students. See Mrs. Davenport - Feb. 16
Water Festival - Feb. 16
State Theatre Festival Feb. 16-17
Cheer Tryout Week - Feb. 19-23
FFA Week - Feb. 19-23
Presidents' Day - No School - Feb. 19
UAB Admissions Counselor on Campus - Feb. 20
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
GSCC FAFSA NIGHT
GSCC Financial Aid Office will work with families needing help with FAFSA. This is not limited to students attending GSCC. Any of our families can come. Hosted in our Learning Commons.
Students and parents will need to complete their FAFSA ids three business days prior to logging into their account.
To create an account, they will need:
- Social Security number
- Your own mobile number and/or email address
They will need to bring to FAFSA night:
2022 taxes
Login information
Laptop/Chromebook (school will provide)
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
Monday Mission
National Random Acts of Kindness Day is Saturday, February 17. Do something extra kind for someone this week!
Southside High School
Email: sshs_help@ecboe.org
Website: sshs.ecboe.org
Location: 2361 School Drive, Southside, AL, USA
Phone: (256)442-2172
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