The Southside Scoop
Student Weekly Updates for Southside High School
What's Going On This Week
January 29-February 02
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; Library closed for testing
Tuesday: Regular Schedule: KNOWN meets in the LC at 7:15; Library closed for testing; Snead State admissions counselor will be on campus set up in the back of the auditorium for any student wanting to stop by and ask questions or needing help with admissions; Basketball vs. HB - Senior Night! Come out and support!
Wednesday: Odd Block: Auditorium closed today for a meeting; Key Club Meeting during Panther in library;
Thursday: Even Block: FCA meets in LC @ 7:15; Library closed for testing; Good Luck to our Girls Bowling Team as they compete for a State Title in Mobile! Go win it all!
Friday: Regular Schedule: Good Luck to our JV/Varsity Quiz Bowl as they compete today! Good Luck to our Girls Bowling Team as they compete for a State Title in Mobile! Go win it all! Good Luck to our JVG/VG soccer team as they open their season @ Albertville.
Saturday: JV/V Girls soccer vs Grissom
Important Upcoming Dates
ACCESS EL Testing - Jan. 29-Feb. 02
Bus Driver Recertification - Auditorium - Jan. 31
National School Counseling Week - Feb. 05-09
Current 8th Grade/Rising 9th grade Course Registration Meeting @ RMS 5:30 - Feb. 05
Spring Athletic Team Uniform Pictures (Soccer, Tennis, Track) 1:30 - Feb. 06
Spring Athletic Team Uniform Pictures (Baseball/Softball) 1:30 - Feb. 08
Quiz Bowl District Tournament - Feb. 09
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
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
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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