Students in Mrs. Madara's Third and Fourth Grade STEM classes recently participated in an apple stacking challenge. Students were only allowed to use toothpicks and Play-Doh while attempting to build the tallest apple tower possible. Marisa Rarig, Cecilia Krieger, Leah Mensch, and Mollie Dermes built the tallest tower out of all of the Fourth Grade classes with a tower that stood 21 and ¾ inches tall!
What a great start to the year for the 2023 Tiger Marching Band! Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. McWilliams, the music program has been flourishing, with numbers growing greatly for the first time in over five years. From a Disney trip at the end of last school year, to a Philadelphia Orchestra trip coming up, the band has been keeping busy and having a blast making friends and growing closer to one another. The band also has had a new class pet edition: four goldfish that they won on their trip to the Bloomsburg Fair. The band students took up a collection of money in order to purchase all of the necessary supplies needed to keep the fish in the band room. The band welcomes any students that are interested in joining to come check it out!
Contributor: Saira Sodergren, Journalism Staff Member
Caleb Cheddar and Hazel Becker were chosen as 5th Grade Students of the Month for September.
Are you interested in business? Do you want a chance to attend regional, state, and even national conferences? The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club is for you! This week, FBLA members began to choose events for the regional level conference where they will have a shot at attending the state conference at the end of the year in Hershey! Aside from the fun, last year, these hard-working students received awards such as 3rd Place at the state level for Sports and Entertainment (Gavin Krebs), 1st Place in the state for Special Video Project (Jenna Billig, Victoria Conway, and Katie Moncavage), and 1st in the Nation (Amanda Strocko's Capstone Project). If FBLA sounds like a club for you, email Mrs. Long at clong@scasd.us.
Contributor: Jenna Billig, Journalism Staff Member
The SCASD Board of Directors will hold the following meetings this evening in the High School Library: 6:30 PM - Policy Committee, 7:00 PM - Facilities/Finance. The meetings will be live streamed on the SCASD YouTube Channel.
YouTube Live Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/1RwnV5Jm82E
Public Comment Form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ExPF2RLz1kuoc4nEncUdfSXUdVnc_dFDgog_y0gYe4hUQ0Y1VkRKWlZDQVVNTzFFS0FGNEdURzlQSiQlQCNjPTEu
Board Docs: http://go.boarddocs.com/pa/scol/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CWBJ8A4BE56A
The annual Harvest Festival took place today at G.C. Hartman Elementary School. This yearly event, sponsored by HART, is filled with games and activities for all students. Student helper, Senior, Andrew Sharrow said, "This event is a very nice opportunity for the students to really experience the fall festivities that are coming up." Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Gessner said, “Every year students look forward to this event and every year HART doesn’t disappoint them. We appreciate all the effort and help that goes into this fun day." Thank you to HART and to all of the student helpers who made this great event possible!
Contributor: AJ Wetzel, Journalism Staff Member
Second Graders had a great time making full-sized sunflowers in Mrs. Brown's Art class. Students are pictured in the art room proudly displaying their painting skills. Students also practiced their fine motor skills by cutting out their masterpieces very carefully and then practiced knot-making, using raffia, to embellish the stem. Students focused on the elements of line, shape, pattern, and color. Blending their paint was encouraged. All Second Grade classes will have their flowers displayed in the hallway outside of the large group area in the elementary school during the fall season.
Contributors: Sabrina Campbell and Ava Bixler, Journalism Staff Members
Academics are a top priority here at the Southern Columbia Middle School. Along with classroom learning, Seventh Grade Science also focuses on hands-on learning. Students recently participated in a lab to explore the impacts of particle motion in matter by thermal energy. They investigated the effects of increasing and decreasing thermal energy on physical properties of water including cohesion, adhesion, and surface tension. In this specific experiment, they were able to test if heat affected the amount of water droplets that could fit on a penny.
Contributors: MolliLyn Petro and Siena Rovito, Journalism Staff Members
The Southern Columbia Student Section will be wearing pink tonight at the home football game in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. They are encouraging other attendees who wish to support this cause to also wear pink to the game tonight. Go Tigers!
Students in Mrs. Becker’s Intro to Business class illustrated the story of the business cycle. In their comic strip, they explained the economic activity happening in each phase of the cycle, and how that’s affecting the characters economically.
Mr. Hauer's Kindergarten class is in the Fall spirit. Check out their hallway full of projects!
Mr. Lindenmuth's Contemporary Issues Class is currently working with the Catawissa Sesquicentennial Committee, led by Mr. Ted Yeager, on a Catawissa High School research project. Students from Mr. Lindenmuth's class will be conducting research on the rich history of the town of Catawissa with a primary focus on the High School and the Redskin football team. Their final product is going to be presented in a non-published article at the 250th anniversary celebration next August.
The following students were chosen by the Sixth Grade staff at Southern Columbia Middle School as September's SoCo Stars of the Month. These students were chosen because they have displayed self-control, tolerance, academic integrity, and resilience within the school setting. Congratulations to each student and their families!
September 2023: Dylan Searfoss, Jeremy Weikel, Talan Torres, & Mia Gensel
Third Grader Adalyn Dickey is SCA's Citizen of the Month. She is an all-around wonderful student. She is a hard worker, a great leader, and a sincere friend. Adalyn tries hard to do her best, and she excels in all academic areas. She has an amazing personality, and she brings out the best in her classmates. She is a role model to them, and they look up to her. Adalyn is a kind, considerate, and thoughtful girl who consistently puts the feelings of others first. Adalyn volunteers to help other students with schoolwork or with feeling successful and good about themselves. Adalyn is a well-rounded young girl both in school and outside of school. She gives 110% to her academics and she does it all with a smile. We are very fortunate and proud to have Adalyn in our district.
The Elementary Life Skills class traveled to Rohrbach’s on Friday for their September community-based trip. The students learned the difference between gourds and pumpkins, and they practiced their social skills on the playground.
Congratulations to Ruby Serafini who won 1st place in G.C. Hartman Elementary's Be Kind poster contest in art class! Her artwork will be printed on t-shirts for SCA C.A.R.E.S. Great work, Ruby! We are proud of you!
On Friday, September 29, our Librarian, Mrs. Kane-Gilger, hosted a virtual author visit for students in First and Second Grade. Students met author and New York Times bestselling illustrator Mike Lowery, who spoke to students about his talent in illustrating and his writing process. He read excerpts to students from his book, "Everything Awesome About Dangerous Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Beasts." Mike Lowery also led a directed draw for our students. Students followed along and drew characters from some of his recent works. Mike Lowery has worked on dozens of books for children and adults and has lent his talent in illustrating to food trucks, greeting cards, and magazines, in addition to books. Some of his illustration clients include The New York Times, Reader's Digest, Mac World, The Atlanta Braves, Disney, Nick Jr magazine, Hallmark, and Warby Parker. He now travels nationally giving talks about art and books to schools, universities, and bookstores. The Tiger community was thrilled to have the wonderful opportunity to welcome and meet him.
The Southern Columbia Cheerleaders held the 11th annual SCA Youth Cheer Night on Friday, September 22, during the Varsity home football game against the Danville Ironmen. Any students in 1st through 6th Grade were eligible to participate in this event. This year there were 63 youth cheerleaders in attendance. Each Varsity cheerleader was paired with 3-4 youth cheerleaders. The youth cheerleaders were able to perform chants, dances, and cheers on the Tigers’ sideline. They were also given the opportunity to stunt with the Varsity cheerleaders. The cheerleaders had a blast that evening cheering on the Tigers to a victory over Danville. The Southern Columbia Varsity cheerleaders want to thank all the participants and are looking forward to seeing everyone on the sideline again next year!📣🐅
Contributor: Aubrey Heath, Journalism Staff Member
Since the beginning of September, Mrs. Serafini’s 8th Grade classes have been very busy with their American Revolution unit. They learned about many different strategies and people that were involved in the American Revolution through fun games and projects, including capture the flag and studying Washington’s blueprints for shelters in Valley Forge. In the coming weeks, they will be starting their “That’s My Girl!” unit, where they study many of the important women who were involved in the American Revolution. They will also be creating projects about these ‘SHE-ros,’ and holding elections for the ‘Ultimate SHE-ro.’
Contributors: Madelina Eick and Saira Sodergren, Journalism Staff Members
Last week, the First Graders had a blast participating in Whacky Wednesday for Homecoming Spirit Week. They went all out and had a lot of fun dressing up. The First Graders have also been enjoying their recess at the end of the day. The dome is very exciting for them because it is the first year they are allowed to play on it.
Contributors: Siena Rovito and Tatum Klebon, Journalism Staff Members
