The following students were chosen by Fifth Grade Staff at Southern Columbia Middle School as February 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!
January 2023: Jena Knoebel and Silas Victory
Southern Columbia is a great place to work, especially if you have children in school! Having a schedule that closely follows theirs, allows you to attend their extra-curricular activities, and have days off when they do.
The District is currently accepting applications for the following:
Emotional Support/Learning Support Teacher.
Mega Sub - works every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Secretary to the Director of Special Education.
Assistant Head Cook (High School).
Full-time 1st Shift Custodian.
Full-time Cafeteria Custodian.
Check out our Employment page for more information and to start your application process through the online Employment Interest Form.
FINAL REMINDER: Have you ordered your 2023 Yearbook yet? If not, visit the link below and search for your school(s) of choice. Books for G.C. Hartman Elementary, Southern Columbia Middle School, and Southern Columbia High School can all be ordered from the same site, but make sure you are ordering for the correct school if you are placing multiple orders. Thank you! https://www.jostens.com/yearbooks/students-and-parents/about-yearbooks#affiliate
Freshman, Michaela Williams, will represent our school by playing her violin on WBRE TV station's "PA Live" program this afternoon (Thursday, March 2nd), which will air from 3:00 - 4:00 PM. Be sure to catch her performance! Congratulations Michaela!
Michaela & Violin
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School Nurse Mrs. Spade and School Police Officer Kent Lane both read to Mrs. Pfirman's Third Grade class yesterday. The entire grade was also surprised with a special visit from Thing 1 and Thing 2 (also known as Mrs. Spotts' brothers) while their mother read to the students.
Freshman, Michaela Williams, will represent our school by playing her violin on WBRE TV station's "PA Live" program this afternoon, which will air from 3:00 - 4:00 PM. Be sure to catch her performance! Congratulations Michaela!
6th Grade STEM class made catapults out of popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and bottle caps. They launched marshmallows into a cup or to see how far and high they could propel the object. The class has been in the process of learning about simple machines and levers.
Students in Mrs. Roughton's Honors English class, led by student teacher Ms. Twiddy, are engaging in relevant discussions of race, humanity, and innocence in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird using technology resources.
8th grade students worked hard to calculate slope from a graph yesterday in math class.
It has been a fun and eventful past week in First Grade. Events included Mr. Fetterman visiting the classroom and reading to students for Read Across America week, taking advantage of nice weather to practice comparing numbers with chalk outdoors, and a completely unplanned match amongst four students in totally different classes on "Fancy" day.
6th grade students in Mrs. Bloom's and Mr. Visnosky's Social Studies classes recently took on the role of ancient Phoenician trading captains in a fun historical simulation activity.
6th Grade students who earned 30 or more AR points in the 2nd marking period celebrated their success with a pizza party donated by SMART!
Freshman Michaela Williams was featured as the Here's to You Kid on pahomepage.com
Check out the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7S9snOFutg
Southern Columbia Area School District will be operating on a 2- hr delay this morning. Again, Southern Columbia will be operating on a two hour delay this morning , Tuesday, February 28
Students in grades 7-12 listened to a presentation focused on the value of people and the worth of influence given by Mr. Gross, a school counselor from the Parkland Area School District.
Middle school students are exploring different uses for spreadsheets in Computer Class by creating Pixel Art in order to learn how to navigate and manipulate cells in a spreadsheet.
Over the next 12 weeks, High School Journalism students will be completing a "Teachers of Tomorrow" project for our website and social media platforms. Their work will feature each of the student teachers working within our district during the Spring Semester. Our first student teachers, Joshua Bernocco and Sean McCarthy, are both teaching with Mrs. Becker (HS) and Mr. T. Williams (MS).
Tonight's Girls Basketball District 4 Playoff Game will be live streamed on YouTube at the following link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbrj10srZTE
Southern Columbia's Staff Spotlight for the last week in February is Mr. Medon. He is quick to fix any "bugs" we have during our school day. Mr. Medon is changing our world through technology and helping us create a future we haven't realized yet - we appreciate you!
Third Grade students visited the High School on Friday to participate in Presidents' Day activities including an art activity, critical thinking, and writing. The Third Graders were assisted by Miss Hoffman's 9th graders, and the proceedings ended with students singing a song about presidents.
