Here is the updated "12 Days of Holidays" schedule to accommodate dressing in Black and Gold to support the football team on Thursday! 🏈🏆
The SCASD Board of Directors will hold the following meetings this evening in the High School Library: 7:00 PM – Board Reorganization Meeting followed by a Special Board Meeting. The meetings will be live streamed on the SCASD YouTube Channel.
YouTube Live Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE2yf2u0f30
Public Comment Form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ExPF2RLz1kuoc4nEncUdfSXUdVnc_dFDgog_y0gYe4hUMk5BQ1lTUU8yWjExUzA1MENVVDZSMzIyRSQlQCNjPTEu
Board Docs: http://go.boarddocs.com/pa/scol/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CXZNUE619924
Schools and offices will be closed Friday, December 8th in order to give our students and families an opportunity to attend the State Championship football game. The game will be played at Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg at 1pm. We encourage all of our Southern Columbia Community to make the trip and cheer our Tigers on to another State Championship. The make-up day for Friday's school closure is scheduled for Monday, March 25, 2024.
Congratulations to our SCA football team, cheerleaders ,and marching band and as always, GO TIGERS!
Here's a Middle School edition of "Together We’re Tigers" to end the week.
Left To Right:
Brent Kelchner: Middle School Science Teacher with 29 years in education and 28 years at SCA
Janet Stanishefski: Paraprofessional with over 20 years working at SCA
Travis Williams: Middle School Technology Teacher with 14 years working at SCA
Jessica Visnosky: 5th Grade ELA teacher with 20 years in education and 19 years working at SCA
Tracy Sudol: Middle School Emotional Support Paraprofessional with 13 years working at SCA
Andrea Guffey: 8th Grade ELA Teacher with 5 years in education and in her 2nd year working at SCA
Patrick McDevitt: 7th and 12th Grade ELA Teacher with 11 years in education and in his 1st year at SCA
December is here, and it's time to spread Holiday Cheer! The Southern Columbia High School and Middle School Student Councils, along with Elementary SWPBIS, will be holding the "12 Days of Holidays" beginning on Thursday, December 7. All students and staff are encouraged to participate in these dress up days. 🎅🎄❄️🤶
Congratulations to the following 7th Graders who were selected as SoCo STARS, Students of Month, in October! Pictured left to right: Zoe Swank (Math), Brenna Thomas (ELA), Samantha Cronin (Geography), and Lana Stank (Science).
Mrs. Hower's Third Grade class worked collaboratively to create igloos to shelter animals in the arctic. They used marshmallows (blocks of ice) and toothpicks (wooden beams) to protect their animals from the arctic breeze (hairdryer). ❄️🌨️💨
Our little artists have been creating abstract paintings in the Art room!
For this mid- week edition of "Together We’re Tigers," we head to G.C. Hartman Elementary School.
Standing (Left to Right)
Kay Rodriguez: Kindergarten Teacher with 30 years in education and 23 years at SCA
Fawn Madden: First Grade Teacher with 10 years in education and 7 years at SCA
Chris Medon: Technical Support Specialist with 7 years in education and 6 years at SCA
Seated (Left to Right)
Lexi McWilliams: Elementary Music Teacher and High School Choir Director with 3 years in education and in her 2nd year at SCA
Natalie Hunter: 1st grade Elementary Teacher in her 2nd year at SCA
Jeff Rooney: 4th Grade Teacher with 6 years in education and 5 years at SCA
Winter Keystone Retakes are coming up. Please see the attached files for answers to frequently asked questions and other information for parents and guardians. Here are SCA's testing dates:
Algebra Dec. 5-6; Makeup Dec. 7-8
Biology Dec. 12-13; Makeup Dec. 14-15
Literature Jan. 9-10; Makeup Jan. 11-12
After a wonderful Thanksgiving break, we are continuing our celebration of our amazing staff. We start this week’s edition of "Together We’re Tigers" with the High School.
From Left to Right:
Kayla Benfer: Business Education Teacher with 3 years at SCA
Ryan Mensch: High School English Teacher with 18 years at SCA
Mike Johnston: High School English Teacher with 27 years at SCA
Alicia Lewis: High School Secretary in her 2nd year at SCA
Recently, 8th graders participated in an engineering challenge in Science class where they were tasked with building a prototype of a rubber band powered Mars rover. Then they applied the engineering process (design --> revise --> perfect) to identify weaknesses in the basic prototype and make design changes that would improve its performance. They were restricted to certain materials and had to stay within design constraints that limited their rovers to no more than 12 inches in any dimension and no more than 75 grams. After reengineering their vehicles, they competed to see which team's rover could travel the furthest across our simulated rugged Mars terrain.
Over the weekend, three Senior members of S.A.V.E. (Students Against Violence Everywhere) used the funds raised during the annual Quarter Wars Challenge to deliver packaged detergent pods and dryer sheets to local laundromats for customers to use free of charge.
Additionally, members of the Peer Leadership program attended a S.A.V.E. leadership conference in Harrisburg last week to learn more about preventing social isolation and bullying here at Southern.
FBLA members Gracie Keller, Anesa Brown, and Elizabeth Hodder led a donation drive for the Bloomsburg Women's Center. The partnership was generated by Amanda Strocko, FBLA president. Students throughout the high school donated cleaning and hygiene items. Over 100 donations will be provided to the Center.
For "Thankful Thursday," Mr. Williams expressed thankfulness for Mr. Hynoski's return to SCA as our principal.
The SCASD Board of Directors will hold the following meetings this evening in the High School Library: 6:30 PM - Curriculum Committee, 6:45 PM - Local Advisory Committee, 7:00 PM – School Board. The meetings will be live streamed on the SCASD YouTube Channel.
YouTube Live Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ktmNK6lb4
Public Comment Form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ExPF2RLz1kuoc4nEncUdfSXUdVnc_dFDgog_y0gYe4hUOUUwSFZVVTNPUThDOFhNWlRCTk4zQjFMVyQlQCNjPTEu
Board Docs: http://go.boarddocs.com/pa/scol/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CWKK4W501968
Last night, the SCA Varsity Club brought back the Powderpuff Game for the first time since 2019. In a defensive battle, Let There Be Light (Pink) defeated Lights Out (Black) 6-0 behind a Kennadie Reamer TD with 12 seconds left! Jillian Kehler had an interception at the goal line and took it 70 yards to set up the winning TD. Ella Podgurski had 2 interceptions for Lights Out.
In celebration of Thanksgiving Spirit Week and today's "Football Friday" theme in the high school, Skylar Riffindifil sported Mr. Hynoski's college jersey. Mr. Williams was found sporting Mr. Hynoski's NFL jersey on "Thankful Thursday."
6th Grade STEM students made slingshot cars out of popsicle sticks. The slingshot car is an excellent introductory project to illustrate how potential energy is converted into kinetic energy while highlighting the importance of low friction.
Mrs. Hower's Third Grade class wore t-shirts expressing what they are thankful for, and students in Miss Merook's Second Grade class created a turkey and added feathers with a list of the items for which they are most thankful. Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍂
