Middle School

Students in Mrs. Nestico's 6th Grade Math class learned how to organize data this week. Students worked in groups stacking coins as high as they could and when their towers fell over, they recorded the number of coins they used. They repeated this process and found the mean, median, mode, and range of their data.

Both middle and high school students attended a CSIU sponsored drone building event at the Montour Preserve. Students were paired to follow directions in drone building, a meticulous feat that required patience and attention to detail. After building, students were able to code and fly the drones to test their hard work. Gifted students in the fifth grade enjoyed the mentoring from high school Aviation/Gifted students in this cooperative experience. Ms. Frey, Mr. Roughton, and Mrs. Roughton led the field trip.

The following students were chosen by the Sixth Grade staff at Southern Columbia Middle School as March'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! March 2024: Shane Jacobs, Violet Beyer, Ashlynn Sharkuski, Gavin Manney

The following students were chosen by Fifth Grade Staff at Southern Columbia Middle School as March 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! March 2024: Charlie (Charlotte) Paul and Orion Mourey

“You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” -John Bunyan Our school is lucky enough to have seven students serving our communities as junior and regular firefighters. Students Hunter Sharrow, Chase Compton, Cameron Traugh, and Aidyn McHale are all volunteers at Valley Chemical Fire Department in Numidia. Students Aidan Wetzel, Austyn Balchunas, and Ryan Davis are volunteers at the Elysburg Fire Department. These dedicated students spend much of their time serving the communities and responding to emergencies. Both companies are always looking for more junior/regular firefighters. A person must be at least 14 years old to participate in the junior firefighter program. If interested, please see the attached flyer from the Elysburg Fire Department. Contributor: Aidan Wetzel, Journalism Staff Member

Elizabeth Stamm is currently serving as a student teacher in Ms. Burcicki's 7th Grade ELA classes. Learn more about this aspiring educator and Rebersburg, PA, native below! 🏫🎒

REMINDER! ... Support our Middle School Gifted students by voting for their video as many times as you wish at the link below. Voting closes TONIGHT at 11:59 pm: https://www.whatssocool.org/contests/central-susquehanna/ 📽️🎥

Today some of the SAVE (Students Against Violence Everywhere) members attended the Youth Mental Health Summit at the Lewisburg Campus Theatre. They presented on their violence prevention and mental health awareness work here at Southern. The keynote speaker was recent SCA graduate and inaugural Southern SAVE officer, Sienna Sosnoski. This Summit was organized by the CSIU and offered the opportunity for many local schools to share similar student groups with other districts.

Students in Fifth Grade Science class recently conducted a celery dissection to identify xylem and phloem.

Miss Johnson's class dyed eggs using turmeric, red cabbage, red onion skins, yellow onion skins, red beets, and blueberries. Then the students guessed what colors the eggs would turn out. The reveal was not what was expected! 🐰🐣🥚

Support our Middle School Gifted students by voting for their video as many times as you wish at the link below: https://www.whatssocool.org/contests/central-susquehanna/ Voting is open NOW for the Viewer's Choice award for the Central Susquehanna What's So Cool About Manufacturing? video contest. Voting is open thru 11:59 P.M. on March 28. The contest videos were created by students from Bloomsburg, Central Columbia, Mount Carmel, Huntingdon, Williamsport and Southern Columbia middle schools and feature the following manufacturers: West Pharmaceutical Services, Bloomsburg Carpet, Gardners Candies, GAF, Great Dane, and Press Enterprise. Two of these teams will move on to the statewide contest in May. The 2024 Central Susquehanna What’s So Cool About Manufacturing contest is produced by IMC, CSIU, The Foundation of The Columbia Montour Chamber of Commerce, BLaST IU 17 and Advance Central PA.

Support our Middle School Gifted students by voting for their video as many times as you wish at the link below: https://www.whatssocool.org/contests/central-susquehanna/ Voting is open NOW for the Viewer's Choice award for the Central Susquehanna What's So Cool About Manufacturing? video contest. Voting is open thru 11:59 P.M. on March 28. The contest videos were created by students from Bloomsburg, Central Columbia, Mount Carmel, Huntingdon, Williamsport and Southern Columbia middle schools and feature the following manufacturers: West Pharmaceutical Services, Bloomsburg Carpet, Gardners Candies, GAF, Great Dane, and Press Enterprise. Two of these teams will move on to the statewide contest in May. The 2024 Central Susquehanna What’s So Cool About Manufacturing contest is produced by IMC, CSIU, The Foundation of The Columbia Montour Chamber of Commerce, BLaST IU 17 and Advance Central PA.

Students in Mr. Williams' 8th Grade STEM class are continuing with their exploration of robotics. Students are designing and coding Lego robots to complete and solve specific tasks in the classroom. Students are recalling their coding-skills, which have been taught earlier in the year, and combining them with their problem-solving skills in order complete the task at-hand.

The SCA Lady Tigers Basketball team is hosting a "Mother and Son Night of Fun" on Friday, May 10 for Boys in Grades K-5. Please see the attached flyer for more information! 🏀

Miss Johnson's class visited Tharptown General Store & Pizzeria where her students learned how to make their very own personal pizza. They loved their finished products. Yum! 🍕

Today is World Down Syndrome Day. Check out the socks on these guys!

Here are our 8th Grade SoCo Stars for the month of February! ⭐Alexandra Picarella, nominated by Mrs. Serafini ⭐Hannah Manney, nominated by Mr. Kelchner ⭐Ellen Mika, nominated by Dr. Cole ⭐Ethan Mika, nominated by Ms. Guffey

Thursday, March 21, is World Down Syndrome Day. Please join in and have your children wear colorful/mismatched socks and/or blue and yellow to school. 💙🧦💛

We are all in this together! Tuesday, March 19, was “Ellymay Day” for the Southern Columbia Area School District. Students and staff were encouraged to show their support for Ellymay Yost as she showcases her bravery and courage during the duration of the next couple months. Students and staff wore purple and blue attire, and some even dyed their hair to show their love for Ellymay. There was also a dress down day for staff and bracelets sold, where all the proceeds went to Ellymay’s family. We wish Ellymay the best of luck and give her all our TIGER LOVE! 🖤🐯💛🖤🐯💛 Contributor: MolliLyn Petro, Journalism Staff Member

❄️Good-bye Winter, Hello Spring!🌻 Let's Recycle! Art students in Mrs. Brown's Fifth Grade class created snowmen using scraps of wood from the Tech Ed department. Snowmen were embellished with their choice of donated fabric scraps, buttons, and polymer clay for the nose. Students topped off their snowmen with a hat, using old socks that they brought from home!