Middle School

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!

Use the link below to place your yearbook order for any one of our three schools. Extra copies are not guaranteed to be available at the time of distribution, so it is important to reserve your copy now. https://www.jostens.com/yearbooks/students-and-parents/about-yearbooks#affiliate The books will arrive in May, so don't delay and order TODAY! 🏫🎒📚

For students who may have missed the Elective Showcase Assembly yesterday morning and would like to review the art courses offered at the high school (or parents and/or members of the community who are interested in learning more about the classes that are available at SCA), view the linked presentation below at your leisure. Mrs. Roulin welcomes you to stop by the art room with any questions you may have. 🎨https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RWjKl_jQlA🖼️

The 8th Grade Girls Basketball team won 1st Place at the Shikellamy tournament over the weekend. Congrats girls! 🏀

Only 16 tickets remain for tonight's Encore production, "Little Shop of Horrors." A limited number of tickets are also available for Saturday's show. Feed your desire for entertainment and support our talented students by ordering your tickets at the link below. 🪴🏵️ 🎟️ ORDER HERE: our.show/littleshopsouthern 🎫 We hope to see you at the show! 🎶🍿

Only 16 tickets remain for tonight's Encore production, "Little Shop of Horrors." A limited number of tickets are also available for Saturday's show. Feed your desire for entertainment and support our talented students by ordering your tickets at the link below. 🪴🏵️ 🎟️ ORDER HERE: our.show/littleshopsouthern 🎫 We hope to see you at the show! 🎶🍿

Evan and Carly Gajkowski, healthcare professionals at Geisinger Medical Center, visited 7th Grade Life Science classes this week. Students learned about the structure and function of the heart, heart health, procedures, and so much more. They were even able to dissect a pig heart! Special thanks to Evan and Carly for volunteering their time with us and to all healthcare workers in our communities for helping keep us safe and healthy!

This week in Ms. Guffey’s 8th Grade ELA classes, students are continuing their pursuit of mastering the English language. They have been reading several poems by famous poets including Maya Angelou, and they are transitioning into working on grammar. The class will cover the differences between complex, compound, and compound-complex sentences. Students will soon be doing more writing, including a comparison essay between poems they have previously read and analyzed. These students have been giving it their all! By working with CommonLit, the students get a well-rounded lesson every day while working on grammar, writing, and analysis. This will give them the necessary practice for the PSSA’s. Contributor: Quinn Johnston, Journalism Staff Member

Readers Are Leaders! 📚 6th Grade students volunteered to read to Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade students to help celebrate "Read Across America" last week.

The following students were chosen by the Sixth Grade staff at Southern Columbia Middle School as February'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! February 2024: Rayne Sharkuski, William Visnosky, Carly Heintzelman, Riley Snyder

We are only 1️⃣ day away from the curtains opening on this year's Encore production, "Little Shop of Horrors." Students across the entire district were treated to a preview of the show during school yesterday! 🪴🏵️ Tickets can be ordered for the March 14-16 performances by visiting the following link: our.show/littleshopsouthern We hope to see you at the show! 🎶🍿

During World Language Week, March 4-8, students in French 1 took some time to research and prepare presentations on famous French people throughout history. The Middle School French students are pictured here with their bulletin board creation.