Team Night
Thank you to all the families that attended a team night. It was great to see all of you again and have conversations around student learning and achievement within our South Learning Community. In addition to how things have been going with your students to start the new school year.
For those that were not able to attend, the following links will take you to the presentation that was presented for each team.
Team 1 Presentation
Team 2 Presentation
Team 3 Presentation
Team 4 Presentation
Team 5 Presentation
Team 6 Presentation
Tiger Walk-a-Thon
Each fall at South Junior High, South’s students, staff, and parents pull together to complete the one and only fundraiser of the year: the South Junior High School Tiger Walk-a-Thon. This year the date of our event is Friday, September 21st.
You may be asking yourself, what is a walk-a-thon and why do we do it? A walk-a-thon is an event where students actively seek donations for South Junior High, and for every dollar a student raises, they get to walk on the track!
Why do we do a walk-a-thon? In the past there have been many fundraisers here at South - many of which included selling lots of unhealthy food. For the last twelve years our focus has been the walk-a-thon and it has proved successful and fun. This year’s returning students can attest to the great day we had last September. Last year alone, students of South raised almost $20,000 dollars in just over a week! Not only is a walk-a-thon a healthier choice, but it is also a fun and exciting event.
The money raised goes right back to each one of your students. The following is a brief list of where some of the money goes or has gone in the past:
* Student agendas
* Art Materials
* Retreats and field trips
* Building Technology
* New books in the library
* Graphing Calculators
* Scholarship funds for athletics
* Physical Education/Fitness Room Supplies
* New equipment in the fitness room
* Industrial Technology Architectural Printer
How does it actually work? Students and their families that choose to participate can request donations to South. New this year, all money a student raises will be added to their grade level total. The more money a grade level raises, the longer they all get to walk around the track, although we don’t make a student walk any longer than they choose.
The school benefits if we all pull together. Another question often is, what’s in it for the kids other than improving the school? Well, there are lots of great prizes and here are just a few that are going out to the students this year:
Drawings for individual prizes that will be drawn for could include:
Here are some things to remember: The date of the fundraiser here at South is all day on September, 21st. Students received information here at school on Friday, September 14th.
Volunteers Needed
If anyone is interested in volunteering for all or part of the day on Friday, September 21 for our annual walk-a-thon, please email Joel Heitkamp or Andrea Laning and let us know what times work for you.
joel.heitkamp@isd742.org
andrea.laning@isd742.org
South Parent Association Meeting(SPA)
Our first parent meeting of the year will be Tues, Sept 18th, 6:30 -7:30 in the media center.
Technology Agreement Forms
The following link https://www.isd742.org/Page/7712 will take you to the technology agreement form that needs to be completed by all families. If this is taken care of prior to the family conference, students WILL receive their device from their teacher at that time. Please complete this form and select your choice of insurance.
After School Homework Club
The homework club room at South will begin on Tuesday, September 18th. The room will be available Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3:25-4:30. Students should be in room 177 by 3:25pm and need to have a ride coordinated to pick them up at door #7. There will be 2 tutors in the room to help students each day.
School Pictures
Student pictures were taken on Friday this past week. If you did not have an order form, click on the link below which will allow you to view and order online. Picture retake day will be October 10th and only those students that are purchasing pictures will be allowed to have a retake.
Cahill Studios:
https://vando.imagequix.com/g1000651184#login
Parent Pick-Up
Please plan to pick-up your student after school on 12th street south of the bus chute. Students are able to use the sidewalk just outside the football field and track to safely walk to parents waiting along the road. The parking lot on the north side of the building will not be open for student pick-up. Thank you for your cooperation with this.
