South Sumter High School Newsletter
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March Newsletter
Welcome to South Sumter High School where student success and academic achievement is our top priority. The faculty and staff at South Sumter High School are committed to providing our students with a caring and encouraging environment to facilitate their academic accomplishments.
Below you will find all the latest SSHS news, upcoming events, important reminders, plus more!
March 1st
Softball Panama City Tournament @ Away
Baseball Varsity vs Hudson @ Away 7:00 pm
March 2nd
Softball Panama City Tournament @ Away
March 4-8th
Spring Break
March 12th
PERT testing for students interested in Dual Enrollment SY 24-25
Baseball JV vs The Villages @ Home 6:00 pm
March 13th
Baseball JV vs Citrus @ Away 6:00 pm
Baseball Varsity vs Central @ Away 7:00 pm
March 14th
Track Raider Open #2 @ Home 4:30 pm
Softball vs The Villages @ Home 5:00/7:00 pm
Baseball Varsity vs Natural Coast @ Home 7:00 pm
March 15th
Baseball Varsity vs The Villages @ Home 7:00 pm
March 18th
Softball vs Umatilla @ Away 5:00/7:00 pm
March 19th
High School & Beyond 5:45-7:00 pm
The Accelerated Program Presentation 5:00-6:00
Track vs Hernando @ Away 3:00 pm
Baseball Varsity vs Lecanto @ Away 7:00 pm
Softball vs Citrus @ Away 5:00/7:00 pm
March 20th
Junior Class SAT School Day
Baseball JV vs Citrus @ Home 6:00 pm
March 21st
8th grade visit 9:00-11:30
Baseball JV vs Hernando @ Away 4:30 pm
Boy's Weightlifting Lake & Sumter Traditional Invitational @ Home 4:30 pm
Baseball Varsity vs Hernando @ Away 7:00 pm
March 22nd
End of the 3rd Nine Weeks
9th grade Schedule Presentation with counselors
Softball Doc4Life Tournament @ Ocala
Track Raider Invitational @ Home 4:30 pm
Baseball Varsity vs Citrus @ Away 6:30 pm
March 23rd
Softball Doc4Life Tournament @ Ocala
March 25th
10th grade Schedule Presentation with counselors
Baseball Varsity vs Farm Bureau Tournament @ Away
Baseball JV vs Lecanto @ Home 6:00 pm
March 26th
11th grade Schedule Presentation with counselors
Baseball Varsity vs Farm Bureau Tournament @ Away
Softball vs Forest @ Away 5:00/7:00 pm
March 27th
Baseball Varsity vs Farm Bureau Tournament @ Away
March 28th
3rd Nine Weeks Report Cards
March 29th
Holiday for Students & Teachers
Boy's Weightlifting District Championship @ Home 11:00 pm
What's New
Through our partnership with Varsity Tutors for Schools, South Sumter High School students can now use 24/7 On-Demand Chat Tutoring. When help is needed, connect with a highly qualified expert tutor, day or night.
To use the platform, students will log into their classlink account.
Upcoming Events/Announcements
24-25 Scheduling Announcement
Later in the month of March, students will be given a curriculum guide that contains descriptions of all classes being offered next year at SSHS. It will also include sample schedule cards. Please look over the curriculum guide and schedule card, for the appropriate grade level, with your student and discuss possible elective choices for next year. The counselors will be giving presentations on class options so this will help for student scheduling purposes. Any questions please contact your student’s school counselor.
February Recap
HOSA
Congratulations to all of the students that participated in the HOSA Regional competition. The following students placed in the Top 5 of their event, and those that placed 1st-3rd will advance to the State Leadership Conference in April!
Naomi Reed- 2nd place Medical Law & Ethics
Austin Kirby- 3rd place Epidemiology
Nathalie Williams- 4th place Medical Reading
Emily Sclafani- 2nd Place Home Health Aide
Skyler Valles- 3rd place Nursing Assisting
Destiny Barnes- 1st place Sports Medicine
Lexi Pinion, Makiah Caine, Makiah Isom & Isabella Meindl- 3rd place HOSA Bowl
Tristan Searles, Leslie Zavala-Guillen, Breanna Bork- 4th place HOSA Bowl
EPIC Academy and Cemex
Our EPIC program is truly one to be a part of! They spent two days at CEMEX teaching 5th grade classes from Bushnell Elementary School and Webster Elementary School. The EPIC students lead all instruction and we are so proud of these future educators.
Science Fair
1st place State Finalist and ISEF Finalist
Alynza McBride- She earned 3 special awards.
1st place state runner ups
Shimin Yang, she earned 3 special awards
Kaitlyn Knight
Gabrielly Villegas
2nd place in their Cohorts
Samiul Kader
Khadijah Khan
3rd place in their Cohorts
Jasmine Garcia and Hannah Roach
4th place in their Cohorts
Gabrielle Lambert
Zoe Sampson, Samantha Vaughan, Rebecca Stephens
Girl's Weightlifting Team
Congratulations to the Lady Raider Weightlifters below for qualifying for and competing in the 2024 Class 1A Girls Weightlifting State Championship in Lakeland, FL. In addition to the individual awards listed below, the team earned a 6th place finish in the Traditional event out of dozens of teams. Congratulations ladies! Raider Nation is proud of you!
Sade Barnes
Angelina Parker
Destiny Barnes- State Runner-Up Traditional
Payton Rodgers
Abby Wilhelm- 3rd Place Traditional
Strawberry Cooper
Skyler Valles- 5th Place Olympic, 6th Place Traditional
Nevaeh Cooper
FBLA
Congratulations to the following FBLA District Winners and congratulation to our new 2024-2025 FBLA District 10 Parliamentarian – Sophia Robertson!!!
1st Place – Amber Arnold – Spreadsheet Applications
1st Place – Serenity Caldwell – Business Communications
1st Place – Ja’karia Caswell – Job Interview
1st Place – Alyssa Jester – Introduction to Financial Math
1st Place – Sophia Robertson – Introduction to Parliamentary Procedures
1st Place – Jenna Stevens – Human Resource Management
1st Place – Aryca Zapata – Introduction to FBLA
1st Place Team – Abigail Ortega and Maisie Vega – Introduction to Business Presentation
2nd Place – Jozlin Bell – Business Law
2nd Place – Emma Bogue - Agribusiness
2nd Place – Kayla Bui – Public Speaking
2nd Place – Jacob Cullen – Computer Problem Solving
2nd Place – Kierstyn Davies – Business Communications
2nd Place - Alicia Green – Introduction to Business Concepts
2nd Place – Chrissy Wells – Organizational Leadership
3rd Place – Dustin Baucom – Health Care Administration
3rd Place – Ashlynn Bell – Introduction to Business Communications
3rd Place – Tristan Searles – Business Calculations
3rd Place – Elizabeth Young - Agribusiness
AVID
Congratulations to the following students on their big win at the AVID District Speech Contest!
11/12th grade:
Ashlyn Berry 1st place
Daekira James 3rd place
9/10th grade:
Samuel Kader 2nd place
And thank you to our other students that spoke their amazing speeches as well. Each speech made us all proud!