The Cardinal Way

Last year, our staff members of the week were selected by our students. This year, we are looking for our staff members to nominate each other. If you think there is a staff member who deserves to get recognized, please be sure to fill out this Google Form. The form will be open throughout the year so please remember to nominate our amazing staff members when they go above and beyond!

Moms like more than 1 present too!

IF you forgot about your mom or spouse this holiday season, Valentine's Day is around the corner in February! :)

I know it's after the holidays but this one makes me laugh so I had to share on our first day back!

Words are powerful - let's do our best to create the best messages for our staff and students as we start the semester. Let's make sure everyone KNOWS and HEARS all the positive things we think about them.

"I am happy you are all a part of the Southport Family!"

• Ashley Quinlin for her work as our Teachers' Treasurers organizer and shopper. She helps ensure our students and staff have everything they need to be successful and it is very much appreciated!
• Coaches, Just wanted to say Thank You for your commitment to practicing good sportsmanship with our student-athletes. We were named to the First Team All Sportsmanship list by the IHSAA through the Fall Sports season for having at least 100 Sportsmanship points (article linked below). Currently, we are sitting at 105 - thanks to the exemplary behavior shown by our Cross Country, Girls Volleyball, and Girls Soccer programs who helped us earn extra points. Keep up the good work with our student-athletes and keep being a positive example in our school and our community!
• Lisa Stanley and Jennifer Karushis for updating the EL accommodations for our specidal education students.
• The teachers who applied for Helping Hands Grants through PTEF to support students and their learning in your classroom.
• Everyone who helped cover classes in the last weeks of the semester when numerous staff members were sick.
• All of our Christmas Project donors and volunteers. It was heartwarming to hear families so apreciative and amazed that everything was done by OUR STAFF!
• Mr. Henriott, Mr. Hanley and Mrs. Traylor for volunteering to help with supervision & all of the extra staff members who supported by being present in the hallways during passing periods.
• Everyone who participated in the 12 days before Christmas break activities - I love how our staff has fun together!
• Mr. Williams for the hallway decoration outside of his room to celebrate the football bowl season.

Thank you to everybody who participated in the coloring contest last week. The pictures are hung today on the outside windows of the Main Office and the Athletic Office so if you haven't stopped by to see the amazing creativity of our staff, be sure to do that this week.

Congratulations to the four contest winners:

Renee Buckel

Kylie Keevy

Evan Medcalf

David Wissel

Congratulations to Kelly Harmon, this year's Ugly Sweater Contest winner! Apparantly, Ranch does NOT go on sweaters!

Thank you to everyone who participated!

The mentor teachers continue to work alongside instructional coaches and administrators to discover the most effective ways for teachers to easily get to know their students as learners. During the most recent ILT, the group was exploring Panorama.

Our wonderful principal Mrs. Boone is safe. Thank you to all the staff who tried to capture these A"Boone"inalbe's. They have been packaged and Amazon will ship them back for us to the North Pole. Our fearless capturers were:

Alex Mitchell

Brad Mitchell

Patrick Clark

Angela Sledge

Tiffany Grant

Our orchestra and band students performed in the main hallway and auditorium lobby during the last week of the semester. It brought holiday cheer, showcased our amazing students' talents, and allowed our student body to see the great work of our performing arts department.

I just want to thank Mr. Henriott for gifting these shirts to Jake and Joe so that we can all enjoy a Holly Dolly Christmas!

Mrs. Grehn along with the help of Mr. Weimer, organized a Key Club celebration during the last iPass of the semester. The club members organized different stations and activities for all of the club members to rotate through and enjoy.

Ms. Tial and Ms. Mawi took the Heritage Chin classes from SHS and PMHS on a field trip to the Chin Center. Students were able to learn about their heritage and view artifacts.

Website: https://www.perryschools.org/sh/
Location: 971 East Banta Road, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone: 317-789-4800
Twitter: @SHS_Cardinals