Cub Connection

Hello Southside family! Here is your weekly update about all things Southside.

27th Edition

• If you are signing in a student, this should take place after 8:30.
• Southside is a gum free campus. Please help our building stay clean by leaving gum at home.
• If you are interested for your child to receive tutoring, please have your child reach out to their teacher about before or after school tutoring.
• We ask that you join our APT (Association of Parents and Teachers) this year. The cost is $10. Please contact us for more information on how to join. Let's all show our Cub Pride by getting involved!
  
• Parental Reminders: Students are required to wear their IDs each day. The cost of IDs is $10 ($8 for the ID card and $2 for the lanyard). 6th graders=gold; 7th graders=royal blue; 8th graders=navy blue
• No sign-outs after 3:00 PM.
• Please be prepared to go through the metal detectors upon entering the school. Only bringing in keys and a valid photo ID will help with this process.

Each week, we will pull content questions from our different grade levels to see if you could pass our classes here at Southside! Answers are at the very end of the newsletter. This week is our fine arts classes.

Dance: Richmond's Jackson Ward is home to a monument of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, whose birthday is a designated national day for what dance style?

a) Ballet

b) Tap

c) Jazz

d) Hip Hop

Art: What is the name of the stage of clay after it has exited the kiln once?

a) leatherhard

b) bone dry

c) bisqueware

d) glazeware

Band: What NFL Star played the saxophone in high school and even now as an adult?

a) Jason Kelce

b) Travis Kelce

c) Reggie Bush

d) Tom Brady

Theatre: Kabuki theatre is traditional theatre from which country?

a) Japan

b) The Philippines

c) North Korea

d) Thailand

Healthy Choices at Home: from our fantastic nurses here at Southside, we will be posting some ways that we can stay healthy this school year. This weeks theme is "Get Moving". According the the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, children should aim for 60 minutes of physical activity each day. This can include walking, running, playing soccer, doing gymnastics, playing tag, or biking to school. Physical activity is an important part of health. For more information, click here.

Rising 9th graders in Florence 1 Schools who are academically gifted and have an innate interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Math should consider applying to be part of West Florence High School's nationally certified STEM Magnet. Students in the STEM Magnet receive a rigorous, high-quality education that is filled with STEM-integrated lessons, collaborative projects, hands-on research, job shadowing opportunities, and real-world STEM exploration. Each magnet student will graduate with a nationally recognized Cognia STEM graduation certificate upon completing at least 8 STEM credit courses. For more information, please contact Mr. Perry, Assistant Principal and STEM Magnet Director, at rperry@fsd1.org or visit the West Florence STEM Magnet website at https://westflorence.f1s.org/stem/stem-magnet-high-school. The application is live from Friday, January 5, 2024, until 4 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. A link to the application can also be found on the site.

The Governor's School for Science and Mathematics is hosting a free open house on Saturday, March 2nd. This event is targeted towards families to come and experience an interactive day of STEM. This fun and free STEM opportunity that is open to everyone! Please see the flyer attached to learn more about this event.

If you are interested in purchasing a yearbook, please see the flyers provided. You have two payment options: pay with cash to Ms. Johnson for $40 or pay online by going to yearbookordercenter.com (school code 623) for $43.99. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Kirby or Ms. Walker. On sale until March 22.

From our Apps Creator Class: Students applied computational thinking that is incremental and iterative; they developed and tested the app in stages, and they played music using their own creation. All of this took place using a "Piano App".

To celebrate Black History Month, some of our 7th grade classes decorated their classroom doors and hallway.

On Tuesday, March 5th, the Southside Middle School Cubs Honor Band will be putting on their Pre-Concert Performance Assessment Concert at South Florence High School beginning at 7:00. Concert Performance Assessment is a graded performance assessment where students will be judged on salient features of musicality to receive a ranking of either Superior, Excellent, Good, or Average. We would love to have you all come and support these students.

Our theatre students are busy! Bryleigh Reed and Henley Thompson blocked a scene for the play. Ryleigh created the choreography and is teaching it to the cast. Ansley Willard was also busy teaching the choreography she created for a musical number.

Sewing club this week learned how to use sewing machines. We practiced basic straight stitches and zigzag stitches to prepare for future projects.

This week in Sports:

- March 4: Soccer has an away game @ Longs Middle. Girls start at 6 pm, boys after.

- March 4: Baseball has an away game vs Sneed at West Florence. Starts at 6pm.

- March 7: Soccer has a home game vs Moore Middle. Girls start at 6 pm, boys after.

Trivia Answers: 1) B, 2) C, 3) A, 4) A

Website: https://southside.f1s.org/
Location: 290 West John Paul Jones Road, Effingham, SC, USA
Phone: 843-664-8467