South Sumter High School Newsletter

November 4th

Girl's Weightlifting vs Citrus @ Home 4:30 pm

Girl's Soccer vs Mt. Dora Christian @ Home 6 pm

Band Booster Meeting

November 5th

Boy's Soccer vs Trinity Catholic (Varsity Only) @ Home 6 pm

November 6th

Boy's Soccer vs Bishop Moore @ Away

November 7th

Girl's Soccer vs Academy at the Lake @ Away

Boy's Varsity Football vs Eastside @ 7 pm (Senior Night)

Pep Rally "Rock the Rams"

November 11th

Holiday-ALL

November 12th

Girl's Soccer vs Pasco @ Away

Boy's Soccer vs Forest @ Home 6/7:30 pm

Girl's Basketball Pre-Season @ Away

November 13th

Girl's Weightlifting @ Home 4:30 pm

Kona Ice/Tom's Coffee during lunches

Girl's Basketball Pre-Season @ Away

Girl's Soccer vs Tavares @ Home 6 pm

November 14th

Boy's Soccer vs Umatilla @ Home 6 pm

Girl's Soccer vs Umatilla @ Away

November 15th

Senior Trip Meeting in the cafeteria during Raider Time

November 18th

Boy's Soccer vs Forest (JV Only) @ Home 6 pm

Bronson Animal Diagnostic Lab Field Trip

Girl's Soccer vs Crystal River @ Away

Girl's Basketball vs Weeki Wachee @ Home 6/7:30 pm

November 19th

Girl's Soccer vs Leesburg @ Away

Senior Scholarship meeting in the Cafeteria during Raider Time

Girl's Basketball vs Hope Prep Academy @ Home 5:30/7 pm

November 20th

2nd Nine Weeks Mid Term Ends

Boy's Soccer vs Mt. Dora @ Home 5:30/7 pm

UF Powering the Community Field Trip @ UF

November 21st

Girl's Basketball vs Mt. Dora @ Home 5:30/7 pm

Girl's Soccer vs Seven Rivers @ Away

Girl's Weightlifting @ Away

Honor Band @ CF

FFA Meeting in the Raider Room 6:30-7:30 pm

November 22nd

Early Dismissal for students

Honor Band @ CF

Girl's Basketball vs Mt. Dora @ Home 5:30/7 pm

November 25-29th

Thanksgiving Holiday for Students and Teachers

November 30th

Boy's Basketball vs Trinity Catholic @ Away

PLEASE give a BIG congratulations to Debbie Hileman, SSHS Teacher of the Year!!!! Our school has been blessed to have had Mrs. Hileman as one of our teachers for 35 years! To say she has impacted numerous lives throughout her teaching career, is an understatement. We thank her for all she has done for our school and the Tiny Tots program.

Please give a BIG congratulations to our School Related Employee of the Year, Mr. Ernest Henry!!! He is simply the best and we appreciate his kindness and hard work he does for our school! You rock Mr. Ernest!

Students,

Would you like to leave school early every day to prepare for your future career? Would you like a class you can make an A in just for turning in paperwork you already have and a timesheet? How about a class that helps you make extra money to spend? You can have all these benefits if you take an OJT class! OJT is a cooperative education program that allows students to engage in productive work on-site while providing knowledge and skills essential to the job position.

Students interested in participating in OJT courses must first speak with their guidance counselor to discuss eligibility. Then, they need to secure a job (get hired) and finally meet with me, Mrs. Dewey, to complete the necessary OJT paperwork.

I look forward to continuing our local workplace collaborations and I greatly appreciate all those wonderful folks currently working with us.

Thanks for supporting Sumter Schools.

Mrs. Dewey

Expectations

The school has a set of expectations for student behavior that will be taught to all students and recognized. These expectations apply to all areas of the school, including the classroom, hallways, lunchroom, and bus.

· Goal

The goal of PBIS is to create a positive school environment where students feel safe and can learn and grow.

· Teaching

Students are taught the school-wide expectations through examples and non-examples of appropriate behavior.

· Rewards

Students are rewarded with Raider Bucks for demonstrating expected behaviors by any staff member.

If you would like to volunteer or donate to our PBIS program, please contact Donna Cook at 793-3131, Ext. 8221

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.

Grad Bash tickets ($98) for Seniors go on sale in January! For any questions, please email Mrs. Cofield.

Senior parents & guardians are invited to meet in the Raider Room at 6pm on November 12th to discuss fundraising.

There will be a mandatory senior trip meeting on Friday, November 15th during Raider Time in the cafeteria. Participants will receive an updated agenda for the trip & tips on what to pack. We will also review the rules for the trip.

All orders should be placed by December 1st . All students wanting to participate in the graduation ceremony must have the official school C&G. Orders will be delivered to SSHS in March. Email Mrs. Stewart if you have any questions.

The counselors are offering a FAFSA workshop to assist you in the completion of your application on December 2nd at 5:00 pm in the Raider Room. You will need a parent/guardian to attend with you & they will need their most recent tax return.

CONGRATULATIONS to sophomore Piersen Taylor who will make it to the Regional Golf Tournament at Dubsdread in Orlando!!!

Our FFA chapter attended the 97th National FFA Convention and Expo with 14 students of South Sumter FFA. South Sumter FFA was recognized at the 2nd General Session as a 3-star National Chapter recipient, the highest rating a chapter can receive through the National FFA Organization. Students accepting this award were Brook Raybon and Randy Moses.

Our Horse Evaluation team represented South Sumter FFA and the Florida FFA Association at the National competition, placing 7th in the Nation as a Gold emblem team! Emma Bogue was recognized as a Gold individual, placing 6th in the Nation! Team members include Emma Bogue, Cassidy Crawford, Elizabeth Young and Cheyenne Jericho.

Alynza McBride was 5th in the Nation for her Agriscience Fair project about salt water intrusion on slash pines in the Environmental Service/Natural Resource category. Emma Bogue was 8th in the Nation for her Agriscience Fair project about mini equine therapy in the Social Science category.

Last but certainly not least, Caroline Moore received her American FFA degree, the highest degree a member can earn through the National FFA Association, at the final session of the convention. Only 1% of the Nation's FFA members achieve this honor!

The members who participated in this years National FFA Convention listened to the inspiring words of Dr. Temple Grandin, learned about the beekeeping and honey industry from a local producer and met industry professionals and colleges from across the nation at the expo hall.

Thank you for your support of our students!

Brianna Swartzfager

Agriscience Instructor & FFA Advisor

Jacqueline Moreno- Trejo was accepted to the Florida All-State Honor Band. She will be part of a band that includes all the best High School players in the state of Florida. She will represent SSHS at the performance in the Marriott Water Street Hotel in Tampa on January 11th

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