September 16: No Activity Bus

September 18 & 19: NWEA Fall MAP Testing, Girl's Basketball Practice, 3-4:30pm

September 19: Seventh & Eighth Grade Curriculum Night, 6:30-8pm

September 20: Girl’s Basketball Practice, 6:45-7:45am

September 23: Girl’s Basketball Practice, 3-4:30pm; No Activity Bus

September 24: Girl’s Basketball Practice, 3-4:30pm; Board of Education Meeting, 7pm

September 25: Girl’s Basketball @ Twin Groves Middle School, 3:45pm; Sixth Grade Activity Hour, 2:45-4pm

September 26: Girl’s Basketball Practice, 3-4:30pm

September 27: Speech Team Open Rehearsal, 2:45–4pm

October 1: Evacuation Drill with the Fire Department Observing

Dear South Parents and Guardians:

It was wonderful to see all the parents that attended our Sixth Grade Curriculum Night. We hope that everyone walked away from the evening with an understanding of each class' curriculum and expectations. If you still have questions, feel free to contact your child's teachers. We are looking forward to the Seventh- and Eighth-Grade Curriculum Night on September 19th at 6:30pm.

On Tuesday, South's Lunchroom Supervisors and Social Workers worked with the students to sit with their friends at lunch. The process went relatively smoothly. Students have had the ability to move tables last week to find a seat they are comfortable with. If there is an issue and students would like to move their seat, please have your child speak to a Lunchroom Supervisor.

Please check your child's backpack on Friday, September 13 for Illinois Assessment for Readiness Test Scores from the 23-24 school year.

As we move towards the end of the third week of school, we are glad to get back into the swing of normal school activities, such as after-school clubs and sports. Cross country, girl's basketball, and several clubs have already begun. Many more clubs will begin in the next few weeks. Please remind your child to look for the information regarding extra-curricular activities during the morning announcements. We encourage every student to be involved in at least one after-school activity throughout the school year.

South’s school-wide expectations for students have been communicated and established. We continue to reinforce these expectations. Please remind your child to follow the Cardinal Way, and the expectations of being prepared and on time to class, being mindful to teachers and students, and being safe at school.

Recently, students have been using their cellphone to contact their parents that they are sick and need to be picked up from school. This is being done without the student being seen by the school nurse. Please remind your child to visit the school nurse before contacting you. The nurse needs to approve the student's dismissal for it to be considered an excused absence.

Finally, please remind your child to lock up their bike/scooters and helmet to the bike racks at school. We have several areas of bike racks in front of the building, so there is plenty of room for all of our students to lock up their bikes.

Our goal at South is to maintain a safe and comfortable environment for all students and staff. Please help support us in these endeavors.

Have a great weekend!

South Administration

A month to celebrate the rich heritage of Hispanic Americans and the many contributions they have made to American culture.

Celebrated September 15-October 15

www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov

This holiday celebrates Mexico’s declaration of independence from Spain in 1810.

Mexican Independence Day is a nationwide celebration. The country’s leaders were inspired by our own July 4 Independence Day festivities, so fireworks fill the skies at night and the day is filled with patriotic speeches, flag-waving, parades, live music, and feasts.

The NWEA MAP test is a computer-administered assessment that aligns with the Illinois math and reading standards. District 25 uses the information from the MAP assessment in a few ways including to help determine academic intervention groups, as an essential part of the advanced learning placement, as well as to identify student strengths and needs for the next school year.

All South students will be taking the NWEA Fall MAP assessments on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 and Thursday, September 19, 2024.

Please remind your child to charge their Chromebooks, and bring in earbuds for the testing sessions. As a reminder, it is important for students to eat a healthy breakfast, and get a good night's sleep before testing so they can perform their best. Thank you for your assistance in helping to prepare your child for NWEA MAP testing.

Seventh & Eighth Grade Curriculum Night: September 19, 2024, 6:30-8:15pm

• Click Here for INFO - 7th & 8th Grade Curriculum Night

We are looking forward to seeing all of our South Cardinal Families!

We are looking to honor South graduates who have made significant accomplishments/achievements by displaying them on an SMS TV monitor that is located in our school entrance. We are asking you to please complete this form and provide us with a picture of the graduate.

A parent or guardian MUST drop off all medications at the beginning of the school year during school hours between 7:30am-3pm. This includes EpiPens and inhalers. Students are NOT allowed to drop off their medications.

All medications must be verified and accepted by the nurse.

State of Illinois Certificate of Health Examination (AKA physical form)

• Due by October 15, 2024 (or first day of cross country practice if your student participates in this sport)

• All sports physicals are due BEFORE TRY-OUTS and must last for the entire season-NO exceptions

• Examination must be performed on or after August 29, 2023 and must be on the state of IL form

• Includes Meningococcal (MCV4) and Tdap vaccines

Dental examination – Proof of Dental Examination Form

• Due May 15, 2025

• Examination dated November 15, 2023 or later

Placement Exam Dates at all six District 214 high schools:

• Saturday, October 26, 2024: 8am-12:10pm (arrival 7:45 a.m.)
• Makeup, Saturday, November 2, 2024: 8am-12:10pm
  

Students should bring #2 pencils and a calculator to the exam. The placement exam is a paper test and students will bubble their answers on a separate answer sheet.

Registration Info—CLICK HERE

Prospect High School is thrilled to see so many future Knights at our Friday night football games. However, non-high school-aged students will only be admitted when accompanied by their parent(s) or guardian(s) at the gate. Patrons are not allowed to bring in groups of students and claim them as their own. These students are expected to sit with their parent(s) or guardian(s) during the game and must leave when their parent/guardian leaves. Additionally, spectators are not allowed to engage in pick-up games, bring sporting equipment into the stadium, or carry backpacks. This policy is in place due to on-going discipline issues with unsupervised non-high school age students, and we appreciate your partnership in creating a safe game day atmosphere at Prospect High School.

Practices

We finally got to have regular practices again! Our sixth graders are learning our practice routines after school, and our seventh/eighth graders are doing a wonderful job teaching them.

Dual Meet vs Cooper — Tuesday, Sept. 3rd

We had a great showing at our Dual Meet against Cooper on Tuesday! It's always great to get on a nice hilly course like Cooper's to push our athletes and see what they can do on more variable terrain. Great job to everyone who ran in the Dual Meet at Cooper!

Please see HERE to view the results/times from the Cooper meet. (We are working on transferring the results to a spreadsheet, which we will share when complete).

Prairie Stampede — Friday, Sept. 6th

This was the biggest meet of the year and as always it was such a fun meet. Definitely had the best weather of the season so far! This was the first 2-mile race for a lot of our athletes, and they did an AMAZING job! It was great seeing our sixth and seventh grade girls and boys, not only run their first 2-mile race, but race extremely well against hard competition to place 2nd and 4th as a team respectively. And our eighth graders! Wow, was it fun to see a lot of their times drop! And on a challenging course too!

Please click HERE to see the results for the Prairie Stampede

Link to Weekly Newsletter

Stanley Powers (eighth grade) qualified for the IESA state golf tournament on September 13 with a score of 82 at the recent golf sectional in Rockford. Good luck Stan!

WELCOME BACK to school from the South Middle School PTA! We are really excited about the new school year and have a few events already planned—so mark your calendars!

The Afterschool Activity Hours are grade-level events to get students to meet more people in their class and have some fun!

• Sixth Grade Afterschool Kickoff: Sept. 25th

• Seventh Grade Afterschool Kickoff: Sept. 30th

WANT TO GET INVOLVED? If you would like to volunteer this year, we have multiple ways for you to help!

6th Grade Afterschool Kickoff volunteers

7th Grade Afterschool Kickoff volunteers

General Volunteering - Click here to find many ways to get involved We are in need for volunteers to help with social media, website, LMC liaison, high school liaison, school board liaison and many more!

LET'S WELCOME BACK OUR AWESOME TEACHERS: Help us start the year off right by stocking the Teacher's Lounge with snacks and goodies to keep the staff fueled throughout the day. You can drop them off in the office whenever you purchase! They love all the donations so SIGN UP TODAY!

JOIN THE PTA: The South PTA has many active PTA members and is always looking for more. We support many school and student programs through our memberships. One yearbook for your son/daughter is included with a PTA membership. If you didn’t join when registering your student, JOIN NOW!

The SMS Office is open Monday-Friday, 7am-3pm.

Address: 400 South Highland Avenue, Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Twitter: @AHSD25South

Main Line: (847) 398-4250

Absence Line: (847) 506-6999 x7300

Fax line: (847) 394-6260