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Congrats to Ms. Anna Long, the Staff Member of the Week!

(SURPRISE)

Ms. Long was recognized for supporting her students and all teachers so they can best support all EL students.

Reserved Parking Spot for the Week

Outback Steakhouse Gift Card

Congrats to Ms. Alicia Tasker, the Staff Member of the Week! (from last week)

Mrs. Tasker was recognized for always helping EVERYONE! With absences and changes in staff, she has filled into almost every position in the main office and student services the past few weeks.

Reserved Parking Spot for the Week

Amazon Gift Card

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!

Weekly Inspiration

12 Days Before Winter Break Theme Days

Something to Make You Smile Today

Spreading the joy of laughter on a train

Don't forget to laugh and smile today!

Something to Make You Think or Grow

The labels we carry

All of us and our students have labels that we silently carry but the positive actions, feelings of belonging, and being loved can change the negative labels. Do our families, friends, colleagues, and students know how we feel about them? If the answer is no, let's do something about it.

Cardinal Recognitions

Thank You To:

  • Everyone who took the time to write positive notes to colleagues on the turkey feathers. I've truly enjoyed walking around the building and reading all of the amazing things we see in each other!
  • Mr. Horvath for organizing a visit with 15 staff members from the Evansville School system, and to the teachers who allowed the groups to visit their sheltered and EL classrooms.
  • Our Performing Arts department for the outstanding winter concerts. The performances are impressive and really get you into the holiday spirit.
  • Mrs. Ferguson and the NHS students for decorating the hallways and adding the holiday cheer.
  • Ms. Tasker for putting together the 12 days before winter break ideas..... who doesn't love 12 days of jeans?
  • SHS 10th grader, Norah Hufnagel, for winning the district's holiday card decoration contest. This is the 2nd time Norah has created the winning design.

Anna Long - NCSS Conference Presenter

Our very own, Anna Long, presented at the NCSS conference in Boston a few weeks ago. In the presentation, they talked about strategies for thematic teaching in social studies classrooms despite many teachers having to work within a chronological context due to standards/pacing guides/etc. Anna added strategies to include ELL students in these activities. She had about 140 teachers sign up to come, but the room only had about 60 chairs. They were still able to squeeze about 85 in the room with people sitting on the floor and standing on the sides.



Congratulations Anna!

Chirps & Cheers

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”

-Oprah Winfrey

Thespian Group Qualifies for STATE!

Our thespian group competed at the Thespian Regional competition at Noblesville High School on Saturday. They performed "100 Things I Never Said to You." They performed, received feedback from judges, and attended workshops with four other area high schools. We earned 2nd place, received the Best Ensemble award, and qualified for the STATE competition! Congratulations!


They will perform their show at state in January at Avon High School with schools from all across the state!


A special shout out to Nienna Wittlief who received a Star Award from the Student Thespian Officers at the competition as well.

Student-Athlete College Signing Day

We had three amazing student-athletes sign their letter of intent to play sports in college on Friday in the Cardinals Nest. Thank you to the Athletic Department for arranging the event and for all the staff members, coaches, family members, teammates, and friends who came out to support the following students on this excting day.


Haidyn Coleman - Swimming @ Northern Kentucky University

Nick Godsey - Baseball @ Purdue Ft. Wayne

Sydney Hartman - Lacrosse @ Marian University

Career Fair

Thank you to the School Counseling Department for coordinating the career fair for our students. They were able to arrange almost 50 community partners to participate in the event and the setup allowed time for students to interact with the groups they were interested in. Thank you to everyone who helped make this event a success!

Mr. Dever

Mr. Dever tasked his principles of business class with the challenge of removing a dead whale from a beach. Students worked together to brainstorm ideas and then create a risk matrix in order to choose the best possible solution for removing the dead whale. The students were using graphic organizers and color coding ideas based on practicality.

Mrs. Ellis

Mrs. Ellis’s students are learning about wants, needs, budgets, and other financial concepts. This is an important life skill so they went to the board to practice writing entries to track their spending.

Mr. Burke

Mr. Burke’s students are working on a lab to test the various effects of water on gummy bears. Using various types of water, they see the different types of effects on the gummy bears. The students are able to understand the tricky subject of osmosis while they are able to talk, read, and engage with the lab throughout the class to fully understand the information needed.

Mrs. Reed

Mrs. Reed’s students are labeling muscle groups on their skeletons. They have already labeled the skeletal structure, and now they are moving on to add the muscle groups on top! Students have to know the vocabulary/proper terms for all of the muscle groups and where they are located before they move on to the next muscle to ensure their body is put together the right way.

Mrs. Fowerbaugh


Mrs. Fowerbaugh’s AP Language Class recreated the Trial of Abigail Williams from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The students were working on the argumentation unit in AP Language. Students had to create arguments for the guilt or innocence of Abigail Williams regarding the hysteria that created the Salem Witch Trials.

Mr. Sanders

Mr. Sanders’ students are creating artwork on ceiling tiles to represent their knowledge of the Supreme Court. This project includes choosing, researching, and creating a representative design of historic cases.

Mr. Wissel

Mr. Wissel’s students are working on abstraction in their Intro to 2D Art class. Students are drawing seashells based on images that Mr. Wissel provided them. Their experimentation with lines and shading was very impressive!

Mrs. Keevy

Students in Mrs. Keevy’s class are using pre-glaze to add color to their sculpted tiles. With twelve color options (plus any new colors the students create from the twelve colors provided), students are able to demonstrate their creativity.

SHS Student Journalists Travel to Philadelphia

Twenty three Southport High School journalists attended the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association Convention in Philadelphia last month.


The students attended class sessions taught by prominent high school and college educators as well as professional journalists. They also competed in on-site contests against some of the best scholastic journalists in the country.


Nine Southport journalists won awards in the on-site contests. They were Kenzie Andrysiak (Superior - News Editing/Headline Writing/Current Events), Simran Baidwan (Excellent - Editorial Writing), Hunter Faut (Excellent - Themed Photo), Aiden Quinlin (Excellent - Sports Writing), Alex McBride (Honorable Mention - Broadcast News Writing), Ava Campbell (Honorable Mention - Feature Writing), Naomi Iang-Par (Honorable Mention - Literary Magazine: Illustration), Sophie Barker (Honorable Mention - Press Law and Ethics), Mang Si (Honorable Mention - Yearbook Copy/Caption: Sports)

SHS Alumni Association

The SHS Alumni Assocation is a huge supporter of our students and many of our staff members dedicate a lot of their time to the assocation. We can't thank them enough for helping us continue the Cardinal pride they feel and carry on the rich traditions of Southport High School. Click here to check out their latest newsletter.

Winter Pep Session

The Booster Club, Mr. Hanley, and Mrs. Matlock put on an extremely successful winter pep session. The Senior winter athletes were recognized, the dance team participated and the classes competed in a basketball tournament for the first Cardinal Cup. The Seniors were victorious over the Sophomores who upset the Juniors in a close game. Between games and at halftime, the Booster Club showed funny clips on the video boards. One of them being the Cardinal Look Alike Cam!

Educational Humor

Not sure that this is educational humor but it's funny and it's VERY TRUE!

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Southport High School

Amy M. Boone, Principal

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

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