South Central Jr/Sr High School - South Harrison Community School

SOUTH HARRISON COMMUNITY
SCHOOL CORPORATION
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POINTS OF
INTEREST:
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Learning about
Germs
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Reading for
Success
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Courtyard
Project
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HethWashington
Happenings
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Diversity
Week / Day of
service
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South Central
Sectional
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Parent
Mes-
sage from
IDOE
Parent meetings are currently being held at many of the schools where you can hear a
presentation from the Superintendent of Schools and the Director of Curriculum, Instruction
and Assessment on this initiative.
This presentation is also available on this website, see College and Career Readiness.
What’s New at Corydon Elementary
We want to welcome Mrs.
Wendy Carter as our Dean of
Students. Mrs. Carter, a
teacher at Corydon Elementary, was recently named to
this position by the Board of
Trustees. She will remain a
first grade teacher in the
morning and then assume
her post as Dean of Students
in the afternoon. Mrs. Sandy
Seacat was named as the half
-day teacher for the second
half of the day.
Mrs. Carter will assist Mrs.
Brewer with student and par-
ent concerns, professional
development for teachers
and bus situations. We appreciate our superintendent
and Board for being responsive to the growing number
of students at Corydon Elementary.
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CIS Learning About Germs
The Essential Skills class at
Corydon Intermediate have
been busy leaning how to
avoid getting sick during this
flu season. They experienced
firsthand how germs spread
when people sneeze and cough
through an experiment that
used glitter to represent
germs. Just as the glitter
spread everywhere when
blown around by a “sneeze,”
so too, are germs!
Learning how germs
spread
During another experiment
they are leaning what objects
in their classroom carry the
most germs and how to minimize the spread. The following
are the five main points they
are learning to avoid colds and
flu and they want to share with
you.
1.
2.
Wash hands with warm
water and soap and sing
the ABC song, while
scrubbing between fingers
and up to the wrist.
Don’t share hand towels
at home. They hold moisture, are in a warm place,
and the germs grow
quickly under those con-
ditions to help infect the
entire household.
3.
Clean doorknobs, computer mice, tabletops, and
shared phones daily.
4.
Keep your hands off your
face, especially your
mouth, nose and eyes.
5.
Wash hands often
(important enough to
mention twice)!
May the rest of your winter be
healthy and if you do get sick,
use these steps to minimize
risk to your loved ones!
Reading Is Rewarding!
Students at CCJHS are reading for rewards with their Panther
Reader program, which uses the Accelerated Reader program. Junior high
patrons have been checking books out
of the school library and our own newly
formed CCJHS Bookshelf at amazing
rates. They have been reading books
from all genres, such as the historical
fiction book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and the contemporary fiction
Standford Wong Flunks Big Time by
Lisa Yee.
From time to time, when there
is a home sporting event, students
have the opportunity to stay after
school to participate in an afternoon of
reading, taking quizzes, playing in the
gym, and eating pizza! They also receive free admission to the sporting
event. The hope is that students will
find that school is not so bad after all.
During the long winter months,
students have an extended period of
time for meeting their reading goal.
They do have a half-way goal date that
they can meet in order to earn a small
reward. January’s half-way reward was
POPCORN during homeroom time
while in silent reading block. February
4th is the next goal date, and Friday,
February 6th is the Rewards Day. Students and staff will be participating in
various activities, such as bowling, giant Jenga, and Minute-to-Win-it competitions.
Panther Reader is one approach that CCJHS has taken to help
students with reading comprehension
and vocabulary skills. As one student
stated, “Panther Reader gives us a
reason to read and to learn without
realizing that we are learning.” Students
who have reached their goals in the
past have enjoyed trips to the Corydon
Cinemas, Panther Reader t-shirts, activity time in the gym, and countless
books, DVDs, gift cards to local businesses, school spirit wear, and more!
The junior high has been very happy to
partner with Beef 0’Brady’s, Warren
Printing, and the Corydon Cinemas for
some of our prize-giving.
The Accelerated Reader program attempts to offer reading options
appropriate for all students. With thousands of titles, leveled to encourage
independent reading, students have
lots of choice! Many parents have
voiced their support for the program,
often times asking how they can help
their student at home to meet his or her
goal. With the many components of
student choice, variety of reading selections, improvement in reading skills,
and rewards, Panther Reader leads to
PANTHER Success!
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South Central Elementary
Courtyard Project
SCES appreciates the support of
the students, families, staff
members, community members,
school board members, and the
local Rotary Club of Corydon for
their dedication in the design
and development of the Outdoor
Classroom. The project is currently a work in progress.
Through the generosity of the
Rotary International District
6580 and a matching grant from
the Rotary Club of Corydon, the
school was able to begin the
project to develop the outdoor
classroom in the school courtyard. Dedicated volunteers
spread mulch, planted shrubbery, and assembled benches
and picnic tables. First grade
teacher, Bobbi Keinsley is the
school coordinator and Maribeth
Kelly is the community volunteer.
forward to spring and the opportunity to utilize the space for
science experiments, creative
writing assignments, inquiry
projects, and much more.
During the PTO Shopper’s Extravaganza, students, teachers,
families and community members designed and painted pavers that were installed in the
courtyard. Students and families may also paint additional
pavers at the upcoming SCES
Fine Arts Festival scheduled for
May 14th.
SCES students, staff members
and the Outdoor Classroom
committee members are looking
Heth-Washington Happenings
We would like to congratulate Ms.
Fahy on receiving the Learn More Indiana Grant for Heth-Washington Elementary. HWES was the only elementary school in the State of Indiana to
receive the grant. Our school will receive $1,000.00 to educate our students on post-secondary opportunities.
We plan to take students in grades 5
and 6 to various colleges and postsecondary institutions, such as Indiana
University Southeast, Ivy Tech, and
University of Louisville. Students will
also be exposed to opportunities at
Prosser and Purdue Institute of Technology. We are hopeful that early education regarding the opportunities
available will help our students to plan
for a successful future. By setting goals
now, students can plan a road map to
achieve their dreams.
This fall, as part of our HWES College
Go Week, our 6th grade students
attended a field trip to the University
of Louisville. Students attended an
informational question/answer session
that was led by U of L Undergraduate
Students. The college students shared
information regarding college life. The
students were then allowed to ask
questions. Following the question and
answer session, students toured the
campus. Students ended the campus
tour by eating in the campus food
court. The students loved the experience. Most said that they now plan to
attend college! We are hopeful that
experiences like these can continue
students on the path to success!
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Diversity Week and Day of Service at Corydon Central High
In celebration of Martin Luther
King Jr. Day, the CCHS Diversity Club participated in a Day of
Service on Monday, Jan. 19th
and celebrated diversity
throughout the week with different activities for students. For
our Day of Service, we had
about 40 students sign up to
participate. In the morning, we
had two groups of students visit
residents at Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab and Corydon
Nursing & Rehab. At Kindred,
students visited residents one
on one and also participated in
a cooking lesson where everyone learned how to make bread
pudding in a Crockpot. At Corydon Nursing, students spent
time with residents one on one
and played Bingo where prizes
were given out to all the winners. Students and residents
loved spending the morning to-
gether and are looking forward
to the possibility of return trips!
customs and groups. We had a
lot of great participation from
On Monday afternoon, a small our homerooms each day and
group of students visited the Le- our winners were excited to reora Brown School to help clean ceive their treats the next day
during homeroom! Students are
and straighten the school as
well as helping clear the debris looking forward to continuing
out of the Carter School as
Diversity Week next year and
workers get it ready for remod- expanding on the school wide
el.
activities
During the week at school, Diversity Club members spread
messages of acceptance and
tolerance by posting notes on
students lockers and around the
school for students to see
throughout the day. We also
sponsored a trivia competition
during homeroom that focused
on broadening students
knowledge of different cultural
South Central Host Sectional #62
In early February, South Central
High School hosted the IHSAA
Girls’ Basketball Sectional #62.
The members of the South Central
Community braved the bitter cold
weather to support the school in
every way. Parents, school staff
members and fans worked collaboratively to make it a success. Individuals baked deserts for the hospitality room, worked concessions,
and even stood outside to direct
traffic. The experience for visiting
schools was outstanding and we
received many compliments. The
coaches and officials felt that we
went above and beyond in making
the teams, coaches, fans, and officials feel welcome and all of their
needs were met, or exceeded.
Thank you to everyone in the community who helped South Central
make Sectional #62 a success.