Monday, February 20th - Friday, February 24th

• Winter Intersession

Monday, February 27th

• Classes Resume

Tuesday, February 28th

• Fall/Winter Sports Awards Ceremony (6:00 PM - Auditorium)

The first ever yearbook for the new Southside will come out in May, but this year, unlike any other year, they must be preordered. We will not be allowed to order any extra yearbooks for people to buy at the end of the year.

Secure your yearbook now! Send your student with $40 to the bookkeeper, Mrs. Johnson, or the Yearbook advisor, Robin Voss. Deadline is March 10, 2023.

Checks/Money Orders payable to: Southside Middle School

Introducing the all new SFHS Cub Corps Program!!!

The South Florence Marching Bruins are launching their new "Cub Corps" after-school program for all Southside MS students currently enrolled in a band class.

The program is a marching band preparation program that is designed to prepare students for the SFHS marching band auditions. All students who successfully complete the "Cub Corps" program will be offered a spot in the 2023 SFHS Marching Bruin Band with no Marching Band Audition. Students that do not participate in the program are still welcome to join the program; however, they will have to successfully complete an audition.

If you have a conflict, please contact Mr. Lloyd (mlloyd@fsd1.org). Workshops will be held in the band room at Southside Middle School from 4:15 PM to 6 PM on the Wednesdays listed below:

• Mar. 1st
• Mar. 15th
• Mar. 29th

All Southside MS students will need to attend the Cub Corps workshops or audition regardless of prior involvement with the SFHS Marching Band.

The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities provides pre-professional training in the arts to students in creative writing, dance, drama, film, music, and visual arts for talented South Carolina students. In a unique school environment, students learn and grow collaboratively.

Programs include summer camps and the residential high school and range in age from 7th to 12th grade. Learn more and apply online at www.scgsah.org/admissions.

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Sign Out Reminder

Anyone signing a student out will be required to present a valid driver's license or ID Card. The individual must be listed on the students' contact list in PowerSchool.

Car Line Reminders

Our doors open to receive students at 7:30 AM. Our doors close at 8:25 AM to provide enough time for students to pick up breakfast and proceed to class. Students are tardy at 8:30 AM. Any student arriving 8:31 AM, must be signed in by a parent/guardian.

Afternoon car riders must be picked up no later than 4:30 PM.

No Outside Food

Southside Middle School does not accept food deliveries (Grub Hub/Door Dash). Also, parents, guardians, or friends should not drop off food (Chick-Fil-A, McDonalds, Zaxby's, etc.) to the office. Breakfast and lunch are available each day. Students are welcome to pack their lunch or eat what is served in the cafeteria.

VISION STATEMENT

To mold young minds to be creative, knowledgeable, productive citizens of good character in an ever-changing world.

MISSION STATEMENT

Cultivating Today’s Learners to Become Tomorrow’s Leaders

ACADEMIC GOAL #1

Southside Middle will increase the percentage of students scoring Meets or Exceeds in 6th Grade Math from 29% (36 of 125) in Spring 2022 to 50% (204 of 407) in Spring 2023 as measured by SC READY Math.

ACADEMIC GOAL #2

Southside Middle will increase the percentage of students scoring Meets or Exceeds in 7th Grade Math from 26% (75 of 290) in Spring 2022 to 50% (160 of 355) in Spring 2023 as measured by SC READY Math.

ACADEMIC GOAL #3

Southside Middle will increase the percentage of students scoring Meets or Exceeds in 7th Grade ELA from 37% (107 of 290) in Spring 2022 to 50% (167 of 355) in Spring 2023 as measured by SC READY ELA.

Jeffery A. Gaines, Principal

jgaines@fsd1.org

Nicole McManus, 6th Grade Assistant Principal

nmcmanus@fsd1.org

Dennis Pate, 7th Grade Assistant Principal

dpate@fsd1.org

Talia Dukes, 8th Grade Assistant Principal

tdukes@fsd1.org

Email: jgaines@fsd1.org
Website: f1s.org/southside
Location: 290 West John Paul Jones Road, Effingham, SC, USA
Phone: 843-664-8467
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SouthsideMiddleSchoolF1S