The first annual Healthy Family Day will be Saturday, March 20th from 9 to 12 in the SMS gymnasium.  Come out and visit us for your chance to see how you and your family can make your life a healthier one. Free food and prizes will be available. Click here for details

SMS Dance Team Tryouts

The SMS Dance Team tryouts will be held at South Middle School March 23-25. Students wanting to tryout should visit the guidance office to obtain their tryout packet.

 National Junior Honor Society Inductions

The SMS National Junior Honor Society Induction cermony will be held on Monday, March 22nd in the SMS auditorium at 7:00. A reception will follow the ceremony.

 Wild Wild West at SMS

On March 17 - 22, South Middle School 8th graders will be participating in activities in the Renaissance Room.  This lab is entitled “The Wild, Wild West” and encompasses social studies  core content standards of western expansion of the United States.  Arts and Humanities is incorporated through art, drama, and music.  For more information contact Diane Gerhardt, South Middle at 831-5050.

SOUTH MIDDLE STUDENTS RECOGNIZED IN CHEMISTRY COMPETITION

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SOUTH MIDDLE BAND DISTINGUISHED AT FESTIVAL

The South Middle School 7th and 8th grade combined band, under the direction of Paul Metzger, recieved a distinguished rating at the KMEA Concert Band Festival on March 10th.  The SMS band was the only middle school participant to recieve a distinguished PLUS rating.  The bands spring concert will be held at the Henderson Fine Arts Center on May 25th. 

South Middle School will host its Spring into South for 5th grade Students and parents on Thursday, March 25th from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.  The event is an opportunity for incoming students to learn more about the middle school. 
Events include:
5:00-5:45—Pizza in the Cafeteria
5:45-6:30—Informational sessions on academics, electives, scheduling, after-school activities, Bulldog Boulevard, sports, parent involvement, and health, medication and 6th grade physicals.

A door prize will also be awarded. For more information, please contact Kathy Givens at 831-5050 or kathy.givens@henderson.kyschools.us

South Middle Dance Team Wins

SMS dance team placed first in Hip Hop, first in Pom and  brought home the Grand Champion trophy in the Valentine Classic Cheer/Dance Competition in Madisonville, Kentucky on February 6, 2010 at Hopkins County Central High School.    

South Middle School Dance Team also placed first in Pom and first in Hip Hop at the America’s Best Championship Competition in Nashville, TN on February 13, 2010. With this win, the team became Division Champions and eared a bid for the U.S. Finals.  For more information, please contact Carrie Bolin at South Middle at  270-831-5050

South Middle School Students Raise Money for Haiti Relief

Students at South Middle School  raised over $100 for the Red Cross to help the relief efforts in Haiti. The effort was coordinated by Kathy Givens, Youth Service Center Director at South Middle School.

Success Class students collected items to make kits to be given out in Haiti as well.  The kits contained a toothbrush, wash cloth, hand towel, bar soap, band aids, as well as other items.  Nancy Swanson coordinated the effort, and  Ms. Jamie Like collected and sent the items through a local Methodist Church to Haiti.

For more information, contact Jodi Pruden at South Middle School at 270-831-5050.