2019
Dear Parents, Staff, Students, and Community Members,
We have just surpassed the first trimester of this school year.
We hope that it has been packed with educational opportunities and
fun for Southside students. Report cards were sent home. Notify our
office if you did not receive one and should have.
Thanks to the great efforts of ASB and our Booster Club, many
afterschool and evening events are offered. This type and level of
support allow Southside to continue many infamous traditions such
as the Maypole event, fall fun festival, winter craft night, the
spring talent show, etc. Your support of these two organizations
helps immensely.
Southside focuses on continuous improvement. We want to see
academic and social success for every one of our students and to
keep Southside as a safe and nurturing learning environment. Staff
and building efforts include the increased student and staff
recognition, examination and piloting of new reading curriculum,
and facility improvements with the completion of the parking lot
addi-tion. We have updated our safety trainings and practices
working collaboratively with local law enforcement and fire
departments. Southside has reached an agreement with school
messenger to increase and improve communication. All of these
should serve us well to support continuous im-provement.
We’ve had a mild start to the winter season. Please be aware of
the communication opportunities regarding inclement weather. We
respect parents’ rights to determine whether you believe it is safe
enough for your child to attend school based on inclement weather.
It’s a very tough call for any type of school closure but we do
consider safety first. Fortunately we have new buses that are very
well equipped for inclement weather and we have exceptional bus
drivers driving them.
There are some input committees being created that may greatly
support and impact Southside. Please contact Ms. Bolender or Ms.
Spaulding if you are interested in assisting with the
following:
Research on Kitchen and Food Service Options:
Equipment from a professional kitchen has been donated to
Southside. We would like to have a committee of folks to visit some
neighboring smaller districts regarding food service expenses and
requirements and to provide information for the board regarding the
addition of a professional kitchen and food service options. If you
are available and interested in helping with this project, please,
contact me, Doris Bolender at 360.426.8437 or at
[email protected].
New Reading Curriculum Opportunity:
If you are willing and able to participate in the examination of
reading curriculum, Ms. Spaulding will be looking for volunteers to
obtain a parent perspective. She may be contacted via email at
[email protected] or phone at 360.426.8437.
Please contact me via email at [email protected] or
phone at 360.426.8437 with ku-dos, questions, or concerns. We value
your input and appreciate the chance to communicate accu-rate
information.
Have a safe and restful Winter Break.
Doris Bolender
Principal/Superintendent
Volunteers Welcome
Community members and parents are encour-aged to volunteer at
Southside. Volunteers may read with students, assist in classrooms,
shelve books in the li-brary, support lunch-room, and recess
activi-ties, as well as help with events, etc. All support is
appreciated. Please contact the Southside office if you would like
additional in-formation at 360.426.8437
Southside School District WINTER NEWSLETTER
Dates to Remember
Dec. 20th
12:00
Early Release
Dec. 23th- Jan. 3th
Winter Break
Jan. 17th
12:00
Early Release
Jan. 20th
No School
Feb. 14th– 18th
No School
Mid-Winter Break
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
Inclement Weather
Emergency School Closing Information In case of hazardous or
emergency conditions, the superintendent may alter district and
transportation schedules as are appropriate to the particular
condition. Such alterations include closure of school, delayed
openings of school and early dismissal of students. In case of an
emergency early release we will call parents of all students in
grades kindergarten through fourth. All students in grades five
through seven will be expected to follow the procedure on their
EMERGENCY INFORMATION FORM. Please tune in to your local radio
station, KMAS 1030 AM during extreme weather for information on
school schedule changes.
* Please make sure students are dressed for the weather.
Safety Reminders
In the event of an emergency at Southside it is important to
remember a few key points. The school district and law enforce-ment
are your sources for information re-garding the incident and
reuniting with your child. Keep your phone/computer close to
receive important notifications. Please do not call or come to the
school, as this could interfere with emergency responders. As a
district, we practice monthly drills including, earthquake, fire,
shelter in place, and lock-down drills. For more information please
see the Emergency Information Guide on our website.
PBIS Update: Since September, we have instituted several
components of our new PBIS program. Staff members are handing out
numerous PAWsome tickets to students caught doing good (Look for
stamps on hands to sig-nify your child received a ticket). These
tickets are entered into a week-ly drawing for a special prize or
privilege. Students really seem to en-joy earning both the tickets
and the rewards. In fact, a couple of weeks ago we added a new
reward opportunity. Students who receive a PAW-Some ticket from a
guest teacher will be entered into a special monthly drawing for a
Dairy Queen treat. Besides the tickets, we are making sure
expectations are taught to the students. We want them to understand
what we are looking for so they have a better chance of meeting
expectations. One area of great success has been recess; especially
our four-square games. Students have a bet-ter understanding of the
rules of the game, which has made this recess activity a lot more
fun and increased participation greatly. As the year continues, we
look forward to continuing to work with our students to accentuate
the positives and minimize behaviors that inter-fere with all of
our students reaching their full potential.
THANK YOU FROM A.S.B.
It's been an amazing year so far for our Southside ASB. Just
before Thanksgiving, our generous Southside Community donated a
whopping 989 lbs of food to Saints Pantry. What an
accomplishment!!! The entire school was able to partake in a
Rootbeer Float Party and the top selling classes received a pizza
party. We had another fantastic Believe Fundraiser with sales over
$8600.00. 2020 brings a ton of fun things for our Southside kiddos.
Looking forward to our Middle School Dance, Southside Talent Show
and another Ice Cream Social for our littles! Please contact the
office if you're interested in volunteering for any of these
events. Thanks again, Southside ASB Terry Tyler, ASB Advisor
A little note regarding attendance…
Your child’s education and attendance is of the utmost
importance to us and re-quires collaboration between all parties.
If your child will not be attending school due to illness, medical
appointments, va-cation, etc., please notify the office as soon as
possible so we may record the absence appropriately. Those absences
that are not justified can result in an un-excused absence which
must be report-ed as such and may result in truancy
proceedings.
We are here to work with you……
Attendance matters!
School Messenger:
Southside has signed up with a company called School Messenger.
This is so we can improve our ways of communication with our
families. School Messenger is one of the largest school messaging
systems. Southside will be rolling out this to our families
some-time in the beginning of January. We will be sending more
information home as we get closer. If you have any question please
con-tact Heather in the office. 360.426.8437
