Southside Elementary

Thanks so much to the fabulous Southside PTO! 🤩

That’s our Reuben! He is an amazing student, artist, friend, and brother, and we are so proud of him for so many reasons!

Next session for yearbook pickup is 6/11 4-6pm!

Yearbook pickup opportunity one will be Friday, May 31st 9 AM - 11 AM in the Southside lobby!

Registration is now open for our annual
Back-To-School Color Fun Run and 5k

https://forms.gle/DHo1f1s8Lo4wKvFy6

We can’t wait to see you!

Happy Last Day of School!! Especially to the Stallion Seniors graduating this weekend. We are so very proud of you!

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Today’s senior feature is Kurt Philpot!

Kurt plays trombone and has participated in Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz Band, and Pep Band.

Favorite Memory: Spending time with all my friends and traveling to all kinds of places. Getting to travel and spend time with friends while spending long days together was an amazing time and I absolutely loved it.

Plans for next year: Attend Eastern Kentucky University for advanced manufacturing engineering.

Scholarship Recipient? Yes
Music Scholarship Recipient? Yes

Favorite Quote: “Kurt please stop oiling up its getting everywhere” - Elliott

Message to the underclassmen: Do not put water in the trombone to be funny. I not have rust in mine (No joke I had to go clean it and it sucks. Just don’t tell Mr Collins.)

Congratulations, Kurt!

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Today’s senior feature is Grace Pitchford!

Grace plays clarinet and has participated in Concert Band, Marching Band, and Pep Band

Favorite Memory: Bus rides back from competitions where we were screaming our heads off to music.

Plans for next year: Grace will be attending University of Kentucky for Electrical Engineering.

Scholarship Recipient? Yes

Message to the underclassmen: Be confident in yourself and treat others with kindness.

Congratulations, Grace!

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Today’s senior feature is this year’s recipient of the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award: Dylan Venis!

Dylan plays trumpet and has participated in Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Pep Band, and Percussion Ensemble.

Honors: All-District Band, Solo & Ensemble, CKYO, University Honor Bands

Favorite Memory: Going to BOA Grand Nationals for the first time!

Plans for next year: Dylan will be attending University of Kentucky for Computer Science with a minor in Cybersecurity.

Scholarship Recipient? Yes

Favorite Quote: “Hear me out.”

Message to the underclassmen: DO MARCHING BAND!! IT’S FUN!

Congratulations, Dylan!

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Today’s senior feature is this year’s recipient of the Semper Fidelis Award: Hampton Graham!

Hampton is a saxophone player and has participated in Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz Band, and Pep Band.

Honors: Solo & Ensemble, CKYO, University Honor Bands

Favorite Memory: Making finals at Dayton my first year doing Marching Band (2021)

Plans for next year: Hampton will be going to Centre college with the hope of attending law school following graduation.

Scholarship Recipient? Yes
Music Scholarship Recipient? Yes

Favorite Quote: “I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down” - Abraham Lincoln

Message to the underclassmen: Please just be wholesome.

Congratulations, Hampton!

Our Southside staff would like to thank the Southside PTO for all they do! For Teacher Appreciation Week, they supplied pizza for lunch on Wednesday and pasta on Thursday! They also coordinated a donation of cookies from More Than A Bakery and coupons to a local coffee shop. And we can’t forget the heartfelt message they displayed in the front hall way!
For field day, they hosted a foam
party and purchased popsicles for the whole
school! As a treat for teachers to help them stay “afloat” the last few days, they supplied a cool drink on hot field days!
Fifth graders enjoyed Kona ice and a pizza party as they prepared to say farewell to Southside!
And we can’t forget the grant PTO secured to allow 4th grade students the opportunity to plan shrubs around the school! (Bonus: a PTO dad helped us dig holes and w**d the area!)
Thanks, PTO! We ❤️ U, too!

Primary field day was a huge success! Thanks so
much to Southside PTO for the FoAm PArTy!

This summer, our very own Southside Elementary is excited to offer an action-packed week of Camp Invention June 3rd-7th from 8:00am-2:30pm! During the all-new Illuminate program, campers will collaborate with friends to take on fun, hands-on STEM challenges featuring athletics, design, invention and more. Register today at invent.org and click on the Register for camp button. Email [email protected] with any questions.

It’s that time of year… last day of Kindergarten and 5th grade reading buddies for the 2023- 2024 school year!

The GLAM squad (aka Fine Arts team) are “glowing” with happiness this morning after a huge turnout for last night’s Art Hop! Musical performances, fabulous artwork and a BOGO bookfair made for a wonderful family event. All donations made for artwork will be used to host the event again next year. Thanks so much for your support! We couldn’t be GLAMorous without you!

The FORCE was strong with our stallion families this morning as they participated in “May the Books Be With You: A Nonfiction Adventure Sunrise Readers Event.”

Team Southside signed several recruits last night at Kindergarten Kick-off! We love welcoming new stallions to the Stallion Family!

Our fine arts team works hard to bring the best “GLAM” program they can to students. (G - Gym L - Library A - Art M - Music) The annual Back-to-School Color Run and 5K raises money to help support the program. (We see new risers for performances in the future!) If you would be interested in sponsoring this race, please let us know by filling out the interest form. There are $50, $75, and $100+ sponsorship tiers available.

https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/16-lDwmxo-zfMEEKPAH0hD8WU9HBi3yKO-3VQ7uHwxLI/viewform?pli=1&pli=1&edit_requested=true

Questions: contact Ms. Candy or Coach Muniz!

We spy Stallions!!! 🤩

We hope to see you for our last Sunrise Readers event of the 2023-2024 school year!
Friday, May 3rd 7:00 am

We can’t wait to meet our future Stallions!

Stallion families - Let's help fill the stands for the game tomorrow night!

It all began with a stallion student making bookmarks for his teachers. Telling them they were the first to get his brand new “merch” and one day it would be a t-shirt design.
His teachers decided to make that day sooner rather than later. So with the help of a local business owner (and stallion parent), today was the official launch of the line.

🤩😍

Stallion Alert!