Today, a group of high school students visited Penn College of Technology to tour the campus, explore scholarship options, and learn about various academic programs.
While exploring Earth's rotation and daily shadow patterns, 5th Grade Science students made a shadow clock and had the opportunity to go outside to see how the position of the sun can tell them the time of day.
On Saturday, January 25th, Ander Zanella, a 10th-grade student at Southern Columbia, was awarded over $1,000 for his impressive placement in the Voice of Democracy speech audio contest. He was invited to the Eisenhower Hotel in Gettysburg for the VFW's winter conference, where the winners of the competition were announced. Ander had previously won at the county and district levels, advancing to the state competition, where he placed 6th out of 4,705 contestants. This achievement marks the farthest any student from Southern Columbia has ever advanced in the competition.
Students in Mrs. Sharrow's Kindergarten class worked together and had fun building structures with 100 cups on Day 100. Look at those proud smiles! 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
HAPPY DAY 100 from Kindergarten!! 🎉
Congratulations to Isabelle Honabach, Sarah Eyer, and Evelyn Staugaitis. These three students have shown exceptional talent by participating in the PMEA District 8 Band with over 140 other students. They are all advancing to the next step of Region Band after going through grueling auditions and showing great dedication and hard work on their respective instruments. We are filled with so much Tiger pride for our musicians! The Region Band concert will take place on March 7th at 7 PM at Williamsport High School. 🎵🐅🎶
On Wednesday, students from SCA competed in the WVIA Scholastic Scrimmage, a quiz-style competition where teams of 5-6 students from various districts go head-to-head. Representing SCA were Milind Kapadiya, Ryter McCoog, Victoria Heffner, Austin Shaffer, Mara Turner, and Alexandra Woodland. Over the past several weeks, these students dedicated their time and energy to practice and prepare for the competition. A special thanks to club advisor, Brian Leslie, for his unwavering support and dedication in helping the team prepare to compete.
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We are excited to share that the Danville Area High School and the Alyssa Dressler Foundation are teaming up to provide Free Youth Heart Screenings to all central PA students aged 12-19. The event will take place in the Danville Area HS Gym on Saturday, February 15th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For more information, please email info@alyssadressler.org. Appointments are required. Registration is now open. To register, please visit www.alyssadressler.org
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Ms. Merook's Second Grade class used fruit loops to practice the two sounds of "oo."
FBLA's newest fundraiser! Buy socks! In the words of Albus Dumbledore, "One can never have enough socks."
Option 1- Purchase through the link below yourself to receive the socks at your house. This is ideal for those buying over $50 worth (no shipping cost) or supporters who do not live in the SCA district.
Option 2- Avoid shipping costs by emailing Carissa Long your order at clong@scasd.us and pay cash or check to SCA FBLA by 1/29 ($11.99 per pair for adult socks and $7.99 for kid socks). FBLA will place one order and will get your socks to you/your child for no shipping cost!
Link to purchase:
https://sockablefundraising.com/collections/socks?ref=SOUTHERNCOLUMBIAFUTUREBUSINESSLEADEROFAMERICAS
Former SCA teacher and wrestling coach Marc Longenhagen was inducted in the District IV Wrestling Hall of Fame. A ceremony was held at last night's wrestling match to honor this great achievement. 🐅
The Southern Columbia Area School District will be operating on a two-hour delay Wednesday, January 22nd, due to expected icy road conditions in the district's outlying areas.
Southern Columbia students participated in the Middle School and High School County Bands this past week. High School County Band accepts a select few students to participate after rigorous auditioning. Congratulations to those who were selected!
Tiger Cafe at SCA HS/MS will be open for A la Carte Only today, January 21st. The Deli/Salad lines will not be serving today due to staffing and product issues.
2025-26 Kindergarten Registration is open. Parents/Guardians can go to https://www.scasd.us/page/student-registration-process to start the process.
Due to extreme weather conditions, the Southern Columbia Area School District will be operating on a two hour delay Tuesday, January 21st.
High School teacher Tricia Hoffman was recently recognized as one of Misericordia's Top Student-Athletes of the Century.
See the link to the full article below:
https://athletics.misericordia.edu/news/2025/1/17/field-hockey-84-student-athlete-of-the-century-tricia-hoffman.aspx?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3z_wYRPPHq8NoHEgr0ujfGlaR0xcmbeHfUeIGQWmqq18-7EM9KvFoZ5l0_aem_ivH4cLkkiChplyfURuX9zA
Ms. Merook's Second Grade class placed water balloons outside and created ice marbles as evidence of freezing temperatures.
Southern Columbia Area will be on a two hour delay tomorrow, Friday January 17, 2024. We will still be dismissing students at noon tomorrow for our previously scheduled Teacher Data Analysis day.
Southern Columbia Bocce players received their varsity letters at their match against Central Columbia earlier this week. Way to go, Tigers!
