High School

"Feed the body food and drink, it will survive today. Feed the soul art and music, it will live forever." -Julie Andrews We at SCA are excited to showcase a fantastic May display of musical and artistic talent. Please see the flyer for more details on next month's events. 🎶🎨

A Pre-Prom Mock DUI presentation was conducted on campus for all 11th and 12th Grade students yesterday​‌. This presentation included a response from local fire, police, EMS and Life Flight. The demonstration's intention was to raise awareness for our students as well as assist local first responders in training.

The 2024 Senior and Junior Prom Courts were recently named. The King, Queen, Prince, and Princess will be crowned at the conclusion of Promenade. Promenade will be held on Saturday, May 4th at 4:30 in the Charles T. Nesbitt gymnasium. Juniors- (Front row, left to right)- Jillian Kehler, Noelle Davis, Lillian Konyar, Genna Madden, Aubree Malakoski, Siena Rovito (Back row, left to right)- Mick Shingara, Ethan Reidinger, Dominic Fetterolf, Jude Bremigen, Travis Wegrzynowicz, Joseph Yancoskie Seniors- (Front row, left to right)- Jadyn Jankowski, Anesa Brown, Sayla Chapman, Tori Conway, Kate Moncavage, MolliLyn Petro (Back row, left to right)- Colden Bloom, Mason Barvitskie, Louden Murphy, Gavin Krebs, Sean Buhay Not pictured- Garrett Garcia

The National Honor Society recently partnered with the Columbia County Victim Witness Program to collect items for individuals who visit their office. NHS members collected an assortment of over 75 items including puzzle books, coloring books, crayons, and children's book.

Students in Mrs. Becker's Office Applications class are working on a culminating Food Truck Project that requires them to use the skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Access) that they have learned throughout the year. With the help of student teachers Miss Savoy and Miss Speece, students are designing and creating the necessary files and materials needed to start a Food Truck business. One of the first phases of the project involves constructing a prototype of their truck, seen in these photos.

We will begin offering Biology-specific tutoring starting today, Wednesday, and Thursday for 1 hour after school. Biology tutoring will be offered weekly on those specific days until May 15th. Transportation will only be offered on Tuesday and Thursday. If your child attends tutoring on Wednesday, you will need to provide transportation after tutoring. If you have any questions, please call the High School office 570-356-3450.

Jocelyn Rarig placed 1st in the "Poppy Poster Contest" sponsored by the Bloomsburg Legion. Her drawing is moving on to the next level of judging. Marlowe Schock placed 2nd and Charlotte Paul placed 3rd. Great job ladies! 🎨

Attention Seniors and their family members: The Daily Item is offering a free ad with a short bio and picture to each senior in all school districts that the newspaper serves. It will be part of a special Graduation section to be published on Saturday, May 25, 2024.

Please join us for us for our Spring Concert Series. See the flyer for dates and times! 🎷🎶🎺

The High School Journalism class has recently helped to expand our school district’s social media presence. The class is now in charge of creating content for our school’s Instagram page, and the account can be found on Instagram @scasdtigers. They hope to get High School students positively engaged with the school through student-centered ideas and creations. The students behind the page plan to consistently upload entertaining and informative posts while giving followers an inside look at what’s happening at SCA. The page has already uploaded a “Teacher Swap” Reel with over 3000 views, and the group has many creative ideas that they would like to carry out during the remainder of this school year and beyond. Give the page a follow! Contributors: Siena Rovito and Aubrey Heath, Journalism Staff Members

Each week, our Life Skills students help to fill the food bags that go home every weekend to supplement children in need of additional food when not in school. 🍎

SCA Senior Micah Campbell is a member of our Aviation program. Yesterday he received his private pilot license after passing his Private Pilot Check ride at the Bloomsburg Municipal Airport. Congratulations, Micah! 🛩️

Both middle and high school students attended a CSIU sponsored drone building event at the Montour Preserve. Students were paired to follow directions in drone building, a meticulous feat that required patience and attention to detail. After building, students were able to code and fly the drones to test their hard work. Gifted students in the fifth grade enjoyed the mentoring from high school Aviation/Gifted students in this cooperative experience. Ms. Frey, Mr. Roughton, and Mrs. Roughton led the field trip.

32 Southern Columbia students and their two advisors attended the FBLA State Leadership Conference in Hershey this week. Both students and the SCA chapter walked away with awards and honors: Competitive Event Winners: 1. Gavin Krebs, 3rd Place, Sports and Entertainment Management 2. Ethan Rush, 3rd place, Help Desk 3. Amanda Strocko, 5th place, Broadcast Journalism 4. Amanda Strocko, 6th place, Local Chapter Annual Business Report 5. Daniel Marzeski, 6th place, Organizational Leadership 6. Andrew Sharrow, 9th place, Public Policy and Advocacy Individual Recognitions: - MolliLyn Petro was accepted into the Business Honor Society. - Amanda Strocko placed 9th in the Who's Who Criteria/William Selden Scholarship. - Madalyn LeVan, Amanda Strocko, Madison Kerstetter, and Madelyn Evert received Big 33 service hour recognition for obtaining and submitting service hours. Chapter Recognition: -SCA FBLA placed 9th out of over 250 chapters in the William H. Selden Outstanding Chapter Award which recognizes the above-and-beyond contributions of students and their advisors. -SCA FBLA received the Hollis and Kitty Guy Gold Seal Award of Merit which is given to top 15% of chapters in PA based on the Outstanding Chapter guidelines.

The High School Guidance Department had a great turn out on Wednesday evening for an information session on Commonwealth-Bloomsburg’s Early College classes. A representative from the University was present to answer questions about all the program has to offer to the high school’s rising seniors. 🏫🎒

“You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” -John Bunyan Our school is lucky enough to have seven students serving our communities as junior and regular firefighters. Students Hunter Sharrow, Chase Compton, Cameron Traugh, and Aidyn McHale are all volunteers at Valley Chemical Fire Department in Numidia. Students Aidan Wetzel, Austyn Balchunas, and Ryan Davis are volunteers at the Elysburg Fire Department. These dedicated students spend much of their time serving the communities and responding to emergencies. Both companies are always looking for more junior/regular firefighters. A person must be at least 14 years old to participate in the junior firefighter program. If interested, please see the attached flyer from the Elysburg Fire Department. Contributor: Aidan Wetzel, Journalism Staff Member

Today's "Student Teacher Feature" takes us to the High School, where Ellie Rowe is currently serving as a student teacher in Miss Stine's math classes. (She completed her first placement with Mrs. Troutman.) Learn more about Miss Rowe in the graphic below! 📚

Today some of the SAVE (Students Against Violence Everywhere) members attended the Youth Mental Health Summit at the Lewisburg Campus Theatre. They presented on their violence prevention and mental health awareness work here at Southern. The keynote speaker was recent SCA graduate and inaugural Southern SAVE officer, Sienna Sosnoski. This Summit was organized by the CSIU and offered the opportunity for many local schools to share similar student groups with other districts.

A special thank you to Mr. Aaron Kennedy for donating and installing/tuning new drum heads on our newly donated drum kit. Thank you to Becky Gallup for donating the kit as well. We are so thankful for everything, and we look forward to using the drum kit throughout the future! Mr. Kennedy, a paraprofessional at the school, has his own company called DRUMMING ACADEMY. He gives drum lessons, so anyone interested in private lessons should reach out to him!

The SCA Lady Tigers Basketball team is hosting a "Mother and Son Night of Fun" on Friday, May 10 for Boys in Grades K-5. Please see the attached flyer for more information! 🏀