South Middle School

To clarify the previous post: • ᴊᴜɴɪᴏʀ ᴋɪɴᴅᴇʀɢᴀʀᴛᴇɴ - 12th grade students enrolled at Harrisburg are allowed to pick up a meal.

The Harrisburg Child Nutrition Department is happy to provide FREE meals to our students during this time of uncertainty. Grab and Go breakfast and lunches are available at Freedom, Explorer and Horizon: • Monday – 3/16         11:00 AM to 12:30 PM • Tuesday – 3/17        11:00 AM to 12:30 PM • Wednesday – 3/18   11:00 AM to 12:30 PM As we are using Federal funds to provide these meals there are rules that we must abide by. • Only K-12 students enrolled at Harrisburg are allowed to pick up a meal. • Students can go to any of the three locations to pick up meal.  They do not need to attend that location to get a meal. • The student must be present to pick up a meal. • Each student is allowed to pick up one (1) lunch meal for that day and one (1) breakfast meal for the following day. • You must take a milk with each meal. Thank you for your patience and cooperation during this time of uncertainty.

Harrisburg Families: We will be closed Monday through Friday next week (March 16-20). We would ask that you limit outings with your children that require close contact and practice social distancing. We will keep you informed as the situation develops. 🐾

HHS Dance Team Try-Outs have been set! Tryouts will be at NMS on April 20-22 from 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM. Please also consider coming to an informational meeting with your questions. Can’t wait to see you there!

In order to limit the of spreading germs at water fountains, we're asking learners to please bring a water bottle to school. 💧🐾

Harrisburg Tigers: creating their futures today! 🐾🏗🧬🧮 📚🎤🔨🎨🏃🏻‍♀️🎬🌍🐾

🌈 Being nice to others is kindness in true form... Kindness is not always what we do for others, it is as easy as just being nice... 😊 Please... 😌 Thank You! 😃 You're Welcome! 🤗 Have a Great Day! These few words can change someone's day!❤️

Bravo! 👏 The Harrisburg Band Booster Showcase packed the house on Tuesday evening at the Pavilion. Over 600 HSD band students from grade 5-12 performed with over 1400 audience members in attendance. #TigerLoud!🐾🎶🎵

There will be a Chess Tournament at the North Middle School on April 4th from 9:00am-12:30pm. Come join in on the fun!

March is Intellectual Disability Awareness Month. In showing our support for all of our students and in celebration of this, South Middle School has planned a couple of special events. On Friday, March 6th, we will be taking the pledge of ending the use of “R” word. We will be making respect the new “R” word. Join us in taking the pledge! March 21st is Rock Your Socks Day and National Down Syndrome Awareness Day. Since there is no school that day, we will be celebrating on March 18th. Wear your craziest and mismatched socks that day and post them to social media with #rockyoursocks!

💐 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘀…𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀. 🌸 ~ Gary Vaynerchuk

SMS is having a Staff vs. Student Basketball Game! Come join us on March 16th @ 6:30pm at the South Middle School. Admission is free with a book donation (adult or children's books). Prizes will be given out during time outs and half time!!!

Tiger perseverance: ↗ continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure. #TigersChoose 🐾

See the good. ☀️ #TigersChoose

There is a WEB Glow Dance on February 28th from 3:30pm-5:30pm at the South Middle School! Admission is $5. Come join us for some fun!!!

Due to bad weather, there will be a two hour late start tomorrow, Thursday, February 13th. All after school activities will resume as usual. Stay warm, Tigers! ⛄️🐾

We make many choices every day in the way we treat others. Those choices define who we are as a person and how we impact our world. How will you lift others up today?🎈 #TigersChoose

👪 👨‍👧REGISTER NOW for the 2nd Annual Harrisburg Family EdCamp on Saturday, February 22 from 8a-12p at South Middle School. This FREE event is designed to support parents and strengthen families through sessions offered by the Harrisburg District Staff and community partners. 🎟 REGISTER HERE: http://bit.ly/2UL3EBJ 👉🏼 The Session Guide can be found here: https://5il.co/ctmn 🍩 BREAKFAST & CHILDCARE (ages 2 – 5th grade) are available to participants at no cost. 🎁 FABULOUS DOOR PRIZES will be available thanks to the generous donations of area businesses and organizations that value strong families.

Congratulations to SMS principal Darren Ellwein, Region 2 Middle School Principal of the Year!

Enjoy the long weekend, Tigers! 🐾