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	Welcome to Southern Hills Middle School 1500 Knox Drive Boulder, Colorado 80305 Phone: 303-494-2866 Fax: 303-499-9251 Principal: Terry Gillach Assistant Principal: Ina Rodriguez-Myer

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Congratulations!

Congratulations to Southern Hills Middle School principal Terry Gillach, Winner of the 2006 Colorado Principals’ Center Wright Way Award for Outstanding Leadership at the Secondary Level.

Bond Project Information

For the latest information on the bond project, click on the link below:

http://bvsd.org/bondproject/Pages/default.aspx

Students new to Southern Hills for the 2008-2009 School Year

Course Selection for 2008-2009 School Year

Please stop by the Southern Hills Counseling Office for a Course Description Booklet and Course Selection Form if your student will be attending our school for the first time next year as a neighborhood or open enrolled student.

Counselors are attending the feeder elementary schools to explain the process and handout forms, but if you are at a school we do not visit, please stop by! If you are unsure, you may call the counseling office at 303-494-7116.

Southern Hills is Awarded a Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Grant

Congratulations! As part of the Bike Rack Program, Southern Hills has been awarded a Safe Routes to School Infrastructure grant.

The grant provides $60,765 and includes 20 public and private schools in Boulder County. Actual grant funds are expected to be released in August, 2008. A re-assessment of schools’ bike parking will take place followed by bid, contracting and purchasing processes. New racks would be in the ground for spring 2009 activities. A webpage will be developed at saferoutes.bvsd.org. The national clearinghouse for Safe Routes to School offers rich resources at saferoutesinfo.org.

Mission Statement

We provide every student with opportunities and challenges for success.

The Faculty of Southern Hills Middle School believes...

Every student wants to learn; every student can learn.
Every student deserves a safe environment.
Every student should have the opportunity to reach his/her academic, emotional, physical, and creative potential.
Diversity must be honored.
Accomplishment promotes self-esteem.
Education should provide the tools and skills to prepare students for life's challenges.

Upcoming Events

5/14/2008 7:00 PM		Choir Concert
5/15/2008 4:00 PM		Final 7/8 Boys Track Meet
5/16/2008 4:00 PM		Final 6th Grade Boys and Girls Track Meet
5/20/2008 8:30 AM		Eco-Cycle Locker Clean-Out
5/22/2008 12:00 AM		Fines Collected
5/26/2008 12:00 AM		No School - Memorial Day
5/26/2008 12:00 AM		Bolder Boulder Race
5/29/2008 12:00 AM		Last Day of School for students!
5/28/2008 6:30 PM		8th Grade Awards Assembly
5/29/2008 9:30 AM		8th Grade Continuation Ceremony Students need to report to the gym no later than 9:15

(More Events...)

School Goals, 2007-2008

Southern Hills Middle School
Summary of School Goals, 2007-08

1. Goal for Achievement - Reading:
Students at Southern will improve their achievement in reading over baseline data and over time. All students will achieve one years growth in one years time as measured by the Weighted Index Mean Scores over Time.

Baseline Data:
Students in all grades at Southern Hills had a Weighted Index Score of 110 in reading the 2007 CSAP. In order to achieve the stated goal, students from all grade levels will need to maintain a score of 110 over the next two school years.

2. Goal for Equity – SPED Math:
As a cohort group, Special Education students at Southern will improve their achievement in math over baseline data and over time. Using the 2006-07 score of 79 as the baseline, the Special Education cohort group of students will achieve a Weighted Index Score gain of 5 points each of the next two years in math.

Baseline Data:
The Weighted Index Score for all Special Education students in math at Southern Hills was 79 in 2007 (while the overall scores for all students was 116). To reach the stated goal, a 5 point gain needs to be achieved for two successive years in the area of math for all students in Special Education.

3. Goal for Organization:
Increase, over baseline data and over time, student’s positive perception of student-staff relationship as measured by the Student Climate Survey. Specifically, the goals is for the staff at Southern Hills Middle School to develop more trusting relationships with students beyond just the academic domain of a students experience at Southern Hills. This goal will be centered on increases of five percentage points on nine predetermined items from the Student Climate Survey (questions - #4, 9, 11, 12, 16, 30, 33, 44, 46) which address this issue.

Baseline Data:
Progress on this goal will be centered on significantly measurable increases of five percentage points on nine predetermined items in the annual climate survey administered to all students. The 2007 responses will be used as a baseline year.

Survey Questions of focus:
#4 – I feel respected by my teachers.
#9 – If I am harassed, bullied or discriminated against at school, there is an adult at school with whom I can talk.
#11 – I believe our school rules are consistently enforced.
#12 – I do not feel singled out unfairly by teachers#.
#16 – At school, I feel trusted by adults.
#30 – I do not feel ignored by my teachers#.
#33 – At school, I feel listened to by adults.
#44 – My teachers care about me.
#46 – Adults help if they see someone bullied or harassed.

Southern Hills Middle School
303-494-2866
Email: bvsd.shm@bvsd.org
1500 Knox Drive, Boulder, CO 80305
Principal: Terry Gillach