Southern Hills Clubs and Activities
Southern Hills offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities in which all students are encouraged to participate. As beginning dates approach, details are given during the Daily Announcements that are read each day at the start of 2nd period. These are also posted throughout the school as well as added to the end of the “Homework E-mail” which is sent out each afternoon to any parent who has signed up to receive it. Please click under each specific activities or clubs for more information. Clubs and activities are subject to change.
GEOGRAPHY BEE is an educational program of the National Geographic Society, encouraging the study of geography of our state, our country, and our world. Those interested will need to take a Geography test to determine their level of knowledge. This will take place in the Social Studies classes. The student with the highest score goes on to compete in the City-wide Geography Bee and may go on to compete in regional and state finals. Contact Deb Darnell (room 175) or Mr. Pilger (room 283) for more information..
MATHCOUNTS Starting in mid-September, and ending in January, MathCounts is a high energy chance for students to solve all sorts of math problems, It meets most Wednesday mornings from 8-8:30 am in room 293. There will be breakfast bars and juice most mornings as well as fabulous prizes! Team competition will be in January and March. Sign up is in Ms. Pearman-Johnson’s room (293).
PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB is a new club this year and is for any student who likes or wants to know more about photography. Participants will be taking photos based on different themes and sharing them with each other. One or two field trips in Boulder will also be taken. Bring your own camera (any kind) and come to the weekly meetings each Thursday after school from 3:30 – 4:30. We will meet for 10 weeks. See Ms. Eymer for more details.
QUIZ BOWL is a lively, trivia competition that starts at the beginning of October and ends in January. Grade level teams are formed and practice will be during A and B lunches in Ms. Pearman-Johnson’s room (293). Quiz Bowl ends in January with the Brain Bowl competition at Fairview.
SPIDERS Spiders are a part of the WEB (Welcome EveryBody) Program that links each 6th grader with an 8th grade student (Spider). Spiders act as a guide, mentor and friend, helping their small group of 6th graders navigate through their first year of middle school. Spiders must fill out an application which is then evaluated by a panel of several parents, teachers and counselors. A variety of fun activities are scheduled throughout the year during the school day. In addition, Spiders may function as helpers with many school events such as Back to School Night, Parent/Teacher Conferences etc. Applications are taken in April. See Mr. Congedo in room 175 for more information.
STUDENT COUNCIL (STU-CO) is open to all students. Members are involved in a number of activities during the school year such as community service projects, putting on school dances, and helping with teacher appreciation week. Active participation is necessary and meetings are generally held twice a month in the morning before school. See Ms. Eymer in the South Portable for more information.
TALENT SHOW is open to any student who desires to perform on stage. Students may sing, dance, or play an instrument. Performances may be done as a solo or in a group. Try outs generally start in early April with the one-night show held in May. See Mr. Kingsley (rm 281) or Mr. Pilger (rm. 283) to sign up.