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SCHOOL NEWS
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR "NEWS
& EVENTS" PAGE FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND SOUTHLAND.
SPRING
SPORTS PHYSICALS MAY
13TH AT 4:00 IN THE GYM. Cost
is $5.00 per athlete. THIS
IS FOR ALL STUDENTS WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN ANY JUNIOR
HIGH, B-TEAM OR VARSITY ATHLETICS FOR THE 2008-09 SCHOOL YEAR.
Please see any of the coaches for the
correct forms that need to be filled out by the parents prior
to May 13th. You may also pick up the forms in the
school's main office.
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DAILY
ANNOUNCEMENTS - May 9, 2008 |
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1. The soccer team
will play at West
Minister Saturday at 4:00. |
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2. Junior High Honors
Day will be held on Monday, May 12, 2008, 9:00
a.m. Senior High Honors Day will be held on
Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. |
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3. AP Exams
(seniors) today in the Media Center from 8:00 until
12:30. AP U.S.
History (juniors) Friday, and AP English Language
(juniors) next Wednesday. |
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4. The first round of
State Baseball starts today at Southland vs. Pinewood at
4:30. Game two will be played Saturday at 12:00
with the "if" game to follow. |
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5. There will be an
elementary girls basketball camp June 2nd, 3rd and
5th. The deadline for signing up for the camp is
May 19th. |
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6. There will be an
elementary boys basketball camp June 9-11. The
deadline for signing up for the camp is May 12th. |
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7. Softball tryouts
will be held Monday and Wednesday of next
week. |
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8. Senior High Honors
Day Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. in the gym. |
 2008
YEARBOOK PRESENTATION AND DEDICATION Recently
in a school assembly, the yearbook staff proudly presented to
the student body the 2008 "The Fun's In Getting
There" RAIDER Yearbook. The 344-page edition is
once again printed in full color from cover to cover and is
filled with candid shots and memories of the 2007-08 school
year. Sadie Blount, editor, announced that this year's
RAIDER is lovingly dedicated to Mr. Rob Ivey because of his
seventeen year commitment to Southland Academy as the band
director, music teacher, and golf coach. Following the
dedication, the staff presented copies of the yearbook to Mr.
Stubbs and Mrs. Short. Yearbook
staff members are seniors, Editor Sadie Blount, Business
Manager Maggie Fletcher, Carmen Felton, Mary-Kate Hayes,
Mallorie Law, Mary Lester, Molly Rumph, Lauren Wilson; juniors
Heidi Bruns, Caroline Clark, Kathryn Fowler, Katie Hughes,
Mollie McGowan, Ivy O'Hern, Kristen Perry, and Haley
Strange. The yearbook staff adviser is Mrs. Judy Wills.
TRIKE-A-THON/JUMP ROPE FOR HEART
Recently Southland's elementary students
participated in two very important fund raisers. The
Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten classes raised money for St.
Jude's Children's Research Hospital, and the 1st through 5th
grades raised money for the American Heart Association by
having a "Jump Rope for Heart". Both were very
successful with a combined total of $12,522. (Trike
$3,121/Jump Rope $9,401)
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MISS SAR 2008
Southland Academy is pleased to
announce that Miss Molly Rumph, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Rumph of Montezuma, was crowned Miss SAR 2008 at the 20th Miss SAR
Pageant held Saturday, March 15, 2008, at Southland in the Melvin T.
Kinslow Gymnatorium. She was crowned by Miss SAR 2007, Miss
Lauren-Leigh Marchant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rod Marchant of
Americus.
The pageant is held each year to
raise money for the Thomas A. Greene Scholarship Fund at
Southland. This is a wonderful event where eleven talented and
beautiful young ladies are selected by the various clubs in high
school. The girls spend time together preparing for the pagent,
and they also volunteer at Southland's Sweetheart Pageant, which is
for the younger girls at school.
Miss Brittany Daniel, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Daniel of Americus, was awarded first runner up.
Miss Shelley Fallon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Fallon of
Americus, was named second runner up. Miss Carmen Felton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Felton of Marshallville, won the
Bett Glover Womack Interview Award. Miss Dianne Littlefield,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimbo Littlefield of Americus, won the
Talent Award as well as Miss Congeniality. Miss Kristen Perry,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Perry and Americus and Mr. and Mrs.
John Untch of Americus, won the People's Choice Award.
Other contestants in the pageant were
Lacey Chandler, Jessie Heath, Lauren Truitt, Meghan Welch, and
Caroline Collins. Miss Jessica Cook, Miss SAR 2002 and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Cook of DeSoto, was the Mistress of
Ceremonies. Miss Cook is a student at the University of
Georgia. She will graduate in May of this year with a degree
in Biology and will be a student at The Medical College of Georgia
Dental School in Augusta this fall. This year's pageant was
dedicated to Mrs. Gail Hooks.
SOUTHLAND'S SMILING FACES
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