Mrs. Custis made individualized popcorn bags to thank our teachers for their work this semester.
The South Putnam Music Department presented their Holiday Concert last night featuring Beginning Band, 7th Grade Band, 8th Grade Band, and Concert Band. Mr. Champion and his students created a beautiful experience for guests!
South Putnam wins! Our boys and girls swimming and diving teams beat Edgewood and West Vigo! It was a decisive win for the boys team and an exciting end-of-the-meet victory for the girls who triumphed in the last relay pulling ahead of Edgewood!
Our Social Studies teachers challenge our students each day to use past events to think critically about their future. Thank you to Mr. Laney, Mrs. Coke, Mr. Hudson, Mrs. Henry, and Mr. Welti for all they do for our students.
Some cool things are happening at South Putnam today. We thanked our teachers for all their hard work with ice cream. Students also were working hard on some interesting projects.
Congratulations to Caroline Hodge for her selections as the DAR Good Citizen for Putnam County. Caroline was acknowledged for her scholastic achievements, honesty, loyalty, leadership, service and civic pride. She shared the important moment with her parents Michael and Natalie Hodge. The Putnam County middle school winners, Bryan Bye, Jeffrey Crabb and Ava Webster were also acknowledged today. Congratulations to all of these students. We are proud you are Eagles! We are grateful for the many ways you contribute to our school and our community and the way you serve as role models to your classmates.
Advanced 2D Art students are busy on projects!
The Eagles Nest was packed Friday night as the South Putnam Girls and Boys Basketball teams competed against North Putnam. It was an exciting night of hard-played basketball.
Congratulations to Caroline Hodge, the South Putnam DAR Good Citizen. In her essay, Caroline wrote about how each of us can work within our community to uphold the words in the Pledge of Allegiance by understanding our history and helping others. She states, "What we can do is lift our neighbors up." She explains, "We need to care about those around us, work to understand them and their actions." She concludes, "In this way, we start to interact with our own community's history. We start to shape it, to mold it into one of more understanding, a more accepting, a more equal history." Caroline and the other winners from around the county will read their entire essays and be acknowledged in the DAR Good Citizens presentation at the Putnam County Library on December 5th.
Congratulations to Mrs. Wells and our middle school spell bowl team! They just received their ribbons! The South Putnam Middle School Spell Bowl team placed FIRST in their class and second over all of the teams at the Regional competition. And for the second year in a row, Melissa Anderson was a perfect speller spelling all 9 of her words correctly! We are so proud of the hard work this team put in to do so well against some very large schools and tough competition.
Congratulations to Addie Brinkman and Kennadie Thompson for representing South Putnam at the Indiana Bandmasters Association (IBA) All-District Honor Band this month!
The South Putnam Music Department will be hosting Holiday Concerts on Wednesday, December 6th in the cafeteria. The Begining Band and 8th Grade Band will start at 6:00 pm. They will be followed by the 7th Grade Band and Concert Band at 7:30 pm. There will also be an Interlude Performance in the Commons by the Middle School Jazz Band. Please join us for this exciting night of music.
Coach Estridge and the boys basketball team kicked off their regular season at home last night in a hard-fought game against Clay City. We had a great crowd, fun events and a lot of support for our teams!
Happy Thanksgiving!! In AP world Mrs. Henry and her students celebrated by analyzing the recipes we all love to see how the Columbian Exchange allowed for us to enjoy so much variety in our life. They all decided that the world is better with milk chocolate, sweet potato casserole, and corn pudding!
Thank you to Jimmy McKanna, the Director of Respiratory Therapy and Pulmonary/Cardiac Rehab at Union Hospital, for speaking with groups of South Putnam students last week about the risks of vaping. He showed evidence of how it is highly addictive and paralyzes the body's ability to protect lung tissue. Thank you Mr. McKanna for volunteering your time to talk to our students about this important topic.
Good day, Eagles! As recently reported via community development reports, Putnam County needs additional preschool and childcare services. South Putnam is developing a grant proposal to help meet the community's needs regarding preschool educational and childcare options. Please complete the survey linked here: https://tinyurl.com/mvhsp7vx
Please feel free to share with others so we can get as much community input as possible for the grant application. I've included a QR code as well.
Thanks so much!
Dr. Smith
Thank you to Mr. Rounds and middle school students who presented a Veterans Day program this week for middle school students. Mr. Rounds served in the United States Air Force and the United States Air National Guard. He introduced students who were recently selected to lay a South Putnam wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Students read their essays sharing what they had learned about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, "a reminder of the ultimate sacrifice made by soldiers and the debt of gratitude owed to them by the nation they served."
On Friday, Ms. Eaglin and her Principles of Ag class put on the 1st Annual South Putnam Dog Show. Students created their dogs and then competed for Dog Group Winner (herding, sporting, hound, non-sporting and toy) and Best in Show. It was a lot of fun and a great learning experience!
6th-grade mathematicians in Mrs. Boyce's class are learning how to calculate unit rates. This week they used a local grocery ad to practice this skill. On Nov. 14, National Pickle Day, students compared unit prices of popular brands. Everyone is looking forward to snacking on crunchy dill pickles later this week!
6th-grade mathematicians in Mrs. Boyce's class are learning how to calculate Unit Rates. This week they used a local grocery ad to practice this skill. On Nov. 14, National Pickle Day, students compared unit prices of popular brands. Everyone is looking forward to snacking on crunchy dill pickles later this week!
