Equipping Everyone for Excellence

Sylacauga City Schools Family,

November is truly the month of gratitude. We celebrated our Veterans with programs in each of our schools and celebrated our teachers with #ThankAlabamaTeachers Month. A special thank you to Allen Oil for providing the Coffee Bar at each of our schools last month and this month. Our administrators are focusing on several areas this year to ensure all of our students receive a quality education. These focal areas are discussed in this week's Midweek Minute with the Superintendent. As always, thank your for your continued support as together we equip everyone for excellence!

Dr. Michele Eller, Superintendent

Sylacauga High School students earn Microsoft Office Specialist credential

Students take credentialing exams in Ms. Sutton’s and Ms. Hosey’s Business Software

Applications class to earn a Career Readiness Indicator. These students earn the Microsoft

Office Specialist credential in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

FAME Apprenticeship Applications for Seniors

Keri Wood, Work Based Learning Specialist with Gadsden State Community College, spoke

to students about their "Earn to Learn" Programs. Seniors that apply and are accepted into

the FAME program earn a wage while attending college and gain priceless work experience

with a global manufacturing leader. While in the two-year program, students can earn as

much as $33,500 to cover their educational expenses and avoid the costly hassle of student

loans. Grants and other forms of financial aid are also a possibility.

https://ww2.gadsdenstate.edu/fame/GadsdenStateFAME.html

STEM Engineering Classes

Mr. Mosley's engineering classes put their skills to the test as they designed and ran

experiments on water wheels to evaluate their potential for generating hydropower.

Nichols Lawson Middle School

Aaron Ritthaler, a Chemical Engineer from OMYA, visited Mrs. Robinson's and Mrs. Fowler's Physical

Science classes to discuss the properties of rocks, mining, the uses of marble, and his own career

path. Meanwhile, Mrs. Cobb's class learned about engineering problem solving and the design

process by creating earthquake-safe buildings, which they test with an earthquake simulator. Finally,

the Career Prep classes explored various science and engineering jobs by playing STEM Bingo with

the Career Coach.

Come support the Aggies this season. Please take note of the SCS Atheltic Guidelines.

Indian Valley Elementary

December 2: Breakfast with Santa

December 5: Kindergarten Math and Literacy Night 5:30 pm

December 5: 12 Days of Christmas Dress-up days

December 20: Early Release @ 12:30 pm

December 21 - January 3: Christmas Break

January 4: Students return to school

December 2: Breakfast with Santa

December 13: Santa Letter fundraiser

December 14: Nacho Day

December 15: Fun Pass/Aggie Pride

December 19 - 20: Holiday Dress-Up Days

December 19: Christmas Program 1:00 pm

December 20: Early Release 12:45 pm

December 21 - January 3: Christmas Break

January 4: Students return to school

December 4: NLMS basketball @ Columbiana

December 7: Snack day

December 7: Basketball @ Anniston

December 8: 6th grade Stay n Play

December 15: Hat day

December 18: Basketball vs Oxford

December 17 - 19: Exams

December 20: Early Release @ 12:30 pm

December 21 - January 3: Christmas Break

January 4: Students return to school

December 4: HOSA testing

December 5: CERT assessment underclassmen; College visit day or volunteer for seniors

December 5: Band concert 7:00 pm

December 7: Sports team pictures

December 8: Spring dual enrollment meeting

December 9: ACT

December 10: Choral concert

December 11: Cheerleaders compete @ state

December 11 - 15: Five Golden Days of Christmas

December 15 - 17: Almost Maine theater production

December 18: 1st and second block exams

December 19: 3rd and 4th block exams

December 20: Early release @ 1:00 pm

December 21 - January 3: Christmas Break

January 4: Students return to school

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Location: 43 North Broadway Avenue, Sylacauga, AL, USA
Phone: 256-245-5256
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