Congratulations to this year's champions:

Mackenzie Brown (7th) - Spelling Bee

Sam Kalmbach (8th) - Georgraphy Bee

Yes, it is already time to begin thinking about enrollment for next year! 
Thank you for being a part of the Southfield family!

Here is a list of important information for your reference:

CURRENT Families -

First week of February

The 6th grade parents will be serving dinner at 5:00 pm - Free of charge! Just come have dinner (red beans and rice, cornbread, cupcakes, drinks) in the cafeteria and then enjoy the game and support our girls ...

Detective Greer from the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office recently visited Southfield to make a presentation to our Middle School students.  As a support to our parents, we offer copies of these tips and guidelines prepared by the Sheriff’s office:

Social Networking Tips for Tweens (click here)

Social Networking Tips for Teens (click here)

Social Networking Tips for Parents (click here)

Protecting Kids Online (click here)

Preventing “Sexting” (click here)

Middle School Internet Safety ...

Get the Southfield Calendar - any time - any place with our new:

MOBILE VIEW - access at this link

http://southfieldschool.mhsoftware.com/ViewMobile.html

School Supplies
The school supply lists are complete.  Visit the Parent>Parent News section or click here for lists.

After School Care
Extended Day (PS-K) and After School Care (1st-8th) contracts must be turned in now to ensure a spot for your child. Click here to download an enrollment form.

• Preschool Extended Day Overview (click here)
• Kindergarten Extended Day Overview (click here)
• 1st-8th After Care Overview (click here)

One of our teams placed 5^th in the team competition.   Members of this team were Bradley Potts, Jonathan Li, Macy Scott, and Jacob Kesten.

Overall, teams and individuals scored together, Southfield placed 4^th.  The amazing part of this is that our students were competing against middle and high schools from all over the state!

4^th grade Math League winners

(3^rd and 4^th grade math enrichment students took contest this year)

Einstein Award (1^st Place):

Iza Zabaneh – 4^th grade; Cameron Kesten – 3^rd grade

Math Wizard Award (2^nd Place):

Autumn Edmondson, Sarah Bryan, Abel Taylor – 4^th graders

Certificates of Merit (honorable mention):

Carson Berry, Phoebe McCann, Callan Glascock – 4^th graders

Payne Johnson, McEwan Keyser, Andrew Briley, Connor Hansen – 3^rd graders

The following students were recognized for the number of digits 10 and over of Pi which they could remember.  This was a fun activity which took place on Pi Day!

PI DAY AWARDS

1ST GRADE

Will Brice 10

Ella Aycock 10

Sarah Johnson 11

Jacob Garfunkel 18

Kate Fortune  22 digits

2ND GRADE

Stewart Briley 18

Hope Hutchison 20

Addison Kennedy 28

Emile Zabaneh 30

Maggie Midland – 60 digits

3RD GRADE

Madeline Kalmbach 10

Grace Evans 10

Hannah Johnson 10

Isabel Perkins 10

Madison Lawrence 11

Frederick O’Neal 17

Omar Hussein 17

Over the weekend, the Norwela Cub Scout Council held their Spring Cub Mobile races in Bossier. All the packs in Northwest LA are invited.  The Southfield Pack 10 had an outstanding showing for our boys.

We received trophies for the following categories:

Wolves:  1^st Place- Landon Craig    2^nd Place- Reece Sellers

Bears: 1st Place- McEwan Keyser

Fastest Times:  1^st Place: Landon Craig   2^nd Place: McEwan Keyser  3^rd  Place: Reece Sellers

Best Designed Car Overall - Pack 10

Seventh graders who qualify for the DUKE Talent ID program get the opportunity to take a practice run on the SAT.  Of our group who were recognized this year, 8 chose to take the test.

Of those 8 students - 4 were given State Recognition for their scores and 1 also received Grand (national) Recognition.  Congratulations to:

State & Grand Recognition-
Jonathan Li

State Recognition-
Jack Collum
Carson Huckaby
Jacob Kesten

Middle School students participated in the Arkansas Foreign Language Teachers Association State Competitionin April.

Southfield took 2^nd place for French Drama (Bradley Potts, Will Flowers, Amy Beth Shirley, Lauren Carey, Logan Green and Graeme Weinland).  On level 1 French, we took 2^nd (Logan Green) and 3^rd (Bradley Potts) place in Extemporaneous Reading; 3^rd place in Poetry Recitation (Graeme Weinland); and 3^rd place in Extemporaneous Speaking (Lauren Carey). 

Bravo!

Alicia Smith, 6^th grade
State Science Fair Junior Division
1^st place Individual Overall
“Is it the End of the Day for Dawn”

Jacob Kesten, 7^th grade
Gamma Sigma Delta
Honor Society of Agriculture, LSU Chapter
2nd Place -  State Science Fair - Junior Division
Award for Excellence in Agriculture-Related Research

Here are the basic school dates for the coming year:

Monday, August 15 - FIRST day of school

November 21-25 - Thanksgiving Break

December 19 - Jan 2 - Winter Break

March 26-30 - Spring Break

The 6th, 7th and 8th grades had teams participate in the Private School Athletic league this year.

Congratulations to 6th Grade - Champions

Congratulations to 7th Grade - Champions

Congratulations to 8th Grade - Runners Up

The teams combined records were 25 wins and only 5 losses.  

Recognized as All-League players were 8^th Grade: Jake Wyss; 7^th Grade: Clayton Bantle, Jacob Chen, Bishop George, and Sam Kalmbach; 6^th Grade: Brooks Murphy, Steele Netterville, and Jack Rossi.

Holly Dorward - 8th Grade - was the winner of the School National Geographic geography bee.  Holly went on to take the State level test and was named in the Top 100 in the State which will advance her to the next round.  Congratulations!

Region I Science Fair Winners
Division A
Individual Awards

Tobias Kallenberg – 3rd Place – Energy and Transportation

Division B

Southfield Middle School

2nd Place Sweepstakes

Individual Awards

Jonathan Li – 3rd Place - Energy and Transportation

Macy Scott – 3rd Place – Medical and Health Sciences

Cullen Sharkey – 3rd Place – Engineering-Electrical and Mechanical

Lane Craig and Sabrina Mashburn - 3rd Place – Plant Sciences

Bradley Potts – 2nd Place – Physics and Astronomy

Lillie Thompson – 2nd Place – Engineering-Materials and Bioengineering

Jacob Kesten

The weekend of February 26, 2011, Southfield Middle School foreign language students competed at the Arkansas Foreign Language Teacher's Association competition.

SPANISH:

Level 1 Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking:  2^nd place Sabrina Mashburn (qualifying for State.)

Spanish Talent:  2^nd place Lane Craig (singing), 3^rd place Emily Biernacki (playing the piano)

Spanish Cooking:  Dessert category: 2^nd place Lane Craig and 3^rd place Kailey Roberson

FRENCH:

French Drama:  1^st place for the Southfield Team and a perfect score from all three judges! (...

Southfield Middle School MathCounts Team competed against 84 other students regionally on February 26, 2011.
Jacob Kesten placed 4th individually and will advance to the State.
Jonathan Li placed 5th individually.

The team of Jacob Kesten, Jonathan Li, Macy Scott, and Carter Brown placed 5th overall.

The 10 students who attended were:

8th Grade:
Carter Brown
Bailey McCann
7th Grade:
Jonathan Li
Jacob Kesten
Macy Scott
Gregory Uezono
Carson Huckaby
6th Grade:
Jack Meacham
Harrison Rosen

Southfield School Science Fair Winners 2010-11

Division A – Elementary

Andrew Bellah
Elizabeth Brice
Emorie Holmes
Tobias Kallenberg
Eva Paul
Sarah Margaret Pierce
Beverly Savarese
Will Vekovius

Alternates:
Heidi Dorward
Emma Lunn

Division B - Junior

Jacob Kesten
Jonathan Li
Bradley Potts
Alex Robertson
Harrison Rosen
Macy Scott
Cullen Sharkey
Alicia Smith
Lillie Thompson
Greg Uezono

Alternates:
Kent Felty
Maria Zabaneh

Division B - Team

Lane Craig and Sabrina Mashburn

Alternate: Will Flowers, Ross Mainous and ...

Congratulations to the MATHCOUNTS TEAM 2010!

Ethan Barton

Carter Brown

Will Flowers

Jacob Keston

Jonathan Li

Bailey McCann

Jack Meacham

Bradley Potts

Macy Scott

Carson Huckaby

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY BEE SOUTHFIELD SCHOOL LEVEL QUALIFYING PARTICIPANTS

They competed for the school title on Friday, Jan. 7 at 10:25 a.m. in the Dickson Theater.

CONGRATULATIONS to the winner, Holly Dorward and runner up Jacob Kesten!

5TH GRADE

1.Brooke Dies

2.Bess Dossett

3.Nikhi Lavu

4.Eva Paul

5.Elliott Redstone

6th GRADE

1.Mackenzie Brown

2.Elizabeth Bryan

3.Harrison Rosen

4.Jack Rossi

5.Lillie Thompson

7th GRADE

1.Jacob Kesten

2.Gil Platt

3.Maddie Paul

4.Cullen Sharkey

5. Gregory Vanni

8th GRADE

1.Stephen Cox

The school spelling bee was held Thursday, Dec. 10 at 10:20 in the Margaret Shaffer Dickson Theater.

Congratulations to winner Nikhi Lavu (5th grade). She will compete in the regional spellin bee on Saturday, Feb. 19th at LSUS. Also congratulations to runner-up Brooke Dies (5th grade).

The following are the contestants who qualified for the school level bee:

8^th graders:
Caroline Bowman
Will Flowers
Grace Long
Ashley Spain

7^th graders:
Sam Kalmbach
Samantha Powers
Jacob Kesten
Bree ...

STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS 2010

5A                MEGAN DOWNEY

5B                ELIZABETH BRICE

6A                MACKENZIE BROWN

6B                ALICIA SMITH

7A                ELIZABETH LUNN

7^th at Large   BISHOP GEORGE    

8A                LANE CRAIG

8B                SALLY TATE MEACHAM

8^th at Large   BRADLEY POTTS