Thank you to all our community members, and the WV K12 Speakers Bureau, who supported our 6th grade Career Expo.
Students learned about careers within several career clusters today as part of College Application Week.
Students learned about careers within several career clusters today as part of College Application Week.
Thank you Ms. Hillen from Wesbanco and Ms. Hileman from Advocate to State Provider for coming to South during College Application & Exploration Week. Our students enjoyed hearing about your careers.
Thank you MTEC for coming to speak to our 6th and 8th graders during College Application Week!
Spirit Week - Pep Rally
Spirit Week - Dress like Adam Sandler
South would like to Thank our Business Partner!
As Mr. Sears' classes begin to study West Virginia's many Cryptids, students created their own and competed against one another to determine each classes "King Cryptic." Winners then had their creature made into a 3D model which was printed and given to them.
October 22 we will be having our 1st Penny Delay and Zero Day.
Students will be attending ALL classes Periods 1 - 8.
Thursday, Oct. 23 will be an Odd Day. Bring in your spare change for our Penny Delay!
Spirit Week! Today was anything but a backpack.
Thank you to all the families that came to our Family Reading/Social Studies Night! We had a fun night eating, playing games and reading. Thank you to the Morgantown Public Library for participating in our event. We look forward to our next Family Night featuring Math and Science on November 19th.
Picture Retake Day will be on Thursday, October 16.
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Monday 6th and 8th grade had their first WV K12 Speaker of the Year: Joel Kirk, from Fairmont State University Aviation Center of Excellence.
Lt. Col. Kirk began his career as a Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. Following basic Officer training and receiving his wings of gold, he piloted the mighty CH-53D/E Sea Stallion. In 1995 he was promoted to the rank of Captain and After attending SERE training he was selected to serve as a Forward Air Controller for 1st BN 3rd Marines. Following 2 tours as a CH-53 D/E Aircraft Commander, and an Infantry Air Officer, he was selected to return to the Naval Aviation Training Command where he served as a Flight Instructor and Flight Instructor Trainer (FITU) for CNATRA in the T-34C at Training Wing 5. After promotion to the rank of Major In 2000 he transferred to the United States Air Force to fly the KC-135 E/R Stratotanker. In 2005 he relocated to WV to fly the RC-26B for the Air Guard and Air Force Special Operations Command. In 2008 he was promoted to the rank of Lt. Col. He retired in 2013 after his last tour as Director of Training for the 745th Special Operations Squadron Hurlburt Field, FL. Lt. Colonel Kirk was deployed multiple times in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, New Dawn, Northern Watch, Noble Eagle, Restore Hope, Joint Forge, Tarpon Minnow and Cobra Gold.
Lt. Col. Kirk is an Unrestricted Command Pilot, Functional Check Pilot, and Evaluator Pilot with more than 200 Combat and Combat Support Missions and more than 600 combat and support hours, He has accumulated over 2,000 Instructor hours and 7,000 flying hours in his career in various aircraft. Currently he holds an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate, MEI, CFII, CFI is rated in both fixed and rotary wing aircraft. He has served as Chief and Founder of the ACE since 2017.
Lt. Col. Kirk began his career as a Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. Following basic Officer training and receiving his wings of gold, he piloted the mighty CH-53D/E Sea Stallion. In 1995 he was promoted to the rank of Captain and After attending SERE training he was selected to serve as a Forward Air Controller for 1st BN 3rd Marines. Following 2 tours as a CH-53 D/E Aircraft Commander, and an Infantry Air Officer, he was selected to return to the Naval Aviation Training Command where he served as a Flight Instructor and Flight Instructor Trainer (FITU) for CNATRA in the T-34C at Training Wing 5. After promotion to the rank of Major In 2000 he transferred to the United States Air Force to fly the KC-135 E/R Stratotanker. In 2005 he relocated to WV to fly the RC-26B for the Air Guard and Air Force Special Operations Command. In 2008 he was promoted to the rank of Lt. Col. He retired in 2013 after his last tour as Director of Training for the 745th Special Operations Squadron Hurlburt Field, FL. Lt. Colonel Kirk was deployed multiple times in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, New Dawn, Northern Watch, Noble Eagle, Restore Hope, Joint Forge, Tarpon Minnow and Cobra Gold.
Lt. Col. Kirk is an Unrestricted Command Pilot, Functional Check Pilot, and Evaluator Pilot with more than 200 Combat and Combat Support Missions and more than 600 combat and support hours, He has accumulated over 2,000 Instructor hours and 7,000 flying hours in his career in various aircraft. Currently he holds an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate, MEI, CFII, CFI is rated in both fixed and rotary wing aircraft. He has served as Chief and Founder of the ACE since 2017.
Show your Stallion Spirit by joining us October 20 - 24 for Spirit Week!
7th Grade Teachers are featuring a Student of the Month. Here are the 7th Grade September Student of the Month!
In Mrs. Shumaker's science class students completed a lab where they followed a procedure, used the graduated cylinders, and 3 colored "chemicals" to produce a final product that looked like a rainbow!
Mrs. Zwiener's reading class is playing the board game Clue to focus on inferences and the mystery genre. Students are currently reading The Westing Game.
Mr. Moose visited our 8th grade Social Studies and Science classes to teach students about the species of snakes found here in WV.
Mr. Overstreet's 7th graders are starting a podcast discussing activities that are happening at our school, a teacher spotlight, and so much more. Today, they interviewed Mrs. Beck and Mrs. Kelly!
Ms. Reider's class celebrated Constitution Day last week. They researched, created posters, and even had apple pie. Ask your child about the lesson.
Meet our 2025/26 LSIC voting members!
