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AWARDS: 2005-06
Southside High School - Center for International Studies
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION
April, 2006 Congratulations to the Winners of the Southside Gallery Exhibition. 11 Students entered 15 pieces of artwork in the school-wide show which was held Monday Night in conjunction with the PTSA meeting. Honorable mentions went to Tarsis P. Martins for her Pastel Drawing entitled Rooting and Denise Waltz for her Charcoal drawing Untitled. Third place went to an Untitled acrylic painting by Elisa Justus. Second Place went to Mother and Child a pencil drawing by Amber Coleman and First Place went to the Pencil, Colored Pencil and Charcoal drawing entitled Union; Creation of Existence by Gerard Coleman. Congratulations to Southside's newest Clemson Emerging Scholars! Amber Coleman, Kaneshia Johnson, Myia Lindsey, De'Chane Mayo, Miesha Thompson, Theasha McCullough, Ashley Montgomery and Stephanie Sullivan. Congratulations to the nine Southside High Students whose work is included in the 16th annual Upstate High School Art Exhibition. The exhibition, which features artwork from High School students in 17 upstate school districts features work by the following SHS students: Lamar Alexander, Gerard Coleman, Keyanna Garrison, Keara Holland, Elisa Justus, Jason Ryan, DeTraviez Scott, Jessica Sibert and Denise Waltz. Their work is currently on display at the Greenville Technical College Greer Campus. April, 2006 Congratulations to Chasney Johnson who was awarded the Governor's Award of the National Technical Honor Society for which honor over 600 people were nominated. Chasney, a second year nursing student at Donaldson, will be honored at a luncheon with Governor Sanford during the first week in May,
March, 2006 Southside High School's Theory of Knowledge Class and Gospel Choir presented "Black Heritage Retrospective: From the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's to the Challenges of the 21st Century" during assembly programs March 6, 2006. The well-received drama was directed by Samantha Moorhead and scripted by Kriska Carandang and Tarsis Martins. Tre Robinson diected the choir and Douglass Gamble was sound producer. Swandia Adams introduced the retrospective. Forensic coach Erickson Bynum gave dramatic readings from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail". The TOK students dramatized three scenes from the 1960's interspersed with "We Shall Overcome" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing by the Gospel Choir. Alicia Williams addressed "How Far Have We Come?" and Meg Turlington spoke on " What Challenges Remain?" The TOK class memebrs are Swandia Adams, Maheen Akhter, Kriska Carandang, Cynthia Chen, Chisom Ezenekwe, Nakiy Gardner, Aliyah Glenn, Stephanie Hoo, Samantha Jaeger, Alex Marquez, Tarsis Martins, Eric Matthews, Andrew Menz, Shruti Mittal, Neda Mofrad, Samantha Moorhead, Andy Patel, Meena Patel, Brittany Rosengartner, Nicole Thompson, Megan Tone, Meg Turlington, Disha Upadhyaya, Anna Whiteside, Alicia Williams, Golsa Yazdy, and Michael Youssef. Gospel Choir members are Paris Anderson, Dezmond Bonaparte, Jasper Chapman, Natalie Conrad, Andrea Glenn, Ashley Grimsley, Aimee Hartmann, Kim Hartmann, Avery Holland, Monique Johnson, Caleb Mathis, Jessica Pitchford, Jarred Quarles, Tre Robinson, Maragarita Rodriguez, Rashad Skinner, Nelson Weston, Matthew Wideman, and Laeticia Williams.
February, 2006 Congratulations to Megan Tone , Southside's Governor's Citizenship Award winner for 2006. Selection is based on the qualities of Service, Leadership, Responsibility, Character, and Discipline. Congratulations to Samantha Jaeger who was the only college-bound student in South Carolina and one of 23 in the U. S., to achieve a 36, the highest possible composite score, on the December 2005 ACT. November 21, 2005 All A Honor Roll: Seniors - Cynthia Chen, Jasmine Dames, Stephanie Hoo, . Samantha Jaeger, Nicholas Marquez Neda Mofrad, Megan Tone, Kamilah Wright; juniors - Wenxuan Hu, Adam Shoun, Hieu Tran; sophomores-Liesl Chi, Meera Mohan, CorinaMundry, Vikram Samant, Rohan Shilotri; freshmen- Jonathan Chay, Kelly Funderburk, Daniel Grier, Jessica Hodges, Helen Leung, Indiasha Peppers, Elizabeth Pollard, Sherika Redmond, Dara Webb, Campbell Yore, Yuhao Zhang, and Xiya Zhu. A/B Honor Roll: Seniors – Emilee Anders, Quintoria Brockman, Nikita Campbell, Kriska Carandang, Azizia Fuller, Tiffany Grimsley, Stephanie Harrison, Ashley Johnson, Anthony Jones, Shemika Maher, Selacia Martin, Tarsis Martins, Eric Matthews, Andrew Menz, Aniruddh Patel, Pragneshkumar Patel, Andres Rivera, Brittany Rosengartner, Jessica Sibert, Andreas Themessl, Lauren Thompson, Alisha Thompson, Margaret Turlington, Disha Upadhyaya, LaToya White, Shenika Williams, and Golsa Yazdy; juniors – Sierra Barksdale, Javores Blakley, Anthony Callaham, Nicholas Chee, Erica Garnett, Kylie Glessman, Simon Heinze, Katie Hicks, Tanisha Hobley, Samyukta Kappagantula, Jacob Laird, Andre Manous, Christina Martin, Natasha McAllister, LaRonda Richard, Margarita Rodriguez, Christopher Siden, and Tray Strawhorn; sophomores – Parth Amin, Ashley Blum, Dustin Gary, Patricia Green, Asenath Green, Sharon Hadden, Carl Hulseman, Etoile Justus, Virginia McCuen, Neal, Joshua, Kendrica Norris, Stefanie Stieb, Nahum Marin Vega, Hannah Williams, Susanne Wolff; freshmen - Emma-Aiyesha Ali, Daniel Birbal, Alexander Cannon, Keela Chambers, Robert Dreher, Emilie Henderson, William Hunt, Anna Johnson, Jasper Kilgore, Daisy Laird, Dominique Marshall, Mario Mayes, Alesia McFarlin, Star McGowan, Phuong Nguyen, Neha Parthasarathy, Jay Patel, Kristan Pitts, Darshana Rana, Camille Rhoden, Amanda Schurtz, Keyona Spurgeon, Hannah Stodgill, Taryn Toomey, Kaushal Vadhar, Veer Bhavik, Jose Villegas, and Sharaan Williams.
November, 2005 Miss Southside High School KATRICE GOLDEN, Congratulations! Our Miss Southside Pageant, sponsored by the SHS PTSA, crowned the following Southside ladies on Saturday evening: MISS FRESHMAN TIYAH SIMS, 1ST RUNNER UP KANESHIA JOHNSON, 2ND RUNNER UP LARRESHECA LEAKS ; MISS SOPHOMORE MAJERA BOWENS, 1ST RUNNER UP ANTWOINEKA LEWERS , 2ND RUNNER UP TANIKA DAWSON; MISS JUNIOR LA' ASHA BURGESS , 1ST RUNNER UP ASHLEY TERRY, 2ND RUNNER UP BRITTANEY CHAPPELL; MISS SENIOR TIFFANY SIMS, 1ST RUNNER UP ALICIA WILLIAMS, 2ND RUNNER UP SWANDIA ADAMS, Miss Southside High School KATRICE GOLDEN, 1ST RUNNER UP SHRUTI MITTAL, 2nd RUNNER UP BRITTANY SLEDGE; TOP 3 FUNDRAISERS:1ST AMANDA HENDERSON, 2ND SHAYLA GRIFFIN, 3RD LA' ASHA BURGESS; MISS CONGENIALITY SHAYLA GRIFFIN ; MISS PHOTOGENIC BRITTANY SLEDGE. Congratulations to the 2005 Reflections Competition School winners. Denise Waltz won first place in the Visual Arts category with her piece "Untitled." Nathaniel Powers won first place in the Photography category for his photo "Changing Lanes," and Jasmine Dames took first place in the Literature category for her piece entitled "I Wonder Why" These contestants will go on to the Greenville County district competition in December. Second place in the Visual Arts category went to Sasha Williams for her drawing entitled "Nature's Rebirth." In the Photography Category Nathaniel Powers took second and third place as well for his pieces titled "Petrified Dragon" and "Hill of 1,000 Terraces" respectively. Congratulations again to our winners as well as all of those who participated. These works of art will be on display later this week through the first part of December. Art teacher: Mr. Koontz
International Festival Bienvenidos! Bienvenue! Wilkommen! A Celebration of Cultures, a night dedicated to celebrating the rich diversity of our Southside family took place at SHS last night. Students displayed projects from foreign language, social studies, art, math, and science classes with international themes. Video projects and slide shows featured in-depth projects and student trips to Germany, France, and the Netherlands. Hundreds of students and family members participated in the international family dinner. Featured in the Festival Live Performances were Disha Upadhyaya, Shruti Mittal, Maheen Akter, Bhavik Veer, Meenal Patel, Rishi Pandya, Kaushal and Andy Patel in "Desai Revolution;" Kelly Funderburk in " Little Csardas," a Hungarian dance; Swandia Adams, Shayla Griffin, and Porsche Jenkins in "Mixture of North African Culture Dances;" Jared Marr in "Minuet" by Johann Sebastian Bach; Cornesia Jefferson and Lamar Webb in "Simboya," a Swahili song; a fashion show; Liesl Chi in "Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies," Chinese; Kriska Carandang, Stephanie Hoo, Golsa Yazdy, Neda Mofrad, Cynthia Chen, Nicole Thompson, Samantha Moorhead, Chelsea Thompson, Melanie Hester, Jake Laird, and Nick Powell in "Tinikling," a Filipino dance; Tony Tran and and Phong Nguyen in "Tay Son Street Fight,: Vietnamese; Valerie Narvaez in "Tortura," Shakira; Adam Shoun, Simon Heinz, Andreas Themessl, Daneil Grier, Christopher Siden, and Jake Laird in "Emanuela von Fettes Brot," German band; and Kylie Glessman, Amaya Gunasekera, Samukta Kappagantula, Sahitya Jampana, Melissa Youssef, Adam Shoun, Tony Tran, Simon Heinz, Kaushal Vadhal, Jake Laird, and Phong Nguyen in "Culture Clash." Thanks and Congratulations to Ms. Wall, Samantha Moorhead, Patty Green, Daniel Hudson, Nick Powell, Vikram Samant, Doug Gamble,Lamar Webb, Aiyesha Ali, and Megan Burnett for the outstanding program. Congratulations to the International Festival Committee for the excellent Festival: Chairman Meredith Sargent, Live Performance Coordinator Mary Ann Wall, Buffet Coordinator Stacy Harris, Cafeteria Coordinator Loretta Gladden, Project/ Program Coordinator Helene Robinson. Thank you to Mr. Koontz, Ms. Greene, Mrs. Grier, Ms. Harris, Ms. Graf, Mrs. Ezenekwe, Mrs. Shoun, Ms., Harrill, Miss Loper, Mr. Reynolds and Jeremiah Harrison.
October, 2005 Congratulations to Heather Hamby for being chosen by the Greenville County Soil and Water Conservation District, as a delegate to the Carolina Coastal Adventure at Somerset Facility on Lake Moultrie. Congratulations to Stefanie Stieb who is being sponsored by the Greenville County Soil and Water Conservation District as a delegate to the Carolina Coastal Adventure in November at the Somerset Facility on Lake MOultrie. Congratulations to the NHS for raising over $600 in the Walk for the Homeless on Sunday. September, 2005 Congratulations to Chisom Ezenekwe, senior, who has been selected as a semifinalist in the National Achievement Scholarship Program. Chisom scored in the top 5 percent of Black Americans who took the 2004 SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PST/NMSQT). Congratulations to Stephanie Hoo and Samantha Yeager who have been named 2006 National Merit Semi-Finalists. Congratulations to Cynthia Chen, Katherine O'Leary-Cole, and Megan Tone who have been named 2006 Commended Students in the 2006 National Merit Scholarship Program. 2005 Southside Pride Platinum Award Mrs. Lillian Brock-Fleming 23 years of service to Southside students August, 2005 Congratulations to Mrs. Karen Owens, English teacher, who has been selected for the third time to Who's Who Among America's Teachers. She was nominated this time by Palak Shah who graduated in 2004. Her biography will be published in the 9th edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers in September.
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