South Gibson Co. High School

The deadline to purchase a senior ad in the SGCHS yearbook is Wednesday, September 30. Please visit www.yearbookforever.com to purchase your senior ad and to order your copy of our yearbook, The Hornet.

Seniors: Please don’t forget that we have free ACT tutoring at SGCHS for seniors. The detailed schedule has been posted on our social media outlets. The ACT test will be given at SGCHS on Tuesday, September 22, free of charge. Please keep in mind that in order to receive your high school diploma all seniors will need to take the ACT. If you are a senior Digital Learner, you are expected to report to school on September 22 by 7:45am. Registration for this exam is not required. Don’t forget to complete the form by Thursday, September 17 if you are needing to borrow a calculator the day of the ACT. All seniors will be able to leave campus once all testing is complete. https://forms.gle/BQ9Km6Hcpj23JrQN8

The Balfour Representative was at our school yesterday and gave Juniors and other interested students information regarding ordering a class ring and/or letter jacket. Mr. Williams will be returning on Thursday, September 24th, from 10:30-11:30 a.m., to meet with Digital Learning students to place orders. After meeting with Digital students, Mr. Williams will meet with in-person learning students in the cafeteria during their scheduled lunch time to place their orders. Also, order packets can be pick up on the table outside of the school office in the front foyer. Please contact the main office if you have any questions.

If you are interested in SGC Shooting Sports there will be a recruitment day this Saturday, September 19 from 2-4pm at Southgate Range. If you have any questions please reach out to the SGC Shooting Sports Facebook page.

The ticket window for football on Friday night (9/18) is now open!! Please use the following link to purchase tickets: https://gofan.co/app/events/93169 Tickets MUST be purchased Prior to game time.

Homecoming Court 9th - Brylie Butler, Natalie Crews 10th - Rena Crawford,Macy White 11th - Tettebea Addo,Avery Luckey 12th - Ja'eqania Claybrook,Jamie Johns,Kisdan Moore Court - Hailey Hill,Peyton Spencer, Laura Walker (Queen)

Seniors: If you are needing to borrow a school calculator for the ACT on September 22, please complete this form by September 17. https://forms.gle/cS4JKDFc9wjusyAs6

Hornet Fans! SGC will host Crockett County this Friday, Sept. 11th in a regional Football battle! Tickets can be purchased by going to gofan.co/app/school/TN51104 or https://gofan.co/app/events/93166. Just a reminder that tickets are only available digitally.

ACT Tutoring for Seniors: If you are wanting FREE tutoring for the ACT prior to September 22, SGCHS will be offering multiple sessions. Our ACT experts, Coach Cates, Mrs. Luther, and Mrs. Walton, will help prepare students on various content and testing strategies. Senior Digital Learners are also encouraged to attend. You may choose which sessions to attend. Sessions will be held in each teacher’s classroom at the specified date and time. Tuesday, Sept. 8 3:15-4:15pm (Cates, Luther and Walton) Wednesday, Sept. 9 3:15-4:15pm (Luther and Walton) Thursday, Sept. 10 3:15-4:15pm (Cates, Luther and Walton) Saturday, Sept. 12 10-noon (Cates, Luther and Walton) Monday, Sept. 14 3:15-4:15pm (Cates, Luther and Walton) Tuesday, Sept. 15 3:15-4:15pm (Luther and Walton) Wednesday, Sept. 16 3:15-4:15pm (Cates, Luther and Walton) Thursday, Sept. 17 3:15-4:15pm (Luther and Walton) Saturday, Sept. 19 10-noon (Cates, Luther and Walton) Monday, Sept. 21 3:15-5:15pm (Cates, Luther and Walton)

As a student of GCSSD, you can download Microsoft Office (Mac or PC) for free with our agreement through Microsoft. Just log in at office.microsoft.com with your school email (username@gcssd.org) and password on the computer on which you wish to install it. In the upper right-hand corner will be an Install Office button – click and follow the onscreen instructions.

Senior Parents: Mrs. Cross has created a Class of 2021 course in Schoology for your child. Your child needs to look at it daily. All announcements that are typically made at school will be posted on Schoology in the Class of 2021 under course. Currently, there are 2 posts, one requiring a response from your child. Please encourage your child to complete the senior questionnaire by this Friday, September 4th. Also, yearbooks are on sale through Labor Day. The price is $65. Please order online at www.yearbookforever.com. Senior yearbook ads are available through September 30. Please order online at www.yearbookforever.com. Please be sure to check your email from Holland Studio and choose your senior pictures for the yearbook. The last announcement is that all seniors will come to SGCHS on Tuesday, September 22nd to take the ACT, this includes digital learners. More detailed information will be provided in the next couple of weeks.

USDA has released COVID-19 flexibilities to allow ALL children 18 years and under to receive free breakfast and lunch through the school meal program. This decision will help ensure children have access to nutritious meals as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. The new flexibility is effective September 1, 2020, and will extend through December 31, 2020. Check out the News section for more information!

Middle School Road is closed due to construction. Car drivers will be dismissed at SGCHS at 2pm today. Car riders will be dismissed at 2:15pm today. Bus riders will be dismissed at regular time. Again, please remember that middle school road is closed and you will need to travel on Mt. Zion and 152.

Hornet Fans This season, all fans will be required to have a temperature check at the gate. Those with a temperature of 100.4 or higher will not be permitted to enter. Masks will also be required for entry and while inside of the stadium or field. Fans are also expected to practice social distancing in the stands, as well as the area around the field. Child play in the areas around the field will not be permitted, in order to maintain social distancing. No outside food or drink is allowed. This season, all sales of individual game tickets for athletic events will be done digitally. Fans wishing to buy tickets will need to go to www.gofan.co/app/school/TN51104 and locate the event for which they want to purchase tickets. Once the tickets are purchased, fans will simply present their tickets on their smartphone at the ticket gate the day of the event, where it will be validated by a gate worker. Detailed instructions for using the GoFan system can be found at www.gofan.co. Fans can also download the GoFan app on their smartphone. Digital tickets for home varsity football games will not be available for purchase until Monday at 12:00 pm the week of the game. Tickets for all other events can be purchased at any time. No tickets will be sold or cash accepted at the gate. Concessions at the game will be limited to drinks, candy, and prepackaged items only. Cash will still be accepted for concessions. However, we are excited to announce the ability to accept credit or debit cards for concession purchases. Thank you for all of your support and cooperation during this challenging time.

Hornet Fans This season, all fans will be required to have a temperature check at the gate. Those with a temperature of 100.4 or higher will not be permitted to enter. Masks will also be required for entry and while inside of the stadium or field. Fans are also expected to practice social distancing in the stands, as well as the area around the field. Child play in the areas around the field will not be permitted, in order to maintain social distancing. No outside food or drink is allowed. This season, all sales of individual game tickets for athletic events will be done digitally. Fans wishing to buy tickets will need to go to www.gofan.co/app/school/TN51104 and locate the event for which they want to purchase tickets. Once the tickets are purchased, fans will simply present their tickets on their smartphone at the ticket gate the day of the event, where it will be validated by a gate worker. Detailed instructions for using the GoFan system can be found at www.gofan.co. Fans can also download the GoFan app on their smartphone. Digital tickets for home varsity football games will not be available for purchase until Monday at 12:00 pm the week of the game. Tickets for all other events can be purchased at any time. No tickets will be sold or cash accepted at the gate. Concessions at the game will be limited to drinks, candy, and prepackaged items only. Cash will still be accepted for concessions. However, we are excited to announce the ability to accept credit or debit cards for concession purchases. Thank you for all of your support and cooperation during this challenging time.

South Gibson County High School will offer meal delivery / pick-up to enrolled students during the off-campus learning period on Fridays only starting this Friday until October 16, 2020. To request a meal during this period, please fill click the link below to fill out a form each week to guarantee a meal. Meal Form: https://forms.gle/sCa8pkBWnufXH2gc7

At this time, no parents/visitors will be allowed in SGCHS during the school day. If you are needing to pick up your student, please call 783-0999, and the student will be sent out to you. If you need to drop off something for a student (assignments, clothes, etc.) please label the item with your student’s name and leave it on the table inside the main lobby. Text your child and he/she can retrieve it at the end of the block in the main lobby. Please remember that we do not allow outside food or drinks to be delivered to school. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Thank you for a great first week of learning for all students at GCSSD. Due to the number of COVID-19 cases not declining as rapidly as we had hoped, we are adjusting enrollment for the Digital Learning Academy. Enrollment for the Digital Learning Academy will always remain open allowing a student to transition into the Academy at any time. If you would like to transition your student to the Academy, email the Director of Schools, Eddie Pruett (epruett@gcssd.org) with the required information below. Once approved, your student will continue in-person instruction until the student’s teacher or principal alerts them that it is time to transition. From that point forward, the student will remain as a Digital Learning Academy student for the remainder of the 9 weeks. All Digital Learning Academy students will re-register each 9 weeks. As a reminder, GCSSD feels that on-campus learning is best for all students but we understand that you, as a guardian, know which learning environment is best for your student and family. If you choose to transition your student, you must: - Have reliable internet connection. - Your own personal device (with keyboard). - Email Eddie Pruett at epruett@gcssd.org with the student name, grade, and school.

In an effort to make Schoology sign-in more user friendly, I have updated the log-in process while Schoology was down this afternoon. Students will utilize their GCSSD username (NOT the full email) and their GCSSD password to log in to Schoology from this point forward. This change will allow multiple users to log in to one computer much easier as the log-in credentials will not be saved. EXAMPLE: gcssd.schoology.com UN: caseya PW: ac2345 Additional help located at: https://www.gcssd.org/o/gcssd/page/schoology-lms

Reminder: Students WILL be on campus tomorrow, August 21 as it is a regular school day. Students will stay at home on Fridays beginning next Friday, August 28 for the first nine weeks.