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April 4, 2011 Points of Pride #32* Southport High School

FROM THE CLASSROOM Creativity is nothing new at SHS, but Miss

Garrison may have raised the bar one more time. After EL students read the story, “The Keeping Quilt,” by Patricia Pollaco, she pro-posed a project on donorschoose.org for her own students to create quilt squares about their lives and cultures. The requirement is for each student to create a symbol on a quilt square, then write a paragraph about what the symbol means. Her grant request was for $250 to purchase cloth, markers, glue, fabric paints, and the like. Within two days, the project was completely funded. Very nice!

EXTRA-CURRICULAR Congratulations to the Winter Color Guard

for finishing second at the Indiana High School Color Guard Association’s Divisional Finals for Regional Class A. If that wasn’t enough, they also took first place in two of the five sub-categories! Congrats on an amazing season in which they placed in the top four at all invita-tional competitions, despite being in a new class of Indiana High School Color Guard As-sociation in which there are over 30 competi-tors. Mr. Copeland, Band Director, reports, "I am particularly proud of our color guard this season since many of the girls are new. The guard has demonstrated a lot poise and grace on and off the court. A special kudos goes to the staff of Brielle Webb, Sarah Davis, and Scott Lee for bringing these girls so far in such a short amount of time." SHS Color Guard—Southport High School salutes you!

The Cardinal Speech Team is to be com-mended for being sectional runners-up. The following members were state qualifiers.

Place Winners Event Daniel Smedema Internat’l Extemporaneous

1st Myranda Kelly Humorous Interpretation Katie Hinh & Donna Knight Original Performance

Brandon Ritter US Extemporaneous 2nd

Robby Knight Declamation Cody Foster Broadcasting Ryan Myers Dramatic Interpretation

Allison Gaffney Original Oratory 3rd

Anthony Groves Declamation Kayla Hofmann Broadcasting Myranda Kelly Poetry 4th

Jonathan Goodwin US Extemporaneous Dylan Scott Humorous Interpretation

Brandon Ritter Impromptu Ryan Myers &

Dylan Scott Memorized Duo

Anthony Groves Original Oratory

5th

Tanner Musser US Extemporaneous Hannah Sullivan Discussion

Jonathan Goodwin Impromptu 6th Alanna Heath Internat’l Extemporaneous Paul Summers Poetry Emmalee Dixon Prose 7th Rachael Samm US Extemporaneous

On March 26, they placed 6th at state, scor-ing the highest number of points in Southport’s history. Outstanding performers were Allison Gaffney, Daniel Smedema, and Jonathan Goodwin. Goodwin and Smedema will move on to national competition on June 4. Congrats to Mrs. Berghoff, Mr. Troyer, and the team.

ATHLETICS Athletic Director, Pete Hubert, invites all to

attend spring sports which are in full swing. You can help support athletics by attending the American English Beatles fundraiser on April 9.


March 21, 2011 Points of Pride #31* Southport High School

FROM THE CLASSROOM Southport’s very own Sweet 16 happens be

our March Students of the Month. Congratula-tions are in order to Christian Ayala-Math; Sara Benner-Family and Consumer Sciences; Samantha Bradley-Health/PE; John Carmody-Ausley-Foreign Language; Brittany Eckler-Athletics; Jordan Gamble-Student Services; Zach Hartman-Main Office; Jake Hunter-Business; Marlissa Karpeh-Art; Daisy Laldin-pui-Science; Taylor Lockwood-Social Studies; Bethany Rhoderick-Guidance; Megan Se-lander-Music; Chloe Sims-FACS; Brittany Tharp-English; and Elexa Walton-Media Cen-ter. Certificates and SHS T-shirts were re-ceived by all.

OUT OF THE CLASSROOM As an IU Honors Program participant,

Emma Hughes received official notice that she will be studying in Valencia, Spain for seven weeks this summer. Emma will make an hon-orary commitment to speak only Spanish as she lives with a host family and becomes fully immersed in the culture. This experience typi-cally leads to testing into the fifth semester of foreign language IU. Congratulations, Emma!

EXTRA-CURRICULAR The White River Academic Team made it to

the Final Four of the State Tournament on Sat-urday, March 19. SHS is 1 of 2 teams in a field of 25 that went undefeated in the first round of the tourney. The Cards walloped Zionsville (2010’s National Champions) in the first round. After winning by 100+ points, one of the tour-ney readers turned to the kids and said, “Who are you? I never heard of you. You guys are

good!” Jonathan Goodwin, Daniel Smedema, Nick Andre, Dan Arndt, and Travis Waymon are to be commended for outstanding perform-ances. They continued to be amazing in a very gracious loss to Zionsville in the last round. A big thank you goes the team and coaches for showing the world The Southport Way.

The cornerstones of National Honor Society are scholarship, leadership, service, and char-acter. On Sunday, March 13, 7 seniors, 44 juniors, sponsors, and families celebrated their induction into Southport High School’s National Honor Society. Congratulations to all!

ATHLETICS A big congratulations goes out Wes Oliver

who signed his letter of intent on March 23 to play soccer and study at the University of Indi-anapolis. Wes has been a powerhouse during his Southport soccer career—UIndy has re-cruited well! We are proud of you, Wes.

The Athletic Department has partnered with Compton Strategies to host a concert at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, featuring the Ameri-can English Beatles. This tribute band from Chicago promises to be a good time for all while raising funds for Southport Athletics. Please contact the Athletic Office for tickets.


Sui Tin Tial


FROM THE CLASSROOM It is in the classroom that all students find

endless opportunities to achieve and become. For the past two decades, KIPS (Kiwanis Im-proving Performance at Southport) has cele-brated those achievements of Southport High School students. Last Thursday, several stu-dents were once again selected and honored by the Kiwanis based upon standards of excel-lence for attendance and GPA improvements. Underclassmen who received $25 gift certifi-cates from our community partners included: freshmen Stephen Averitt, Kendall Bowles, Rachael Samm, and Kacey Smith; sopho-mores Alexandria Bishop, Carly Chappell, and Sydney Peacock, and Andrea Reinhart; and juniors Leigh Bowles, Emma Hughes, Florence Salamone, and Dylan Scott. In the end, sen-iors appropriately took center stage as they re-ceived financial support to further their educa-tions. Receiving $1000 scholarships were Corey Sterrett, Shelby Turner, Chelsi Angelo, and Kirstie Pieper. Sui Tin Tial graciously accepted her well-earned award of a $5000 scholarship for her accomplishments at SHS. Tom Dunham, a major contributor, made the journey from Florida to attend the event. He reportedly told Ms. Brouwer that, “Money is just on loan from God for who-ever needs it.” Thank you, Mr. Dunham and the Kiwanis, for recognizing and supporting Southport students. Thank you, students, for setting the bar high for all to see and celebrate!

OUT OF THE CLASSROOM Mr. Lezon and Mrs. Tempest took govern-

ment classes to Dan Burton’s Youth Leader-ship Conference at Hamilton Southeastern last week. The main topics of discussion were im-migration and health care reform. It was with great pride that Mrs. Tempest reported that, “Our kids seemed to be the only ones who actually understood the issues and asked intelligent questions.” Lezon went also. The photo is the courtesy of Dan Burton’s website.

VIC award winners recently celebrated with their parents, teachers, and Mr. Mahoney at IHOP, one of our community partners. Alex T. Myers was honored from the PE/Health Dept., Chelsea Brothers from the Math Dept., and Ross Mappes from the Music Department. We are proud of our Very Important Cardinals!

ATHLETICS Congratulations are in order to some of our

Southport athletes. Brandon Underwood and Treavor Gebhart have both received scholar-ships and signed letters of intent to the Univer-sity of St. Francis located in Fort Wayne to play football (NAIA Division 2 school). Also of noteworthy recognition are the accomplish-ments of Carlton Byrd and Brandon Under-wood who have been voted to the Region 7 All-Star Team which makes them finalists for the Indiana North/South All-Star game in July. If either of them make it, this will be the 6th all-star from SHS in the last 6 years. What a feather in the cap these things are for SHS!



FROM THE CLASSROOM Ms. Jarchow selected two essays from

grades 10, 11, and 12 English students in January to represent Southport in the PTSA Citizenship Writing Contest. We are extremely proud to announce that both of Mrs. Junge-mann’s seniors placed in state level competi-tion. Katie Hamilton placed third and Shelby Karnes placed first! Plans are in the making for Shelby and Katie to attend a banquet that will honor all winners. Congratulations, ladies! Keep writing in college next year!

EXTRA-CURRICULAR Mr. Sanders

received a sincere thank you from Terri Bradley, Associate Executive Director of the Baxter YMCA. Southport Key Club members have volunteered for the Holloween Party, Breakfast with Santa, Gingerbread House, and a variety of family night programs. During the past 2 months, several Key Club-bers assisted in youth basketball. In her words, “Thank you for providing such a won-derful pool of leaders to help serve the south side community.”

OUT OF THE CLASSROOM Ms. O’Connor has been notified that Span-

ish student Emma Hughes has tested as one of the strongest candidates in the state of Indi-ana and has qualified for the IU Honors Abroad Program in Foreign Languages. She awaits word on her exact placement, but is hoping to spend the summer in Valencia, Spain.

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program recognizes high school volunteers in each state. In May, they will name America’s top 10 youth volunteers. It is their intent to “put a spotlight on volunteer service activities in the hope to motivate others to consider how they can contribute to their community.” Mrs. Fierce is proud to announce that senior Adrienne Wagner has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service and has earned state-level recognition. She received a Certificate of Ex-cellence from the 2011 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program. Thank you, Adrienne, for making Southport shine.

ATHLETICS Congrats to Bobby Blackwell who has been

selected to play in the PostYourT East vs. West Class Basketball All-Star Game in April. This is a noteworthy accomplishment for Bobby! Kudos to Coach Peek, also, who has been selected to coach the 4A East team.

The Cardinal basketball team made it to the championship game of sectional play by de-feating Franklin Central last Friday night. This was our first victory over the Flashes in 26 years! Unfortunately, we came up short on the scoreboard against a tough Center Grove team on Saturday, but the Cardinal fans were noth-ing short of spectacular in the stands. Principal Brouwer received complimentary remarks about the exemplary behavior of our students who chose sportsmanlike behavior in the bleachers when there was ample temptation to choose otherwise. We are so proud of our team, coaches, students, and fans who show the world The Southport Way.


January 31, 2011 Points of Pride #24* Southport High School

From the Classroom SHS Biology teachers know how to grab

student interest with a genetics lab entitled

“Making Babies.” Students are paired and giv-

en pennies to flip. Heads means the child has

a dominant trait and tails equals a recessive

trait. Partners take turns flipping for eye color,

hair color, shape of nose, etc. Once complete,

they draw a picture of the offspring on paper.

Mr. Finkhouse, Mr. Bowen, Mrs. Gillis, Mrs.

Baskett, Mr. Sumner, and Mr. Burk will show-

case student work in rooms and hallways.

The first semester A-B

Honor Roll was the largest

since 2001 with 840 students

in all. Congratulations to the

230 students on the A roster

and 610 on the B roster. The traditional pizza

party celebration was held on January 27 with

100 Papa John’s pizzas from Papa on South-

port Road (he gives us a good deal) and coo-

kies donated by Bob Domack from Subway at

Hanna and Madison. Papa also gives a free

pizza coupon offer if students bring report

cards to the Southport location. A big thanks

to Mr. Mahoney and Mrs. Mader for all the cel-

ebrations they have organized and Ms. Brouw-

er for personally signing all honor roll letters.

Out of the Classroom On January 27 Perry Township Education

Fund held a grant writing workshop at PTEC

from 4-5:30. PTEF is the township’s initiative

to provide funding for creative and innovative

teaching ideas. We are proud that almost one

third of attendees (12 of 39) were Southport

teachers.

Each year the Department of Human Ser-

vices hosts a district wide contest in honor of

Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards were an-

nounced at the Oasis of Hope Baptist Church

on January 18, with dinner provided by King

Ribs. Southport swept both the art and poetry

divisions. Please congratulate the following

winners and thank them for their efforts.

Division Place Winner

Art

1st Wayne Klingman

2nd David Young

3rd Sara Benner

Poetry

1st Paul Summers

2nd Ashley Moore

3rd Titianna Folson

Extra-Curricular

The WRAL team has qualified for the Na-

tional Academic Championship tournament by

winning their division. This is a huge accom-

plishment and honor for an academic team.

They will select a date to compete in New Or-

leans, Chicago, or D.C. Congratulations!

Athletics

Coach Sumner congratulates Jimmy “Dy-

no-mite” Walker for earning the Cardinal Foot-

ball Lifter of the Month Award for January. Ac-

cording to Coach, “Jimmy has worked extreme-

ly hard, had great attendance, and has been a

tremendous leader. He is very deserving of

this award as he embodies all the qualities we

are looking for in our program.”

Both the girls and boys ended with a 5th

place ranking in bowling sectionals. Christian

Collins finished 12th and Danny McMurtrey fi-

nished 6th. Both advance to regionals. This is

Danny’s third trip to regional play.



From the Classroom Ms. Jarchow is proud to report that we had

128 entries in the PTSA Citizenship Contest

this year. The rules dictate that we send only

two essays per grade level. The following stu-

dents’ essays have been sent to compete at

the state contest. Grade 10—Alanna Heath

and Adam Moss; Grade 11—David Dart and

Ethan Hawes; Grade 12—Shelby Karnes and

Katelyn Hamilton. Good luck at state level

competition!

The Family and Consumer Science De-

partment named Keri Reynolds their VIC award

winner (Very Important Cardinal). Keri is a

standout in the class Textiles where she finds

endless opportunities to overachieve. She not

only creates excellent products, but also helps

others. Keri, her parents, Mrs. Musick-

Burchett, and Mr. Mahoney were treated to

breakfast at IHOP on January 20 in her honor.

Extra-Curricular The Cardinal Speech team performed in

stellar fashion last week in a 7-way meet. The

Cards came in 1st with 136 points, with Floyd

Central in 2nd with 83 points. The other 5

teams followed with less than 30 points each.

Scoring 1st place were Kayla Hofmann in Ra-

dio, Anthony Groves in Declamation, Myranda

Kelly in Humor, Jonathan Goodwin in Im-

promptu, Daniel Smedema in International Ex-

temporaneous, Ryan Myers and Dylan Scott in

Memorized Duo, Allison Gaffney in Original

Oratory, and Emmalee Dixon & Robby Knight

in Scripted Duo. Ninety-six percent of the team

placed and won ribbons. Southport’s talent

and hard work won the day! Excellent job.

Coaches Auger, Johnson, and Worley are

proud to announce that Southport’s White Riv-

er Academic League defeated Perry Meridian

57-45 in the Division Championship. This

means the team gets an automatic bid to the

state tourney in March. A big congrats to Jona-

than Goodwin, Daniel Smedema, Dan Arndt,

Nick Andre, and Travis Waymon. Ms. Brouwer

has this message for you: “AWESOME! Well

done, team. I am extremely happy for each of

you and proud of the accomplishment. Good

luck at State!”

Athletics WTHR’s Operation Football and Basketball

are local favorites. Rarely is a cheer team se-

lected to perform two years in a row, but SHS

is the excep-

tion. Despite

being selected

last year, Cheer

Coach Nita

McClellan’s te-

nacity earned

the team a repeat appearance last week. The

team loaded onto a bus and arrived just prior to

the 11:00 news. The live TV performance was

spontaneous and was driven by their best tal-

ent—spirit. They created a chant to promote

Operation Basketball and the Southport Car-

dinals. The following cheer team members

were in attendance: Ashley Haseman, Kristin

Lathrop, Shelby McLaughlin, Hannah Roth-

kopf, Ali DeHart, Peyton McNeely, Angela

Byrd, Erin Carpenter, Alanna Heath, Kory Ko-

segi, and Shaunte Russell. Nice job by Coach

McClellan and the Southport cheerleaders!



From the Classroom Congratulations to all Students of the Month

for December: Eliza Bracken-English, Dalton

Cooper-Science, Johnathan Devoss-Media Cen-

ter, Mang Doi-Social Studies, Gabriel Dreibelbis-

Guidance, Madison Hensley-Athletics, Hunter

Johnson-Main Office, Robbie Myers-Music, Alex

Lucas Potter-Business, Emmanuel Massaquoi-

Family & Consumer Sciences, Tin Par-Science,

Kaitlyn Rice-Health, Jesse Roller-Foreign Lan-

guage, Journy Skaggs-Art, Casey Smith-Student

Services, and Daniel Thang-Math. Students re-

ceived a certificate, coupon from Texas Road-

house, and a Southport T-shirt. Please com-

mend these students for their achievement when

you see them.

Out of the Classroom Raul Tamayo is to be commended for vo-

lunteering time during his senior unassigned

study hall first semester to tutor an EL student

in Pre-Algebra. The student has dramatically

improved his math test scores from F’s to A’s.

Both students are continuing the tutoring ses-

sions second semester. A special thank you to

their counselor, Ms. Underwood, for rearrang-

ing schedules to accommodate this mentoring

opportunity for second semester. In addition,

Raul maintains a challenging schedule which

includes AP Chemistry II, Pre-Calculus, Aero-

space Engineering, English, and Economics.

Kudos goes to both students for excellence.

Wednesday, January 12, staff members

reached in their jean pockets to the tune of

$415 to support Team Southport in the 2011

Race for the Cure. Participants dressed in pink

casual wear to role model support.

Extra-Curricular

Last week it was reported that Taylor Pe-

ters was recognized as President of the Year in

the Best Buddies program. Recently, Ms.

Brouwer learned that Taylor championed over

46 other presidents to earn

this honor. In addition to

her outstanding work with

the club, she had multiple

recommendation letters,

including those from Girl

Scout leaders, club spon-

sors, and the Mayor of

Southport. In Taylor’s words, Best Buddies is

about creating friendships with people with dis-

abilities. “We want to show them that they can

be friends and not feel judged by people who

don’t have disabilities.” Peters has had the

same buddy for three years. They have gone

to every play, musical and One Acts together

at SHS. Peters thinks of her buddy as a sister,

not just a friend.

Athletics The bowling team is representing SHS well

at the lanes. Last week, the girls were led by

Rachel Burwell with games of 171 and 153.

The boys won with 17-3, shooting a season

high game of 1101 and a season high series of

2054. Outstanding recognition goes to Tony

Manuel who had games of 218 and 226, Mark

McMurtrey who had a 254 game, and Danny

McMurtrey whose scores were 220 and 268.

All Lady Card teams were victorious on the

hardwood on Tuesday, 1/18. They will take on

rival Perry Meridian at home on Friday.



In the Classroom Thank you for a job well done by the first

semester Entrepreneurship students who

worked together as a team to promote South-

port. Their hand crafted

felt banners are currently

on display in the field

house—one for each var-

sity basketball player.

Upon successful comple-

tion of their senior year,

basketball players are awarded their banner as

a token of appreciation. This would not be

possible without commitment from the school

promotions team.

Out of the Classroom With $1000+ donated this year to Komen,

the semester began with THINK PINK ribbon

sales by Key Club and National Honor Society

members. Thank you, Mrs. Ferguson and Mr.

Sanders, for sponsoring this endeavor.

Thank you to Mrs. Richardson and Ms. Jar-

chow for their efforts so Southport could host

Race for the Cure team captain training. Fifty-

five participants were in attendance to receive

registration information for the April 16 race.

Visit the SHS website where Mrs. Boone has

added a direct link to join Team Southport.

Extra-Curricular Taylor Peters, SHS Best Buddies Presi-

dent, was chosen as President of the Year.

Ms. Brouwer received notification and a certifi-

cate which was then given to her. Taylor has

been dedicated to the Best Buddies program

since middle school and plans to continue her

active involvement at the college level.

Special Recognition Dave Wohler, Administrator of the Indiana

District of Key Club International, recently con-

tacted Ms. Brouwer to express his appreciation

of one of Southport’s finest. In his own words,

“I thought you might be interested in the caliber

of student and human being you have in Mi-

chael Samm.” The highly respected Mr. Woh-

ler cited that Michael’s intellect, compassion,

and commitment to the core values of Key

Club earned him the elected position of 2009-

10 Capital Division Lieutenant Governor for the

Indiana District of Key Club International. Mi-

chael was responsible for the well-being of Key

Clubs in seven Indianapolis high schools. This

included everything from training, dues, and

participation in divisional, district, and interna-

tional events, as well as meaningful service to

their homes, schools, and communities. Dur-

ing 2010-11, Michael is serving as an assistant

to the District Governor. In this role, Michael

has personified “true service leadership. With-

out his stealth, leadership, guidance, and moti-

vation . . . the Key Club District Board as well

as Key Club program would be in jeopardy.”

Congratulations to Michael who exemplifies the

Southport Way.

Athletics On Saturday, January 8, SHS Booster Club

sponsored THINK PINK games, but varsity

suffered a heartbreaking loss to Pike. Boys’

county play begins this week. Come out to

support the Cards.



From the Classroom Mrs. Worley is extremely proud of the 2013

GRAD class which is made up of 25 sopho-

mores. GRAD students were selected after

application to the program and have a common

focus—Graduate Ready to Achieve Dreams.

At the close of the semester, 20 of 25 improved

grade point averages! Special commendations

are in order to four students

who earned 3.5 or higher for

the marking period. They

were Kourtney Freese,

Alex Gamble, Jesus Gar-

cia, and Darrell Wade.

Mrs. Johnson has reported a productive

semester in Cardinal Academy. The program

has been successful with 95 credits being re-

covered or earned. Special congratulations

are in order to Jake Sale and Veronica Canas

who have completed graduation requirements.

Central 9 Vocational School has contacted

Mr. Rascoe (Guidance) to inform us that five

Southport students have earned the honor of

being named Student of the Month during the

first semester. Congratulations are in order to

the following that made Southport shine.

October Riley Canner Bio Medical Science

Kyle Vaughn Law Enforcement

November Casey Osborn Info Technology

Christian Reiger Health Careers

December Sage Stahl Health Careers

Out of the Classroom The SHS Social Committee would like to

thank all who helped make Christmas brighter

for so many. Generous staff donations put

smiles on the faces of 30 children (20 of whom

are SHS students). Each received shirts,

jeans, shoes, and special gifts chosen just for

them. A special thank you goes to staff mem-

bers who wrapped gifts which included Miss

Mahin, Mr. Bruce, Mr. O’Brien, Mrs. Worley,

Mrs. Pernell, Mr. Schopper, Mrs. Mader, Mrs.

Oskay, Mrs. Ancelet, and Miss Enterline. The

total amount collected/spent was $2050. Re-

markably, our super shoppers (Mrs. Cullison

and Mrs. Johnson) SAVED $2881.28 by using

discounts and several hundred dollars in Kohl’s

cash! When shopping, remember to thank

Southport Kohl’s for making our season brigh-

ter. An additional thank you goes to Mr. Han-

ley’s yearbook staff for donating 3 yearbooks to

the project. Happy New Year to all!

Athletics Many hours were dedicated to SHS by ath-

letes and coaches over holiday break. Michael

Ramey was the shining star on the hardwood

in outstanding play in the Broad Ripple Holiday

Tournament. The Cards finished third, led by

his sharp shooting. Congratulations go to Mi-

chael who scored 30 points against Broad Rip-

ple and another 21 against Manual.

Please join the Lady Cards in their Think

Pink games against Pike this Saturday, Jan. 8.

Game time is 11:00 with the freshmen in the

East Gym and JV in Fieldhouse. Varsity plays

at 12:30.


December 13, 2010 Points of Pride #19* Southport High School

In the Classroom SHS is proud to claim 28 teachers have

been SIOP trained (Sheltered Instruction Ob-

servation Protocol. The SIOP model is de-

signed to use both content objectives and lan-

guage objectives. Originally created to help

English language learners to gain academic

knowledge as they develop English language

proficiency, these methods are successful with

all learners, aiding a transition from a teacher

centered classroom to a student centered envi-

ronment where student use their language

skills to express the acquisition of content.

Thanks to teachers who use SIOP at SHS.

Out of the Classroom EL teachers are proud to announce that

three of our Chin students have to earned uni-

versity acceptance as a result of academic

achievement. Congratulations to Hlawn Kip

Tlem and Sui Tin Tial who have been accepted

to IUPUI and Dawt Hlei Iang who has been ac-

cepted to Grace College in Northern Indiana.

Dawt is also the recipient of a $20,000 scholar-

ship for her studies.

Long-time social committee members Ms.

Mahin, Ms. Hicks, and Mrs. Watson (retired

English teacher) were invited to the Mavris Arts

and Entertainments Center to the Circle of

Hope Celebration sponsored by Komen. In a

program hosted by Angela Cain of Channel 13

News, a framed certificate was awarded to

SHS in appreciation for our school’s dedication

to the fight against breast cancer. The award

will be displayed in the main office.

A Cardinal Wells Scholar Herman B. Wells devoted his life to building

Indiana University into an academic and cul-

tural institution of international status. Each

year between 18-22 incoming freshmen are

awarded the prestigious Wells Scholarship in

his honor. Southport’s very own Daniel Sme-

dema recently learned that he has been invited

to join this elite group. The merit-based award

includes full tuition, fees, living stipend, option-

al study abroad, summer internship or service

project, extracurricular events, contacts with

distinguished campus visitors, and seminars

that provide an intellectual community with fel-

low scholars. This is a huge honor for Daniel

who exemplifies an extraordinary combination

of academics, cha-

racter, and leader-

ship. Congratula-

tions, Daniel. We

are very proud of

you.

Athletics Holiday Schedule The Athletic Department invites you to holi-

day sporting events. Go Cards!

Event Location Date Time

Boys’ B-ball SHS 12/17 6 pm

Boys’/Girls’ Swim County-Natatorium 12/17 6 pm

Boys’/Girls’ Swim County-Natatorium 12/18 9 am

V Girls’ V B-ball Franklin Central 12/18 6 pm

V Girls’ B-ball Decatur Central l 12/21 Noon

JV Wrestling Yorktown Classic 12/22 9 am

JV Wrestling Greenfield Central 12/27 9 am

JV Boys’ B-ball Broad Ripple Inv. 12/28 10 am

V Wrestling Mishawaka 12/29 9 am

V Boys’ B-ball Broad Ripple Inv. 12/30 10 am

V Girls’ B-ball Whiteland 12/29 6 pm

IU Scholars at Wells Statue


December 6, 2010 Points of Pride #18* Southport High School

In the Classroom Thank you to SHS counselors who com-

pleted a round of visits to all 9th and 10th grade

English classes. They presented important in-

formation to students about bullying. Simply

defined, bullying is a “series of repeated of-

fenses in which one person leverages power

over another.” Presenters were Ms. Under-

wood, Ms. Barrett, Ms. Brasher, Mrs. Franzosi,

Mrs. McClimon, Ms. Jones, and Mr. Rascoe.

Out of the Classroom Southport is pleased to an-

nounce that the Bully Hotline is up

and running. The hotline provides

students an anonymous method to

report bullying to a trained professional who

will follow protocol to educate and de-escalate

situations in the interests of all involved. The

hotline number is 317-789-4880.

Extra-Curricular Key Club continues to be a major positive

force at SHS. In October, Jessica Romano,

Silvia Torres, Allison Lynch, and Ariel McMiller

attended Key Leader Camp. The event was

Friday-Sunday at Camp Rancho Framosa in

Nashville, IN. They participated in numerous

group activities the focus of which was values,

integrity, and leadership service. Key Club has

already sponsored BooBag candygrams ($310

raised) and trick-or-treating for UNICEF ($60

raised). Recently, they have volunteered in

community Christmas projects such as caroling

at Forest Creek Village Nursing Home. Key

Club has 40 registered members, 20 additional

attendees, and has logged over 400 hours in

service projects. Five officers alone have

logged 200+ hours of service. It is never too

late to join Key Club. Students should contact

Mr. Sanders, Room 112, and get involved.

Cardinal Call-Outs The administration would like to praise stu-

dents and staff for the incredibly smooth transi-

tion that took place last week with our revised

lunch schedule. In a world that is too often re-

sistant to change, SHS continues to prove itself

to be a highly adaptable community that is ded-

icated to constant improvement. It is great to

be a Cardinal.

Mr. Auger reported the actions of two young

ladies who went out of their way to help. Ash-

lyn Griffie and Danielle Vernon found and re-

turned a staff member’s car key. Thanks, gals!

Athletics Congratulations to center Brandon Under-

wood who has been voted 1st Team All-State in

football. It is a big honor to receive this recog-

nition from the coaching community. We are

very proud of you, Brandon!

The wrestling team went 5-0 last Saturday

at the Hagerstown Invitational. Coach Weav-

er’s wrestlers came out on top against all five

of the schools competing. Special recognition

goes out to three Cardinal wrestlers who went

undefeated: Jon Cleary, Brian Boucher, and

Christian Mazza. The team now stands at 8-3.

Men’s basketball is currently 4-1, and the

Lady Cards begin county tournament play this

week at Decatur. Good luck, Cards!


November 22, 2010 Points of Pride #16* Southport High School

Academics The Wells Scholarship is

the most prestigious of all IU

scholarships and is based on

merit. It is an academic “full

ride,” providing tuition, fees,

and living expenses at Indiana

University. Scholars must be nominated by their

guidance departments, with a maximum of two

from every Indiana high school. Congratulations

are in order to Daniel Smedema who has been

named a finalist and will attend Finalist Interview

Weekend at IU Memorial Union, December 4-5.

Good luck, Daniel! We are proud of you!

Congratulations to junior Emma Hughes

whose outstanding score on an IU placement test

has earned an invitation to apply to the IU Hon-

ors Study Abroad Program. If accepted, she will

spend 6 weeks studying next summer in Valen-

cia. Please congratulate and support Emma as

she completes the application process.

Congratulations to all Students of the Month

for November: Dalton Clouse-Health, Lexie Da-

vis-ASL, Collan Dunn-Business, Ryan Ernsting-

English, Aniza Fajardo-Media Center, Patricia

Hall-Guidance, Katie Hinh-Student Services, Sta-

ry Htoo-Music, Josh Johnson-Main Office, Brian-

na Leonard-Math, Tanner Musser-Foreign Lan-

guage, Angela Oaks-Art, Taylor Peters-Science,

Keri Reynolds-Family & Consumer Sciences, Co-

ra Rudisill-Athletics, and Rhiannon Whiteis-Social

Studies. These students are to be commended

for their achievement.

Departments rotate on a monthly basis to se-

lect a VIC Award Winner. The acronym VIC

represents Very Important Cardinal, and students

are selected for consistent outstanding achieve-

ment in a department. Sponsored by IHOP, VIC

winners and family members are invited to an

early bird breakfast (6:30 a.m. at IHOP) with a

teacher. Congratulations to Very Important Car-

dinals Emma Hughes in Art, and Scott Hinkle in

Business, for September and November, respec-

tively.

Extra-Curricular Ms Fitzgerald, Mr. Hanley, Miss Levin, and

Mrs. Whitlock want to express how proud they

are of all the hard work and dedication by cast

and crew for the musical, Cinderella. The pure

enjoyment by the audience (especially by all the

little girls dressed up as Cinderella) made all the

work worthwhile.

Athletics Conference Indiana has announced

names of athletes who have been recognized as

All-Conference players. Please join us to con-

gratulate these fine athletes for this honor:

Football—Carlton Byrd, Darrice Orkmon,

Kenneth Hawkins, Nick DiPatrizio.

Boys’ Soccer—Wes Oliver, Noah Salas

Girls’ Soccer—Abby Springer

Volleyball—Chelsea Brothers, Kortni Haupt

These players earned Indiana Conference

Honorable Mention recognition:

Football—Treavor Gebhart, Matt Gulley, Ter-

rance Redmon, Brandon Underwood

Boys’ Soccer—Greg Guzman, Brandon Iaria,

Ceu Sang

Tennis—Corey Mills, Alex Smith

Girls’ Soccer—Stephanie Hopkins, Ally Rad-

ford

Volleyball—Kayla Chappell, Devin Walter



From the Classroom Journalism students competed against

some of the best high school journalists in the

country last week at the National Scholastic

Press Association Convention in Kansas City.

In write-off contests, Katja Krasnovsky earned

an “Honorable Mention” in news writing, and

Lucas Sweitzer received an “Excellent” in

computer infographic design. Kinsey Goff

earned “Superior” in the Yearbook Inside Page

Design Contest. This award is considered a

top prize, placing her as one of the top two

competitors. Congratulations to Mr. Hanley,

Mr. Klopfenstein, and the Southport journalists!

Extra-Curricular On Saturday, No-

vember 6, SHS National

Honor Society members

completed another ser-

vice project. Spear-

headed by Shivani Pa-

rikshak (Vice-President)

and Sarah Sewell (Sec-

retary), the project in-

cluded donations from

Church‟s Chicken and

homemade chili, mac „n

cheese, and desserts.

Students served meals

to families of hospitalized children at the local

Ronald McDonald House on the IUPUI cam-

pus. Thank you, NHS!

Of 52 total volunteers at the YMCA Hallo-

ween Extravaganza, 21 were SHS Key Club

members. Organizers of the program compli-

mented our Key Club members as “an amazing

group of young people” and are making plans

to invite them back. Thank you, Key Club, for

representing SHS in outstanding fashion.

Athletics Wes Oliver was named Boy‟s Soccer Ma-

rion County Player of the Year. This is the first

time in history that this honor has gone to a

player from a school other than Pike, North

Central, Lawrence Central, or Brebeuf. Con-

gratulations are also in order to Coach Josh

Brown who is Marion County Coach of the

Year. SHS is proud of both Wes and Coach

Brown for their accomplishments.

Congratulations to the following athletes

who were named fall sports award winners.

Sport Most

Improved Mental

Attitude Sports-

manship

Cheer Kory

Kosegi Ashley

Haseman Donnika

Cody

Boys‟ XC Caleb

Cantwell Clayton Leslie

Stephen Morris

Girls‟ XC Jazzy Kemp

Taylor Zorman

Katy White

Football Kyle

Vaughn Terrance Redmond

Chris Bueckers

Girls‟ Golf Ashley Wilson

Zoey Freese

Ashley Wilson

B Soccer Tonino Arapi

Simon Lian

Van Thang

G Soccer Katie

Strakis Stephanie Hopkins

Sally England

Tennis Daniel Carson

Brian Price

Ryan Myers

Volleyball Devin Walter

Meghan Ahaus

Kirstie Pieper



From the Classroom According to Mr. Sanders, Integrated Chemistry

and Physics (ICP) students are performing at a

higher level on math applications than in previous

years. In the study of energy and machines, stu-

dents are doing substantial research on energy as

they compare renewable and non-renewable

sources. Working in teams, students are producing

2-page newsletters and PowerPoint slide shows

which depict the impacts, costs, advantages, and

disadvantages of each energy source. Some of

their work is facilitated by IUPUI graduate student,

Forest Andrews, who is a valuable resource to the

science students 10 hours a week. Kudos to Mr.

Sanders, Mr. Andrews, and ICP students for being

engaged in relevant lessons.

A Cardinal Call-Out This week’s Cardinal call-out goes to Mrs. Per-

nell and all those who participated by paying $1 to

dress up for Halloween. This annual event is a

great way to enjoy the spirit of Halloween, but more

importantly, collects funds for upcoming holidays.

Approximately $200 was collected and will go to-

ward purchasing food baskets for Southport fami-

lies who might otherwise not have a special meal

for Thanksgiving or Easter. This is just one of the

many Southport traditions in which we support and

care for each other.

Out of the Classroom Congratulations to Matthew

Gulley for winning McAlister’s BIG

NASTY hit of the week last week.

Matt’s hit forced a fumble to put

the offense back on the field.

Football fans voted at indysportsnation.com where

Matt accumulated 70% of the votes. Nice BIG

NASTY HIT, Matt!

Extra-Curricular Congratulations are in

order to Mr. Taylor’s

CyberCards for partici-

pating in the annual

Bloomington VEX Ro-

botics Competition on

November 6. The team made it to the semi-finals

where they placed 3rd. The team that beat them

ended as event champions. In addition to success

on the field, the team also earned the Community

Service Award for their generous donation of 94

pounds of food, greatly surpassing the 12-can ex-

pectation. Pictured from the event are Raul Ta-

mayo, Nick Green, Cory Sterrett, Nick Whitmore,

Morgan Summers, Alex Song, Colin Turley, Joey

Lane, Brent Rogers, Alex Schutte, Joe Bayer. The

next competition is Lock Tight Night, December 10-

11, at Indian Creek High School.

Athletics Congratulations to all fall athletes on their suc-

cessful seasons. The Cardinal football team suf-

fered a heartbreaker against Lawrence Central last

Friday, 31-27, in the sectional championship game,

but have much for which to be proud. The following

records were set by the team this year.

Item Record Holders New

Record

Longest Field Goal Brandon Iaria 47 yds.

Receptions Carlton Byrd 60

Receiving Yds. Carlton Byrd 877

FG’s Made Brandon Iaria 5

Sacks Darrice Orkmon 11.5

Total Offensive Yds. Treavor Gebhart 2,704

Total Team Off. Yds. 2010-11 Team 4,143

Lady Cards basketball kicks off winter sports at

home by hosting Center Grove on Tuesday, No-

vember 9, at 7:30 p.m. Show your support!

http://www.indysportsnation.com/



From the Classroom Fashion and Textiles Foundations students

have gone green! Their exemplary efforts for cost

containment have netted them opportunities for

creativity. Their projects consist of fashion purses,

pillows, re-usable shopping bags, and lap quilts that

are being constructed entirely of recycled fabrics,

patterns, and notions. Renew, re-use, recycle!

Thanks are in order to the Guidance and Eng-

lish Departments, EL teachers, and administrators

who have worked together to create a 10th grade

sheltered English class. This will compliment the

9th grade sheltered English class currently being

taught by Mr. Bockelman. Ms. Kohne will be teach-

ing the course beginning second semester.

A big thank you goes to Mr. Ingmire for admi-

nistering the COMPASS TEST (Ivy Tech entrance

exam) on October 19 at SHS to 31 business stu-

dents. Upon passing, students have “dual enroll-

ment status.” While taking Business Law and

Computer Programming at SHS, they are also

“enrolled” at Ivy Tech. This translates to tuition-free

community college credits before graduating from

high school. Appreciation is also in order to the

Technology Department for setting up computers

for the exam.

A Cardinal Call-Out Kudos to Savanah Scaggs for extraordinary

thoughtfulness. She gave handwritten Halloween

cards and candy to each cafeteria lady to show ap-

preciation. If you see Savanah, ask her to report to

Mr. Mahoney for a commendation.

Out of the Classroom Congratulations are in order to the Varsity and

JV White River Academic League teams which are

both 2-0. The Varsity team is averaging second

highest amount of points in the entire league and

only .5 points behind last year’s national cham-

pions, Zionsville. According to coaches Worley,

Auger, and Johnson, a national qualification is a

realistic goal for this team. Varsity members are

Daniel Smedema, Jonathan Goodwin, Dan Arndt,

Nick Andre, and Travis Waymon; JV members are

Levi Burke, Parker Coffin, Alex Howard, Derek

Lane, Anna Laws, Stefanie Maier, Alex Myers, Jo-

sue Reyes, Alex Schutte, Megan Selander, Jordan

Smithers, Craig Westberry, and Nick Whitmore.

Last week’s honor roll pizza party was a big

success with 877 students receiving invitations! Of

these, 223 were “A” honor roll students and 654

were “B” honor roll students. Academics are first

for these students.

Athletics Southport boys participating in the pre-season

basketball program have been evaluated by over

30 different NCAA Division I and Division II pro-

grams and recruiting services since September 8.

Nearly every morning workout in September and

October has been viewed by college coaches look-

ing for potential student athletes. This is a great

opportunity for prospective basketball players.

The Cardinal football team moved

one step closer to a sectional

championship as they defeated

Lawrence North, 34-20, last Friday

in second round play. Treavor Gebhart

connected on 17 of 24 passes for a total of

258 yards and threw for two touchdowns. Adrian

Bussey added more points to the board as he

scored on two of his 11 carries for a total of 128

yards for the evening. The Cards are currently 8-3

and are gearing up for the championship game

against the Lawrence Central Bears this Friday,

7:00 p.m., at Perry Stadium. Good luck, Cards!


October 25, 2010 Points of Pride #12* Southport High School

From the Classroom Students are using technology

with educational purpose in Family

and Consumer Science classes.

Review questions are projected at

the front of the room and students

have a choice to either use their

own cell phone or a school-

provided laptop to “text their res-

ponses.” As texts are received, response graphs

are projected to report how many students chose

each answer. Open ended questions and res-

ponses are displayed in a similar fashion. This is a

great way to use technology to engage students.

ELL (English Language Learners) teachers

would like to give a call-out to several gracious vo-

lunteers. Nancy Holmes, Michelle Stoneburner,

Diana McAfee, and Sharon Summers are in their

third year of volunteerism tutoring ELL students

during resource periods. New to SHS this year are

service learning volunteers from the University of

Indianapolis, Brent Lederle and Anhdile Ncube.

The commitment exhibited by these volunteers is

well appreciated.

¿En qué le puedo servir? Spanish 2 students

are learning practical dialogue to prepare them for

travel to Spanish-speaking countries. The approach

adds relevancy to curriculum as students learn

communication skills to use at airports, train sta-

tions, and customs, as well as for securing taxis,

accommodations, exchanging money, ordering

meals, and making purchases. Not traveling?

These students may add to their resumes the ability

to greet and serve Hispanics here in Indianapolis.

For the first time in the history of SHS, we are

currently offering Spanish 6. This is credited to the

emphasis placed on foreign language at the middle

school. A big thank you to all Spanish teachers!

Out of the Classroom A big thank you goes to school promotions stu-

dents who stayed after school to decorate the sta-

dium for home football games. A group of approx-

imately 40 students participated, but some students

were committed enough to volunteer for every oc-

casion. These students were Jessica Biggs, Kris-

tiann Hulin, Amanda Lovely, and Zach Conner.

Under the leadership of Coach McClellan, cheer-

leader Peyton McNeely led teammates in the “not

as much fun task” of taking decorations down after

the games. Thank you to all who helped make the

stadium festive for an entire community.

ELL teachers are to be commended for on-

going commitment to students. Mrs. Peddie tutors

on Mondays and Thursdays from 2:30-4:00 and

uses the Friday time slot to work on college appli-

cations and scholarships. On Saturday of fall

break, she joined a student-organized trip for senior

Chin students to IU.

Athletics Congratulations are in order to Emily Odle who

broke the school record at the cross country semi-

state. She finished the 5K course in 19:09.8, which

earned her 24th place out of a field of 152 competi-

tors.

The volleyball team finished a record-breaking

season with 21 wins and claimed 2nd place in both

the conference and sectionals. Based on recorded

school history, the Lady Cards can claim this as the

most wins for a team in a single season.

Friday night lights continues this week at Perry

Stadium, 7:00 p.m., in second round of sectional

play against the Wildcats of Lawrence North. Ac-

cording to Mr. Hubert, the first 250 students through

the gate will receive a free rally towel. Good luck,

Cards—take sectional!



From the Classroom On October 11, Mrs. Jungemann hosted her

sixth annual “College Panel Day” for her English 12

Advanced classes. Five college students dedicated

one of their fall break days to speak with SHS se-

niors about university life. They discussed financial

aid, academic demands, time management, and

social life. College Panel Day provides “the real

scoop” from coeds who have successfully transi-

tioned to life after high school and are working to-

ward college degrees.

Congratulations to all who earned Student of

the Month recognition for September: Jessica Al-

loway-Student Services, Sarah Armstroff-Science,

Will Cary-Business, Emma Hughes-Art, Kristiann

Hulin-Main Office, Cody Jones-Math, Casey Kauff-

man-Athletics, Chayse McGuffin-History, Matt Mil-

ler-Foreign Language, Emily Odle-English, Natalie

Rothkopf-Guidance, Stephanie Trinkle-Social Stu-

dies, Natalie Ullrich-Media Center, Uriah Walden-

Family & Consumer Science, Kiersten Watson-

Health, and Seth Worland-Music. These students

are to be commended for their achievement.

Out of the Classroom Over 330 band, choir, and or-

chestra students recently appeared

in three Fall Concerts presented by

the music department. A wide variety of music,

from Bach to W. C. Handy, was performed and en-

joyed by over 1000 spectators who attended the

concerts. Everyone is looking forward to the Winter

Concerts in December.

Congrats to the Southport Cardinal Marching

Band for completing a successful season. They

received a Gold Rating at the ISSMA Festival held

last week at Franklin Community High School.

Southport joined the “Go Passionately Pink for

the Cure” campaign with 75 participants who wore

pink to school on October 13. The event netted

$375 (up from last year’s $316) which will be do-

nated to the Komen Foundation. A big thank you

goes to Mrs. Karushis for organizing this for SHS.

Extra-Curricular Best Buddies is a club that pairs Southport stu-

dents with students who have intellectual disabili-

ties at Rise. The club is doing an awesome job and

is larger than ever with over 50 student members

from Southport High School. They are partnering

with Chick-fil-A at Southport Road and Emerson on

October 21 for a fund-raiser from 4 – 8 p.m. A per-

centage of what you order will be donated if you

ask them to support the Southport Chapter.

The White River Academic team started the

season strong on October 14 with a varsity win

over Shelbyville, 72-36. The junior varsity team did

not disappoint and claimed their first victory as well.

Congratulations to the teams and their coaches,

Mr. Auger and Mrs. Worley.

Athletics Congratulations to Emily Odle who placed 13th

at the Ben Davis regional in cross-country. We

wish good luck to Emily as she advances to semi-

state this weekend.

Cardinal volleyball ended regular season play

19-9 and placed second in Conference Indiana.

Sectional play begins this week at Franklin Com-

munity High School.

Southport’s football team finished regular sea-

son play 6-3 and finished with a second in the con-

ference. The team hits the gridiron again this Fri-

day at North Central in the first round of sectionals.

Good luck, Cards!



From the Classroom Many teachers dedicate time after

school for one-on-one tutoring. This

issue highlights the Math Department.

According to department chair, Mr.

O’Brien, several teachers deserve special recogni-

tion. Mr. Mahoney schedules after school study

sessions prior to tests. He claims participation has

increased and scores have improved for those who

attend. Mrs. Pernell usually has anywhere from 5-

12 students in her room three to four evenings a

week, often until 4:30-5:00. Some are not her stu-

dents, but take advantage of her mentorship. Mrs.

Schroeder usually has students in her room both

before and after school working math problems.

She also helps a number of pre-calculus students

who are not able to see Mrs. Ferguson on the

evenings she tutors. Mrs. Rice not only has stu-

dents working with her until 3:30-4:00, she has also

adopted several calculus students as assistants

during her lunch period so they can work on math

together. These teachers are just a few of many

who make SHS a great place for students to learn.

Classy Cards & Community A big thank you goes to all students and staff

members who supported Team Southport and the

Komen Foundation by purchasing pink and red

Southport T-shirts. Your team and school spirit

have provided for $360.05 to be donated to the

Komen Foundation. Kudos goes to Miss Mahin for

once again organizing T-shirt sales.

On October 7 the Lady Cards volleyball pro-

gram sponsored a Night Full of Color & Filled with

Hope. With decorations provided by the Business

Department’s Entrepreneurship students, the vol-

leyball program not only raised the consciousness

about breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and cystic fi-

brosis, but also raised $343 that will be donated to

those causes. What a great way for Coach John-

son to teach her athletes how to reach out and

serve the community.

Performing Arts The Special Topics and Theatre Production

classes will join forces with Southport Elementary

for a fundraising event at the Greenwood Park Mall

Barnes and Noble on October 30. This is a benefit

for the arts in both schools. High school students

will be judging a costume contest, playing theatre

games, and teaching the Thriller dance to the

younger students. A Cinderella promotional scene

(this year’s musical) will also be performed. Our

schools will receive 15% of sales made on that day.

Mrs. Whitlock would like to thank her Theatre

Production class for the September 23 Coffee

House which was a huge success.

The student-run production show-

cased the talents of 32 student per-

formers for an audience of approx-

imately 265 people. All proceeds

will be directly invested back into the program.

Please visit www.shsnewsbureau.com for more pic-

tures like this one and a great video montage.

Athletics Brandon Iaria kicked the game-winning field

goal against Bloomington North with 1.8 seconds

on the clock last Friday. Thank you, Cards, for

making Senior Night even more special with a win!

The big story of the week is Coach Brown’s

MEN’S SOCCER TEAM! For the first time in school

history Southport soccer has claimed the sectional

championship title. They will face Avon at 7:00

p.m., Wednesday, 10/13, at Center Grove in the

first round of regional play. We are proud of you!

http://www.shsnewsbureau.com/



In the Classroom Mrs. Karushis’ Life Skills Math students have

been learning the lost art of keeping score when

bowling. She was very proud to see them practice

mental math and problem solving skills as they

bowled with plastic pins in the classroom. The unit

ended with an after-school field trip to Expo Bowl

and “doing the real thing.” Students were empo-

wered by knowing ahead of time exactly what their

score should be before checking the electronic

scoreboard. Way to bowl, Cards!

Out of the Classroom Thank you to the Perry Township Education

Fund whose grant allowed Southport Cardinal Lea-

dership Service (SCLS) to exist. This spin-off from

Peer Tutoring and Cadet Teaching classes offers

responsible Southport students a volunteer oppor-

tunity to serve 5th graders. Mrs. Darla Maillet, 5th

grade teacher at Mary Bryan, welcomed role model

seniors at their Outdoor Education Program at

Camp Allendale on Sept. 29, 30, and Oct. 1. Upon

meeting academic and attendance qualifications,

ten seniors served as student leaders at the three-

day event. Congratulations to the following for stu-

dent leadership and volunteerism: Nam Tran, Alli-

son Hughes, Kristin Lathrop, Ashleigh Laymon,

Cory Sterrett, Kristiaan Hulin, Brent Rogers, Ste-

phanie Hopkins, Reva Johnson, and Ryan Myers.

School Publications Congratulations to Mr. Klopfenstein’s journalism

students who have recently learned that last year’s

Journal is a finalist in the Hoosier Star competition.

The Indiana High School Press Association eval-

uates high school newspapers in search of excel-

lence. Being listed a finalist places Southport’s

newspaper among the top high school contenders

in the state. If The Journal wins the next phase of

competition, a Hoosier Star will be awarded, plac-

ing the publication in elite status among Indiana

high school newspapers.

The number of visitors to the News Bureau

website (www.newsbureau.com) is up from last

year and continues to grow. Students want to en-

courage everyone to continue to visit their site for

news, updates, photos, and videos.

More recognition goes to The Journal for their

initiative to “go global.” In case you haven’t no-

ticed, all issues of The Journal now include at least

one article in Spanish and one article in Chin. Ku-

dos goes out to Mr. K and these fine young journal-

ists who remind all to honor and value our diversity.

Extra-Curricular Southport CyberCards are

partnering with Warren Digital

Goats to host CAGE Match 2010

on October 16 in the SHS Field-

house. This is anticipated to be a fun event for fu-

ture engineers as they showcase their robotics.

Doors will open at 7:00 a.m., with opening ceremo-

nies beginning at 9:00. Matches kick off at 9:30.

There will be a lunch break at noon which will in-

clude pumpkin carving and costume contests. The

event will wrap up at 2:30 p.m. with an awards cer-

emony. All are invited to attend. A big thank you

goes out to Mr. Michael Taylor for organizing this

event. You may read more about it on the web at

www.thecagematch.com. (clipart from website)

Athletics Athletic director, Pete Hubert, has announced

the department’s annual fundraiser. This year they

will be selling ESPN subscriptions. He is proud of

the unity generated among all athletes in a single

effort to support all teams. Plan to order a sub-

scription!

http://www.newsbureau.com/

http://www.thecagematch.com/


September 27, 2010 Points of Pride #8* Southport High School

In the Classroom Congratulations to all SHS English teachers!

The National Council of Teachers of English

(NCTE) recognized the English Department for ex-

cellence in instruction based upon achievement in

the 2010 writing contest. Four students were hon-

ored with NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing at

the state level. A Certificate of Commendation for

Excellence in the Instructional Program has been

awarded and will be displayed in the main office.

Of 1,641 juniors nominated by their schools to

participate in the 2010 writing contest, Daniel Sme-

dema not only received state recognition, but com-

peted nationally. Daniel was one of only 15 Indiana

students to earn a national award. Thank you to

Mr. Bowles for leadership in Daniel’s endeavor.

Out of the Classroom Football players who attended Mary Bryan,

Clinton Young, and Jeremiah Gray have re-visited

former schools as mentors to current students. The

impact these young men have upon children who

view them as superstars is superseded only by the

effect the youngsters have upon players who come

to understand the power of their own positive

choices. Kudos goes to Coaches Dugger and

Evans who provide healthy role models to youth,

build strong bonds, and instill a Cardinal tradition.

Cardinal Call-Outs A big ticket item was returned to SHS in perfect

condition last week. Two students found one of the

school’s mini notebooks outside of the building and

returned it to the main office. Ms. Brouwer re-

warded each with a Cardinal T-shirt.

Jessica and Madia Bannie are to be com-

mended for finding money under a student’s desk

and immediately making plans to return it to the

owner. The Bannie sisters are great young ladies!

Extra-Curricular A tip of the hat goes to Mrs. Berghoff and Mr.

Troyer’s speech and debate team for excellence.

Upon achievement of 100 degrees plus last year,

the National Forensic League (NFL) has placed

them in the top 10% of chapters nationwide. This

recognition earns them membership in the NFL’s

prestigious 100 Club. According to the Executive

Director of the NFL, J. Scott Wunn, “This is a re-

markable milestone because it demonstrates out-

standing commitment to teaching essential life

skills—communication, research, listening, writing

and organization.” NFL commends the leadership

of Coaches Berghoff and Troyer and so does SHS!

Daniel Smedema competed in the

Original Oratory division of the National

Forensic League National Tournament

and placed 61st out of 280 qualifying

students in the country. A special thank

you goes to his speech coaches, Mr.

Troyer and Mrs. Berghoff.

Athletics Congratulations to SHS athletes who attended

the 2010 Fall Conference Leadership Retreat.

Conference Indiana students assembled to engage

in leadership activities to experience the power of

teamwork. Athletes in attendance were: Brandon

Iaria, Casey Domek, Nolan Fenwick, Collin Lewis,

Scott Hinkle, Juanesha Byrd, Kortni Haupt, Bria

Wright, Delaney Skutt, and Brooke Gagliola.

The football team did not disappoint as they de-

feated rival Franklin Central last Friday, bringing

SHS to 5-1 for the season and 3-1 in conference

play. Coach Peebles would like to recognize Dar-

rice Orkmon for his excellence on the field during

the last three games. The Cards take on the Bears

in conference play at Lawrence Central next Friday.



In the Classroom Miss Shepler (Mrs. Ferguson’s student teacher,

IUPUI) took the pre-algebra class to the computer

lab to research world records of a favorite sport or

hobby. The students had to represent the data in

decimal and fraction forms and write a paragraph to

explain the data. Hats off to this student teacher for

creatively engaging students to read, research,

process, analyze, and write!

Pre-Vocational Education classes are in their

third year of volunteerism with Panera Bread Com-

pany. Every Wednesday, Mrs. Hanley picks up be-

tween 80-100 pounds of baked goods from the

Greenwood store at closing time to bring to SHS for

distribution by PVE students. Hundreds of families

enjoy the baked goods each week. Thank you!

Out of the Classroom Southport Cardinal Leadership Service (SCLS)

is a program that partners SHS seniors with Mary

Bryan for 5th grade Outdoor Education at Camp Al-

lendale. This year the program is funded by a grant

from Perry Township Education Fund which covers

tuition. An outgrowth of Peer Tutoring and Cadet

Teaching classes, 12 students (recommended by

their teachers) will attend from Sept. 29 - Oct. 1 as

camp counselors. More to come!

SHS has successfully received its third (in a

row!) positive energy audit. Staff is doing a great

job saving money through energy management.

Cardinal Call-Outs Another big Cardinal call-out goes to freshman

Myranda Gourley who found a phone in the hall-

way. She took the phone to Student Services to be

returned to its owner. This is the third student in

four weeks who has returned an expensive item to

the rightful owner. Thank you, Myranda!

Extra-Curricular On September 11, Key Club members teamed

with Angels of the Heart for a day of annual com-

munity clean-up. This is a neighborhood outreach

program spon-

sored by Sacred

Heart Catholic

Church. SHS stu-

dents were

assigned the task of picking up debris along the

railroad tracks in the Raymond Street area. Stu-

dents gained much from their volunteerism and

have already made plans to participate next year.

Athletics The girls’ golf team finished 2nd at Sectionals

and will advance to Regional play hosted by Frank-

lin Central at Smock Golf Course on September 25.

Congratulations, ladies!

The girls’ cross country team gave a stellar per-

formance at the Tipton Invitational last Saturday

and brought home a 1st place trophy. Accolades to

the entire team with special recognition going to

Emily Odle who came in 1st place over all!

Gear up for Oct. 7 for “A Night Filled with Color

and Hope,” when the volleyball team plays to raise

awareness for breast cancer (pink), ovarian can-

cer (teal), and cystic fibrosis (royal blue). Team-

mates’ lives have been affected by these diseases.

Show your support by dressing in full color, Cards.

Homecoming 2010 left nothing to be desired.

Congrats to the freshmen for winning float competi-

tion, to Chelsea Brothers and Treavor Gebhart for

being named homecoming royalty, and the football

team for a victory over Bloomington South, 23-0.

The Cards are 4-1 (2-1 in conference play) and

take on the Flashes at Franklin Central next Friday.



Academics SHS Chin students are making headlines this

year academically. Congratulations to Hlawn Kip

Tlem, Sui Tin Tial, Ngun Hlei Tial, and Hlawn Za

Iang who are National Honor Society members.

Congrats also goes to Dawt Hlei Iang who matches

her high expectations with hard work; this combina-

tion has put her on track to graduate with an Aca-

demic Honors Diploma in May 2011.

Academic Extra-Curricular National Honor So-

ciety members are to

be commended along

with sponsors Mr.

Sanders and Mrs. Fer-

guson for hosting a

Patriot Luncheon on 9-

10. This is a traditional

September thank you

to veterans, police of-

ficers, and firefighters.

NHS members pro-

vided hospitality and

City Barbeque provided a delicious meal in the

SHS cafeteria for all to see to show appreciation. A

special thanks goes to Sarah Sewall for handling

external relations and contacts, Kristin Lathrop and

Shivani Parikshak for decorations, Ryan Myers for

hospitality, and Chelsea Brothers for food arrange-

ments, greetings, and photos.

White River Academic League (WRAL)

Coaches Johnson, Auger, and Worley are extreme-

ly excited about the 2010-11 season. The team

springboards from placing 10th last year at State

and has set their goal to compete at Nationals. A

record number attended try-outs to vie for team po-

sitions.

Southport High School Brain Game team has

received their tournament match-up and will go

head-to-head (no pun intended) against Center

Grove on October 20. Airing will be announced at

a later date.

Extra-Curricular At the Sept. 3 football game, Riley Dance Ma-

rathon Committee used the last minute of half-time

for fund-raising during a “Miracle Minute.” In a

mere 60 seconds, generous fans of SHS dipped

into their pockets to the tune of $522.71. All dona-

tions go to the Ryan White Foundation. Thank you!

Athletics Kudos to Zoey Freese who was named to the

all-county golf team last week. Coach Humbles

and his Lady Cards have a big week ahead as they

play in the Conference Indiana Golf Tournament

and the IHSAA Golf Sectionals. Good luck!

Homecoming Southport is well-known for its strong tradition,

and nothing showcases this more than Homecom-

ing Week. The theme is “SHS: High Score,” in

which video games like PacMan and Frogger will

be creatively woven into the spirit of our football

game. The Cards take on the Bloomington South

Panthers and the evening will hopefully end with

“SHS: High Score.” Festivities are off to a great

start with SPIRIT WEEK dress up days—Monday is

PJ Day, Tuesday is College Day, Wednesday is

Lumberjack Day, Thursday is Video Game Day,

and Friday is Cardinal Flight Night T-Shirt Day.

The annual homecoming parade will begin at 5:30

followed by the game at 7:00. The Homecoming

Dance will be on Saturday night at 8:30 in the cafe-

teria. Dress is semi-formal.



Classrooms Mrs. Gillis’ students share a classroom with

some new critters—axolotls. These amphibians

never leave the larval stage, something called neo-

teny. One observable trait they possess is the abili-

ty to re-grow lost limbs. Students are witnessing

this, as Sabertooth got a little aggressive and bit off

some of Wolverine’s limbs. After one week, Wolve-

rine has almost re-grown an entire arm! They are

both living happily now, albeit in separate contain-

ers. Stop by Room 215 and check them out!

Out of the Classroom We have another “Cardinal Character” call-out

this week going to Braunson Brumley, freshman,

who found a wallet containing money in a restroom.

He took it to the office to be returned to the owner.

This kind of honesty is always to be commended.

Established in 1968, Project SEED exists as

an educational outreach program to encourage

high school students to explore careers in science.

Funding is provided by university, corporate, public,

and private donors. Several SHS students had the

privilege to work and learn under the mentorship of

research experts during the summer of 2010. Con-

gratulations are in order to Yovanie Biggerstaff, Co-

rey Johnson, Ngun HleiTail Nawlthang, Brent Rog-

ers, Hlawn Tlem, and Shelby Turner. Research

projects included a wide range of study from ske-

letal drug concentrations to computer-aided mole-

cular design of anti-cancer agents. A big thank you

also goes to all science teachers for inspiring stu-

dent participation in this summer science program.

Athletics Congratulations to the SHS cheerleaders who

competed at the state fair. Varsity placed 10th of 16

teams, and junior varsity placed 9th of 12 teams.

The Cardinal football

team survived a late threat

from #7 ranked, Class 5A,

Pike Red Devils. With an

18-17 lead and 16 seconds

on the clock, Nick DiPatri-

zio blocked a 34-yard field

goal. Earlier, David Boyer

had the play of the game

with complete hustle on a tipped pass, making it to

the end zone for a touchdown. The Cards are 3-0

and 1-0 in Conference Indiana. (Photo by Indy

Star.com)

Soccer Sensation Andrew Oliver, junior, is on leave from SHS to

be a member of the U-17 U.S. Men’s National Soc-

cer team. He trains and attends high school in

Bradenton, Florida and plays soccer both in the U.S

and internationally. International competitions have

taken him to Argentina, Columbia, Costa Rica,

Germany, Italy, and Mexico. Currently, he and his

teammates are competing in Spain for 2 weeks.

Andrew is a starting forward on the team. The Na-

tional team will play in the U-17 World Cup in June

2011 in Mexico. Andrew attended SHS his fresh-

man year and played on the SHS team with his

brother Wes. The team broke the record for the

most wins in a season that year. What an accom-

plishment for this fine young athlete!

AP Tests Graduates from the Class of 2010 who earned

top scores on the advanced placement government

exam last spring were David Camp, John Cary,

Josh Farrow, Nick Reinhart, and Emily Theis. A

total of 18 students earned passing scores, giving

them a head start in college. Current students are

working diligently to bring a repeat performance.


August 30, 2010 Points of Pride #4* Southport High School

Classrooms Mr. Williams’ Pre-Algebra class is currently

working on its annual number line project. Stu-

dents make a number line by putting the numbers

“-20 through +20” on individual papers on the wall

in Room 255. Students then spell out each number

in their native language. We are extremely proud

that for the first time there are 5 different languages

on each paper: English, Spanish, Chin, Karen, and

Burmese.

Mrs. Schnepp’s Biology II students await the

emergence of “Scooter,” a monarch butterfly. Dur-

ing a courtyard plant lab, a student found Scooter,

a second instar larva caterpillar about ½ inch long.

The class kept Scooter to observe the monarch’s

life cycle. In the last 2 weeks, Scooter quadrupled

in length and is now in pupa (cocoon) stage. Stu-

dents expect Scooter to emerge as a butterfly soon.

After School Hours A big “Cardinal Character” call-out goes to

sophomore Matt Russell. Matt found a new Black-

Berry phone at school, tracked down the owner by

making a call, then took the phone to Mrs. Brickey

in the main office to be returned. People like Matt

make Southport High School great.

Perry High and SHS are joining forces at the

8/31 volleyball game by wearing pink to support

Race for the Cure. WEAR PINK!

“Team Southport” is a united ef-

fort at SHS to fight breast cancer.

The first of many activities for the

year is a T-shirt sale (red shirts

with “Southport” in pink letters). Led

by Miss Mahin, last year’s T-shirt sales resulted in a

$350 donation to the Komen Foundation. Contact

[email protected] to join or order a T-shirt.

Athletics According to Coach Josh Brown, the men’s

soccer team has “extreme talent from top to bot-

tom.” Brandon Iaria, Noah Salas, and Wes Oliver

(starters since 9th grade) are the most winning

players in school history. Oliver is a top scorer in

the state. Chin athletes comprise about

half of all players and more than half of

the varsity team. Van Thang (3-year

starter) is probably the best Chin player

in the area with enough assists to put

him at 3rd for most assists in a single

season in school history. Simon Lian (2-year start-

er) continues to astonish all. Brown states the ma-

jor contribution of Chin players to be, “Effort—they

don’t know when to quit.” Brown continues, “All

players work together to make each other better.”

That explains their current 3-0 season.

Congratulations to the volleyball team for win-

ning the Ben Davis SpikeFest. Our Lady Cards are

currently 9-1.

The Cards brought home a 51-27 victory at

Lucas Oil Stadium against Anderson. Brandon Ia-

ria broke the school record for kicking the longest

field goal in school history at 47 yards and Jimmy

Bayless scored 5 touchdowns. Go Cards!

AP Test Recognition Several students deserve special recognition

for their performance on last year’s advanced

placement tests. Students earning 3’s, 4’s or 5’s

could earn college credit. On the Human Geogra-

phy exam, Ryan Meyers, Daniel Smedema, Jona-

than Goodwin, and Taylor Coffey scored 5’s (the

top score). Other students passing the exam were

Noah Salas, Clayton Leslie, Shivani Parkikshak,

Jeff Sayler, and Brandon Bushong. Watch for more

advanced placement call-outs in the next issue.

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Classrooms Congratulations to the GRAD program, enter-

ing its second year at SHS. GRAD students

(Graduate Ready to Achieve Dreams) are cohorts

(groups) that share these common characteristics:

Students are recommended by teachers at end

of freshman year.

Selections are based upon grades and inter-

views for those who choose to apply.

College-based curriculum 1 period per day with

same teacher, grades 10, 11, and 12.

Students research colleges, make college vis-

its, prep for the SAT, refine note-taking skills,

and hone reading and writing skills.

Goal is to gain entry into 4-year university.

Mrs. Jungemann (English) is in second year of

study with students who will graduate in 2012.

Mrs. Worley (Business) teaches the newest co-

hort, students from the Class of 2013.

Mrs. Whitlock’s Technical Theatre class is

helping SHS Color Guard “strike their props” from

last year to re-use materials, saving them lots of

cash. These students are education in action!

SHS Special Topics class is organizing a show

about Shakespeare’s life to travel to classrooms

both in and out of the building to help students un-

derstand his work. Great work, theatre students!

After School Hours The annual front office task to organize a suc-

cessful first day of school was facilitated by gener-

ous volunteers. Top-notch secretaries Mrs. Mader,

Mrs. Waugh, and Mrs. Brickey want to give a call-

out and big thank you to volunteers!

Kristiaan Hulin and Jessica Biggs, SHS seniors.

Grace Branson, JG student volunteer.

PTSA parents and students for stuffing back-to-

school information packets.

Extra-Curricular Kudos to Ryan Myers and Haylie McLinn, SHS

2011 Riley Dance Marathon co-presidents, for lead-

ing a summer retreat with the entire executive

committee. Members have already worked the

Trader’s Point Horse Show, kicking off this year’s

fund-raising for the Ryan White Infectious Disease

Center at Riley Hospital for Children.

Athletics The Cardinal volleyball team is now 5-0 with

two big victories last week. After defeating North

Central on Thursday, they were victorious at the

home invitational on Saturday (6 teams). Congra-

tulations to Coach Johnson and the Lady Cards.

Team captains Treavor Gebhart, Terrance

Redmond, and Brandon Underwood led the attack

against a highly respected Roncalli football team in

the season opener last Friday. The Cards came

out with an early lead but were threatened in final

minutes by a tough Rebel offense. Kenneth Haw-

kins (2012) fought through the heat to sack Roncalli

quarterback B. Soller on a fourth-and-goal play at

the 9-yard line with only seconds remaining to de-

fend the 28-21 Southport triumph. Wow!

Live Red A sea of red is what Car-

dinal teams view when they

look to the stands. Booster

Club officers kicked off the year

with a “Live Red” theme. Over

2,200 students attended last

Friday’s pep session where all fall athletes were

recognized in Rocky Balboa fashion. Pre-game

football tradition included tailgating with music,

games, food, and fun for all. Thank you to all ath-

letes, coaches, and fans that make SHS a strong,

vibrant, athletic, powerhouse in our community.



Classrooms Southport greeted students with big changes in

place, the greatest of which moved us from a sche-

dule of 4 to 8 classes per day. To facilitate student

success, the administration introduced several

school-wide procedures to promote responsibility

and keep students in class:

Bell ringer activities every period to support on-

time arrival to classes.

A brilliant system to handle necessary hallway

traffic during class periods (to office, emergen-

cies, student assistants, restrooms, etc.)

Dress code checks during Period 1 with alter-

nate clothing (black sweats) available in dean’s

office for those outside of code. Students may

change clothes and return to class.

Consistency contributed greatly to last week’s

success. Kudos to all stakeholders at Southport!

After School Hours It was standing room only at freshman orienta-

tion. What an intro for the class of 2014!

Allison Hughes spent 6 weeks of her summer

vacation with a Spanish family on the Mediterra-

nean Sea in Valencia, Spain. Her

academic experience was part of

the IU Honors Abroad Program.

She spoke only Spanish, took ad-

vanced classes in Spanish, partici-

pated in choral and theatrical

groups, traveled to Madrid and Salamanca, and

joined celebrations for Spain’s World Cup Victory.

She qualified for the venture with her score on a

college entrance exam, placing her among the top

juniors in Indiana. Congratulations to Allison and

her Spanish teachers at SMS and SHS.

Extra-Curriculars Taylor Peters, Best Buddies President, leads

the local campaign to Spread the Word to End the

Word™ at SHS. This refers to the “R

word (retard/ed).” Her letters to The

Southsider Voice and to Southport’s

Mayor Thoman brought local attention

to a nationwide campaign. On May 5

the mayor’s office issued a proclama-

tion that the “R word” is “hate speech.” He is ask-

ing citizens of Southport to eliminate the word from

their vernacular. Good for Taylor, Best Buddies,

and all who comply with the proclamation!

Athletics Girls’ golf team made Coach Humbles proud

as they finished 3rd at the Shelbyville Invitational!

Sophomore Robert Webb excelled in leading

the Cardinal offense as quarterback in last Friday

night’s jamboree. The Cards will host their season

opener against Roncalli at home on 8-20 at 7:30.

Plan to attend the volleyball invitational on 8-21

at 9 a.m. in the fieldhouse. Good luck, Lady Cards!

School Motto Students were greeted with our school motto

which hangs in the cafeteria in larger than life print

proclaiming, “I am who I choose to be.” Faculty

members brainstormed ideas at summer in-service

and, after much deliberation, finally voted for the

2010-11 winner. Teachers, administrators, and

students will find this mantra empowering as we

embrace the fact that life is a series of choices,

each choice having rewards or consequences.

SHS is dedicated to helping every student under-

stand the truth in this motto and aiding students to

make responsible choices that lead to success.

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