South notes - Monday 3/21/2022

South's Book Fair starts in person next week, but online sales begin today! Read this flyer for detailed instructions, and go to Best Books Fairs and start browsing!

Tickets for the Student Council Carnival went on sale today! Tickets cost $5 and can be purchased at lunch all week (cash purchases, please). As a reminder, the 6th grade carnival is from 4-5pm and the 7th and 8th grade carnival is from 5:30-6:30pm. There will be a food truck, ice cream truck, carnival and lawn games, a DJ, glitter tattoos, raffles and more! This event is for South Middle School students only.

In lunches today, we discussed how gum-chewing is rampant at South, and now that masks are off, people are getting caught. Some of us need to work on "chewing with our mouths closed," but to be honest, the chewing isn't the serious issue: disposal is. Finding gum on the bottoms of desks & tables, on the floors, etc. is gross and a headache for our custodial crew. If gum keeps getting stuck in inappropriate places instead of being thrown in the trash, we'll have to crack down on chewing it.

Shoutout to the 7th grade Girls Braintree Youth Basketball team, who went 17-0 and secured the win at the New England Championships this weekend! These young ladies are champions on and off the court!

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