Track and Field Peninsula Athletic League Champions are:

Breanna Navarre, who came in 1st in the 100 Meter and 1st in the 200 Meter.  Congratulations Breanna!

Nathan Madonich came in 1st in the 2 Mile. Congratulations Nate!

Dominic Goodman came in 3rd in the High Jump.  Congratulations Dominic!

Support the Sports Boosters!  

Order your Bingo Card packet for BINGO at the Boys and Girls Club on Sunday, May 20th.  Doors open at 4:30 pm, games begin at 6:30 pm.

2012 State Speech Championship Results 

Over a thousand students from 156 schools competed April 28th  and 29th at the 54th annual California High School Speech Association State Championship tournament at Lowell High School. In the end, South City finished strong with three semi-finalists and one finalist, placing 19th overall.

Zachary Herrera - 2nd in the State
Darlene Ollada - 9th in the State
Jamil Khoury - 10th in the State
Gretta Georgiyev - 14th in the State

Read more on Patch -  Congrats and Go Warriors!

EARTH WEEK AT SOUTH CITY

South City students celebrated Earth Week in the quad with "From Junk to Funk" in the quad at lunch. Students used recycled materials and competed for a prize for the most original and innovative recycled fashion. Thanks to all those that participated and our teacher judges Ms. Shusterman and Ms. Mitchell. 

Sunday, March 22 is Earth Day. As part of the City of South San Francisco’s efforts to reduce the amount of trash and pollutants flowing into the bay, the Environmental Compliance Program will be conducting a community land-based cleanup event for Earth Day along the Bay Trail from 9:00AM-Noon.

SSFHS Students Participate in Rotary Job Shadow Thursday, April 12

Seniors Ernesto Tellez, Guadalupe Paolmino, Kennya Manzanares, Rudy Ordonez and Andrea Mendez shadowed members of the community during a typical work day to learn about the realities of potential careers.  Thanks to the Rotary and College and Career Advisor Jackie Belli for coordinating this event.  Students appreciate the opportunity to explore careers, and members of the community get to know our amazing students!

Zach competed at the National Qualifying Tournament this weekend and took 1st Place in Dramatic Interpretation.  He can now compete the National Tournament in Indianapolis, Indiana!  History was made For SSFHS, as this is the first time a student has qualified for the national event.  Congratulations to Zachary and Mr. Robert Hawkins, our Speech Coach. Go Warriors! 

SSF PATCH Article about the Speech Team !

South San Francisco Rotary sponsors a trip to our sister city in Japan, Kishiwada.  Students and parents can get more information at a meeting on Tuesday, March 27 at 7:00 pm in the Library.  See the  brochure and application for more info, too!

Homework Center is in the Library, Monday through Thursday from 3:10 to 4:10.  We have peer tutors, a Math teacher, a History teacher, a Science teacher and an English teacher.

Stop by, ask for help with a course, make this semester your most successful yet!

Exceptions to the schedule:

Teacher planning day: 1st Wednesday of the month and Faculty meeting: 3rd Tuesday of the month.

South San Francisco's Interact Club co-sponsored a cleanup with the SSF Rotary at Centennial Way on Saturday, February 4, 2012. Ms. Ariani, her Interact students, and also AVID students were all thanked by  the SSF Rotary for their hard-work and service to the community. Also, a bench was donated to Centennial Way by the funds raised by Interact Club and a matched donation from Rotary. All in all, the Centential Way Cleanup  was "a smashing success!"

The South San Francisco High School speech team competed this weekend, February 11th and 12th, at the 12th annual Stanford Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament at Stanford University.  With over 154 schools in attendance from 44 states, Mexico, and Canada, every student from South City Speech managed to reach elimination rounds with two of our students receiving top honors: 

Zachary also received a Kindle Fire for winning one of the biggest events at the tournament. Please join me in congratulating them on their success.

 --- Mr. Robert Hawkins
 

Congratulations to the South City Speech Team for another awesome showing at the Winter League Tournament at Milpitas High School.  With over 600 students competing in 12 different speaking events, South City had an amazing showing with:

1st Place Zachary Herrera in Dramatic Interpretation
1st Place Louisse Geronimo in Thematic Interpretation
1st Place Roxanne Knight and Natasha Cronin in Duo Interpretation
2nd Place Gretta Georgiev in Original Prose Poetry
3rd Place Darlene Ollada in Original Prose Poetry

Plus several other finalists!

It’s been a great season thus far and we look forward to ending on top. A special thanks to the South City community for your support at our winter showcase.

Parents! Register for School Loop and be a part of the "Parents of SSFHS" group. Get news from PTSA and the school just for you! The group page also has the websites and logins for the Language ...more

 Please see the Calendar (Quick Links ) for all school events.

 Parent - Teacher - Student  Association

PTSA Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm in Room A-1 (across from the Main Office) 

Replacement IDs are available in the Library for $5.00.  See Ms. Mitchell in the Library if you need an ID Card.