No school for students on Thursday, October 15 and Friday, October 16, 2015
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Monday, October 12, 2015
Southwest Green Team Cleans Up Linden Hills Trolley Garden
Yesterday
more than 35 exceptional hard-working members of the Southwest Green Team
put the Linden Hills Trolley garden to “rest” for the winter. They spread
out 250 bags of Cyprus Mulch and planted a number of bee & amp; butterfly
friendly wildflowers and bushes to the Garden. This is the third year that
the Green Team has been involved with this particular community service
project. It blooms during the spring, summer, and fall, so we encourage
you to take a walk there and see what our students have done for the
community.
The Garden
is located on York Ave. S. (it actually encompasses Xerxes Ave. S. to Zenith
Ave. S.). This work was made possible by support of the Linden Hills
Neighborhood Association and by these members of the Southwest Community
Education Advisory Council: Harold Berman, and Linden Hills neighborhood
residents Steve & Pat Liszewski -- and Anne Feicht.
Tom Neiman
Southwest Community Education
Clash of the Undefeated - Tuesday October 13 at Southwest
Volleyball Conference Championship
Southwest Lakers versus Washburn Millers
Southwest High School\Tuesday, October 13, 2015
C Squad - 4:00 pm
B Squad & Junior Varsity - 5:30 pm
Varsity - 7:00 pm
Southwest and Washburn are undefeated in conference competitions. It is down to Winner takes All. The Conference championship is on the line for this exciting evening of Women's Volleyball.
Southwest Student FREE Entrance
with Southwest Student ID and a
Voucher from a Southwest Volleyball player
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Souhwest Top GPA Fall Sports - Women's Cross Country
Congratulation to Women's Cross
Country as the Southwest Grade Point Average (GPA) champ for the fall of 2015 and a fall school wide GPA
of 3.5.
Congratulations to go coaches, keep
pushing your athletes to strive to do their best on and off the field.
Ryan Lamberty
Southwest Athletic Director
Parent Teacher Conferences Wednesday October 14 Noon to 8:00 pm
Parent
Teacher Conferences are being held on Wednesday, October 14th,
2015 from 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Teachers will be available to meet with parents regarding their
student during this time. Students are
always welcome to attend conferences with their parent(s) but it is not a
requirement. If you have more questions
or need to know how to find room numbers, please refer to the Southwest
website in the coming week for more details!
Indigenous People's Day at Southwest
Monday, October 12 is designated as Indigenous
Peoples Day in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
At Southwest High School, Aaron Erdrich
(Sissteon-Wahpeton Dakota and Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) will play the flute at
the front entrance as students and teachers enter the building in the morning
7:25 - 8-05. Please stop by to listen and enjoy the music.
There will be a table set up with artifacts,
books and information about this day and the people we honor. Students
will be at the table.
Indigenous People's Day events include sunrise ceremony at Lake Calhoun (Bde Maka Ska)
While much of the country
celebrates Columbus Day on Monday, many events will be held in the Twin Cities
commemorating Indigenous People's Day.
The Minneapolis City Council
renamed the holiday last year; St. Paul has it both ways: the city council voted to recognize Indigenous People's Day but also to continue recognizing
Columbus Day as the state and federal holiday.
The two cities joined many others
around the country, including Seattle and Portland, in making the
change. The movement honors Native American culture; it is also a
counter-celebration to Columbus Day and protest of the European conquest of
North America (which had been "discovered" centuries earlier by
native peoples).
A Facebook page lists many Twin Cities events on
Monday, including a sunrise ceremony at Bde Maka Ska, also known as Lake
Calhoun. It's at 7:15 a.m., at 3700 Thomas Av. S., Minneapolis.
Some other
events:
·
Red Shawl Round Dance, 9 a.m., followed by brunch and panel
discussion, American Indian Center, 1530 E. Franklin Av., Minneapolis
·
St. Paul Indigenous Peoples Day, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Crowne
Plaza, 11 Kellogg Blvd. E., St. Paul
·
The Indigenous People’s Day Hip Hop Show, 5-8:30 p.m. Augsburg
College, 2211 Riverside Av., Minneapolis
Reprint
from MINN POST
Bill Smith, Principal
Southwest High School
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