South Summit Middle School

A fun way to end the year for these Monday Mentors-bowling! Thanks to our school social workers who manage this program throughout the year to create a connection and a safe space of belonging for students in both SSMS and SSHS. We have wonderful community partners that help provide opportunities, experiences, and possibilities for students outside of school and home. Bowling was one of those awesome experiences that our students got to participate in and enjoy. #WeAreSouthSummit #SSHSWildcats #SouthSummitMiddle #MondayMentors #SchoolSocialWorkers

Congratulations to Tess, Neve and Gibson for earning the 2024 International Innovation Merit Award at the Real World Design Challenge (RWDC)! The RWDC is an annual competition that provides high school students, grades 9-12, the opportunity to work on real world engineering challenges in a team environment. Each year presents a new challenge that many of our nation's leading industries face. This year the students were tasked with developing an uncrewed aircraft to support wildfire mitigation. Silver Summit Academy’s Engineering Capstone Class (aka Team Yeti ) competed against 21 state winning teams and national winners from around the world, including India, Pakistan and China. Their design, Inferno, won the 2024 International Innovation Merit Award. If you're wondering why the world's engineering experts turn to high schoolers for help in solving today's tough issues? This is why. The students' teacher, Mrs. Rydalch explained that the Inferno is unique because the students, "utilized a generator system for propulsion rather than a battery and used SATCOM to solve a whole host of communication challenges providing reliability and durability to meet mission needs.” SATCOM stands for Satellite Communications Datalink and allows aircraft to communicate with ground users like Air Traffic Control and other ground operations centers using voice or datalink recordings. Mrs. Rydalch and all of South Summit School District is so proud of these students and we cannot wait to see what their future will bring. #WeAreSouthSummit #SSAUtah #RWDC24 #UTPublicEd

South Summit is lucky to have a dedicated Speech Pathologist on board to help our students who have speech and language concerns. We love to see their boost in confidence as their speech skills improve .

There are a lot of lost items hanging out at the Bus Garage just waiting for their owners to claim them. Please take a look and see if your kids are missing any coats, hats, gloves, water bottles, books, etc. They might just be at the Bus Garage. Someone is at there most days between 1:30-4:30 so you can pick up lost items then. If that doesn't work for you, please call to arrange a different time. 435-783-2373

It's that crazy time of the school year when we're trying to get everything wrapped up in time. Here are a few important dates to put on your calendar. #WeAreSouthSummit

Wrapping up the week by celebrating our awesome school nurses. They're in the trenches everyday fixing up all the boo-boos and helping keep our students healthy. Thanks for all you do, nurses. #WeAreSouthSummit #SchoolNurses #NationalNurseWeek

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week and we can't thank our teachers enough. They love our students and our students love them back. It takes passion, dedication and a million other special skills that we don't even know about. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to all of our teachers! #WeAreSouthSummit #TeacherAppreciationWeek24

Join us for our Technology Showcase on Monday, May 13th at the South Summit Middle School. You'll be amazed at the incredible things our students have developed this year.

When you're lucky enough to live near Utah's Mighty Five @NationalParkService and you get to paint them. Mrs. Cummings' Art class recently learned about collaborative color mixing to create beautiful masterpieces. These arches and landscapes are recognizable across the world. Who knows-maybe some of these artists will be just as famous one day too. #WeAreSouthSummit #SouthSummitMiddle #UtahMightyFive #NationalParks

Water bottles, coats and hats--oh my! Is your child missing their coat or hat? Or how about gloves or lunch box? Maybe now that you think about it, you haven't seen these things since Christmas time? Did they "borrow" your water bottle because they can't find theirs? Perhaps it's because they left it on the bus. Get your readers on, or take 'em off if that works better for you. Just make sure you can take a good peek at these pictures to see if anything looks familiar. There is quite a collection of lost and found items in the bus garage. If you recognize something that belongs to your child, you can pick it up at the bus garage. Someone is there most days between 1:30-4:30. If you need to come at a different time, you can call and schedule something that works better. 435-783-2373

Celebrating our school lunch heroes today! Thank you lunch lady lunatics! We love you! #SLHD24 #LunchLadyLunatics #WeAreSouthSummit #SchoolLunchRocks

Our 4th graders know him as Dayton Fry, the Science Guy, but we know Dayton as a semifinalist for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. By executive order of the President, the program was created sixty years ago to recognize and honor some of our nation's most distinguished graduating high school seniors. Dayton is one of eight Utah candidates, which have been narrowed down from 4,000 applicants, which will be narrowed down again to 161 final scholars. Not just anyone can apply, it's by invitation only. Mrs. Regan nominated Dayton earlier this year and they began the intensive application process soon after. Dayton will find out later this month if his semifinalist status changes to finalist when they announce the official U.S. Presidential Scholars for 2024. Official or not, Dayton is an incredible scholar, person and athlete. We are proud to have him represent South Summit and Utah. #WeAreSouthSummit #SSHSWildcats #PresidentialScholar

Today we officially appreciate our administrative professionals. Thank you for all you do to keep our students, schools, buses and the district running smoothly. #WeAreSouthSummit #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay

Today was the big day, South Summit School District participated in The Great Utah Shakeout drill. We hope you did too so you know what to do when the big one hits. #WeAreSouthSummit #GreatUtahShakeOut #ShakeOutDontFreakOut #BeReadyUtah #DropCoverHold #SchoolSafetyWeek

School Board Meeting, including a school fees hearing, is Thursday, April 18th at 5:30. You can join us in person or stream virtually via YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@southsummitschooldistrict/streams #WeAreSouthSummit #SSSDBoardOfEd

One of the emergency situations South Summit School District trains for is an earthquake. Thursday, April 18th during our School Safety Week, we are participating in The Great Utah Shakeout drill. We invite you to join us so you know what to do when the big one hits. Register now! https://www.shakeout.org/utah/ #WeAreSouthSummit #GreatUtahShakeOut #ShakeOutDontFreakOut #BeReadyUtah #DropCoverHold #SchoolSafetyWeek

*School Safety Week* This week, April 15-19, South Summit School District is recognizing School Safety Week. Throughout the week, we will focus on our emergency prevention and response efforts. As a district, we will send daily communications, to parents and guardians, that include various elements of our emergency prevention and response efforts. Please watch for text and email messages to learn more about our emergency policies, procedures and plans. This week, we’ll share the following: Emergency Response Policies and Procedures Emergency Alerts Standard Response Protocol Standard Reunification Method School Resource Officer Update #WeAreSouthSummit #SchoolSafetyWeek24

Snow Queens rejoice! Disney Frozen Jr, the musical is here. Beginning tomorrow, for two nights only, our very own sixth graders will transform into Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, Hans and others as they take you on an enchanting journey through Arendelle. Don't miss this magical performance April 17th and 18th, 6:30 p.m. at South Summit High School. #WeAreSouthSummit #SouthSummitMiddle #DisneyFrozenJr #FrozenMusical

Did you know that 90% of Utah's population lives in an active earthquake zone? South Summit School District is participating in The Great Utah Shakeout drill on April 18th. Join us so you know what to do when the big one hits. #WeAreSouthSummit #GreatUtahShakeOut #ShakeOutDontFreakOut #BeReadyUtah #DropCoverHold

Calling all fans of the Snow Queen! Disney Frozen Jr, the musical is coming to town and you may recognize some of the performers. For two nights only, our very own sixth graders will transform into Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, Hans and others as they take you on an enchanting journey through Arendelle. Put the dates of this magical performance on your calendar now so you don't forget. April 17th and 18th 6:30 p.m. South Summit High School #WeAreSouthSummit #SouthSummitMiddle #DisneyFrozenJr #FrozenMusical