The next South Miami Senior High PTSA meeting will be on Tuesday, March 18: 6:30pm. We will be going to conduct a meeting hosted by students services and a presenter from Region V on Cyber-net Safety and Cyber Bullying Prevention.

If you'd like to buy a green carnation for St. Patrick's Day, please find Wait in the main lobby on Monday, St. Patrick's Day! Or contact Ms. Currier in Student Services at ext. 2258.

The Key Club and Kiwanis Club of Miami will sponsor a Family Fun Day on Saturday, March 15th. Proceeds from the fair will benefit the Key Club's Autism Library project. Click on the Key Club icon below for more information:

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Members of the Magnet Music Program at South Miami Senior High School have been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall on Monday, April 21st, 2008. We are currently taking sponsorship donations through Cobra Parents' Inc. to fund extra outings as this costs a lot of extra money. Anyone interested in donating should contact Jennifer Jimenez, or the booster president, Angie Fernandez. Students will be performing all Latin works with a world premier of a piece "Gloria". The entire concert will be presented in Spanish and Portuguese. We are taking 17 students and 5 adults. Tickets are available through the Carnegie Hall Box Office. Click on the icon below for more information.

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Dr. Keith Astuto of the Social Studies Department was recently honored by the Miami Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta with a third place award in the bank's Lesson Plan of the Year contest. Click on the image below to read more!

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The 2008-2009 Curriculum Bulletin is now available online. Click on the Student Services link to take a look.

Congratulations to South Miami Senior High's Silver Knights nominees. Click on the link below for more information.

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Student volunteers are needed to help to count and separate the FCAT snacks for next week. Work on Saturday, March 8th from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and receive 8 hours of community service. Students will report to the main entrance of the school and look for Ms. Rodriguez

Magnet Dance would like to invite you and your family to the end of the year concert at Ransom Everglades Theater in Coconut Grove on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 7:00pm. Teachers will receive a complimentary ticket for this performance. Any additional ticket is $10.00 each. Bring your family and friends to an evening of dance with the South Miami Sr. High Magnet Dance Program and guest performance by Dancetown Productions.

March 4, 2008 was not designated a Secondary Early Dismissal Day as indicated on the District Master Calendar.
The cancellation of the Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences does not affect the dismissal of students at their regularly scheduled dismissal times. March 4, 2008 is a regular school day.

Governor Charlie Crist recently announced Florida’s Sunshine Week “Government in the Sunshine” Web site and invited Florida public school students in grades 9-12 to participate in the Florida Sunshine Week essay contest. Sunshine Week, March 16-22, 2008, celebrates the State of Florida’s dedication to making state and local government more accessible to the public.

The essay contest is open to all Florida public school students in grades 9-12 and the winner will be announced March 18, 2008. The first place winner will receive a $5,000 scholarship, the second place winner will receive a $2,500 scholarship, and third place will receive a $1,500 scholarship. All winners will receive recognition at an event at the Governor’s Mansion. Essays should answer the question, “What role does open government play within a democratic society and a democratic government?”
Click on the My Florida Link below for more information:

Attention all 9th, 10th , and 11th grade students; Florida International will be at South Miami Senior high on March 6th. Please sign up in the guidance office with Mrs. Manchola ASAP!

Cobras in the News: Virginia Verona, South Miami Senior High School’s 2007 valedictorian is featured in a Best-In Class segment on Florida International University's website.

Cobra Readers will be hosting a Book Swap for our school community on Friday, March 7th in the Media Center. Faculty, staff, and students: we encourage you to start bringing in books that you've already read and have lying around the house. For each book you give, you will receive a ticket to "buy" a book at the Book Swap. (One ticket will "buy" one book). We ask that the books be in good condition, and high school level or higher.

Congratulations to the South Miami Senior Engineering Club for placing 2nd in the regional finals of the Department of Energy/Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers National Science Bowl held Saturday at the FIU Engineering Campus. The team was Suillen Luis (Co-Captain), Laura MacKinnon (Co-Captain), Brian Knowles, Andre Rivero-Guevara