Cobra News Headlines for January 2009

  • Check out images from the Curriculum Carousel that ran on Thursday, January 29, 2009.

  • The 2009-2010 Curriculum Bulletin is now online at the Student Services page. Check out what Cobra Country will be offering next year to its students.

  • Cobra Country is fortunate to have one of our own graduates returning to do a presentation on athletic scholarships. Phil Clarke, who played four seasons for the New Orleans Saints will be here Feb. 26 @ 6:30 - 8:00 pm in the auditorium. This seminar is for all athletes (not just football), parents and any teachers/staff who would like to join us. This event is free to the public and is being coordinated by the Athletics Department. Some of the key topics Mr. Clarke will discusses are:
    • Setting realistic recruiting expectations
    • Understanding whether your student-athlete is really being recruited
    • Strategies on how to maximize an athlete’s recruiting potential
    • Is Division I the only option?
    • Timelines for college recruiting
    • The importance of character and keeping good grades
    • The 5 things every student-athlete has to do in order to get recruited

  • Check out the latest Weekly Word Wizard.

  • There will be a PTSA meeting on Tuesday January 27, 2009 at 6:00 pm in the auditorium.

  • We will be hosting the SMSH Curriculum Carousel on Thursday, January 29, 2009, from 6:30-8:00 PM, in the gymnasium. This is an important evening for current and future South Miami Cobras. All incoming 9th graders from feeder schools are invited to attend.

  • Congratulations to Sulay Palenque's for winning one of 43 $100 National Merit awards in the visual arts category from the prestigious competition called youngARTS. The competition is sponsored by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Click below for more information:

  • Each year, the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers invites students in grades 7-12 to participate in The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2009, the nation's longest-running, largest, most prestigious recognition program for creative teenagers in the visual and literary arts. The following SMSH students will have works exhibited at the Miami Art Museum:
    • Visual Fine Arts
      • Jessica Arce, Grade 10 - Gold Key
      • Laura Garcia, Grade 12 - Gold Key
      • Alden Solis, Grade 10 - Silver Key
    • Photography
      • Vanessa Alvarez, Grade 11
      • Sasha Bruno, Grade 11
      • Alexandra Epstein, Grade 10 (x2)
    • Visual Arts
      • Alice Betancourt, grade 10 - Silver Key
      • Michael Delamo, grade 10 - Silver Key

  • FEA is asking for every Cobra's help in collecting children's books (K-2). These books do not have to be new, but in good condition. These books will ultimately be donated to a program (Wings) dedicated in supporting the literacy of at-risk, incarcerated teenage mothers. Anyone interested can drop off the books in the girl's locker room.

  • Please join us in congratulating our talented arts students for their participation and recognition in the 58th Annual Beaux Arts Festival of 2009. This Student Showcase is a juried exhibition taking place this weekend at the Lowe Museum on the University of Miami's campus. The following students earned this honor:

    Fine Art: Jean Carlos Fernandez (12) *3rd Place in the Graphics Category
    Visual Fine Arts: Emily Binnie (12), Jennifer Hernandez (12) *Best in Show Runner Up
    Photography: Julie Arango (11), Lisette Ortiz (11), Ian Raisbeck (11), Gabriela Velez (11)


  • The Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies is an organization that provides students with content knowledge and skills necessary for future success—in such areas as business, economics, engineering, and technology. They have offered our school an afterschool program that will target ninth grade students. Through the after-school program students would work in small groups to problem solve current issues and acquire necessary research skills that they can utilize in their classes. In addition, this organization will provide the students with afternoon snacks and all-paid educational field trips. If any freshmen is interested, he or she would be required to stay afterschool twice a month on Wednesdays from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm. Transportation is not provided, so please make sure to make arrangements to be picked up from school at 4:00 pm. For more information email Mrs. Aycart
    • Below are the meeting dates:
  • • January 7
    • January 21
    • February 4
    • February 18
    • March 4
    • March 18
    • April 1
    • April 15
    • May 6
    • May 20



  • Cobra Saturday Academy Tutoring has begun. Get FCAT tutoring in Reading, Math and Science and qualify for prizes and field trips. Breakfast is included. Click here for more details.