Cobra News Headlines for September 2008


  • Student Services is now selling Birthday balloons! They have a variety of options for $2.00 and $3.00 dollars. So remember if you want to wish your friends or teachers a happy birthday, purchase your birthday balloons from the CAP office starting this Friday, September 26th, before school, between classes and both lunches.

  • South Miami Senior High's Open House will take place on Tuesday, September 23, beginning at 6:30 pm.
  • The Activities Office is hosting the First Annual Lunchtime SALSA Competition to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Everyone is invited! It will take place at the Spill out Area on Friday, September 26, 2008 during both lunches.
  • The first Inter Club Council Meeting is scheduled for September 24 at 7:45 a.m., in the auditorium. The treasurer or alternate of each club must attend. Each homeroom must also send the homeroom representative

  • Attention students; three great volunteer opportunities.
  • Parents, the PTSA meeting scheduled for September 9th will be rescheduled for a later date. Further information will be posted to the site when it becomes available.

  • CAP News
    • Representatives from St. Thomas University will be visiting South Miami Senior High on October 10th and Representatives from the University of Miami will be visiting on September 26th. Students interested should sign up with Mrs. Manchola in the guidance office.
    • If you are interested in studying abroad here is a great opportunity, John Cabot University in Rome will be visiting South Miami Senior on September 12th at 1:00 pm. Sign up ASAP in the Guidance office with Mrs. Manchola. All students are welcomed.
    • Also visiting the Miami Area; Columbia University, Brown University, University of Chicago, Cornell University, and Rice University on Friday September 19 at the Hilton Miami Airport 5101 Blue Lagoon Drive. RSVP at www.exploringeducationalexcellence.org

  • Attention seniors, get on track with what you have to do to have a successful year. Download the 2008-2009 Senior Checklist from Student Services. Also check out the first issue of SMSH College Bound for the 2008-09 school year.

  • In an attempt to establish a new Cobra Tradition, we would like to name our buildings like they do on college campuses. We are looking for suggestions from BOTH the faculty and the student body. We are looking for fun, exciting and creative (yet appropriate!) names and ideas. There is a suggestion box in both the activities office and the counselors office. Faculty, please feel free to e-mail your suggestions if you wish. For those of you that are interested, we are taking suggestions for the spill out area as well. All suggestions must be in by Friday September 12.

    We will then narrow the suggestions down to a few finalist and put it out for a school wide vote! The winning names will be painted above the doors leading to each building!

    So, out with the "OLD" Tradition and in with the "NEW" Tradition!

  • Club Rush Week is HERE! Check out displays for all the great clubs at South Miami Senior High. Rush Week runs September 8 - 12.

  • The Media Center is officially back in business. Stop by for a book, a muffin, or a great place to relax and read! We have new floors and new seating areas; stop by to take a look. Please let students know that they can check out books or use computers with their id or schedule. Here are our hours:
    • Mon.-Thurs.: 7:15am-3:00pm
      Friday: 7:15am-2:30pm
  • The first home girls volleyball game is Tuesday, September 2 JV at 6:00 and Varsity starts at 7:15. Come out and support the team!

  • The first PTSA meeting for the 2008-09 school year will take place September 9th at 6:30 in the auditorium. The first ESSAC meeting will be on August 27th at 2:45 (location to be announced). All are welcome.

  • Attention parents, in accordance with federal and state requirements, school districts are required to provide an annual school status report. The information on this report should help you assess the performance of your child’s school. This report is known as the No Child Left Behind School Public Accountability Report and it will be available for your review at your child’s school and at the School Board Administration Building, Citizen Information Center, 1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Room 158, Miami, Florida. If you have additional questions, please contact your child’s school.

  • SMS Cobra TV premieres on the world wide web. Get a sneak peek at the behind the scenes work in the recently refurbished and updated broadcast studio.

  • Take a peek at the various refurbishing projects that have been happening in the Media Center over the summer.

  • Congratulations to Jennifer Dominquez for her winning entry in the 2008 Florida Reading Association Poster Contest. Her poster was among the top three winning designs.