Southern students perform in OAKE choir

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Southern York County School District

May 21, 2013

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Southern York County School District students recently performed in the Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE) National Choir in Hartford, Conn. The students, who were selected by audition, rehearsed with others from 32 state.

Southern Elementary students, from left, Riley Clark, Julia Kelbaugh and Olivia Schroeder, performed in the OAKE choir.

Southern Elementary students, from left, Riley Clark, Julia Kelbaugh and Olivia Schroeder, performed in the OAKE choir.

From Southern Middle School, Hannah Munch, Julia Twaddle and Michaela Bryan performed in the OAKE choir.

From Southern Middle School, Hannah Munch, Julia Twaddle and Michaela Bryan performed in the OAKE choir.

From Friendship Elementary, Carly Farmer performed in the OAKE choir.

From Friendship Elementary, Carly Farmer performed in the OAKE choir.

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Southern Middle students participate in miniTHON

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April 7, 2013

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Students paid to dunk SMS teachers and administrators at the annual miniTHON.

Students paid to dunk SMS teachers and administrators at the annual miniTHON.

Students at Southern Middle School danced, raced, and played games for seven hours recently to raise money for the Four Diamonds Fund, which assists children who are treated for cancer at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital.

The fifth annual miniTHON program featured entertainment, games, music, crafts, and prizes. Students completed teambuilding activities, played group games, learned a line dance, rocked to a student band, created cards for cancer patients, crafted t-shirt headbands, sang karaoke, learned how to dance the Zumba and stood for seven hours.

Also, members of the Penn State Blue Band Trumpet Line surprised the students with a visit and performed renditions of the university’s fight song

This year’s event raised $18,056.02. Inspired by Penn State’s yearly dance event, THON, the miniTHON was the culmination of a year-long fundraising effort.

SMS students learn the Penn State fight song at the annual miniTHON.

SMS students learn the Penn State fight song at the annual miniTHON.

SMS students enjoy a student rock band at the annual miniTHON.

SMS students enjoy a student rock band at the annual miniTHON.

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Southern Middle School students host Mini-THON

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March 6, 2013

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Elementary students dance to video games during Southern Middle School’s annual Mini-THON fundraising event.

Elementary students dance to video games during Southern Middle School’s annual Mini-THON fundraising event.

Elementary students have their faces painted and hair sprayed with glitter by middle school students at the annual Mini-THON event.

Elementary students have their faces painted and hair sprayed with glitter by middle school students at the annual Mini-THON event.

Southern York County School District fifth- and sixth-graders spent an afternoon dancing to music, playing games, painting faces and winning prizes as part of Southern Middle School’s annual Mini-THON fundraising event.

This year, the event extended to the district’s elementary schools, with middle school students hosting the event.

About $250 was raised for the Four Diamonds Fund.

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