Carlisle Elementary and Middle School

As a reminder, there will be no school on Friday, Feb. 17 and Monday, Feb. 20. These days were in the calendar as possible make-up snow days/eLearning days. We wish everyone an enjoyable extended President's Day weekend.

There will be no school for SWSC on Friday, Feb 17 and Monday, Feb 20.

The Southwest School Corporation is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a $307,210 Comprehensive School Counseling Grant from the Indiana Department of Education. This grant will allow us to expand our existing counseling services and programs. SWSC’s comprehensive counseling team currently consists of Dave Lisman, Katie Couch, Krista Wells, and Dani Hamilton. The goal of the comprehensive counseling team at SWSC is to ensure that every student is socially and emotionally healthy, has the opportunity to experience academic success, and graduates career and/or college ready.

Mr. Stitzle and Mr. Stuckey enjoyed meeting with the Carlisle Middle School Student Council and Mrs. Jones over lunch. The students shared things that they really liked about their school and had topics for improvement. It was a wonderful discussion with them.

Today is the first day of National School Counseling Week. The theme of this year’s week is “School Counselors: Helping Students Dream Big.” Did you know that our school counseling team's number one goal is to help all of our students succeed? Whatever our students need to be successful – whether that’s learning how to stay motivated to complete work, having positive relationships with peers, learning to advocate for yourself, or overcoming barriers – our team is here to help!

Congratulations to our BUG Club Students! Way to bring up those grades!

Carlisle 8th Grade Parent Meeting is Thursday February 2nd at 6 PM in the cafeteria.

Good luck to our Carlisle Elementary and Middle School Archery teams as well as the other Southwest archery teams!! They will all be competing 5-8 pm tonight and 8 am-5 pm tomorrow in the state qualifier tournament in the Sullivan Elementary School gym (bullseye) and the Sullivan Middle School multi-purpose room (3D). There will be over 800 archers competing. Come on out and watch our students compete! Admission is $3. Entry is through the SES back doors.

From SWSC: Southwest School Corporation will be on a 2 HOUR DELAY on Thursday, January 26, 2023. Drop off will begin at 9:45 AM. The 8th grade athletic recognition is still on for tomorrow evening between the 7th and 8th grade game.

SWSC e-Learning Day Wednesday, Jan. 25 Assignments will be posted by 9 am. Any technology issues can be directed to: helpdesk@swest.k12.in.us

Happy American Education Week! During American Education Week, we celebrate public education and the men and women who make a difference in our schools and students' lives every day.

In order to help ensure a safer environment for our students, SWSC is implementing a new visitor management system starting Monday. It is not that different from what we currently do except it is electronic. Visitors will be asked to scan their driver’s license into our Securely Visitor System via an iPad. For anyone leaving the office area to enter the school, the secretary will print you a visitor’s badge with your name and picture on it to wear while you are in the school. We would greatly appreciate it if you would bring your driver’s license with you when signing in or out your children or when entering the school for other various reasons. Some of you may have already experienced the ease of the new system this week. It is just another layer of security we are adding to help keep our students safe.

Our cheerleading future looks bright! Great job to all of our SHS cheerleaders and the cheerleaders-in-training at tonight’s football game.

Health Aide Position at Southwest School Corporation

Seniors and College Students: The scholarship application for the 2023-2024 academic year is LIVE at wvcf.org/apply-online and will remain open until 2:00 PM on Tuesday, August 30. We strongly encourage all applicants to beat the application deadline and apply as soon as possible! If you have any questions, please contact SHS school counselors, Mr. Lisman or Mrs. Couch, via email or by calling 812-268-6301. You can also call Kelli Miller, Program Director, at 812-232-2234.

Here are the start and end times for SWSC schools. The doors open at 7:45 am for all schools. If you have any questions about specific dismissal times at your child's school, please contact that school's office.