Celebrate the Earth this week!

STEAM Challenge #5 -“Planet vs Plastics”

Each year, Earth Day takes on a particular theme and the theme for 2024 is Planet vs. Plastics. According to the official Earth Day 2024 webpage, the organization is committed to helping to reduce global plastic production by 60% by 2040.

Bring in a plastic bag for our own plastic challenge this Friday!🛍

Congratulations Mr. Ballard!

Mr. Ballard is one of 5 recipients of the 2024 National Teacher’s Hall of Fame. Every year, the National Teacher’s Hall of Fame recognizes a handful of teachers across the country who have gone above and beyond in the profession for at least 20 years.  Mr. Ballard has been selected for this prestigious honor and joins as the ninth California educator to receive this recognition since the committee’s inception.

We are incredibly proud and honored to have Mr. Ballard as an integral member of our Southwest Middle School family.

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SOM’s Soccer MVP, Aliyah Esparza, was recognized today at the Alex Morgan Foundation event highlighting the foundation’s upcoming work on equity for girls in soccer in the SouthBay,  building leadership and confidence in our young ladies.

Aliyah was nominated by Coach David Singh for her display of leadership on and off the field. Congratulations Aliyah, you represent Southwest Middle well each and every day, and truly embody the Buccaneer spirit! We are so very proud of you!

SOM Staff  celebrating our 2023 SOM Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Barron, at our SUHSD Teacher Celebration! Thank you to all the teachers and staff who came to cheer on and celebrate! 🏴‍☠️❤️💛🍎

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8th grader, Dania Meling, with her award for her scientific experiment studying Bernoulli’s Equation Photo-Courtesy Horacio Renteria / El Latino San Diego.

Southwest Middle’s own SUHSD STEM-Research Fair Winner, Dania Meling, was featured in El Latino’s March 17th Article highlighting her winning project and passion for pursuing a future career with NASA. Congratulations Dania, we are all so very proud of you and your achievements! Keep up the amazing work! Read the full article here

Southwest Middle School’s own, Ms. Norma Pérez-Uriarte, is featured in El Latino’s December 22nd article highlighting our award winning Dual Language program. Congratulations to Ms. Pérez-Uriarte and our Dual Immersion team for their incredible efforts, we are so proud of all you do! Read about our amazing program and see the full article here.

Teacher Norma Pérez-Uriarte, Coordinator (and pioneer) of the Dual Immersion Program at Southwest Middle School. Photo: Horacio Renteria / El Latino San Diego.