Senior Spotlight: Gavin Tharp
Parent's Name: Abby & Wade West and Royce Tharp Jr.
What are your plans for next year?
I plan to enter the workforce.
What School Activities are you involved in?
FFA
What is your favorite High School Memory?
Participating in FFA week over the years.
What class in High School do you/did you enjoy the most?
Ag Metals with Mr. Schmidt
Who do you admire the most and why?
The person I admired the most was my Grandpa, Terry Rash. No matter what he went through, he always had a smile on his face. He taught me to never give up and push through the tough times. He was an all around great person! I also admire my mom, Abby West. She is always there for me and pushes me to be the best version of myself.
What teacher had the biggest influence on you and why?
Mrs. Gough and Mrs. Alber because they both were fun to pester, but they always put me in my place when I deserved it! Their classes were always a good time!
What is the one thing you will miss most about South Shelby?
I will miss seeing my friends on a daily basis.
Parent's Name: Abby & Wade West and Royce Tharp Jr.
What are your plans for next year?
I plan to enter the workforce.
What School Activities are you involved in?
FFA
What is your favorite High School Memory?
Participating in FFA week over the years.
What class in High School do you/did you enjoy the most?
Ag Metals with Mr. Schmidt
Who do you admire the most and why?
The person I admired the most was my Grandpa, Terry Rash. No matter what he went through, he always had a smile on his face. He taught me to never give up and push through the tough times. He was an all around great person! I also admire my mom, Abby West. She is always there for me and pushes me to be the best version of myself.
What teacher had the biggest influence on you and why?
Mrs. Gough and Mrs. Alber because they both were fun to pester, but they always put me in my place when I deserved it! Their classes were always a good time!
What is the one thing you will miss most about South Shelby?
I will miss seeing my friends on a daily basis.
South Shelby JV Cardinals come up short on the road to the Macon Tigers
South Shelby JV Ladybirds earn a victory over the Macon Tigerettes
Senior Spotlight: Waylen Owens
Parent's Name: Jake and Lisa Owens
What are your plans for next year?
To Attend State Tech and earn a degree in Digital Marketing
What School Activities are you involved in?
Basketball and Golf
What is your favorite High School Memory?
Placing 8th in State Golf my Sophomore year
What class in High School do you/did you enjoy the most?
Chemistry because Mrs. Stevenson is a great teacher
Who do you admire the most and why?
My mom because she is always there for me
What teacher had the biggest influence on you and why?
Mrs Stevenson because she made learning fun and was always really nice
What is the one thing you will miss most about South Shelby?
Playing sports with my friends
Parent's Name: Jake and Lisa Owens
What are your plans for next year?
To Attend State Tech and earn a degree in Digital Marketing
What School Activities are you involved in?
Basketball and Golf
What is your favorite High School Memory?
Placing 8th in State Golf my Sophomore year
What class in High School do you/did you enjoy the most?
Chemistry because Mrs. Stevenson is a great teacher
Who do you admire the most and why?
My mom because she is always there for me
What teacher had the biggest influence on you and why?
Mrs Stevenson because she made learning fun and was always really nice
What is the one thing you will miss most about South Shelby?
Playing sports with my friends
A little friendly escape room fun about the California Gold Rush in Mrs. O'Neal's 5th grade!
Acting out DARE Scenarios in class with Deputy Mefford in Mrs. O'Neal's 5th grade!
Elementary art students have been working on drawing people. We made cartoony and realistic faces. All students created a self-portrait to keep in their portfolio.
More students reaching their reading and math goals this week!
Mrs. Gill's class performs for Mrs. Wigle's class using their homemade musical instruments.
At Home Reading Challenge
Please have your child record the title and author of the book they have read each day. Please sign your name to verify their reading credibility. Once they have read 20 days out of the month, please return it to school so the student can earn a lunch bunch surprise! Congratulations to these 4th graders!
Courtwarming week dress up fun
Students were busy in Language Arts this week. LA II finished reading the play The Importance of Being Earnest, LA III finished the Transcendentalists and wrote a classroom aphorism (motto), and CA III finished Moby Dick.
South Shelby Archers are competing in Jefferson City today.
Congratulations to the 2026 South Shelby Courtwarming Queen, Hannah Gaines.
South Shelby Cardinals get a victory on Court Warming 57-32 over Highland
Congratulations to Mr. Basketball, Kole Lanpher.
Lady Birds pick up the conference win 44-40 over Highland.
Med Term students studied layers of the integumentary system and common types of damage with a little movie magic. They researched one of the four types of wounds and recreated them using simple movie makeup techniques.
Foods class experimenting with recipes using strawberry yogurt. We decided on Yogurt bread with orange/honey glaze and chocolate covered strawberry yogurt bites.
South Shelby Scholar Bowl lost a couple hard fought matches to Highland.
