Sending a text takes a few seconds. Writing, addressing, and mailing a letter takes much longer, and that’s part of the point. Mrs. Morris’s Basic Skills Development students at South Dearborn High School wrote letters to someone special.
Each student composed a one-page letter, found the recipient’s mailing address, addressed an envelope, and mailed it. Alongside learning to write a formal email, students talked through the differences between a letter, an email, and a text. Many came away feeling that a handwritten letter is more personal than a quick message. ✉️
To the eye, the light from two different elements can look almost the same. Through a spectroscope, it doesn’t. Mr. Walter’s science students at South Dearborn High School learned the difference by viewing the emission spectra of multiple elements with handheld spectroscopes.
Each element showed its own pattern of colored lines, and students used those patterns to solve a final challenge: identifying an unknown element on their own.
Each element showed its own pattern of colored lines, and students used those patterns to solve a final challenge: identifying an unknown element on their own.
Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, October 28th, from 6:00 to 8:00pm for South Dearborn High School's Open House. This is a great opportunity to meet your student's teachers and see their classrooms. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow evening!
The assignment: build a roller coaster, then make it knock down a Lego man and land the marble in a cup. Mr. Walter’s AP Physics students at South Dearborn High School took it on as part of their study of mechanical energy.
Every coaster needed an initial drop, an additional hill, a vertical loop, and a double corkscrew. Getting the marble through all of them meant understanding how its height turns into speed and how much energy it keeps along the way. The Lego man and the cup were the final test of whether the design worked.
Every coaster needed an initial drop, an additional hill, a vertical loop, and a double corkscrew. Getting the marble through all of them meant understanding how its height turns into speed and how much energy it keeps along the way. The Lego man and the cup were the final test of whether the design worked.
South Dearborn High School is hiring an intensive academics paraprofessional.
This role supports students who benefit from extra help in the classroom, and it's a chance to make a difference in a student's day, every day. All interested applicants are encouraged to apply today!
Apply through our Skyward employment portal: https://skyward.sdcsc.k12.in.us/Business/web/rappljoblst484.w?hqrbgrtid=2180
This role supports students who benefit from extra help in the classroom, and it's a chance to make a difference in a student's day, every day. All interested applicants are encouraged to apply today!
Apply through our Skyward employment portal: https://skyward.sdcsc.k12.in.us/Business/web/rappljoblst484.w?hqrbgrtid=2180
A shed is only as good as its base! Mr. Thayer's General Carpentry students at South Dearborn High School spent their time on exactly that, framing the base of a 4x8 shed and starting on the floor.
Students made their cuts, measured twice, and squared the project using multiple tools. Done right, the base keeps the floor flat and everything above it lined up. 🪚
Students made their cuts, measured twice, and squared the project using multiple tools. Done right, the base keeps the floor flat and everything above it lined up. 🪚
Two days until South Dearborn High School's Open House!
Join us on Wednesday, October 21st, from 6:00 to 8:00pm to meet your student's teachers and see their classrooms.
Join us on Wednesday, October 21st, from 6:00 to 8:00pm to meet your student's teachers and see their classrooms.
Which colors belong together, and why does a design look balanced? Mr. Muddiman's art students at South Dearborn High School tackled both questions by studying color theory and practicing symmetry in 2D and 3D Art.
Those basics will carry through the rest of the year. Every project students build from here, from drawings to sculptures, will use the color choices and balanced designs they practiced.
Those basics will carry through the rest of the year. Every project students build from here, from drawings to sculptures, will use the color choices and balanced designs they practiced.
The South Dearborn High School Open House is Wednesday, October 21st, from 6:00 to 8:00pm.
Walk the halls, find your student's classrooms, and meet their teachers. It's a good chance to see where your student spends the day and to ask questions in person.
Families, we would love to see you there!
Walk the halls, find your student's classrooms, and meet their teachers. It's a good chance to see where your student spends the day and to ask questions in person.
Families, we would love to see you there!
Varsity Football closes out its regular home schedule Friday, October 16th at 7:00pm against Lawrenceburg High School! Also that evening, Middle School Band Knight, with our 6th, 7th, and 8th grade bands will be joining the Marching Knights!
Pre-sale tickets are discounted and available now in each school's office. Pick your tickets up ahead of time and skip the line at the gate.
Come out for one last home Friday night and cheer our Knights on to victory against the Tigers! 📣
Pre-sale tickets are discounted and available now in each school's office. Pick your tickets up ahead of time and skip the line at the gate.
Come out for one last home Friday night and cheer our Knights on to victory against the Tigers! 📣
Members of the South Dearborn High School Art Club spent last weekend volunteering at the 2026 Cincinnati Comic Expo at the First Financial Center.
Students greeted, checked in, and directed hundreds of guests, artists, and exhibitors as they arrived. They also worked as celebrity assistants, managing guest lines and taking photos of fans with the actors. Along the way, they got to know actors, artists, vendors, expo staff, and fellow volunteers.
This was the club's fifth year volunteering at Comic Expo. We love seeing our Knights helping out in the community!
Students greeted, checked in, and directed hundreds of guests, artists, and exhibitors as they arrived. They also worked as celebrity assistants, managing guest lines and taking photos of fans with the actors. Along the way, they got to know actors, artists, vendors, expo staff, and fellow volunteers.
This was the club's fifth year volunteering at Comic Expo. We love seeing our Knights helping out in the community!
South Dearborn Community School Corporation is having an asynchronous eLearning Day today! For more information, please visit the eLearning page: https://www.sdcsc.k12.in.us/page/elearning
A colony built on codfish and shipbuilding versus one built on wheat and wide religious tolerance — South Dearborn High School students in Mr. Robertson's class compared the New England and Middle Colonies this week, studying their economies, crop exports, migration, religions, and ethnic groups.
Students walked away seeing how geography and the people who settled there shaped everything that came next.
Students walked away seeing how geography and the people who settled there shaped everything that came next.
Friday night lights, a full stadium, and a night dedicated to our seniors: Varsity Football hosts Rushville for Senior Night, Friday, October 9th at 7:00pm!
Pre-sale tickets are discounted and available now in each school's office. Grab yours early and skip the line at the gate. Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate our outgoing senior players! 🏈
Pre-sale tickets are discounted and available now in each school's office. Grab yours early and skip the line at the gate. Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate our outgoing senior players! 🏈
What's the first rule in the workshop? Safety glasses on, every time. South Dearborn High School students in Mr. Thayer's class are learning table saw safety this week, including the right way to hold the wood, the different cuts a saw can make, and how to respect the blade.
It's a skill that pays off well beyond the classroom, whether that's a job site or a garage workbench at home.
It's a skill that pays off well beyond the classroom, whether that's a job site or a garage workbench at home.
Mrs. Andrew's agriculture students at South Dearborn High School have a new travel companion this fall: a flat Franklin, or "Frankie," headed out on four field trips as part of an FFA project.
At each stop, students will snap a photo with Frankie, introduce him to new faces, and log the visit — date, location, people met, a special memory — building a four-adventure scrapbook by the end.
It's a project built on communication and presentation skills, one new friend at a time.
At each stop, students will snap a photo with Frankie, introduce him to new faces, and log the visit — date, location, people met, a special memory — building a four-adventure scrapbook by the end.
It's a project built on communication and presentation skills, one new friend at a time.
What's better than a Friday night football game? A Homecoming Friday night football game! The Knights host Madison Consolidated High School on September 25th at 7:00pm.
Save yourself the wait at the gate; discounted pre-sale tickets are available now in each school's office.
We look forward to seeing the whole community coming out to enjoy all the homecoming festivities and to cheer on our Knights! 📣
Save yourself the wait at the gate; discounted pre-sale tickets are available now in each school's office.
We look forward to seeing the whole community coming out to enjoy all the homecoming festivities and to cheer on our Knights! 📣
South Dearborn High School students in Ms. Worley's English class spent the past few weeks polishing their scholarship essays, trading drafts back and forth for peer editing and revisions.
It was more than just proofreading; students learned how to put their own experiences and goals into words clearly and confidently, a skill that outlasts any single application.
Good luck to everyone who submitted!
It was more than just proofreading; students learned how to put their own experiences and goals into words clearly and confidently, a skill that outlasts any single application.
Good luck to everyone who submitted!
What does your future actually look like? Ms. Wynn's 9th-grade Basic Skills Development class at South Dearborn High School spent the week answering that question, first learning about short-term and long-term goals, then building vision boards in Canva full of pictures, logos, and quotes that meant something to them.
Students wrapped it up by presenting their boards to the class, practicing communication and self-awareness while mapping out their own plans for life after high school.
Students wrapped it up by presenting their boards to the class, practicing communication and self-awareness while mapping out their own plans for life after high school.
South Dearborn Community School Corporation is having an asynchronous eLearning Day today! For more information, please visit the eLearning page: https://www.sdcsc.k12.in.us/page/elearning
