Southern High School

Come out and support our awesome PTSA!

Book Club this morning was packed! We have 18 students now! Special thanks to our incredible YSC for helping us get books and snacks!

📢 TONIGHT | JCPS will host one more Community Conversations forum with Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood. All are welcome to attend this evening, Sept. 4, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Academy @ Shawnee!

🎉 Southern HS Open House 🎉

Join us for Open House on Thursday, September 11, 2025!
Meet your student’s teachers, explore the school, and be part of the community.

💥 Bonus: Everyone who attends Open House gets FREE admission to either the Girls Volleyball or Girls Soccer home game that same evening!

Come support our teams and show your Southern pride! 🏐⚽

Here is a snapshot of Library Usage Stats for August! Book checkouts are up more than 800 compared to August last year! Keep reading, Trojans!!

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS | We had another great community forum Tuesday night at Jeffersontown High School! Thank you to everyone who has joined these events to hear from Dr. Brian Yearwood. The superintendent has enjoyed listening, learning, and getting to know you.

Our next Community Conversation is on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Academy @ Shawnee.

✅ COMMUNITY CONVERSATION TODAY | Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood is hitting the road for Community Conversations, a series of open forums at JCPS high schools!

💬 Got questions? Ideas? Feedback? This is your chance to be heard and help shape the future of our schools face-to-face with Dr. Yearwood.

The next forum is this evening, Aug. 26 at Jeffersontown High School. Forums are open to all!

Let’s keep building stronger schools together! 💙📚

✅ COMMUNITY CONVERSATION TOMORROW | Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood is hitting the road for Community Conversations, a series of open forums at JCPS high schools!

💬 Got questions? Ideas? Feedback? This is your chance to be heard and help shape the future of our schools face-to-face with Dr. Yearwood.

The next forum is Saturday, Aug. 16 at Louisville Male High School. Forums are open to all!

Let’s keep building stronger schools together! 💙📚 #WeAreJCPS

Kentucky law now requires that any electronic communications between school district staff or volunteers and students occur through board approved traceable communication systems, unless a parent or guardian has specifically authorized a staff member to communicate electronically on another platform. The approved traceable communication systems in JCPS are:

· JCPS District Email

· Apptegy Rooms and Alerts

· Infinite Campus Messenger

· Google Workspace for Education

· Class Dojo

· Microsoft for Education

· Blackboard Ultra ONLY for JCPS eSchool and Pathfinder

If your student receives electronic communication from a JCPS staff member or volunteer outside of these platforms without your written consent, please notify your student’s principal. If you would like to authorize communication with your student by a JCPS staff member or volunteer outside of the board approved traceable communication systems, please utilize the Consent for Outside Traceable Communications Form in JCPS Parent Place.

If you would like to review any electronic communications your student has received from JCPS staff or volunteers on the approved traceable communications systems, please send a request to open.records@jefferson.kyschools.us The request should include:

1. The name of the student

2. The school the student attends

3. The email address of the student

4. The name of the adult with whom the student was in communication

5. The platform used for these communications

6. The date of the communication

7. The reason for the request

Any current female students at Southern who is interested in playing girls basketball, there will be a meeting after school on Friday, 8/15/25 at 3:30 in the cafeteria!

Come out and support our awesome PTSA!

✅ COMMUNITY CONVERSATION TONIGHT | Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood is hitting the road for Community Conversations, a series of open forums at JCPS high schools!

💬 Got questions? Ideas? Feedback? This is your chance to be heard and help shape the future of our schools face-to-face with Dr. Yearwood.

The next forum is this evening at Valley High School. Forums are open to all!

Let’s keep building stronger schools together! 💙📚

✅ SAVE THE DATE | The 2025 Showcase of Schools will take place on Oct. 25 at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center! All JCPS schools in one place for one day only!

Southern Families –



We have had an AMAZING first day of school so far! No matter how many years I work in this profession, the first day of school always has a special positive energy about it, and I’m honored to be a part of it.

I want to thank all of you for coaching your students on the new cell phone law and policy – we have had very few issues, and students are doing GREAT keeping them away, even in the hallways between classes. We do need to reiterate that this law applies to ALL devices – not just phones, but also smart watches, headphones/AirPods, and tablets/iPads. We’ve been making announcements and reviewing this with students, but want to partner with parents and ask that you remind students that they can’t wear those smart watches, or use headphones or tablets between 8:40-3:20 either. Thanks for the assistance as we enforce what is now state law.

Thanks everyone – we look forward to another great Southern day tomorrow!

Sariena Sampson, Executive Principal

Southern High School