South Dearborn Community School Corporation

South Dearborn Community School Corporation At SDCSC, our schools share a community commitment for each student to be Success Driven.

Band and choir directors Mr. Pallada and Mr. Francis are working with South Dearborn Middle School students on the funda...
08/28/2026

Band and choir directors Mr. Pallada and Mr. Francis are working with South Dearborn Middle School students on the fundamentals — posture, embouchure (the way a musician positions their lips, teeth, tongue, and facial muscles to play a wind or brass instrument), scales, and musical articulation. It's the kind of practice that builds real control, rhythm, and confidence as musicians.

Come out and support the SDMS and SDHS bands and choirs at their performances this year:

August
- Saturday, August 29th — Music on the Front Porch, 2:00pm, Aurora Public Library — Choir

September
- Friday, September 18th — Home Football Game — Marching Knights
- Saturday, September 19th — Band Competition, Taylor HS (Cleves, OH) — Marching Knights
- Friday, September 25th — Homecoming Home Football Game — Marching Knights
- Saturday, September 26th — Band Competition, Batesville HS (Batesville, IN) — Marching Knights
- Wednesday, September 30th — Farmers Fair — Choir

October
- Saturday, October 3rd — Farmers Fair Parade — Marching Knights with 7th & 8th Grade Bands
- Saturday, October 3rd — ISSMA State Prelims, Whiteland HS (Whiteland, IN) — Marching Knights
- Friday, October 9th — Senior Knight Home Football Game — Marching Knights
- Saturday, October 10th — Band Competition, Mason HS (Mason, OH) — Marching Knights
- Friday, October 16th — Middle School Band Knight Home Football Game — Marching Knights with 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Bands
- Saturday, October 17th — ISSMA State Finals, Franklin Community HS (Indianapolis, IN) — Marching Knights
- Sunday, October 25th — Band Competition, East Central HS (St. Leon, IN) — Marching Knights

November
- Saturday, November 7th — MidStates Championships, Miamisburg HS (Miamisburg, OH) — Marching Knights
- Thursday, November 12th — Bands of America Grand Nationals, Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, IN) — Marching Knights
- Wednesday, November 18th — Fall Concert — Choir
- Friday, November 20th — HS Variety Show — Marching Knights & Opening Knight
- Saturday, November 21st — HS Variety Show — Marching Knights & Opening Knight

December
- Saturday, December 5th — Dillsboro Hometown Christmas — HS Bands
- Wednesday, December 9th — Music Department Winter Concert — All Bands and Choirs

What do jeweled lizards from Chile have to do with kindergarten? Ask a student in Mrs. Bartholomew's class at Aurora Ele...
08/27/2026

What do jeweled lizards from Chile have to do with kindergarten? Ask a student in Mrs. Bartholomew's class at Aurora Elementary School, who teamed up with Mrs. Friedoff this week to turn them into an art lesson. After studying photos of them, students drew their own jeweled lizard!

Down the hall, Mrs. Lane's kindergartners tackled a different question: what is media, and how do we use it? Students are beginning to develop critically important media literacy skills that will allow them to make sense of the stories, photos, and videos they encounter.

These may be different starting points, but they share a common finish line: creativity, curiosity, and connection to the world around them.

This Saturday, August 29th, Sam and Kloey will represent South Dearborn High School at the Swiss Wine Festival, starting...
08/27/2026

This Saturday, August 29th, Sam and Kloey will represent South Dearborn High School at the Swiss Wine Festival, starting with the parade at 10:00am, then competing in the Swiss Ambassador Contest at 1:30pm.

Come out and cheer them on!

Congratulations to this week's "Future Knights Before the Bell" winners at Aurora Elementary School, the students with n...
08/27/2026

Congratulations to this week's "Future Knights Before the Bell" winners at Aurora Elementary School, the students with number 12, recognized for showing up on time and ready to learn!

It's a small habit that pays off all year. Keep it up!

What happened first? What happened next? Mrs. Peterson's and Mrs. Ingle's fifth-graders at Dillsboro Elementary School h...
08/26/2026

What happened first? What happened next? Mrs. Peterson's and Mrs. Ingle's fifth-graders at Dillsboro Elementary School have been asking those questions all week, working in groups to put the events of a paragraph back in order.

It sounds simple, but sequencing is the backbone of understanding anything you read — and organizing anything you want to say.

Get the order down, and everything else gets clearer.

Ms. Heffelfinger's South Dearborn Middle School students are building a cheat code for big words: Greek and Latin roots....
08/25/2026

Ms. Heffelfinger's South Dearborn Middle School students are building a cheat code for big words: Greek and Latin roots.

Students are making posters, writing definitions, and using new vocabulary in sentences, all built around word parts that show up again and again, like "bio" or "tele."

Once you know "bio" means life, you can take a decent guess at "biography," "biology," or any word you've never seen before.

The United Way of Greater Cincinnati and Southeast Indiana recently awarded South Dearborn Community School Corporation ...
08/25/2026

The United Way of Greater Cincinnati and Southeast Indiana recently awarded South Dearborn Community School Corporation a $10,000 grant through their Early Learning Indiana program to support the launch of its new blended preschool program. This generous funding will help provide three-year-old students with the engaging, hands-on learning experiences and resources they need to learn, grow, and thrive.

Grant funds will be used to purchase a variety of essential classroom and educational materials, including tables and chairs, hands-on manipulatives, fine- and gross-motor activity materials, sensory resources, social-emotional books, and other high-quality educational tools. These resources will help create a welcoming, developmentally appropriate learning environment that supports the academic, social-emotional, and physical development of South Dearborn’s youngest learners.

Director of Community Partnerships Mary Bailey was especially excited to have the opportunity to collaborate once again with Karen Snyder, Director of Advancement at United Way of Greater Cincinnati and Southeast Indiana.

“Karen and I met in the spring to discuss several opportunities to support our students, and I am incredibly grateful that we are continuing to work together to make a difference for our youngest learners,” said Bailey. “This grant will have a meaningful impact on our new preschool program and will help us provide our students with the resources and experiences they need to begin their educational journey on a strong foundation.”

South Dearborn Community School Corporation is grateful to United Way of Greater Cincinnati and Southeast Indiana for their continued investment in local students and their commitment to strengthening early childhood education in our community.

Pictured are the preschool staff at Dillsboro Elementary School and Aurora Elementary School: Courtney Wanstrath, Shianna Blair, Gina Oles, Tiffney Forand, Ashley Hartman, Chelsie Willison, and Heather Nix along with Director of Advancement, Karen Snyder of UWGC & SE Indiana, and SDCSC Director of Community Partnerships Mary Bailey.

Mrs. Vermilion's English students at South Dearborn High School spent class this week making the case against Grendel — ...
08/24/2026

Mrs. Vermilion's English students at South Dearborn High School spent class this week making the case against Grendel — using nothing but the text itself as evidence.

As they work through excerpts of the 1,300 year-old epic poem "Beowulf," students are digging into what actually makes Grendel the villain of the story, backing up every claim with proof pulled straight from the story! 📖

A Message from the South Dearborn Community School Corporation Board of TrusteesIn our last communication, we let you kn...
08/24/2026

A Message from the South Dearborn Community School Corporation Board of Trustees

In our last communication, we let you know the Board would be providing our community with additional information as it became available related to Mrs. Kyle Miller. The Board has had the opportunity to meet with Mrs. Miller, and we are pleased to report that she will be returning to Dillsboro Elementary School today, Monday, August 24, 2026. As your principal at Dillsboro Elementary, Mrs. Miller and her staff are committed to serving their students and providing them with a safe, caring, and supportive environment.

We sincerely thank you for your continued support of the South Dearborn Community School Corporation, and, most importantly, of the students we are privileged to serve.

South Dearborn Community School Corporation Board of Trustees

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