Southside High School is the oldest and most successful IB school in South Carolina. Southside High School is one of the smallest public high school within Greenville County School District with an enrollment of 880 students. Our IB Diploma Program serves approximately 21.5 % of the students of the age group eligible for the program, being a “school within a school model.” Southside is a certified AVID high school and the first school in Greenville County to implement AVID. Our educational program is academically challenging and built on high expectations. We offer a variety of programs: International Baccalaureate (IB), AVID, Advanced Placement (AP), Honors, Dual Credit, CTE, ML, SPED, and College Preparatory. All of these programs are designed to meet the unique and individual needs and interests of each student.
The vision for Southside High School is to create world-class educational opportunities that prepare college and career ready graduates.
To stimulate lifelong learning and to promote an understanding of community and curriculum standards by providing opportunities for students to apply acquired skills and by modeling desired behavior and attitudes. We will know students are learning and becoming productive, involved, caring citizens by maintaining data that chart their progress so we can provide various levels of intervention to guide students toward success.
Celebrating Diversity. United in Learning
The SHS Leadership Team's works in a professional learning community for the purpose of school improvement. This group of faculty leaders meet monthly to examine school data, evaluate school programs, and develop programs to enhance or improve student achievement and school culture.
The following are the 2022-23 Leadership Team:
Dr. Andre M. Dukes - Principal
Angel Stepp - Admin.
Dr. Christpher Emerson - Admin.
Greg Montjoy- Admin.
David Rushton; Admin
Eric Means - Freshman Academy and Testing Coordinator
Faith DiAngelis - Instructional Coach
Dr. Kendra Byrd - Instructional Coach
Dr. Stephanye Zimmerman- Director of School Counseling
Megan Wright - English Dept. Chair
Dr. Charles Howard - Math Dept. Chair
Christine Cook - SS Dept. Chair
TBA - Science Dept. Chair
Tasha Byrd - Media Specialist
Effie Williams and Megan Sutherland - Special Education Dept. Chairs
Jay Ramsey - CTE Dept. Chair
Heather Perry- PE Dept. Chair
Col. John Dibert - JROTC Chair
Nico Phillip - Foreign Language Dept. Chair
Maduline Simon - Fine Arts Dept. Chair
Dr. Julie McGaha - Innovative Programs Coordinator
Jim Shuman - Athletic Director
Relationships, Readiness, Relevance, and Responsiveness