Welcome to Southwood Elementary!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
CELEBRATE LITERACY WEEK - January 23-27, 2023

Please complete the family survey, your opinion matters!
https://surveys.panoramaed.com/ocps/family/surveys
Severe Weather Makeup Days
Due to the number of instructional minutes already built into the student schedule throughout the year, the following make-up days will satisfy the remaining instructional minutes lost due to the school closures caused by Hurricane Ian and Tropical Storm Nicole.
- Monday, February 20, 2023
- Friday, March 10, 2023
- Seven No-Early-Dismissal Wednesdays
- December 7, 2022
- January 18, 2023
- February 1, 2023
- February 15, 2023
- March 22, 2023
- April 5, 2023
- May 10, 2023
It is with great joy that I introduce myself as the new principal of Southwood Elementary School. My name is Allison Garske, and I come to you from a nearby school here in the Southeast Learning Community.
I have served the students of OCPS for almost 20 years, and pride myself in building relationships with students and their families, understanding the unique needs of individual students, with a background in both exceptional student education and behavior that I think will support my work as the principal here at Southwood.
Student learning is a priority for me, and I know every student will have a promising and successful future if we all work together!

I look forward to getting to know everyone in the 2022-2023 school year