Week of March 26

Team -

This past Wednesday we conducted a school wide lock-down drill.  We still have some work to do with this drill. Some areas we need to improve upon are listed below(and we are also adjusting language in the drills for better understanding): 

• All staff participates in these drills regardless of whether they have students or not. Everyone has a responsibility.
• All staff must inform their primary evaluator through e-mail any students who are absent or that "all students are accounted for".
• Lock down drills cause all normal activities to stop immediately.  
• There should be no noise.

Thank you to everyone who has been giving us feedback on ways to improve with all drills. This feedback includes students and and parents who are contacting us after we conduct drills. Moving forward, we will continue to practice and review with you more drills, such as active shooter (Run, Hide, Fight), post drill  expectations, reunification, and more. Please make sure you feel confident with not only conducting these drills, but that your students feel confident in understanding them as well. If not, please immediately ask for clarification.  Additionally, we are still moving forward with additional safety and security measures. At last Tuesday's community meeting, we are in the process of forming two separate committees regarding safety and security; planning, and fundraising. If you have any interest in being part of either of these committees, please feel free to reach out to  Wendy O'Hara at wopncmom2@gmail.com or to David Rosen at photoinnovations@gmail.com.

Please pay attention to all lunch schedule changes for Monday. The e-mail was sent by Mrs. Barnum on Friday, March 23 at 1:25 Pm. Any question should be referred to Mrs. Barnum. 

As a reminder, grades should be updated at least once a week in Power School and then immediately before interim reports/report cards. The purpose of these updates is to allow parents to support you, assist their child, praise their child, and more. Please make sure you are updating Power School at least once a week. Any student with a D or an F (or a two letter grade drop from an A to a C) should receive a phone call home. Last, all zeros should always be entered, even if a student is out sick. While we all know you will work with a student who is out for medical reasons, failing to enter that zero is not an accurate reflection of their current grade. If the child forgets to make up any missed work, the parent never had an opportunity to intervene and therefore gets blindsided by the zeros being entered as interim reports or report cards get distributed.

Once again, a reminder as we start approaching the end of the year, GCS is expecting all staff to attend HS Graduation ceremonies and be in regalia. With this expectation, I will provide a FULL day of comp time that can be used for NEXT school year. The Graduation date for SWHS is Saturday, June 16 at 9:00 AM at the Greensboro Coliseum. More information will follow. It is expected that staff have the same expectations as students when it comes to dress attire. In other words, shorts, loafers, tank tops, hats would not be considered appropriate. For those of you that were at graduation last year, it really was a beautiful thing to see and recognize the staff for all that they do in front of 5000 people. You all deserve this at the very least. 

Per Mrs. Cline:

Grades are due the end of the day on Thursday, April 12^th.

Grade changes can be submitted after report cards have been printed.  I have attached the grade change form that has to be filled out for all grade changes. You will make the change in your gradebook but you have to give me the form to let me know what you have changed in order for me to store the grade in their historical marks.   

You should be entering grades for all students. INC’s are only for students that have had medical issues or student’s that have been pre-approved by Mr. Hettenbach to receive INC’s.

Students that need to make up time due to too many absences should receive an “55” and use comment code:

56244- An “55” indicates the attendance policy was violated

To add a comment for an individual student see step #4, to add a comment for the entire class to see step #8.

You will need to print out and give to me only the Score Sheet which is your spreadsheet with assignments & Final Grade. (screen shots are included in the attachment so you can see exactly what I am asking for)

By following these instructions below you can make sure your name & class are on your spreadsheet-

Click on Reports>Spreadsheet>Click on the Layout Tab, in the Top Note box type your last name & click on Run Report >Ok>Print>Click on Shrink oversized paper & Landscape>PRINT

10 Day window

Reporting Periods	End of Reporting Period	Last Day Student to make up work/attendance	Last Day for teacher to  change grade	Data Manager completes the Restore Process
3rd	3/29/2018	4/20/2018	4/23/2018	4/24/2018

 Report cards will be printed on April 16^th and they will be given to students Tuesday, April 17^th

   

Reminder: The building will always be open on Sunday from roughly 7-1 due to Piedmont Chapel church. 

Monday, March 26

4:00 PM Mens Varsity Golf Conference Match hosted by Dudley at Gillespie Park Away 

4:30 PM Mens Varsity Tennis Ben L. Smith High School Away 
5:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Baseball Western Alamance High School Away 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Lacrosse East Forsyth High School Endowment Game Home 6:00 PM Womens Varsity Lacrosse Glenn Away 
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Lacrosse East Forsyth High School Endowment Game Home 

Tuesday, March 27

10:30 AM Instructional Meeting - Barnum's office
3:30 PM Mens Varsity Golf West Forsyth High School WF @ Bermuda Run West GC Away 

4:30 PM Mens Varsity Tennis Ragsdale High School Home 

5:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Baseball Mount Tabor High School Home 

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Softball Mount Tabor High School Away 

5:30 PM Womens Junior Varsity Soccer Mount Tabor High School Home 

6:00 PM Mens Varsity Lacrosse Parkland High School Away 

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Baseball Mount Tabor High School Away 

7:00 PM Womens Varsity Soccer Mount Tabor High School Home 

7:00 PM Womens Varsity Softball Mount Tabor High School Away 

Wednesday, March 28
7:45 AM - Discipline Task Force Team - Barnum's office
Wednesday Walkthroughs

Team 7: Baker, Boulton Monell	Heffner Cheriyan Ynoa Lantigua	D207 D206 D224	March 28th	12:00-12:15 12:20-12:35 12:40-12:55
Team 8: Burroughs, Chambers, Chapman Hettenbach	McGowan Caldwell Muse	C123 A211 A109	March 28th	12:00-12:15 12:20-12:35 12:40-12:55

4:30 PM Mens Varsity Tennis Northwest Senior High School Home 

4:30 PM Coed Varsity Track Conference Meet vs. Mt. Tabor/Smith Away 

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Softball Southern Guilford High School Home 

5:30 PM Womens Junior Varsity Soccer Northwest Senior High School Home 

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Soccer High Point Central High School Away 

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Lacrosse Ronald Reagan High School Away 

7:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Lacrosse Southern Alamance HS Home 

7:00 PM Womens Varsity Softball Southern Guilford High School Home 

Thursday, March 29
All day - PTSA student jean day IF student has purchased 2nd semester bracelet. Any teacher who has joined PTSA may participate as well. 
6:00 PM Mens Varsity Lacrosse Atkins High School Away 
6:00 PM Womens Varsity Soccer Ben L. Smith High School Away 
6:00 PM Womens Varsity Lacrosse Atkins High School Home 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Baseball Ben L. Smith High School Away 
7:00 PM Womens Varsity Softball Ben L. Smith High School Away

Friday, March 30

No School

Coming up...

Thursday, April 12
3rd quarter Grades are due

Friday, April 13
All day - SWHS PTSA Chic Fila Day

Tuesday April 17

3rd quarter Report Cards distributed to students

Reminders:

- Make sure you are updating grades in Power School 
Remember to reference CANVAS for all pertinent information. If you find that a document is not located on CANVAS, please inquire with one of the Assistant Principals or Tinisha Shaw.

- Mr. Hettenbach

AM SUPERVISION

Front Lobby                                        Boulton

Attendance                                         Spillman

Outside Media Center                        Bratton

Inside Media Center                           Shaw

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                  Arrington

Cafeteria inside                                  Hinson

Cafeteria outside                                Nix-Stevenson

Student lot outside gym                      Wesney

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                 Donovan
Main hallway to Student Parking        Kornegay

Academy gym (inside)                        Muse

Academy gym (hallway)                     Lovett

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Demercurio

Teacher 2                                             Doak

Teacher 3                                             Gaines

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Byrd

Teacher 2                                             Atwood

Teacher 3                                             Bradshaw

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Repko

Teacher 2                                             Canon

Teacher 3                                             Burroughs

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Brady

Teacher 2                                             McDonald

Teacher 3                                             Mode

Please assist us in keeping students seated until the bell rings. Also – if you have lunch supervision, you can dismiss your class 2 minutes (no earlier) in order to get to the cafeteria before the students arrive.

Teacher 1 = Inside Cafeteria at Cashiers transitioning to old section of cafeteria

Teacher 2 = Outside serving line inside old section of cafeteria transitioning to large section of cafeteria

Teacher 3 = Outside line in hall transitioning to cafeteria exit

We are... Southwest!