Week of March 5

Team -

This week is Social Worker appreciation week! Please show your appreciation to our very own Michelle Phillips. We are privileged to have Michelle on the Ranch as she handles so many behind the scenes tasks that contribute to the success we see day in and day out. Whether she is coordinating 504s, visiting homes, coaching students towards graduation, assisting students and families in need, developing programs on our campus that will assist students, counseling students, assisting staff members, and more. It is an honor to have such a dedicated Social Worker as Michelle Phillips on our team. Please assist me in showing our appreciation for everything she does for SWHS. 

For seniors, Herff Jones will be back on SWHS’s campus on Monday, March 5 during lunches to work with seniors who either:

1. Failed to pick up their cap and gown.
2. Are having problems with their cap and gown.
3. Anything dealing with supplies for graduation. 

This Tuesday, March 6th, is our Rising Freshmen visit during the school day followed by the parents of Rising Freshmen curriculum night from 5:30 - 7:00 starting in the auditorium and ending in the freshmen gym. You should have e-mails from Mr. Miller about how you wil be needed, or your stduents. Please share this event with all of your friends who have rising freshmen coming to SWHS next year. The Middle School/High School performance will follow immediately thereafter and there will be a Food Truck on site, Food Freaks Stuffed Hamburger truck for dinner if you are interested. 

It’s Registration Time!  GCS has transitioned to using the online registration system via PowerSchool.  This means that teachers input their course recommendations for students into PowerSchool and when students register for classes they see the recommendations that have been made.  It is extremely important that ALL Core (Math, English, Science, & Social Studies) teachers input recommendations for students.  You will find instructions on how to use the recommendation system in an e-mail sent on 2/27 at 11:40am.  GCS requires us to use this system.  If you have questions please ask the grade level counselor or Mrs. Cline. 

The teacher recommendation window will be open March 1-March 6.  The registration window for students will open on March 7-March 16.  Please keep in mind that all of the students that you have had in your classes this school year need to have a recommendation in the system. 

This coming Thursday is the 2nd interim report for the 3rd quarter. Please make sure you provide a report to every child in every one of your classes. 

This coming Friday is PTSA Chic Fila day for SWHS. Whether it is breakfast, lunch or dinner, please visit them for a meal or remind your driving students to stop by , place an order and simply mention SWHS so a portion of the proceeds come right back to the school. 

The past couple of weeks, I am sure we continue to have that similar topic on our mind, and that is safety in our school. Dr. Contreras sent us all a message about safety and security. You will find what I am sharing with you is very similar in language to her e-mail. Some of you have had very in depth conversations with me about the safety and security of our school and I know you are on board with us to do whatever it takes to make sure we are as safe as possible at Southwest Guilford High School. As I have mentioned either in faculty meetings or through your department chairs, we have a donor who is willing to contribute up to $30,000 matching dollar for dollar for every donation made by the community (20k towards safety and 10k towards technology). We will share more about this in the coming weeks. Please understand that while we must keep the routines of our everyday instructional practice as normal as possible, it is important to reinforce to the students and the community that we are focusing on additional efforts on safety at SW. 

This past Thursday, I met with district wide principals, reviewing safety practices and procedures, lock down protocols and threat awareness. While I have asked all of you to review these procedures with your students these past couple of weeks, there will be additional hands-on training for you in the coming months.If you haven't reviewed our procedures, please do so immediately. 

The district is also partnering with representatives of Sandy Hook Promise, an organization that teaches gun violence prevention. This will teach us ways as a staff to recognize the signs of a potential threat, especially on social media, and how to build a community of inclusiveness that prevents young people from becoming isolated from their peers.

So while we need secure buildings, and we at SW have some items in motion to increase the security at SW, as well as having an SRO on campus, we also need to recognize the signs of children in crisis and find outlets for help. Additionally, we must report legitimate threats and not perpetuate panic by blindly sharing unsubstantiated posts on social media.

I hope you are on board and understand as I say we will not solve this problem today. I am working with a team of parents in the coming weeks as we will be looking to acquire projects from the county as well as solicit funds to increase the level of security that is already coming our way. I will keep you updated with our plans for increasing safety at SWHS. 

Another 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. 

   

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

Monday, March 5

4:00 - 6:00 PM Sophomore Ring Orders - Front Foyer

6:30 PM - Winter Sports Awards - Auditorium
Lunch - seniors - Graduation supplies

3:30 PM Mens Varsity Golf R J Reynolds High School Home 

4:30 PM Mens Varsity Tennis Grimsley High School Home 

5:30 PM Womens Junior Varsity Soccer West Forsyth High School Home 

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Soccer Triad Women's Challenge @ Bryan Park Away 

Tuesday, March 6

8:50 - 11:30 AM - Rising Freshmen Visit

5:30 - 7:00 PM - Rising Freshmen Parent Night

7:00 - 8:30 PM - MS/HS Chorus Performance

10:30 AM Instructional Meeting - Mrs. Barnum's office

3:30 PM Mens Varsity Golf Tri Match vs. NWGHS/Ragsdale Home 

4:30 PM Mens Varsity Tennis R J Reynolds High School Away 

5:00 PM Mens Varsity Baseball Ben L. Smith High School Home 

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

5:30 PM Womens Varsity Lacrosse High Point Central High School Home 

7:00 PM Womens Varsity Softball Ben L. Smith High School Home 

7:15 PM Mens Varsity Lacrosse High Point Central High School Home

Wednesday, March 7

8:00 AM Faculty Meeting - Media Center

3:30 PM Mens Varsity Golf High Point Central High School Away 

4:30 PM Coed Varsity Track Conference Meet vs. Dudley/N. Forsyth Home 

5:00 PM Mens Varsity Baseball High Point Central High School Home 

5:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Baseball High Point Central High School Away 

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Softball Cancelled- Glenn Home 

5:30 PM Womens Junior Varsity Soccer Ledford Senior High School Away 

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Soccer Triad Women's Challenge @ Bryan Park Away 

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Softball Glenn Home 

7:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Lacrosse West Forsyth High School Away 

Thursday, March 8

2nd Interim Reports for 3rd quarter 
6:30 - 8:00 PM NHSDA Benefit for Life Concert - Auditorium
4:30 PM Mens Varsity Tennis High Point Central High School Away 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Softball Ledford Senior High School Home 
5:30 PM Womens Varsity Lacrosse Ragsdale High School Home 
7:15 PM Mens Varsity Lacrosse Ragsdale High School Home

Friday, March 9

ALL DAY - PTSA Chic Fila day - Mention SWHS
8:30 - 10:00 AM - Breakfast of Champions - Trailer 5
4:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Baseball Dudley Senior High School Away 
5:15 PM Womens Junior Varsity Soccer Northwest Senior High School Home 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Lacrosse Ronald Reagan High School Away 
6:00 PM Womens Varsity Soccer Triad Women's Challenge @ Bryan Park Away 
6:00 PM Womens Varsity Softball Dudley Senior High School Away 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Baseball Dudley Senior High School Away 
7:00 PM Womens Varsity Lacrosse Western Guilford High School Home 
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Lacrosse Ronald Reagan High School Away

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                                        Richards

Attendance                                         Cooke, D.

Outside Media Center                        Evans

Inside Media Center                           Steely

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                  Graves

Cafeteria inside                                  Middleton

Cafeteria outside                                Larson

Student lot outside gym                      Compton

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                 Chapman
Main hallway to Student Parking        VonSteen

Academy gym (inside)                        Richmond

Academy gym (hallway)                     Corriher

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Arrington

Teacher 2                                             Hammersley

Teacher 3                                             Phillips

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Szitas

Teacher 2                                             Haith

Teacher 3                                             Davison

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Wood

Teacher 2                                             Cheriyan

Teacher 3                                             Hagler

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Hmiel

Teacher 2                                             McGowan

Teacher 3                                             Cox. J

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!