Week of December 3

Hello Ranchers!

A big thank you to all the coaching staff from this past fall season. Thank you for shaping our young people into great young adults on and off the field. You make a major impact on the positive culture of Southwest and I am sure I speak for everyone on staff that we thank you for your efforts each and every day. You make a huge difference!

We have just a little over 4 weeks left before 1st semester exams start. As we continue to approach crunch time, every minute of every class is crucial. Bell to bell instruction is vital. Digging into the data to find out what individual students are in need of, using corrective instruction rather than re-teaching to meet all students' needs is a must. If certain techniques were not successful the first time, try something different. Collaborate with your colleagues about successful practices used. Make sure you are in constant communication with your students' parents when they are in the D/F range, or dropping from an A to C. Make contact if attendance or behavior is an issue. Make positive calls to students, specifically the students who need that praise to the home. I can assure you that those positive calls go a very long way!

This coming week, we will distribute the one cards in homeroom on Wednesday. We have 100 +/- students who need to have their picture taken. This picture process will occur on Tuesday. This list will be distributed Monday afternoon. The scanning will officially start on Thursday. Scanning stations will be in place Monday so students will know what it looks like and be prepared for Thursday. Please know that I understand this will be a growing process. We are one of 7 pilot schools who will will work through all issues and communicate those to central office for the purpose of a more successful rollout to the remaining schools in the district.  Once this gets underway, we will then begin to roll out the Access411 visitor system. We happen to be the only pilot school for this program. More information will be forthcoming about these additional layers of safety and security at our school.   

For those of you who teach state tested classes, it is my hope that each of you have reviewed your EVAAS data. I have engaged in very healthy conversations with many of you as you discover areas to improve upon as well as areas to celebrate. I want to thank you ahead of time for your efforts to use this data to make adjustments in your instruction as well as engage in meaningful conversations with your colleagues.  Administration is in the planning phase to discuss the EVAAS data with everyone under their evaluation cycle. If you did not meet growth, or met growth in the negative area, please be prepared to share changes you are making to meet the students' needs. If you collaborate with your colleagues and they have exceeded growth or met growth on the positive end of the spectrum, I highly encourage you to seek out strategies that are successfully implemented.  The more we lean on each other, the easier and more successful you will find instructional delivery to be.

If you are a Facebook follower, the PTSA has created a Facebook link. Feel free to follow them. https://www.facebook.com/SouthwestGuilfordHSPTSA/

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page at www.cowboysports.org

Monday, December 3

No Events

Tuesday, December 4

9 - 11 - Pictures taken for Onecard

9 - 10 - EOS visit (Equal Opportunities School)

4:30 PM Coed Varsity Track SWGHS Invitational @ JDL Home 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Basketball High Point Central High School Away 
6:00 PM Mens Varsity Basketball High Point Central High School Home 
6:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball High Point Central High School Away 
7:30 PM Womens Varsity Basketball High Point Central High School Home 

Wednesday, December 5

7:45 - 8:35 Faculty Meeting - Media Center
Homeroom - One Card distribution

6:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling Tri-Meet @ Oak Grove/RJ Reynolds Away

Thursday, December 6

4:00 PM All Winter Team Pictures (School) 

Friday, December 7
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Basketball West Forsyth High School Home 

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball West Forsyth High School Away 
6:00 PM Coed Varsity Swimming Conference Meet @ Smith Pool Home 
6:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball West Forsyth High School Home 
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball West Forsyth High School Away 

Saturday, December 8

9:00 AM Mens Varsity Wrestling Jim Coggins HOF Classic @ SWGHS Home

Reminders:

Remember to reference CANVAS (or that important links page) for all pertinent information. If you find that a document is not located on CANVAS, please inquire with one of the Assistant Principals, Karen Meier or Tinisha Shaw.

- Mr. Hettenbach

AM SUPERVISION

Front Lobby to Attendance                 Cook, A

Attendance intersection                      Hurt

Outside Media Center                         Shavers

Inside Media Center                            Powell

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                   Baker

Cafeteria inside                                   Hinson

Cafeteria outside                                 Silvas

Student lot outside gym                      Gaines

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                  Spillman

Card Swiping Student lot                    Palma/Ingram

Card Swiping Front Door                    Vogel/Chambers/Miller

Academy gym (inside)                         Gann

Academy gym (hallway)                      Black

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Muse

Teacher 2                                             Crawford

Teacher 3                                             Cook, M

Teacher 4                                             Cook, A

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Szitas

Teacher 2                                             Cox, S

Teacher 3                                             Phillips

Teacher 4                                             Kornegay

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Vlazny

Teacher 2                                             Heffner

Teacher 3                                             Davis

Teacher 4                                             Palma

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Silvas

Teacher 2                                             Black

Teacher 3                                             Dusek

Teacher 4                                             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

Teacher 4 = Float between both dining rooms

We are... Southwest!

Week of November 26

Hello Ranchers!

I hope each and every one of you enjoyed this well deserved break this past week. Hopefully you all took advantage of this time to relax.

As most of you know, this next stretch with all the breaks, and testing, the time flies by. Please stay on top with the communication with your students' homes. Anything less than Cs, drops from an A to a C, attendance issues, discipline issues, etc. should be worthy of a phone call.  Another suggestion, try to make a few positive phone calls each week. If you don't already do this, go ahead and try this. You will be amazed how well this is received and also set you up in a positive way if you ever need to call back for constructive purposes.

The district has informed us that the one card student identification scanning process now has dates assigned. As Southwest High School is one of seven pilot schools for the district as well as the largest pilot school, the current plan is to distribute the cards the week after Thanksgiving. The following week, we plan on training our staff and implement the process on December 6th. More information will follow if dates change along with additional information to keep you in the loop. More information will follow from Mr. Miller.

As we are on the topic of safety and security, we now have the other entrance of the school on the magnetic entry door system. This means both entrances are now locked and you must buzz in to get into the school (unless you have a key or fob). Also - we will soon be implementing a new visitor system. All visitors ill be required to check in to front office using the new Access411 system at all times. We will share more information about this as well once we start using it.

As a reminder, EVAAS data is now in. Administration will have conversations with all staff regarding student growth. Please make sure you take a moment and review your data. If you did not meet growth, or met growth in the negative area, please prepared to share changes you are making to meet the students' needs. If you share curriculum with your colleagues and they have exceeded growth or met growth on the positive end of the spectrum, I highly encourage you to seek out the strategies that your colleagues are implementing.  The more we lean on each other, the easier and more successful you will find instructional delivery to be.

Last, please make sure you thank the PTSA for receiving your pie on Tuesday!  This is a major task and the PTSA consistently knocks it out of the park. 

If you are a Facebook follower, the PTSA has created a Facebook link. Feel free to follow them. https://www.facebook.com/SouthwestGuilfordHSPTSA/

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page at www.cowboysports.org

Monday, November 26

6:00PM - 8:00PM PTSA Meeting - C132

Tuesday, November 27

6:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Basketball Ronald Reagan High School Away 

7:30 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Ronald Reagan High School Away 

Wednesday, November 28

1st interim report for 2nd quarter
Staff Professional Development - Planning periods - Media Center Lab

5:00 PM Coed Varsity Swimming Tri-meet vs. HPC/RJR Home 

6:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling Tri-Meet with Dudley/E. Forsyth Home

Thursday, November 29

No events

Friday, November 30

PTSA Jean Day
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Basketball Ragsdale High School Home 
6:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling Falcon Frenzy @ West Henderson Away 
6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Ragsdale High School Away 
6:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Ragsdale High School Home
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Ragsdale High School Away

Saturday, December 1

9:00 AM Mens Varsity Wrestling Falcon Frenzy @ West Henderson Away

Reminders:

Remember to reference CANVAS (or that important links page) for all pertinent information. If you find that a document is not located on CANVAS, please inquire with one of the Assistant Principals, Karen Meier or Tinisha Shaw.

- Mr. Hettenbach

AM SUPERVISION

Front Lobby to Attendance                 Connolly

Attendance intersection                      Hurt

Outside Media Center                         Larson

Inside Media Center                            Middleton

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                   Phillips

Cafeteria inside                                   Arrington

Cafeteria outside                                 Littles-Thiam

Student lot outside gym                      Allah

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                  Brown

Card Swiping Student lot                    Taylor/S. Cox

Card Swiping Front Door                    Vogel/Chambers/Miller

Academy gym (inside)                         Holmes

Academy gym (hallway)                      Richmond

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Murphy

Teacher 2                                             Demercurio

Teacher 3                                             Compton

Teacher 4                                             Caldwell

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Spillman

Teacher 2                                             Brown

Teacher 3                                             Hudgens

Teacher 4                                             Keveryn

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Talley

Teacher 2                                             Fry

Teacher 3                                             Rodriguez

Teacher 4                                             Middleton

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Rainey

Teacher 2                                             Repko

Teacher 3                                             Burroughs

Teacher 4                                             Butler

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

Teacher 4 = Float between both dining rooms

We are... Southwest!

Week of November 19

Hello Ranchers!

As we approach Thanksgiving, I want to let you know how thankful I am to work with each and every one of you. I hope each of you take this upcoming time off to enjoy quality time with the individuals that are special in your lives. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

The district has informed us that the one card student identification scanning process now has dates assigned. As Southwest High School is one of seven pilot schools for the district as well as the largest pilot school, the current plan is to distribute the cards the week after Thanksgiving. The following week, we plan on training our staff and implement the process on December 6th. More information will follow if dates change along with additional information to keep you in the loop. More information will follow from Mr. Miller.

As we are on the topic of safety and security, we now have the other entrance of the school on the magnetic entry door system. This means both entrances are now locked and you must buzz in to get into the school (unless you have a key or fob). Also - we have just implemented a new visitor system as of Friday. All visitors must enter and check in with the front office using the new Access411 system at all times. 

With only two days before our break, the students will be excited. This means we need to be that much more on our game. Please make sure your lessons are bell to bell, no parties, supervision is occurring in between each and all bells, and we are at our assigned supervision post on time and engaged.

EVAAS data is now in. Administration will have conversations with all staff regarding student growth. Please make sure you take a moment and review your data. If you did not meet growth, or met growth in the negative area, please prepared to share changes you are making to meet the students' needs. If you share curriculum with your colleagues and they have exceeded growth or met growth on the positive end of the spectrum, I highly encourage you to seek out the strategies that your colleagues are implementing. 

Please make sure you thank the PTSA for receiving your pie on Tuesday!  This is a major task and the PTSA consistently knocks it out of the park. 

If you are a Facebook follower, the PTSA has created a Facebook link. Feel free to follow them. https://www.facebook.com/SouthwestGuilfordHSPTSA/

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page at www.cowboysports.org

Monday, November 19
No events

Tuesday, November 20

All Day - Freshman Focus Anti-Bully Walk
PTSA Pie Day for staff 
Noon - 5:00PM Seniors - Graduation orders placed with Herff Jones -Cafeteria hall

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

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Southeast Guilford High School Away 

6:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Southeast Guilford High School Home 

7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Southeast Guilford High School Away

Wednesday, November 21

9:00 AM Mens Varsity Wrestling Western Guilford HS Duals Away 
No School - Students and staff

Thursday, November 22

Happy Thanksgiving - No School - Students and staff

Friday, November 23

7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football OPEN DATE 2nd Rd NCHSAA Playoffs vs. TBA Home 
No School - students and staff

Saturday, November 24 

9:00 AM Mens Varsity Wrestling Tigerland Holiday Classic Away 

4:00 PM Mens Varsity Basketball R J Reynolds High School Away

Monday, November 26

6:00PM - 8:00PM PTSA Meeting - C132

Wednesday, November 28

Staff Professional Development - Planning periods - Media Center Lab

Friday, November 30

PTSA Jean Day

Reminders:

Remember to reference CANVAS (or that important links page) for all pertinent information. If you find that a document is not located on CANVAS, please inquire with one of the Assistant Principals, Karen Meier or Tinisha Shaw.

- Mr. Hettenbach

AM SUPERVISION

Front Lobby to Attendance                 J. Cox

Attendance intersection                      Hurt

Outside Media Center                         Davis

Inside Media Center                            Cheriyan

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                   Frohne

Cafeteria inside                                   Rodriguez

Cafeteria outside                                 Slone

Student lot outside gym                      Mode

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                  Christman

Card Swiping Student lot                    Taylor/S. Cox

Card Swiping Front Door                    Vogel/Chambers/Miller

Academy gym (inside)                         Muse

Academy gym (hallway)                      Repko

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Hammersley

Teacher 2                                             Holmes

Teacher 3                                             Gaines

Teacher 4                                             Byrd

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Kornegay

Teacher 2                                             Baker

Teacher 3                                             Hagler

Teacher 4                                             Evans

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Palma

Teacher 2                                             Canon

Teacher 3                                             VonSteen

Teacher 4                                             Duran

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             McDonald

Teacher 2                                             Rainey

Teacher 3                                             Wesney

Teacher 4                                             Repko

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

Teacher 4 = Float between both dining rooms

We are... Southwest!

Week of November 12

Hello Ranchers!

Just a friendly reminder that there is no school tomorrow as we celebrated Veteran's Day today. We would like to honor all veterans of the United States armed forces. Thank you for your service.

Congratulations to the following staff members at this month's faculty awards.
Perfect Attendance winner - Mike Mode - $25 restaurant.com gift cerificate
On our way to wellness winner - Kristen Dusek - Sylvan Learning Wellness Basket
Strategic Plan goals
Goal 1 - Reading - Demario Greene
Goal 2 - Math - Mark Funderburk
Goal 3 - Career Pathways - Hazel McAdoo
Goal 4 - Exceeding Growth - Leah Demercurio
Goal 5 - Decrease Gaps - Lashana Richards 
Goal 6 - Increase Efficiency - Jordan Brady and Janis McDonald

Tuesday evening, we have a special presentation on vaping, what Parents need to know. If you feel like you are out of the loop with vaping products, I highly encourage you to attend. The big deal right now is vaping in class right in front of the teacher. As the admin team learned this past week, the upperclassmen are teaching the underclassmen HOW to to do this in front of people without getting caught. It's already happened here on this campus multiple times. Come to this presentation and be in the know!

Pre-ACT test is Tuesday. Please review your e-mails from Mrs. Barnum. Seniors have a senior meeting immediately after announcements. They will be dismissed after the meeting for the purpose of college tours, college applications, job shadowing, service learning opportunities. Juniors will be in homerooms, and freshmen will transition from homeroom to the public speaker and back to home room. We will have lunches by grade level, so please pay attention to e-mails Tuesday. (9th will go first, followed by 11th, then 10th (and any seniors left on campus)

Great job to Coach Manley and the Men's soccer season for a terrific year!  Great job!

Report cards will be printed on Nov. 13th and they will be given to students Wednesday  Nov. 14th at the end of the day (students will go to homeroom at 3:30).

If you are a Facebook follower, the PTSA has created a Facebook link. Feel free to follow them. https://www.facebook.com/SouthwestGuilfordHSPTSA/

A reminder that Seniors in English the first semester at SWHS will give speeches during the evening of November 15th. 

Good luck to the men's football team this Friday night as they take on South Iredell in the first round of the playoffs. 

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page at www.cowboysports.org

Monday, November 12
Veterans Day - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, November 13

6:30 - 7:30PM - Vaping - What parents need to know - auditorium
9:00AM - 10:30AM - Senior Meeting
10:00AM  - 11:00AM - Freshmen speaker - Auditorium
8:50 - 12:30 - Pre-ACT- Sophomores - LUNCHES - by GRADE LEVEL

Wednesday, November 14

Freshmen Incentive trip rescheduled
7:45 - 8:30AM - Leadership Team Meeting - Media Center
6:30 - 8:30 - Spikesgiving - Coggins Gym
3:30 -Report Cards are distributed in homeroom.
3:00 PM NLI Signing Day- Gym Lobby (School) 

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling Ben L. Smith High School Away

Thursday, November 15

5:00 - 8:00 - Senior Speech Night

Friday, November 16

7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football South Iredell 1st Round NCHSAA Playoffs Away

Saturday, November 17

TBA Mens Varsity Wrestling Cedar Ridge Invitational @ Cedar Ridge HS Away 
TBA Coed Varsity Swimming Freshman and Sophomore Invitational Meet host by Grimsley HS Away

Reminders:

Remember to reference CANVAS (or that important links page) for all pertinent information. If you find that a document is not located on CANVAS, please inquire with one of the Assistant Principals, Karen Meier or Tinisha Shaw.

- Mr. Hettenbach

AM SUPERVISION

Front Lobby to Attendance                 Butler

Attendance intersection                      Hurt

Outside Media Center                         Hagler

Inside Media Center                            Haith

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                   Long

Cafeteria inside                                   Kornegay

Cafeteria outside                                 Chapman

Student lot outside gym                      Szitas

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                  Lasher

Card Swiping Student lot                    Bratton/Byrd

Card Swiping Front Door                    Vogel/Chambers/Miller

Academy gym (inside)                         Caldwell

Academy gym (hallway)                      Crawford

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Lovett

Teacher 2                                             Greene

Teacher 3                                             Whitestone

Teacher 4                                             Bratton

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Shavers

Teacher 2                                             Hawkins

Teacher 3                                             Wood

Teacher 4                                             Hinson

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Steely

Teacher 2                                             Donovan

Teacher 3                                             Ynoa Lantigua

Teacher 4                                             Long

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Slone

Teacher 2                                             Stone

Teacher 3                                             Graves

Teacher 4                                             Brady

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

Teacher 4 = Float between both dining rooms

We are... Southwest!