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!