Week of January 28

Hello Ranchers,

Monday is a Professional Development day. We will welcome a representative from the organization Teaching Tolerance here to facilitate the first of two Professional Developments presented from Southern Poverty Law Center. Our facilitator will be Sarah Blackburn and she will present the workshop "Facilitating Critical Conversations." 

The location of the PD will be in the Media Center and we will begin promptly at 8:30. Our schedule for that day will be as follows:

1st Session: 8:30-11:30 (AM break will be provided)
Lunch 11:30-12:30 (Lunch will be provided for all staff)
2nd Session: 12:30-3:30 (PM break will be provided)

Please know we are aware that the 28^th is right before we start the 2^nd semester, however, this is a paid PD. If it were one of our own PDs, taught by a GCS employee, we would have gladly moved it. 

From Tracy Repko...

Please administer the ballots for WINTER COURT during homeroom on Tuesday, 1/29.
 This is the ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS, so please make sure you take the time to complete it, as well as check with any teacher that is absent or new near your classroom.

·                     Directions will be attached to ballots.

·                     Ballots will be in your box by Monday afternoon.

·                     When you have finished, please immediately return the unfolded ballots with someone trustworthy to Repko in A207!!!  Please be sure that your name is somewhere on the stack so that I may check you off.

Please mark February 11th as a the tentative 2nd semester walk the schedule night. 5:30 - 7:30 starting in the auditorium. Please plan appropriately to be in attendance for this evening.

From the desk of Kristy Cline...

As of today 1/25/19 (dates may change)

 All grades MUST be submitted by the end of the day Friday, February 1^st.    

 *****English II & English III teachers may be affected with a delay in exam scores, please enter the following until the scores are in:

2^nd qtr = actual grade

Exam (E1) = INC

Final grade (F1) = INC

(hold off on giving me your score sheets until exam scores are in)

*****Math 1 & Math 3 teachers will be averaging Q1 & Q2 for Final grades (F1) - no exam grades

Dates to use for Exams are 1/24 & 1/25.  Or you can just enter the grade in the Grade column of the E1 term and skip creating an assignment.  Either way works.

  

Grade changes can be submitted after spreadsheets have been turned in.  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.   

Students that need to make up time due to too many absences should receive an “55” under Q1 or Q2 (F1 will be the average) and use comment code:

56244- A “55” indicates the attendance policy was violated.

You will need to print out and give to me only the Score Sheet which is your spreadsheet with assignments, Qtr 1 & 2, Exam & Final (Follow instructions) – Don’t give until 2/1

Report cards will be printed on February 5^th and they will be given to students Wednesday  Feb. 6^th.    This may change

10 Day Recovery – 1/29 to 2/11

Teachers change grade – 2/12

Restore – 2/13

Once again, thank you to the entire staff for reminding students to wear their cards correctly. Please reinforce to the students to be wearing the cards around their neck. If you have any feedback or issues, please share that with Mr. Miller. We appreciate all the feedback to date so far that has allowed us to further improve this implementation. Please help us and continue to reinforce the OneCard expectations. I am hearing the request for these cards to be shown in the halls, in classes, in the cafeteria, upon entrance.... I love it. We want the students in the habit of displaying the cards at all times, blue lanyard around the neck, not in the pocket, not inside the shirt, etc. If we start this with high expectations now, I can assure you there will be less of a battle as we proceed. Last, I have requested a meeting with COO Scott McCully to review the pros and Cons and the long range planning of this process to work out a bunch of kinks. I will keep you informed of anything that comes out of that meeting. Thank you again for reinforcing this. 

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

Monday, January 28

No School for students - Mandatory workday for teachers - Parent conferences if needed - All day PD - Break for lunch
4:30 PM Coed Varsity Track GCS Championships @ JDL Fast Track Home
6:00-8:00 PTSA Meeting - Room C132

Tuesday, January 29

First day of the 2nd semester

8:35 - 8:55 Homeroom

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Basketball Dudley Senior High School Home 

6:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling OPEN DATE 1st Rd. 3A State Playoffs Home 

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Dudley Senior High School Away 

6:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Dudley Senior High School Home 

7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Dudley Senior High School Away

Wednesday, January 30

4:30 PM Womens Junior Varsity Basketball Northwest Senior High School Home 

6:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Northwest Senior High School Home 

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Northwest Senior High School Away 

7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Northwest Senior High School Away

Thursday, January 31

4:30 PM Coed Varsity Track Southeast Guilford High School Last Chance Qualifier @ SEGHS Away 

6:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling OPEN DATE 3rd Round NCHSAA 3A Playoffs @ TBA Home

Friday, February 1

TBA Coed Varsity Swimming OPEN DATE NCHSAA 3A Regional Playoffs@ TBA Home

Wednesday, February 6

3:30pm - Report card distribution - Homeroom

Friday, February 8
PTSA Soup Luncheon - Mrs. Lovett's room

Monday, February 11

5:30-7:30 Walk the Schedule Night 

Monday, February 25

5:00 - 7:00 Curriculum Fair

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                 Davison

Attendance intersection                      Hurt

Outside Media Center                         Hagler

Inside Media Center                            Haith

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                   Cooke, D.

Cafeteria inside                                   Montgomery

Cafeteria outside                                 Silvas

Student lot outside gym                      Boulton

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                  Lasher

Card Swiping Student lot                    Nadeau/Vogel

Card Swiping Front Door                    Chambers/Doak/Greene/Taylor

Academy gym (inside)                         Holmes

Academy gym (hallway)                      Richmond

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Greene                

Teacher 2                                             Wright

Teacher 3                                             Caldwell

Teacher 4                                             Demercurio

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Bassett

Teacher 2                                             Wesney

Teacher 3                                             Hagler

Teacher 4                                             Silvas

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Steely

Teacher 2                                             Graves

Teacher 3                                             Boulton

Teacher 4                                             Wood

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Black

Teacher 2                                             Rainey

Teacher 3                                             Christman

Teacher 4                                             Doak

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 January 14

Hello Ranchers,

First and foremost, I need to share you some unfortunate news. As many of you know, one of our SW family members, Carolyn Cheriyan, has been struggling with her health. It's been a long and hard road to find out what has been causing her poor health. This past week, Carolyn has found out she has been diagnosed with Leukemia  The good news is that she has informed me there is a plan in place for this. While Carolyn has approved of me sharing this news with the staff, I personally ask you to please keep her in your thoughts and prayers as she fights this disease.  Thank you.

We are down to the wire with regular instructional days left. please remember to be in constant communication with your students' parents if they are in the D/F range, or dropping from an A to C. Make contact if attendance or behavior is an issue. Make the effort to 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! Teachers of seniors specifically need to keep the graduation team in the loop of those who are in danger of failing. Graduation team = Hettenbach, Phillips, Rainey and Counselor

A reminder of the exam schedule...

Day 1 - January 15th, Tuesday - Full Day for all students, normal bell schedule - Teacher made exams (part 1) only if approved by Mr. Hettenbach (Only Talley, Gaines and Hagler have requested so far)

Day 2 - January 16th, Wednesday - Full day for ALL students - slightly modified bell schedule - 1st and 3rd block teacher made exams ONLY - class times will be extended for blocks 1 and 3

Day 3 - January 17th, Thursday - Full day for ALL students - slightly modified bell schedule - 2nd and 4th block teacher made exams ONLY - class times will be extended for blocks 2 and 4.

Day 4 - January 18th, Friday - 8:35 - 1:30 - Block 1 CTEs, EOC and NCFEs; Afternoon schedule – EC Extended Time Testing

January 21st - HOLIDAY

Day 5 - January 22nd, Tuesday - 8:35 - 1:30 - Block 2 CTEs,EOC and NCFEs; Afternoon schedule – EC Extended Time Testing, Multiple Test Day Accommodations & Block 1 Make Ups

Day 6 - January 23rd, Wednesday - 8:35 - 1:30 - Block 3 CTEs,EOC and NCFEs; Afternoon schedule – EC Extended Time Testing, Multiple Test Day Accommodations & Block 2 Make Ups

Day 7 - January 24th, Thursday - 8:35 - 1:30 - Block 4 CTEs,EOC and NCFEs; Afternoon schedule – EC Extended Time Testing, Multiple Test Day Accommodations & Block 3 Make Ups

Day 8 - January 25th, Friday- - 8:35 - 1:30 - only for students who are needing to make up exams - EOC and NCFE make up exams

January 28th, Monday - Mandated workday - Parent Conference Day - please request a conference with any teacher if necessary. 

Please remember that Mrs. Barnum may utilize you morning, and/or afternoons if you are not listed on the test plan. This request could come at a last minute due to a variety of reasons (missed exam, disciplinary consequence, EC scheduling, etc). Thank you for understanding. 

If you need a second day (This would be January 15th) for your teacher made exam (i.e. foreign language for the speaking part, please speak to Mr. Hettenbach. Truly, there should not be many reasons for tests exceeding the teacher made exam times provided)

Please mark February 11th as a the tentative 2nd semester walk the schedule night. 5:30 - 7:30 starting in the auditorium. Please plan appropriately to be in attendance for this evening.

The OneCard system is looking very strong considering we are a school of 1600 and have only been through 12 days of operation. Thank you to Mr. Miller and the teachers manning these stations for a great job!  Thank you to the entire staff for reminding students to wear their cards correctly. Please reinforce to the students to be wearing the cards around their neck. If you have any feedback or issues, please share that with Mr. Miller. We appreciate all the feedback to date so far that has allowed us to further improve this implementation. Please help us and continue to reinforce the OneCard expectations. I am hearing the request for these cards to be shown in the halls, in classes, in the cafeteria, upon entrance.... I love it. We want the students in the habit of displaying the cards at all times, blue lanyard around the neck, not in the pocket, not inside the shirt, etc. If we start this with high expectations now, I can assure you there will be less of a battle as we proceed. Last, I have requested a meeting with COO Scott McCully to review the pros and Cons and the long range planning of this process to work out a bunch of kinks. I will keep you informed of anything that comes out of that meeting. Thank you again for reinforcing this. 

For planning purposes, please know that January 28th, the MANDATORY work day will be Professional Development with the Teaching Tolerance organization. It will be all day. This means there will be no Wednesday PD this month. Absences on this day will only be approved with prior medical appointments/documentation. Also - any parent teacher conferences on this day need to be shared with admin for approval (and are encouraged for scheduling at the beginning or end of the day). This is a paid PD. If this was an "in house" provided PD, we would certainly move it to allow more opportunities to better plan for the 2nd semester. 

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

Monday, January 14

5:00 PM Coed Varsity Swimming Conference Meet @ Greensboro Aquatics Center Away 

Tuesday, January 15

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

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Mount Tabor High School Home 

6:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Mount Tabor High School Away 

7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Mount Tabor High School Home 

Wednesday, January 16

7:45AM - 8:30AM - Leadership Team Meeting - Media Center

TEACHER MADE EXAMS - BLOCKS 1 and 3

6:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling Tri-Conference Meet vs. WG and Dudley Home

Thursday, January 17
TEACHER MADE EXAMS - BLOCKS 2 and 4

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Basketball High Point ANDREWS Home 

5:00 PM Coed Varsity Swimming Ragsdale High School Meet @ Ragsdale YMCA Away 6:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling Mike Raybon Invitational @ TBA Home 

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball North Forsyth High School Away 

6:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball North Forsyth High School Home 

7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball North Forsyth High School Away 

Friday, January 18

State Exams - BLOCK 1 - Day ends at 1:30

6:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling Sarah Wilkes Invitational @ Morehead High School Away

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Parkland High School Home

6:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Parkland High School Away

7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Parkland High School Home

Saturday, January 19

9:00 AM Mens Varsity Wrestling Mike Raybon Invitational @ TBA Home 

6:00 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Hickory High School MLK Classic vs. Hickory HS @ Atkins HS

8:00AM - 1:00PM School is open for Final Exam Boot Camps. Check with your child's teachers if they have exam preparation opportunities.

Monday, January 21
Holiday - No School for staff and students

Tuesday, January 22

State Exams - BLOCK 2 - Day ends at 1:30

Wednesday, January 23

State Exams - BLOCK 3 - Day ends at 1:30

Thursday, January 24

State Exams - BLOCK 4 - Day ends at 1:30

Friday, January 25
State Exams - Make Ups Only

Saturday, January 26

8:00AM - Noon Saturday School - Media Center

Monday, January 28

No School for students - Mandatory workday for teachers - Parent conferences if needed - All day PD - Break for lunch

Tuesday, January 29

First day of the 2nd semester

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                 Davison

Attendance intersection                      Hurt

Outside Media Center                         Evans

Inside Media Center                            Wesney

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                   Hudgens

Cafeteria inside                                   Kornegay

Cafeteria outside                                 Slone

Student lot outside gym                      Stone

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                  Christman

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                                             Anderson

Teacher 2                                             Bratton

Teacher 3                                             Whitestone

Teacher 4                                             

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Cox. S

Teacher 2                                             Kornegay

Teacher 3                                             Wood

Teacher 4                                             Baker

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Heffner

Teacher 2                                             Palma

Teacher 3                                             Richards

Teacher 4                                             Canon

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Butler

Teacher 2                                             Ingram

Teacher 3                                             Burroughs

Teacher 4                                             Littles Thiam

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 January 7

Hello Ranchers!

We had a great first two days back! We now have 7 days until teacher made exams start, and 9 until state testing begins. 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! Teachers of seniors specifically need to keep the graduation team in the loop of those who are in danger of failing. Graduation team = Hettenbach, Phillips, Rainey and Counselor

Our new Board Member, Khem Irby, over District 6, is planning to visit us on Wednesday between the hours of 11 and 1. Please make sure you know who she is. She can be one of our greatest assets to assist us in need. I am personally excited to have Ms. Irby on our team!

A reminder of the exam schedule...

Please share the schedule as it relates to your classes to your students and parents. 

Day 1 - January 15th, Tuesday- Teacher made exams (part 1) IF approved by Mr. Hettenbach

Day 2 - January 16th, Wednesday - 1st and 3rd block teacher made exams ONLY - class times will be extended for blocks 1 and 3

Day 3 - January 17th, Thursday - 2nd and 4th block teacher made exams ONLY - class times will be extended for blocks 2 and 4.

Day 4 - January 18th, Friday - Block 1 CTEs, EOC and NCFEs; Afternoon schedule – EC Extended Time Testing

January 21st - HOLIDAY

Day 5 - January 22nd, Tuesday - Block 2 CTEs,EOC and NCFEs; Afternoon schedule – EC Extended Time Testing, Multiple Test Day Accommodations & Block 1 Make Ups

Day 6 - January 23rd, Wednesday - Block 3 CTEs,EOC and NCFEs; Afternoon schedule – EC Extended Time Testing, Multiple Test Day Accommodations & Block 2 Make Ups

Day 7 - January 24th, Thursday - Block 4 CTEs,EOC and NCFEs; Afternoon schedule – EC Extended Time Testing, Multiple Test Day Accommodations & Block 3 Make Ups

Day 8 - January 25th, Friday- ,EOC and NCFE make up exams

January 28th, Monday - Mandated workday - Parent Conference Day

Please remember that Mrs. Barnum may utilize you morning, and/or afternoons if you are not listed on the test plan. This request could come at a last minute due to a variety of reasons (missed exam, disciplinary consequence, EC scheduling, etc). Thank you for understanding. 

If you need a second day (This would be January 15th) for your teacher made exam (i.e. foreign language for the speaking part, please speak to Mr. Hettenbach. Truly, there should not be many reasons for tests exceeding the teacher made exam times provided)

The OneCard system is looking very strong considering we are a school of 1600 and have only been through 7 days of operation. Thank you to Mr. Miller and the teachers manning these stations for a great job!  Thank you to the entire staff for reminding students to wear their cards correctly. Please reinforce to the students to be wearing the cards around their neck. If you have any feedback or issues, please share that with Mr. Miller. We appreciate all the feedback to date so far that has allowed us to further improve this implementation. Please help us and continue to reinforce the OneCard expectations. I am hearing the request for these cards to be shown in the halls, in classes, in the cafeteria, upon entrance.... I love it. We want the students in the habit of displaying the cards at all times, blue lanyard around the neck, not in the pocket, not inside the shirt, etc. If we start this with high expectations now, I can assure you there will be less of a battle as we proceed. 

For planning purposes, please know that January 28th, the MANDATORY work day will be Professional Development with the Teaching Tolerance organization. It will be all day. This means there will be no Wednesday PD this month. Absences on this day will only be approved with prior medical appointments/documentation. Also - any parent teacher conferences on this day need to be shared with admin for approval (and are encouraged for scheduling at the beginning or end of the day). 

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

Monday, January 7

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

Tuesday, January 8
7:00PM Chorus Concert - Auditorium
4:30 PM Coed Varsity Track SWGHS Invitational @ JDL Home
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Basketball Summit School Home
6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Western Guilford High School Away
6:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Western Guilford High School Home
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Western Guilford High School Away

Wednesday, January 9
7:45am-8:30am - Faculty meeting - Media Center
6:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling North Forsyth High School Away

Thursday, January 10
No Events

Friday, January 11
PTSA Chic FilA Day - Support the PTSA by visiting the Chic FilA Palladium and mention SWHS
6:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling Sarah Wilkes Invitational @ Morehead High School Away
6:00PM Womens Varsity Basketball Parkland High School Home
6:30PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Parkland High School Away
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Parkland High School Home

Saturday, January 12
9:00 AM Mens Varsity Wrestling Sarah Wilkes Invitational @ Morehead High School Away
8:00AM - 1:00PM School is open for Final Exam Boot Camps. Please communicate your exam preparation schedule to your parents and students.

Wednesday, January 16
7:45 - 8:30AM Leadership Team Meeting

Saturday, January 26
8:00AM - Noon Saturday School - Media Center

Monday, January 28
ALL day Professional Development - Teaching Tolerance - Details to follow

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)                   Canon

Cafeteria inside                                   Duran

Cafeteria outside                                 Fry

Student lot outside gym                      Mode

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                  Heffner

Card Swiping Student lot                    Bratton/Byrd

Card Swiping Front Door                    Vogel/Chambers/Miller

Academy gym (inside)                         Wright

Academy gym (hallway)                      Anderson

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Cooke

Teacher 2                                             Byrd

Teacher 3                                             Ridge

Teacher 4                                             Davison

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Brown

Teacher 2                                             Keveryn

Teacher 3                                             Rouson

Teacher 4                                             Szitas

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Fry

Teacher 2                                             Middleton

Teacher 3                                             Ynoa Lantigua

Teacher 4                                             Vlazny

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Brady

Teacher 2                                             Gann

Teacher 3                                             Graves

Teacher 4                                             Larson

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!