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
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
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.
Holiday - No School for staff and students
State Exams - BLOCK 2 - Day ends at 1:30
Wednesday, January 23
State Exams - BLOCK 3 - Day ends at 1:30
State Exams - BLOCK 4 - Day ends at 1:30
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
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
1st Lunch
Teacher 1 Anderson
Teacher 2 Bratton
Teacher 3 Whitestone
Teacher 4
2nd Lunch
Teacher 1 Cox. S
Teacher 2 Kornegay
Teacher 3 Wood
Teacher 4 Baker
3rd Lunch
Teacher 1 Heffner
Teacher 2 Palma
Teacher 3 Richards
Teacher 4 Canon
4th 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!
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