Week of September 30

Hello Ranchers!

Thank you for a great week. It was a crazy morning this past Friday to pack in all those various tasks in order to minimize disruptions on multiple days. Thank you all your patience and assistance to get through that time in the morning. Based on your feedback in the latest survey as it relates to minimizing disruptions, the administrative team will make effort to minimize the disruptions during the year. 

If there are any Sophomores or Juniors who missed the mandatory PSAT preadministration activity, they will have the opportunity to make it up at 11:30 on Tuesday, October 1, in the media center.  Students should bring a number 2 wooden pencil.  Mrs. Barnum is the contact for this mandatory make up session. 

OneCard wearing will be starting soon. Now that we have most pictures taken, we will have an Access411 representative on site to snap and print on the spot until ALL students have a card and a lanyard. Also - if any student needs a lanyard, there are a bunch in the teacher's mail room in the yellow rolling basket. 

Any seniors who missed the retakes for the senior pictures can contact Lifetouch the following e-mail address wcarter@lifetouch.com

This Monday, we start additional changes with bus routes. While times continue to improve, they are still not acceptable. It is my hope we see drastic changes this coming week. If not, I will continue to put pressure on more changes as it is not acceptable for our most at risk students (let alone any students) to miss this much instructional time in the AM. We are also working closely with the High Point Police Department to minimize the amount of construction that takes place on Skeet Club during High Traffic time before and after school. Last, we are waiting for reusable bus passes to arrive from the print shop for better monitoring of students who get off the bus and are late. 

Free Application for Federal Student Aid Day! FASFA opens up Oct. 1. Please remind families through your distribution lists to begin the application (send the picture below as well to your contacts).(https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa). They can also go to www.cfnc.org for one stop shop for scholarships searches, apply for college, study for tests, send transcripts, and much more.

One scholarship in the amount of $500 for one 10^th-12^th grade student will be awarded that night!!!

Counseling Info and  Assignments

Anna Compton - Freshmen - comptoa@gcsnc.com

Galissia Graves - A-D - gravesg3@gcsnc.com

Shelli Campbell - E-L - campbes2@gcsnc.com

Kendra Graham - M-R - grahamk2@gcsnc.com

Janet Hudgens - S-Z - hudgenj@gcsnc.com

Ms. Graves' codes:

10th-12th graders with last names A-D

Seniors: @graves2020 

Juniors: @graves2021

Sophomores: @graves2022

Mrs. Hudgens' codes:

10^th – 12^th graders with last names S - Z 

Seniors:  Tell people to text @hudgsw20 to the number 81010 

Juniors: Tell people to text @hudgsw21 to the number 81010

Sophomores: Tell people to text @hudgens22 to the number 81010

Ms. Graham's codes:

 10th-12th graders with last names M-R

Seniors: @graham2020

Juniors: @graham2021

Sophomores: @graham2022

Mrs. Campbell's codes:

10th - 12th graders with last names E-L

Seniors: Campbell2020 @cowgirl20

Juniors: Campbell2021 @cowgirl21

Sophomores: Campbell2022@cowgirl22

Ms. Compton 's codes:

9th grade - @7467_f4

                     

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page  

at 

www.cowboysports.org

Monday, September 30
SWGHS Talent Show Auditions - 3:20-4:20 - Auditorium
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Conference match @ Maple Chase Away
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Wesleyan Christian Academy Away
4:45 PM Mens Middle School Soccer Northern Guilford High School Home

Tuesday, October 01
11:30 - PSAT pre-bubbling make up session - Media Center
10:00am - 11:00am School Support Team - Barnum's office
6:00pm - 7:00pm - SWGHS Talent Show - Auditorium 
5pm - 8pm - GCS College Night - Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Mount Tabor High School Away
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Parkland High School Away
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Mount Tabor High School Away

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Parkland High School Away 

Wednesday, October 02
7:30AM - Faculty Meeting - Media Center
Horace Mann Retirement presentation and Donors Choose - Optional - D building staff lounge
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf East Forsyth High School East Forsyth @ Pine Knolls Home
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Mount Tabor High School Home
5:00 PM Coed Varsity Cross Country Conference meet @ SWGHS Home
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Northwest Senior High School Away
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Northwest Senior High School Away

Thursday, October 03
2nd Interim report distributed
5:00PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Parkland High School Away
5:30PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Ben L. Smith High School Away
6:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Football Cardinal Gibbons High School Home
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Parkland High School Away
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Ben L. Smith High School Away

Friday, October 04
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football High Point ANDREWS Away

More dates:

Tuesday, October 8
5:30pm  Parent session - auditorium - info on college application deadlines, Scholarships, FAFSA information, the Say Yes program, and more.  Plan to spend an hour or so with us so that you can help your seniors stay on track for their senior year.  

Wednesday, October 9
Teacher Workday - no school for students

Monday, October 14
10am-11am, Guilford Apprenticeship Partners presentation.  

Wednesday, October 16th
PSAT - Sophomores and Juniors
8:30am - auditorium - Senior Meeting - Herff Jones informational meeting about graduation supplies.  Early Release for all seniors only

October 21-25 - College application week - Staff and seniors wear college shirts all week long. Any staff who wears a college shirt can wear jeans each day. Seniors can wear jeans on Friday IF they wear a college shirt. Stickers will be passed out if students sign up to come to the computer lab for college applications. 

Friday, October 25
End of the first quarter
Pep Rally - Coggins Gym - Time to be determined

Saturday, October 26
Homecoming Dance
FAFSA Day - GTCC-Jamestown -9AM - Noon 

Monday, October 28
Mandatory Workday for teachers - no school for students

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, Tonja McPhail or Nicole Cutler.

- Mr. Hettenbach

Please continue to keep the bar set high as the first few weeks of supervision did a great job being on time, redirecting kids according to expectations, etc. Students should not be standing around, no table jumping in the cafeteria, please look for electronic devices and confiscate them if they are out. 7:40 is AM supervision start time (collect comp time)

AM SUPERVISION

Front Office Lobby                               Doak

Attendance intersection                       Ramey/Murphy

Corridor between C & D (Silvas' hall)       Evans

Inside Media Center                            Duran
C/D halls and stairwells roamer          Dusek

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                   Cutler

Cafeteria inside                                   Anderson

Cafeteria outside                                 Anderson (looks like a mistake Derek - pick one area)

Student lot outside gym                      Szitas

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                 Ynoa Lantigua

Card Swiping Student lot                    Palma, Mode, Nadeau, Vogel

Card Swiping Front Door                    Lovett, Lasher, Chambers

Academy gym (inside)                        Repko

Academy gym (hallway)                     Caldwell

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Frohne

Teacher 2                                             Allah

Teacher 3                                             Compton

Teacher 4                                             Allred

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Murphy

Teacher 2                                             Bell

Teacher 3                                             Graham

Teacher 4                                             Szitas

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Evans

Teacher 2                                             Heffner

Teacher 3                                             Phillips

Teacher 4                                             Long

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Doak

Teacher 2                                             Spillman

Teacher 3                                             Cook, M

Teacher 4                                             Gillis

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 September 23

Hello Ranchers!

Another GREAT week!

Thank you for everyone who took their time to contribute to the survey I sent out this past week. Your feedback is crucial to making necessary changes as well as to provide reason to celebrate. Your department chair at the Leadership Team meeting this past Thursday was provided highlights of the results and areas that need specific feedback to assist the administrative team as we continue to progress forward. One area that continues to stick out is the lack of consistency in upholding school wide expectations. Please speak about how this can be better addressed within your department when upholding all school-wide expectations so we are consistent from one side of the campus all the way through and over to the other side.

Great job at the Professional Development this past Wednesday. Thank you for providing feedback on these areas as well so we know how this Professional Development is received and how we can do better each month.

This past Thursday evening, I had a chance to celebrate Odetta Bassett and her GCS ACT Teacher of the year award at the GCS Celebration of Excellence at Grimsley High School. Southwest High was also recognized for the outstanding graduation results and being named in US News Best High Schools. Thank you for all that YOU do!

A gentle reminder from my e-mail on Thursday that we have still not received the permission from GCS to start our tutoring buses. Please do not tell students there will be a bus until I announce this. 

Friday, September 27th, is a hectic day and I have tried to schedule all items early in the morning. Please see below:

All students will go to homerooms 

1. Sophomores and Juniors will complete their Pre-Administration PSAT Answer sheet (in their homeroom) with the homeroom teacher  - more info to follow (from Mrs. Barnum)
2. Freshmen will stay in homeroom and any retakes for pictures will follow schedule below
3. Seniors will report to homeroom (attendance taken) and then be sent to the auditorium for a senior meeting. During that meeting, we will release “retake picture students”.
4. Sophomores and Juniors picture retakes will be handled AFTER the PSAT Pre-Administration process.
5. Homecoming Court Nominations will take place in ALL homerooms (REQUIRED):
1. Freshman and seniors – immediately at the start of homeroom (Repko will follow up)
2. Sophomores and juniors will handle homecoming court nominations immediately after the PSAT process while in homeroom.
6. Ms. Hath had to move the HistoryMakers program to 1:55 on this day and will communicate details, location and attendees to staff.

Picture schedule will be as followed:

All freshmen and seniors with last name A-H                         8:15 – 9:05

All sophomores and seniors with last name I-Q                    9:20 – 10:20

All juniors and seniors with last name R-Z                           10:30 – 11:30

Staff - Any time during window above

The bell schedule for this day is as followed:

        Homeroom            8:10 to 9:05

             1^st Block          9:10 to 10:25

             2^nd Block         10:30 to 11:45

             3^rd Block         11:50 to 1:50

             1^st lunch          11:50 to 12:15

             2^nd lunch          12:22 to 12:47

             3^rd lunch          12:54 to 1:19

             4^th lunch          1:25 to 1:50

              4^th Block         1:55 to 3:15

Please share with your students!  Also, Mrs. Bratton has agreed to assist students with their essays and all students are highly encouraged to attend the writing Center. See Mrs. Bratton for more details!

One scholarship in the amount of $500 for one 10^th-12^th grade student will be awarded that night!!!

Free Application for Federal Student Aid Day! FASFA opens up Oct. 1 so start to begin the application with parents (https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa), go to www.cfnc.org for one stop shop for scholarships searches, apply for college, study for tests, send transcripts, and much more.

Please assist the counseling team with consistently sharing information from their department (through your e-list, reminds, on your white board, etc.)

Seniors should start to work on college applications.

Look at counseling website for more information on SW site.

Seniors need to complete the NC Residency which is required by all NC Schools. That is also located on cfnc.org.

Students, especially juniors and seniors, begin to tour schools. Register on the college site.

Check remind and emails weekly for information from the counseling department

Counseling Info and  Assignments

Anna Compton - Freshmen - comptoa@gcsnc.com

Galissia Graves - A-D - gravesg3@gcsnc.com

Shelli Campbell - E-L - campbes2@gcsnc.com

Kendra Graham - M-R - grahamk2@gcsnc.com

Janet Hudgens - S-Z - hudgenj@gcsnc.com

Ms. Graves' codes:

10th-12th graders with last names A-D

Seniors: @graves2020 

Juniors: @graves2021

Sophomores: @graves2022

Mrs. Hudgens' codes:

10^th – 12^th graders with last names S - Z 

Seniors:  Tell people to text @hudgsw20 to the number 81010 

Juniors: Tell people to text @hudgsw21 to the number 81010

Sophomores: Tell people to text @hudgens22 to the number 81010

Ms. Graham's codes:

 10th-12th graders with last names M-R

Seniors: @graham2020

Juniors: @graham2021

Sophomores: @graham2022

Mrs. Campbell's codes:

10th - 12th graders with last names E-L

Seniors: Campbell2020 @cowgirl20

Juniors: Campbell2021 @cowgirl21

Sophomores: Campbell2022@cowgirl22

Ms. Compton 's codes:

9th grade - @7467_f4

                     

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page  

at 

www.cowboysports.org

Monday, September 23

4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Conference Match @ Jamestown Park Home 

4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Ben L. Smith High School Home 

5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Northwest Senior High School Away 

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Northwest Senior High School Away 

Tuesday, September 24 

6:00pm to 7:00pm - Governor's School Information session - Auditorium

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Western Guilford High School Away 

5:30 PM Mens Middle School Football Kernodle Middle School Home 

5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Ragsdale High School Away

6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Western Guilford High School Away 

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Ragsdale High School Away 

Wednesday, September 25 

4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Western Guilford High School Home 

5:00 PM Coed Varsity Cross Country Conference Meet @ SWGHS Home 

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Cornerstone Charter Academy Home 

6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Cornerstone Charter Academy *Endowment Game Home 

Thursday, September 26 

4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Ragsdale High School Away 

4:45 PM Mens Middle School Soccer Jamestown Middle School Home 

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Wesleyan Christian Academy Home 

5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Northern Guilford High School Away 

6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Dudley Senior High School Home

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Northern Guilford High School Away 

7:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Football Page High School Home

Friday, September 27

HistoryMakers - 1:55 - More info to follow from Ms. Haith

Special schedule for Homeroom

Please see bell schedule below

             Homeroom      8:10 to 9:05

             1^st Block          9:10 to 10:25

             2^nd Block         10:30 to 11:45

             3^rd Block         11:50 to 1:40

             1^st lunch          11:50 to 12:15

             2^nd lunch          12:22 to 12:47

             3^rd lunch          12:54 to 1:19

             4^th lunch          1:25 to 1:50

              4^th Block         1:55 to 3:15

12th grade and underclass picture retakes 

PSAT pre-bubbling - Sophomores and Juniors

Senior meeting - no early release on this date (GTCC, Weaver and 1st block travel students are not required to attend, however, MUST review the updated calendar of events for seniors on the website.

More dates:

Monday, September 30
SWGHS Talent Show Auditions - 3:20-4:20 - Auditorium

Tuesday, October 1
10:00am - 11:00am School Support Team - Barnum's office
6:00pm - 7:00pm - SWGHS Talent Show - Auditorium 
5pm - 8pm - GCS College Night - Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center 

Wednesday, October 2
Horace Mann Retirement presentation and Donors Choose - Optional - Location TBD

Thursday, October 3
2nd Interim report distributed

Tuesday, October 8
5:30pm  Parent session - auditorium - info on college application deadlines, Scholarships, FAFSA information, the Say Yes program, and more.  Plan to spend an hour or so with us so that you can help your seniors stay on track for their senior year.  

Monday, October 14
10am-11am, Guilford Apprenticeship Partners presentation.  

Wednesday, October 16th
PSAT - Sophomores and Juniors
8:30am - auditorium - Senior Meeting - Herff Jones informational meeting about graduation supplies.  Early Release for all seniors only

Saturday, October 26
Tentative - Homecoming Dance
FAFSA Day - GTCC-Jamestown -9AM - Noon 

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, Tonja McPhail or Nicole Cutler.

- Mr. Hettenbach

Please continue to keep the bar set high as the first few weeks of supervision did a great job being on time, redirecting kids according to expectations, etc. Students should not be standing around, no table jumping in the cafeteria, please look for electronic devices and confiscate them if they are out. 7:40 is AM supervision start time (collect comp time)

AM SUPERVISION

Front Office Lobby                               Richmond

Attendance intersection                       Ramey/Butler

Corridor between C & D (Silvas' hall)       Whitestone

Inside Media Center                            Usey
C/D halls and stairwells roamer          Davis

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                   Graves

Cafeteria inside                                   Chapman

Cafeteria outside                                 Donovan

Student lot outside gym                      Davison

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                 McDonald

Card Swiping Student lot                    Cooke, Cox, S, Hammersley, Vogel

Card Swiping Front Door                    Ingram, Canon, Chambers

Academy gym (inside)                        Gillis

Academy gym (hallway)                     Frohne

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Taylor

Teacher 2                                             Allred

Teacher 3                                             Hmiel

Teacher 4                                             Byrd

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Haith

Teacher 2                                             Hinson

Teacher 3                                             Graves

Teacher 4                                             Littles-Thiam

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Anderson

Teacher 2                                             Chemel

Teacher 3                                             Campbell

Teacher 4                                             Duran

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Butler

Teacher 2                                             Cox, J

Teacher 3                                             Hudgens

Teacher 4                                             Demercurio

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!