Week of September 16

Hello Ranchers!

A GREAT 3 weeks with more coming our way.....

Thank you for everyone's effort in completing the Self Assessment, Orientation and PDP correctly. Many great goals were observed where staff are challenging themselves. Your personal challenges are greatly appreciated. We now head into week 4. Administration will start their observation cycles. Please make sure your are following your curriculum, your standards are posted and match your instruction, assessments are provided to all of your students and you are diving into the data to find out who needs assistance based on those results. Please keep up your GREAT work!

As you have conversations with your juniors and seniors regarding future interests, please make sure they have their counselors Remind Codes and are checking the SWGHS website under the counseling tab to see all the different scholarships and opportunities that are offered. Feel free to copy the counseling corner below at any time when sending out e-mails to your distribution list. 

This coming Wednesday is our first Planning Period Professional Development. Please plan on being present in the Media Center Computer lab 10 minutes after your planning period starts. During these PDs, you should not be grading papers, surfing the internet, etc. Thank you for being fully focused on the monthly PD. 

Today (Friday - or pending when you read this), Dr. Contreras, Superintendent, and Board Chairwoman, Deena Hayes, visited our campus. In the classes they visited, they were pleased to see standards posted and that they were matching what was taught, engaged students, teachers circulating, rigor, diverse classrooms at all levels, expectations set and posted and followed by the students. They even complimented how well our students traveled in the hall, interacting with each other, no profanity heard, no electronics, and teachers supervising the halls as well as outside the doors. I was told during the visit that they have never seen a high school with such great hall transition in between classes.  Thank you to everyone who keeps maintaining expectations, setting high standards within their classroom, and building strong relationships with our students. Kudos! 

We ARE...Southwest!

A gentle reminder to return phone calls and e-mails within a 24 hour period (1 day). Please welcome all conferences and deliver respectful and responsive service. That is a very high expectation of GCS and I absolutely endorse these practices. 

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 16 
3:20 to 4:20 - SWGHS Talent Show Auditions (students and staff)
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Conference Match @ Gillespie Park Away 
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Mount Tabor High School Home 

Tuesday, September 17 
Student Support Team Meeting - Mrs Barnum's Office - 2nd block
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Parkland High School Home 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer High Point Central High School Home 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Parkland High School Home
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer High Point Central High School Home 

Wednesday, September 18 
Professional Development - Planning Period - Media Center Lab - 10 minutes after your planning starts
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf HP Central/Glenn @ Oak Hollow Away 
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Northwest Senior High School Away 
5:00 PM Mens Middle School Football Penn Griffin Home 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Wheatmore High School Home 
5:00 PM Coed Varsity Cross Country Tri-Meet with CPC 4A Conference @ Ivey Redmon Park Home 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Wheatmore High School Home 

Thursday, September 19 
Interim Assessment #1 window opens up (goes to October 1st)
Leadership Team Meeting - 7:30AM - Barnum's Office
GCS Celebration of Excellence - 4-7 - Page High School
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Wheatmore High School Away 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Bethany Community MS Home 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer East Forsyth High School Away 
6:00 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Ben L. Smith High School Away 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer East Forsyth High School Away 
7:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Football Northwest Senior High School Home 

Friday, September 20 
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football Northwest Senior High School Away
PowerSchool Maintenance weekend through Monday morning

More dates:

Friday, September 27
12th grade and underclass picture retakes

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

Wednesday, October 16th
PSAT - Sophomores and Juniors

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, 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                               Muse

Attendance intersection                       Ramey/Vlazny

Corridor between C & D (Silvas' hall)       Heffner

Inside Media Center                            Hinson
C/D halls and stairwells roamer          Keveryn

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                   Graham

Cafeteria inside                                   Wright

Cafeteria outside                                 Philpott

Student lot outside gym                      Arrington

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                 Byas

Card Swiping Student lot                    Boulton, Bratton, Byrd, Vogel

Card Swiping Front Door                    Compton, Baker, Chambers

Academy gym (inside)                        Holmes

Academy gym (hallway)                     Corriher

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             McLaughlin

Teacher 2                                             Muse

Teacher 3                                             Chambers

Teacher 4                                             Silvas

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Bassett

Teacher 2                                             Brown

Teacher 3                                             Davis

Teacher 4                                             Connolly

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Heffner

Teacher 2                                             Powell

Teacher 3                                             Gaines

Teacher 4                                             Spillman

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Wright

Teacher 2                                             Vlazny

Teacher 3                                             Wesney

Teacher 4                                             Byas

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!