Week of February 12

Team -

Thank you to everyone who participated in the PTSA Walk the Schedule Night this past Monday. 

This coming Thursday, we distribute interim reports to all students in all classes. 

If anyone has any questions about the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) we reviewed in Wednesday's faculty meeting, please see me.

A reminder as we start approaching the end of the year, I must inform you that GCS is  expecting all staff to attend HS Graduation ceremonies and be in regalia. The Graduation date for SWHS is Saturday, June 16 at 9:00 AM at the Greensboro Coliseum. More information will follow. It is expected that staff have the same expectations as students when it comes to dress attire. In other words, shorts, loafers, tank tops, hats would not be considered appropriate. For those of you that were at graduation last year, it really is a beautiful thing to see and recognize the staff for all that they do in front of 5000 people. 

Once again, make sure we are maintaining high expectations all the way through to the end of the year. This includes all supervision responsibilities outside of the classroom. Consistency, consistency, consistency. 

Note: The building will always be open on Sunday from roughly 7-1 due to Piedmont Chapel church. 

Upcoming Athletic schedule, extracurricular events, and important activities:

Monday, February 12
6:00 PM Boys Varsity Basketball Conference Tournament Home Dudley
6:00 PM PTSA meeting C132

Tuesday, February 13
10:30 AM Instructional Meeting - Barnum's Office 

6:00 PM Girls Varsity Basketball Conference Tournament @ Mt Tabor

Wednesday, February 14 

TBD Boys Varsity Basketball Conference Tournament @ Mt Tabor

7:45 AM to 8:30 AM  Leadership Meeting

Thursday, February 15 

5:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling NCHSAA 3A State Individual Championships Home 

8:00 AM OR 4:00 PM - ACT Test Training - Media Center
Distribution of Interim reports in all classes for ALL students

Friday, February 16 

6:00/7:30 PM Boys Varsity Basketball Conference Tournament @ Mt Tabor
8:30 AM - ACT Test Accomodations Training - Media Center
8:40 AM - Spotlight breakfast - Media Center
9:00 AM Mens Varsity Wrestling NCHSAA 3A State Individual Championships Home 

Saturday, February 17 

TBA Womens Varsity Softball Southern Alamance HS Super Scrimmage @ S. Alamance Away 

9:00 AM Mens Varsity Wrestling NCHSAA 3A State Individual Championships Home 

10:00 AM Womens Varsity Soccer NWG Jamboree Scrimmage vs. Cornerstone, Union Pines and Reagan Away

Reminders:

- Make sure you are updating grades in Power School 
Remember to reference CANVAS for all pertinent information. If you find that a document is not located on CANVAS, please inquire with one of the Assistant Principals or Tinisha Shaw.

- Mr. Hettenbach

AM SUPERVISION

Front Lobby                                        Keveryn

Attendance                                         Davison

Outside Media Center                        Davis

Inside Media Center                           Canon

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                  Haith

Cafeteria inside                                  Powell

Cafeteria outside                                Littles-Thiam

Student lot outside gym                      Gann

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                 Bednarski
Main hallway to Student Parking        Fry

Academy gym (inside)                        Lovett

Academy gym (hallway)                     Repko

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Greene

Teacher 2                                             Holmes

Teacher 3                                             Rodriguez

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Littles-Thiam

Teacher 2                                             Vacant

Teacher 3                                             Kornegay

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Shields

Teacher 2                                             Talley

Teacher 3                                             Donovan

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Gann

Teacher 2                                             Rainey

Teacher 3                                             Nix-Stevenson

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

Week of February 5

Team -

Congratulations to Angela Hagler on winning the SWHS Teacher of the Year award!  Also -many shout outs go out to all the staff members who were nominated for this year's voting process. 

It's National Counselor's week, February 5th-9th! 

In a time when High School students are trying to find out what their future will hold, the role of the school counselor is vital. I have the honor in working so close to the counselors in the front office as well as having worked alongside Ms. Compton in the Freshman Academy in previous years. Unfortunately, more often than not, every staff member in this building may not get recognized for their efforts simply because it is "behind the scenes". I can assure everyone that the counselors are performing MANY behind the scenes tasks that simply do not get recognized. Their role is far more than just basic scheduling, and responding to student emotions. On a daily basis, I watch the counselors combing through student transcripts, making sure they are on track, or revising their schedule based on their needs. They are meeting with individual students about college interests, assisting parents with questions surrounding financial aid, exploring a variety of colleges for these students, or even seeking outside resources that can help parents become more educated and better advocates for their children. They are wanting to be that buffer between the teacher and administration when it comes to students not being academically or behaviorally successful in the classroom. They are offering interventions and/or strategies to students and teachers rather than the student be instantly removed form instruction.  They are each responsible for 400+/- students. As you can tell, I can go on and on because, truly, I have barely scratched the surface with what they do. I am proud to be the Principal at a High School who has the best counseling team around. Please help me in giving a shout out to any counselor who has helped you, a parent or any student in being a better member of this school. 

Note: The impact of a school counselor is dramatic.According to National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) study findings, 12th graders who talked about their future plans with a school counselor were:

• 6.8 times more likely to complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• 3.2 times more likely to attend college
• Two times more likely to attend a bachelor’s degree program 

Monday, February 5th is the PTSA walk the Scheduled Night from 6-7:30, starting in the auditorium. Please send a reminder to your e-mail distribution lists about this event. There will be a food Truck out in front of the school, Food Freaks stuffed hamburgers starting around 5PM if you need to get some dinner prior to the event. 10% of all purchases will go back to the PTSA. Also, we are doing a supply drive to help offset some of your purchases during the school years. The more money we can save, the quicker we can spend more money on the technological needs of the school. 

Tuesday, February 6th, we will conduct grade level meetings with the students in the auditorium. If you have planning or are supervising a majority of these students in your class, we ask that you come assist with supervision. The schedule is listed below.

9th grade - 8:50 - 9:30

10th grade - 9:35 - 10:10

12th grade - 10:20 - 10:55

11th grade - 11:00 - 11:45

From Mrs. Cline(e-mail sent 1/22)......Grades are due by 5:00 on Monday, FEBRUARY 5th

*****English II, English III, Math 2 & Math 3 teachers may be affected with a delay in exam scores.

For any course that has a NC final exam please enter the following until the scores are in:

2^nd qtr = actual grade

Exam (E1) = INC

Semester Final grade (F1) = INC

*****Math I, Biology & all other NC finals should not be delayed

**********All teacher made exams can be entered and completed the afternoon of the exam. (you do not need to wait)

                                                             Use 1/26 for exam due date

Any other Incompletes for grades should be approved by Mr. Hettenbach  

Students that need to make up time due to too many absences should receive an “55” – use comment code:

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

  

You will need to print out and give to Mrs. Cline only the Score Sheet which is your spreadsheet with assignments & final grade.  Please  don’t turn them in until they are as correct as they will be.

  

Report cards will be given to students on Thursday, February 8^th.

  

Grade changes can be submitted after report cards have been printed.  (For instructions on changing grades -  AKA “manually overriding grades” please see the attachment).  Mrs. Cline has 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 her the form to let her know what you have changed so she can store the grades which will update student’s transcript.   

This coming Saturday, February 10 is one last opportunity for students to make up time to be applied to the 2nd quarter. It will be 8-12 in the Media Center. 

As we start approaching the end of the year, I must inform you that GCS is now expecting all staff to attend HS Graduation ceremonies and be in regalia. The Graduation date for SWHS is Saturday, June 16 at 9:00 AM at the Greensboro Coliseum. More information will follow. 

Please make sure we are starting the semester off with high expectations and are maintaining those expectations all the way through to the end of the year. This includes all supervision responsibilities outside of the classroom. Consistency, consistency, consistency. 

As a reminder, please make sure you are alerting the student's grade level counselor and administrator if you are nervous about a student failing your class. Additionally, please remind students of their make up time responsibilities and any work that needs to be made up. 

As a reminder the building will always be open on Sunday from roughly 7-1 due to Piedmont Chapel church. 

Upcoming Athletic schedule, extracurricular events, and important activities:

Monday, February 5

PTSA Walk the Schedule Night - 6:00 PM - 7:30 - starts in the auditorium

Tuesday, February 06 
Grade level Meetings - Auditorium

        9th grade - 8:50 - 9:30

        10th grade - 9:35 - 10:10

        12th grade - 10:20 - 10:55

        11th grade - 11:00 - 11:45

4:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball North Forsyth High School Conference game Away 
6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball North Forsyth High School Conference game Away 
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball North Forsyth High School Conference game Away 

Wednesday, February 7
8:00-8:30AM Faculty Meeting - Media Center


Thursday, February 8
3:30 Homeroom for report card pick up
ESL Verification Day - Mrs. Rodriguez' room, C103

Friday, February 09 
ESL Verification Day - Mrs. Rodriguez' room, C103
9th Grade incentive trip - Ice House
PTSA Chic Fila Day! - Mention SWHS at breakfast, lunch, dinner to support PTSA with a % of Chic Fila's sales
4:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Mount Tabor High School Home 
5:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling 3A West Regional Individual Away Morehead
6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Mount Tabor High School conference game Home 
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Mount Tabor High School Home

Saturday, February 10
8am-Noon Saturday School - Media Center
9:00 AM Mens Varsity Wrestling 3A West Regional Individual Away Morehead
10:00 AM Coed Varsity Track 3A State Championships at JDL Home

Reminders:

- Make sure you are updating grades in Power School 
Remember to reference CANVAS for all pertinent information. If you find that a document is not located on CANVAS, please inquire with one of the Assistant Principals or Tinisha Shaw.

- Mr. Hettenbach

AM SUPERVISION

Front Lobby                                        Boulton

Attendance                                         Hawkins

Outside Media Center                        Whitestone

Inside Media Center                           Shaw

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                  Hudgens

Cafeteria inside                                  Kornegay

Cafeteria outside                                Medley

Student lot outside gym                      Wesney

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                 Donovan
Main hallway to Student Parking        Meck

Academy gym (inside)                        Cofer

Academy gym (hallway)                     Caldwell

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Lovett

Teacher 2                                             Wright

Teacher 3                                             M. Cook

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Brown

Teacher 2                                             D. Cooke

Teacher 3                                             Chapman

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Fry

Teacher 2                                             Powell

Teacher 3                                             Davis

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Meck

Teacher 2                                             Black

Teacher 3                                             Mode

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

Week of January 29th

Team -

Thank you to all test coordinators, administrators, proctors, support staff around the campus for making this week as successful as possible. Please be on the lookout for Ms. Shaw's e-mails coming your way about any make up exams still needing to be taken. 

The building will be open Saturday and Sunday in the morning and early afternoon for anyone that needs to get some work done.

As a reminder, this Monday, January 29th is the first day of the 2nd semester. Students should report to their homeroom at the 8:35 bell (roughly a 15 minute homeroom). Students who do not have 1st block should arrive roughly 15 minutes prior to their 2nd block class to get their schedule from Ms. Durant, our guidance secretary, who will be outside the front office distributing the most recent schedules.  

There will be a five day class schedule change window starting Monday. Friday, February 2nd will be the last day for these requests to occur. Students should drop off request forms to the front office. Students should NOT be sent to the office or counselor if they are requesting a schedule change. The ONLY time a student should be in the front office or counselor's office is if he/she doe snot have a class at that time, or the counselor called him/her in. The student should be directed to fill out a schedule change form, which can be found outside the front office, and return the form and the next earliest convenience, not during class time. 

Any students enrolled in Weaver for the 2^nd semester will report to Weaver as normal on Monday. AM Weaver students should report to the front of the building and board bus 910, leaving about 8:35, Afternoon Weaver students should be out front at 11:50 and board bus 875. 

Tuesday, January 30th, we will conduct Grade level meetings with the students in the auditorium. If you have planning or are supervising a majority of these students in your class, we ask that you come assist with supervision. The schedule is listed below.

Make sure you have reviewed this semester's lunch/morning supervision along with the SWEEPS responsibilities.

The PTSA Walk the schedule night is still scheduled for Monday, February 5th from 6 PM to 7:30 PM starting in the auditorium. This is a wonderful time to meet your students' parents/guardians. There will be a food truck and vendor truck on site to provide a proceed of their sales back to the PTSA. 

As a reminder, please make sure you are alerting the student's grade level counselor and administrator if you are nervous about a student failing your class. Additionally, please remind students of their make up time responsibilities and any work that needs to be made up. 

Upcoming Athletic schedule, extracurricular events, and important activities:

Monday, January 29

1st day of the 2nd semester - report to homeroom for schedules.

Tuesday, January 30
Grade level class meetings - Auditorium 
        9th - 8:50-9:30
        10th - 9:35-10:10
        12th 10:20 - 11:00        
        11th - 11:00 - 11:45

No Instructional meeting
4:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Western Guilford High School Conference game Away 
4:30 PM Coed Varsity Track GCS Championships @ JDL Fast Track Home 
6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Western Guilford High School Conference game Away 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling OPEN DATE 1st Round 3A Playoff- Dual Team Home 
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Western Guilford High School Conference game Away

Wednesday, January 31 
2nd semester jean day for students (must be wearing the new band)
EARLY RELEASE - students released at 1:35
4:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Ben L. Smith High School Conference game Away 6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Ben L. Smith High School Conference game Away 7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Ben L. Smith High School Conference game Away 

Thursday, February 01 
4:30 PM Coed Varsity Track Last Chance Qualifier @ SEGHS Away 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling OPEN DATE 2nd Round NCHSAA Playoffs- Dual Team Home 

Friday, February 02 
EC/504 Verification Day - All day in the Media Center
4:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Parkland High School Conference game Home 6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Parkland High School Conference game Home 
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Parkland High School Conference game Home

Monday, February 5
PTSA Walk the Schedule Night - 6:00 PM - 7:30 - starts in the auditorium

Reminders:

- Make sure you are updating grades in Power School 
Remember to reference CANVAS for all pertinent information. If you find that a document is not located on CANVAS, please inquire with one of the Assistant Principals or Tinisha Shaw.

- Mr. Hettenbach

AM SUPERVISION

Front Lobby                                        Rodriguez

Attendance                                         Ridge

Outside Media Center                        Puckett

Inside Media Center                           Silvas

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                  Phillips

Cafeteria inside                                  Chapman

Cafeteria outside                                Ynoa-Lantigua

Student lot outside gym                      Black

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                 Philpott
Main hallway to Student Parking        Long

Academy gym (inside)                        Wright

Academy gym (hallway)                     Muse

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Demercurio

Teacher 2                                             Doak

Teacher 3                                             Crawford

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Byrd

Teacher 2                                             Atwood

Teacher 3                                             Bradshaw

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Repko

Teacher 2                                             Canon

Teacher 3                                             Burroughs

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Brady

Teacher 2                                             McDonald

Teacher 3                                             Jacobs

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

Week of January 22

Team -

So much for that less than one inch of snow forecast! Please know I appreciate everyone paying attention to the daily closing and testing update communications and responding to any parents or students.

As a reminder, this Monday, January 22nd is a regular school day for staff and students. Please take advantage of Monday with using students who have already completed all their exams by assisting their peers in preparation for upcoming state exams. State exams will now start on Tuesday, January 23rd with 2nd block exam.  3rd block exam will occur on Wednesday, 4th block on Thursday and 1st block on Friday. These state exam days will end at 1:05 for dismissal.  Monday, January 29th is currently scheduled for a make up exam day. Students should be in dress code for all exams and will not be allowed to take their exam if out of dress code.

Any students who have GTCC classes on the day of state exams can be released ONLY after the exam is finished in the room. If he/she finishes, they must wait until the whole class is complete. 

The PTSA Walk the schedule night is still scheduled for Monday, February 5th from 6 PM to 7:30 PM starting in the auditorium. This is a wonderful time to meet your child's 2nd semester teachers. There will be a food truck and vendor truck on site to provide a proceed of their sales back to the PTSA. 

Thank you for being patient again this past week as GCS maintenance continues to address the heating issues around parts of our building. We will continue to be persistent on this issue until it gets resolved. The change with temperatures outside are certainly not helping us. As we come upon a warm week, we will make sure all boilers are cut off.

As a reminder, please make sure you are alerting the student's grade level counselor and administrator if you are nervous about a student failing your class. Additionally, please remind students of their make up time responsibilities and any work that needs to be made up. 

The testing exam schedule is as followed: (please refer to Ms. Shaw's testing plan for specifics especially as it relates to students needing modifications, separate locations)

Tuesday, January 23 - Block 2 (Day ends at 1:05)

Wednesday, January 24- Block 3 (Day ends at 1:05)

Thursday, January 25- Block 4 (Day ends at 1:05)

Friday, January 26- Block 1 (Day ends at 1:05)

Monday, January 29 - Make up exam day

Mr. Hettenbach

WE ARE...SOUTHWEST!!  Go Cowboys!

Below are our games and activities for next week. Feel free to navigate the athletic department's website.... www.cowboysports.org
Monday, January 22
Regular School Day 

Tuesday, January 23
Block 2 Exam - dismissal at 1:05
4:30 PM Mens JV Basketball Dudley Senior High School Conference game Home 
6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Dudley Senior High School Conference game Home 
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Dudley Senior High School Conference game Home 
5:30 PM Diving championship - GAC 

Wednesday, January 24
Block 3 Exam - dismissal at 1:05
4:30 PM Coed Varsity Track GCS Polar Bear Meet @ SEGHS Away - TENTATIVE 
6:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling Mount Tabor High School Match Away 

Thursday, January 25
Block 4 Exam - dismissal at 1:05
5:30 - Swimming championship - GAC 

Friday, January 26
Block 1 Exam - dismissal at 1:05
Conference Championship Swim meet at GAC 
5:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Page High School Away 
6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Page High School Away 
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Page High School Away

Saturday, January 27
8:00 AM to Noon     Saturday School (Media Center)

Monday, January 29

Make up exam day - dismissal at 1:05

Tuesday, January 30
Grade level class meetings - Auditorium (For students during school day)

Monday, February 5
PTSA Walk the Schedule Night - 6:00 PM - 7:30 - starts in the auditorium

Reminders:

- Make sure you are updating grades in Power School 
Remember to reference CANVAS for all pertinent information. If you find that a document is not located on CANVAS, please inquire with one of the Assistant Principals or Tinisha Shaw.

- Mr. Hettenbach

AM SUPERVISION

Front Lobby                                        Burroughs

Attendance                                         McGowan

Outside Media Center                        Bratton

Inside Media Center                           Baker

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                  Compton

Cafeteria inside                                  Cook, M.

Cafeteria outside                                Spillman

Student lot outside gym                      Stone

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                 Nadeau

Main hallway to Student Parking        Szitas

Academy gym (inside)                        Crawford

Academy gym (hallway)                     Demercurio

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Wright

Teacher 2                                             Demercurio

Teacher 3                                             Chapman

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Szitas

Teacher 2                                             Littles-Thiam

Teacher 3                                             Haith

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Vlazny

Teacher 2                                             Fry

Teacher 3                                             Philpott

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Brady

Teacher 2                                             Meck

Teacher 3                                             Vonsteen

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