Week of May 7

Team -

We are seeing very basic dress code issues (not minor ones) failing to be addressed. Please know I understand how we may miss certain items... but skirts that are mid thigh, t-shirts without a SW focus, Adidas striped sweatpants, etc should be a fairly easy recognition.  I would like each of you to figure out a way how this can be better recognized for the purpose of consistency. Example... being at the door greeting students, implementing a "Madeline Fuentes" 30 second dress code check to start the class... and I'm sure there's more. Thank you ahead of time for making this effort.

A big thank you to all of you who do what you need to do for the students and this school on a daily basis. We are by no means perfect and we have lots of work to do, but please know that I certainly acknowledge your hard work and greatly appreciate it every day. Thank you for your positive contributions. 

As AP testing starts, there will be minimal if at all any afternoon announcements, since the all call goes to the gym as well. Please make sure that the students know it is even that much more important to pay attention to the morning announcements. 

An ongoing reminder as we start approaching the end of the year, GCS is expecting all staff to attend HS Graduation ceremonies and be in regalia. With this expectation, I will provide a FULL day of comp time that can be used for NEXT school year. 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 was a beautiful thing to see and recognize the staff for all that they do in front of 5000 people. You all deserve this at the very least. 

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

Monday, May 7

8AM - 11:30AM - AP Testing - AP Chemistry and AP Spanish Literature

Noon - 3:30 - AP Testing - AP Psychology

6:00 PM PTSA Meeting - Room C132

Athletics - Check www.cowboysports.org for latest playoff information

Tuesday, May 8

8AM - 11:30AM - AP Testing - AP Spanish Language

Noon - 3:30 - AP Testing - AP Art History and AP Physics 1
10:30 AM Instructional Meeting - Barnum's Office

Athletics - Check www.cowboysports.org for latest playoff information

Wednesday, May 9

8AM - 11:30AM - AP Testing - AP English Literature
Noon - 3:30 - AP Testing - AP Physics 2 and AP Japanese Language
7:45 AM Leadership Meeting

Athletics - Check www.cowboysports.org for latest playoff information

Thursday, May 10

8AM - 11:30AM - AP Testing - AP US Government and Politics

Noon - 3:30 - AP Testing - AP Environmental Science and AP Chinese Language

All Lunches - Class ring pick up - Cafeteria Hallway

Athletics - Check www.cowboysports.org for latest playoff information

Friday, May 11

8AM - 11:30AM - AP Testing - AP US History and German Language

Noon - 3:30 - AP Testing - AP Computer Science Principles
Athletics - Check www.cowboysports.org for latest playoff information

Coming Up...

May 14 to May 18

Teacher Appreciation week at SW!!!

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                                        Murphy

Attendance                                         McGowan

Outside Media Center                        Cheriyan

Inside Media Center                           Canon

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                  Long

Cafeteria inside                                  Powell

Cafeteria outside                                Donovan

Student lot outside gym                      Hinson

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                 Sturgill

Main hallway to Student Parking        Brown

Academy gym (inside)                        Corriher

Academy gym (hallway)                     Holmes

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Arrington

Teacher 2                                             Hammersley

Teacher 3                                             Crawford

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Szitas

Teacher 2                                             Haith

Teacher 3                                             Davison

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Wood

Teacher 2                                             Cheriyan

Teacher 3                                             Hagler

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Hmiel

Teacher 2                                             McGowan

Teacher 3                                             Hawkins

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

We are... Southwest!

Week of April 30

Team -

So many things happening lately and so many people to thank. 

Kudos to Kim Cofer and the many others who came together and organized a very successful Spring Fling!  We had a great turnout and it looks like a good bit of money was collected for clubs as well as for the PTSA.  Great job!

Fantastic job to the Theatre program in putting on their rendition of Alice and Wonderland! Best attendance I have seen for a play in my 9 years at SW! Keep up the great work!

In addition to those events...Autism Awareness shirt participation, SAVE club start up, ongoing volunteering in damaged areas and supplies collected and delivered for tornado victims, participation in interviews, dialogue about scheduling, and so much more.  It was an extremely busy week but such a productive week. Thank you for everyone who is contributing to a positive environment at SWHS. Please know I have really enjoyed working with the staff as you bring problems AND solutions to the table rather than just complain about what is not working.  Your efforts are making a positive difference!

I hope each and every one of you took a moment out of your past week to give a shout out to our many wonderful administrative professionals. We truly have the best team around!!!!  Thanking for helping the administrative team recognize their work on a daily basis!

I want to re-share a section of last week's blog with some minor additions...
Communication with the homes of our students is a major key to success. More often than not, when having communication with the homes you may find out other items going on in our students' lives. You may come across that the parent may not have the means to access Parent Assist ,or there are some circumstances with our students' parents or guardians' lives. It is possible that the parent is not even existing in the child's life at this time. I can go on and on about the many variables that may be out there, however, it is our responsibility to make that effort to contact our students homes for various reasons, especially when grades are below a C, grades dropping from an A to a C during an interim period, attendance and behavior issues, etc. Also, please understand that the calls are to gather information you may not be aware of,, to guide the parent/guardian in altering the path of their child and assisting you with helping the students reach their academic and behavior potential, as well as find out if you need to reach out to other SW professionals to seek further support for your student. If we are making that call the day before report cards go out, that is not a call that would assist anyone but rather frustrate everyone since it becomes just the purpose of informing. Let's make an effort on being proactive in our communications to the homes. If we put this effort forward on the front end, I am sure we will find these calls making your own lives far easier and the lives of our students far more successful. 

Another reminder from previous blogs, as warmer weather is upon us, please make sure you have procedures in place to reinforce the dress code appropriately and daily. Thank you for your approach on maintaining consistency on our campus.

For all staff (classified and certified), it is important that we are consistent in signing out/in with the front office when leaving school during instructional hours (even school related). If you are going off campus for a non student-focused activity, you must use comp time unless approved by me. We offer a tremendous amount of comp time, therefore this should not be an issue. We have done a pretty good job overall this year with this expectation, let's keep it up. The comp time opportunities are certainly there to accrue if needed. 

Once again, a reminder as we start approaching the end of the year, GCS is expecting all staff to attend HS Graduation ceremonies and be in regalia. With this expectation, I will provide a FULL day of comp time that can be used for NEXT school year. 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 was a beautiful thing to see and recognize the staff for all that they do in front of 5000 people. You all deserve this at the very least. 

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

Monday, April 30

TBA Mens Varsity Golf OPEN DATE NCHSAA Mid-West 3A Regionals Home

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

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Baseball OPEN DATE 1st Rd. Conference Tournament @ Higher

Seeded Team Home

Tuesday, May 1

6:00-9:00 SWHS Chorus sings at Grasshopper game - Greensboro Grasshopper Stadium
10:30 AM Instructional Meeting - Barnum's Office

4:30 PM Womens Junior Varsity Soccer Summit School Away

5:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Baseball Mount Tabor High School Away

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Soccer Ben L. Smith High School Home

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Baseball OPEN DATE Piedmont Triad 3A Conference

Semi-Finals #1 vs. #4/#5 Home

7:00 PM Womens Varsity Softball Piedmont Triad 3A Conference Tournament @ TBA Home

Wednesday, May 2

8:00 AM Faculty Meeting

6:00 - 7:30PM GCS Event - Sandy Hook Promise Know the Signs Parent Training - SWHS Auditorium

2:10 - 3:30 Wednesday Walkthroughs -Barnum's office to start

Team 13: , Holmes, Puckett, Wesney, Whitestone Hettenbach	Cox, S. Cooke, D. McDonald	C237 C249 C248	May 2nd	2:10-2:25 2:30 – 2:45 2:50-3:05
Team 14: Shields, Sturgill, Talley, Wright Barnum	Keveryn Kornegay VonSteen	C219 C232 C229	May 2nd	2:10-2:25 2:30 – 2:45 2:50-3:05

TBA Womens Varsity Lacrosse OPEN DATE 1st Rd NCHSAA Playoffs vs. TBA Home

4:30 PM Mens Varsity Tennis OPEN DATE 1st Rd NCHSAA Playoffs vs. TBA Home

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Soccer Ragsdale High School Away

6:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Soccer Cornerstone Charter Academy Away

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Baseball OPEN DATE Piedmont Triad 3A Semi- Final #2/7 vs.

#3/6 Home

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Lacrosse OPEN DATE 1st Rd. 3A State Playoffs @ TBA Home

7:00 PM Womens Varsity Softball Piedmont Triad 3A Conference Tournament @ TBA Home

Thursday, May 3

6:30 - 8:30 PM - Dance Recital - Auditorium
3:00 PM Coed Varsity Track Conference Tournament Meet @ Dudley Away

5:30 PM Womens Junior Varsity Soccer East Forsyth High School Home

7:00 PM Womens Varsity Soccer Dudley Senior High School Home

Friday, May 4

TBA Mens Varsity Tennis OPEN DATE NCHSAA Individual Regional @ TBA Home

TBA Womens Varsity Lacrosse OPEN DATE 2nd Rd. NCHSAA Playoffs (tentatively) Home

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Baseball OPEN DATE Piedmont Triad 3A Conference

Championship @ TBA Home

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Lacrosse OPEN DATE 2nd Rd. 3A NCHSAA Playoffs @ TBA Home

7:00 PM Womens Varsity Softball Piedmont Triad 3A Conference Championship @ TBA 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                                        Compton

Attendance                                         Cooke, D.

Outside Media Center                        Talley

Inside Media Center                           Silvas

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                  Stone

Cafeteria inside                                  Kornegay

Cafeteria outside                                Littles-Thiam

Student lot outside gym                      Gann

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                 Larson

Main hallway to Student Parking        Lasher

Academy gym (inside)                        Gaines

Academy gym (hallway)                     Crawford

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Corriher

Teacher 2                                             Muse

Teacher 3                                             Phillips

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Bednarski

Teacher 2                                             Cox, S.

Teacher 3                                             Keveryn

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Long

Teacher 2                                             Steely

Teacher 3                                             Middleton

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Larson

Teacher 2                                             Nadeau

Teacher 3                                             Cox, J.

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

We are... Southwest!

Week of April 23

Team -

Thank you for your participation this past week and with the continuing days in organizing, communications sent home, delivering and bringing in collections for those in need from Eastern Greensboro. The generosity and warmth shown from all of you and our community is once again overwhelming. Thank you!

A reminder that communication with the homes of our students is a major key to success. More often than not, when having communication with the homes you may find out other items going on in our students' lives. You may come across that the parent may not have the means to access Parent Assist ,or there are some circumstances with our students' parents or guardians' lives. I can go on and on about the many variables that may be out there, however, it is our responsibility to make that effort to contact our students homes for various reasons, especially when grades are below a C, grades dropping form an A to a C during an interim period, etc. Also, please understand that the calls are to guide the parent/guardian in altering the path of their child and assisting you with helping the students reach their academic and behavior potential. If we are making that call the day before report cards go out, that is not a call that would assist anyone but rather frustrate everyone since it becomes just the purpose of informing. Let's make an effort on being proactive in our communications to the homes. If we put this effort forward on the front end, I am sure we will find these calls making your own lives far easier and the lives of our students far more successful. 

A reminder from last week's blog, as warmer weather is upon us, please make sure you have procedures in place to reinforce the dress code appropriately and daily. Thank you for your approach on maintaining consistency on our campus.

Thank you to all the staff who assisted with the senior speech last Tuesday, and jumped in with all the change of scheduling due to the days out of school. Another demonstration of teamwork at its best!  Thank you to Dawn Davis and her crew for revising everything last minute due to the changes in the school schedule and still making it an amazing success!

Wednesday is an Early Release Day. Students are dismissed at 1:35.

1^st Block 8:40 – 9:35 

2^nd Block 9:40 – 10:35

4^th Block 10:40 – 11:35

3^rd Block 11:40 – 1:35

     1^st Lunch       11:35 – 12:00

     2^nd Lunch      12:05 – 12:30

     3^rd Lunch      12:35 – 1:00

     4^th Lunch      1:10 – 1:35

This Thursday, interim reports should be distributed to all students throughout the day.  

Starting this week, we have multiple sports starting their playoff run, with the rest of our spring athletic teams joining weeks after. Please come out and support our student athletes as we continue to demonstrate one of SWHS's strongest overall year in athletics.

Once again, a reminder as we start approaching the end of the year, GCS is expecting all staff to attend HS Graduation ceremonies and be in regalia. With this expectation, I will provide a FULL day of comp time that can be used for NEXT school year. 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 was a beautiful thing to see and recognize the staff for all that they do in front of 5000 people. You all deserve this at the very least. 

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

Monday, April 23

2:00 PM Mens Varsity Golf Conference 18 Hole Final at TBA Home 

5:30 PM Womens Varsity Lacrosse Atkins High School 1st Rd. Conference Tournament @ Higher Seeded Team Home 

7:30 PM Mens Varsity Lacrosse Atkins High School PT 3A Conference Tournament 1st Rd @ Higher Seed Home

Tuesday, April 24

TBA Mens Varsity Lacrosse OPEN DATE Conference Tournament Semi-Finals at W. Stokes HS Home 

TBA Womens Varsity Lacrosse OPEN DATE 2nd Rd Conference Tournament at W. Stokes Away 

3:00 PM Mens Varsity Tennis Piedmont Triad 3A Conference Tournament @ SWGHS Home 4:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Baseball North Forsyth High School Away 

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

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

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Baseball North Forsyth High School Away

Wednesday, April 25

Wednesday Walkthroughs reconvene on May 2nd
8:00 AM  Discipline Task Force Team
Cap and Gown Pictures - Coggins gym - Mrs. Bratton will share schedule of those signed up
1:35 PM - EARLY RELEASE for students

1:30 PM Mens Varsity Golf GCS Invitational at Bryan Park Away 

1:30 PM Mens Varsity Golf GCS Invitational at Bryan Park Away 

4:00 PM Mens Varsity Tennis PT 3A Conference Tournament @ SWGHS Home 

4:30 PM Coed Varsity Track Conference meet vs. Mt. Tabor/W. Guilford Home 

5:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Baseball Ragsdale High School Home 

5:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Lacrosse Southern Alamance HS Away 

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Softball West Forsyth High School Away 

6:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Soccer Northwest Senior High School Away 

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Baseball Ragsdale High School Away 

7:00 PM Womens Varsity Softball West Forsyth High School Away

Thursday, April 26

6:30 - 8:30 PM - Alice in Wonderland production - Auditorium
PTSA band Jean Day - students must have purchased a band in order to partiicipate
Interim reports for all students

5:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Baseball Mount Tabor High School Away 

5:30 PM Womens Junior Varsity Soccer Mount Tabor High School Away 

6:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Softball Cornerstone Charter Academy Home 

7:00 PM Womens Varsity Soccer Mount Tabor High School Away

Friday, April 27

6:30 - 8:30 PM - Alice in Wonderland production - Auditorium

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Softball Mount Tabor High School Home 

5:30 PM Womens Varsity Lacrosse OPEN DATE Conference Finals @ W. Stokes HS Away 5:30 PM Womens Junior Varsity Soccer Glenn Home 

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Baseball Mount Tabor High School Home 

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Lacrosse OPEN DATE Conference Tournament Finals @ W. Stokes HS Home

Saturday, April 28

2:00 - 4:00 PM - Alice in Wonderland production - 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                                        Butler

Attendance                                         Atwood

Outside Media Center                        Davis

Inside Media Center                           Baker

Cafeteria Inside (late bus)                  Vlazny

Cafeteria inside                                  Chapman

Cafeteria outside                                Medley

Student lot outside gym                      Richards

Gravel lot behind cafeteria                 Hammersley
Main hallway to Student Parking        S.Cox

Academy gym (inside)                        Hmiel

Academy gym (hallway)                     Greene

LUNCH

1^st Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Caldwell

Teacher 2                                             Cofer

Teacher 3                                             M.Cook

2^nd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Hinson

Teacher 2                                             Whitestone

Teacher 3                                             Boulton

3^rd Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Vlazny

Teacher 2                                             Lasher

Teacher 3                                             Baker

4^th Lunch

Teacher 1                                             Richmond

Teacher 2                                             Stone

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

We are... Southwest!