Good evening, this is Mike Hettenbach, Principal of Southwest Guilford High School.
Here is your weekly message:
Most of you may know by now that the Board of Education has approved for me to take over as the permanent Principal of Southwest Guilford High School effective July 1. I am honored to lead this school and its community to great things and as we reach the end of the year, I welcome you to reach out to me and set up an appointment for the purpose of sharing anything that you are proud of or even may have concerns about. Together, we have the ability to form a partnership that will take this school to the next level of greatness. Thank you.
As we have less than 3 instructional days to exams, how aware are you of your child's grades and attendance. Do you feel quite confident you will not be blindsided with a poor grade, or absences that need to be made up? Hopefully you are all on Parent Assist. If not, please call the school and speak to Kristy Cline, our data manager to make sure you have access. We are quickly approaching a point where we will be out of time.
You may have heard of us adding electives to our school for the upcoming year. Please reach out to your child's guidance counselor if both you and your child agree on requesting any of these newly added electives: Dance, Advanced Dance, Advanced Physical Fitness with a concentration on Yoga, Zumba, steps, spin, and more! Honors African American Studies, Digital Media and Advanced Digital Media! We are very excited about diversifying the elective options for your child. Again, please reach out to your child's guidance counselor immediately with any interest.
May 30th is the 9th grade incentive trip to the Zoo. All students who have turned in their form and qualified for the trip may be in spirit wear top and knee length shorts, or in regular dress code attire. Food is not provided and can cost upward to 10-15 dollars so your child should be financially prepared. Be aware that no outside food or drinks are allowed. It is also recommended to wear sunscreen, a hat and sunglasses.
Exam exemption cards will be distributed during lunch on Wednesday, May 31st in the cafeteria. These exemption cards can be earned by having no more than 13 excused class absences over the 2nd semester's time frame. Any unexcused absences automatically disqualify a student from this exemption opportunity. Each student is responsible for turning this exemption card into their teacher for teacher made exams only. Any student who obtains an absence, whether it is unexcused or surpasses the criteria of 13 classes after we distribute these cards and before the exams will have their exemption card revoked.
Thursday June 1 is the deadline for all students who are planning to walk at graduation. Seniors must have all work turned in prior to the June 1 deadline. Students should find out from their teacher about missing work, make up time. etc. , Additionally, any seniors who owe money for textbooks, library books, cafeteria charges, club or sports equipment and any other items belonging to the school should be paid for in order to walk at graduation.
Friday, June 2nd is a regular school day, however, this is the first teacher made exam day for blocks 1 and 3. If a student has an exam on this day in either block 1 or 3, they will not need to attend school the following week on Tuesday or Thursday. More information about testing the following week will be communicated on next Sunday's message.
Saturday, June 3 from 8 am to noon is Saturday school in the media center for students who owe time. On the same day, students who are currently enrolled in Biology and English 10 will have the opportunity to attend a free EOC boot camp from 9am to Noon. This has proven to us over the years that students perform much better on their exams after attending this opportunity.
A couple announcements from the athletic department:
Tuesday, May 30 - Spring Sports Banquet, 6:30 in the auditorium
All student athletes and families must have RSVP'd by this past Friday, May 26.
Cost is free
Dress code: Males are collared shirt with ties, Females - dress or slacks
Thursday, June 1 - 5:30 pm - Sports Physicals for ONLY $5
Physical forms can be found online at the Southwest website, Athletic Director's door, and front office. This is the only time and price this will be available.
Thank you for support
Remember, you are always able to access this message on our school website under School News and titled Principal's Weekly Updates or on Facebook and Twitter. Please follow Southwest High School at SouthwestGHS for both Twitter and Facebook. This is a great way for us to communicate and stay connected.
I hope you have a great week
We are... Southwest!
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