SWHS Principal's weekly updates for November 13th

Good evening, this is Mike Hettenbach, Principal of Southwest Guilford High School with your weekly updates and reminders...

This Tuesday is a our 1st semester Senior Speech. If you are still interested in judging speeches, please contact Dawn Davis at davisd9@gcsnc.com as soon as possible.

November is Tobacco Prevention Month. With the rise of vaping products, research is beginning to show that teens who are more likely to end up using traditional cigarettes, make e-cigarettes a gateway to traditional tobacco. Addiction may be the most dangerous thing about teen use of e-cigs/vaping. "Nicotine exposure during adolescence can cause addiction and harm the development of the brain". Parents, please have this conversation with your teenager about the dangers of tobacco and vaping products. 

Southwest is having a school wide canned food drive Nov 13th -17th this week.  Items like canned soup, canned vegetables, and canned fruit are needed. Please no glass containers.  The collected items are going to Out of the Garden that serves families in Guilford and Forsyth county.  To make this really easy for you, you can drop your goods off in the morning car line in the front circle on Thursday morning. Students from the leadership team will be there to greet you and collect those goods. 

Report Cards were distributed this past Wednesday. If you did not see your child's report card, please ask them for a copy or call the main office and ask for Ms. Durant. 

Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors: The Guilford Apprenticeship Partners will have an information session at school on Wednesday, November 15^th .  The GAP program offers a path to attaining a college education for free while also obtaining paid on the job training.  See Michelle Cook, cookm@gcsnc.com for more information or to sign up. 

As it relates to the weekly athletics, please feel free to navigate to the www.cowboysports.org website for detailed information. 

Upcoming Athletic schedule, extracurricular events, and important activities:

Monday, November 13

Tuesday, November 14

Senior Speech Night - 5:30 - 9:00 (Still looking to judge - reach out to Dawn Davis at davisd9@gcsnc.com)

Wednesday, November 15
Guilford Apprenticeship Partners Information session  -Media Center - 10:30 - 11:30 AM

6:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling Tri-Meet with Northwood/Smith Home
6:00 PM Coed Varsity Swimming Glenn Home

Thursday, November 16

6:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Basketball Ronald Reagan High School Home
7:30 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Ronald Reagan High School Home

Friday, November 17
All County Orchestra

Saturday, November 18
HOSA Event - 7 AM - 5:30PM - SWHS
All County Orchestra - SWHS
9:00 AM Mens Varsity Wrestling Cedar Ridge Round Robin @ Cedar Ridge HS Away
8:00 PM Coed Varsity Swimming Freshman and Sophomore Invitational Meet host by Grimsley HS Away

Monday, November 20
Reality of Money for Freshmen - 8:15-3:35 - Old gym

Tuesday, November 21
5:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Southeast Guilford High School Away

6:00 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Southeast Guilford High School Home
6:30 PM Womens Junior Varsity Basketball Southeast Guilford High School Away
7:00 PM Coed Varsity Swimming Northwest Senior High School Away
7:30 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Southeast Guilford High School Home

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