SWHS Principal's weekly updates for the week of October 8th

Good evening Southwest!

Welcome to homecoming week! Below are the themes for the students to reference as well as for the parents to be sure their child is dressing in the correct theme. 

MEME’d UP Monday         Be an appropriate Meme  - Your theme must have some sort of “evidence”

BACK UP Tuesday             Dress as your favorite Decade---before 2000!

WALT’d UP Wednesday Dress as your favorite Disney Character…
or Marvel…or PIXAR…
or Star Wars, but NO masks

GROWING UP Thursday
Freshman-                   Babies & Toddlers
Sophomores-               College year  FraterniT’s, SororiT’s, CollegeT’s
Juniors-                        Moms & Dads…be the best soccer mom or coach dad
Seniors-                       Senior Citizens

T’d UP Friday- Everyone can be a COWBOY/GIRL…but if you do not quite have the gear… CLASS COLORS WAR…shirts must be obviously school appropriate, jeans OK
            Freshman-                Grey
            Sophomores-           Green
            Juniors-                     White
            Seniors-                     Black

GLOW UP HOMECOMING NIGHT- Let’s see the NEON at the game!!!

This coming Tuesday is a presentation on Governor's School from 5:30-7:00 in the auditorium. NC Governor's School is a summer residential program for gifted and talented high school students. Students eligible to attend are sophomores who are gifted in the performing arts and juniors who are gifted in the performing arts and core academics such as English, mathematics, natural science, social science, and world languages.If interested, please contact Ms. Graves. Applications are due back to Ms. Graves by October 15th. 

This Wednesday, October 10th, is PSAT day for all Sophomores and Juniors. All of these students will take the PSAT right after the day begins. If any of our students have classes at GTCC, they should notify their professors that they will miss their class due to this test. Freshmen and seniors will report to their homerooms and seniors will have a senior meeting followed by an activity to give back to the SWHS community through service.  

This Thursday is the 2nd interim report distribution for the quarter. Please make sure you are monitoring your child';s grade on parent assist,. If you need assistance in getting an account, please reach out to our data manager, Kristy Cline.

As a reminder, due to the day offs from Hurricane Florence, we will now be in school on November 1st and January 18th. Please mark your calendars.

This Friday is PTSA Chic Fila Day in the palladium. Stop by for breakfast, lunch or dinner and mention Southwest High School so a portion of the profits come right back to our very own PTSA. 

Make-Up Picture Day Schedule – Friday, October 12, 2018
 Underclassmen report to the NEW GYM (COGGINS GYM) to retake their picture
Underclassmen need to bring their old photos to the photographer in order to take a new picture.
Seniors, bring $5 sitting fee.
All freshmen and seniors with last name A-H                         8:45 – 9:25
All sophomores and seniors with last name I-Q                    9:30 – 10:10
All juniors and seniors with last name R-Z                           10:15 – 10:55
Staff                                                                                                Any time

Seniors in English the first semester at SWHS will give speeches during the evening of November 8th. We need adult volunteers from the community and the "ranch" to judge. If you are interested, we would need you from 5:30-8:30 during the evening of November 8th. A meal is provided and we train you using a rubric to give feedback to the students. e-mail Mrs. Davis if you are interested at davisd9@gcsnc.com. 

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page at www.cowboysports.org.

Monday, October 8

4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Tri-Meet vs. Ragsdale and Wesleyan Home
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Northwest Senior High School Away
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Northwest Senior High School Away

Tuesday, October 9

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM - Governor's School presentation - auditorium 

TBA Womens Varsity Tennis Piedmont Triad 3A Conference Tournament @ Mt.

Tabor Away

4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Northwest Senior High School NWG at Greensboro

Farm Course Away

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball North Forsyth High School Away

5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer North Forsyth High School Away

6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball North Forsyth High School Away

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

Wednesday, October 10

7:45 - 8:30 - Leadership team Meeting - Media Center
8:30 - 1:30 - PSAT - Sophomores and Juniors 

2nd block (10:20) - Senior meeting - auditorium - no early release

3:00 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Piedmont Triad Conference Tournament @ Mt. Tabor Away

5:00 PM Coed Varsity Cross Country Conference Match vs. Dudley, Smith, Mt. Tabor Home

Thursday, October 11

Interim reports - distributed in all classes to all students

5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Ben L. Smith High School Home

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Ben L. Smith High School *Senior Night Home

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Ben L. Smith High School Home

7:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Football Ben L. Smith High School Away

7:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Cheerleading Ben L. Smith High School Away

Friday, October 12

7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football Ben L. Smith High School Homecoming Home
7:30 PM Womens Varsity Cheerleading Ben L. Smith High School Homecoming Home
Make-Up Picture Day Schedule - for underclassmen and seniors

PTSA Chic Fila Day - proceeds go back to SWHS when you mention our school
Pep Rally - Coggins Gym

Coming Up...

Tuesday, October 16
First day of buses running for Tuesday/Thursday afterschool Tutorials

Friday, October 19 

PTSA Baked Potato Luncheon for staff - lunch blocks - Reach out to the PTSA if you wish to assist

Saturday, October 20

8:00 AM - Noon - Saturday School - Media Center

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