SWHS Principal's weekly updates and reminders for January 28th

Good evening Southwest community!

The first semester is over and teachers are working on grades. With the Grading issues from the state, our report card distribution is on hold at this moment. Please understand that this only impacted our Q1 and Q2 grades, not the final grades or GPAs for SWHS.  

A gentle reminder that tomorrow is a mandated workday for all staff, therefore students do not come to school. The first day of the second semester starts Tuesday and all students will report to their homeroom before being guided to their 1st block class. Their new schedule sheet will be provided to each student in homeroom. As I mentioned at the beginning of each semester, with the fluctuation of enrollment, it is common for us to have to adjust the scheduling matrix. This is turn could impact student schedules. I am happy to tell you that we had to make very few matrix changes considering we are a school of 1600 students. Thank you for your understanding.

ACT Prep Academy is Thursday, Feb. 7 Say Yes Guilford will host an ACT Prep Academy on Thursday, Feb. 7, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown Campus, Center for Advanced Manufacturing,

located at 6012 W. Gate City Blvd. Juniors and seniors who will be taking the ACT in Spring 2019 or Fall 2019 are invited to attend.

Free admission with registration or on-site registration link: www.tinyurl.com/SayYesAct2019

Please mark your calendar as February 11th is the PTSA Walk the Schedule Night. This is an opportunity to meet your student's teachers for the 2nd semester. The event starts at 5:30 in the SWHS Auditorium and will then proceed into following your student's schedule. We look forward to seeing you there. 

Another great event is February 25th. This is our curriculum night for all under classmen and rising 9th graders. Spread the word! While all students and parents will be able to interact with teachers of all the curricular opportunities at SW, we will also have an AP potential overview as well as a FAFSA completion session for those who haven’t completed the FAFSA or have questions regarding it. 

This night is a no miss event!

We continue to see great improvements in such a short time with the OneCard system. Please reinforce to your student to be wearing the card at all times. We want the students in the habit of displaying the cards at all times, blue lanyard around the neck, not in the pocket, not inside the shirt, etc. As I have mentioned before, this is a safety and security layer that has been added to the school and we greatly appreciate your support with this project. There will be more features surrounding the OneCard, so it is important to get in the habit of wearing it at all times. Please know all students will be responsible for card and lanyard replacements come February 1st. 

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

Monday, January 28

No School for students - Mandatory workday for teachers - Parent conferences if needed
4:30 PM Coed Varsity Track GCS Championships @ JDL Fast Track Home
6:00-8:00 PTSA Meeting - Room C132

Tuesday, January 29

First day of the 2nd semester

8:35 - 8:55 Homeroom

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Basketball Dudley Senior High School Home 

6:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling OPEN DATE 1st Rd. 3A State Playoffs Home 

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Dudley Senior High School Away 

6:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Dudley Senior High School Home 

7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Dudley Senior High School Away

Wednesday, January 30

4:30 PM Womens Junior Varsity Basketball Northwest Senior High School Home 

6:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Basketball Northwest Senior High School Home 

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Basketball Northwest Senior High School Away 

7:30 PM Mens Varsity Basketball Northwest Senior High School Away

Thursday, January 31

4:30 PM Coed Varsity Track Southeast Guilford High School Last Chance Qualifier @ SEGHS Away 

6:00 PM Mens Varsity Wrestling OPEN DATE 3rd Round NCHSAA 3A Playoffs @ TBA Home

6:00 PM Beta Club Inductions Media Center

Friday, February 1

TBA Coed Varsity Swimming OPEN DATE NCHSAA 3A Regional Playoffs@ TBA Home

Wednesday, February 6

3:30pm - Report card distribution - Homeroom

Thursday, February 7th

5:30-7:30 ACT Prep Academy Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown Campus, Center for Advanced Manufacturing

Friday, February 8th

PTSA Soup Luncheon for the staff - Contact the PTSA if you would like to help. 

Monday, February 11

5:30-7:30 Walk the Schedule Night 

Wednesday, February 13

7:45 - 8:30 - Leadership Team Meeting - Media Center

Monday, February 25

5:00 - 7:00 Curriculum Fair

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