SWGHS Principal's weekly updates for March 23

Good evening Southwest,

I highly recommend you connect to our social media platforms, as well as Guilford County School's if you haven't done so already. 

This Monday, we officially start e-learning. While our teachers have started delivering instruction this week to keep our students growing minds fresh, please make sure your student is accessing Canvas on a daily basis to work on their assignments.  

Starting this Monday, March 23, the building is no longer open to the public except by appointment and between the hours of 10am-2pm. You must e-mail Mrs. Flores at floresz@gcsnc.com to set up that appointment.

Please remember to stay healthy, exercise, sanitize not only your hands, but items you touch. Social distancing is absolutely key to slowing this pandemic down.

As we enter these uncharted waters, it is vital to keep each other up. We must, and we will persevere through this together.

Perseverance is like any other mindset skill. It’s not something that you either have or don’t have, it is a skill that can be trained, improved, or lost without practice. Perseverance can open up doors that you otherwise couldn’t walk through. As you face difficult tests, intimidating presentations, and complex classwork, perseverance will be the difference between you succeeding or falling short of your goals.

The definition of perseverance is as follows: “persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.” How do we train persistence when facing difficulty? Let’s look to athletes and understand how they train this crucial skill. In a variety of sports, athletes will go through grueling practices. At the very end of a long and difficult practice, there will be some form of conditioning: pushups, situps, running sprints, etc. Why do they do that last little spurt of conditioning at the end? Because a pushup is easy for an athlete at the beginning of practice. It’s not so easy after you are tired, covered in sweat, and aching from a full practice of being tested physically. That last minute conditioning isn’t to make the body physically stronger, but to make the mind stronger, pushing through fatigue purposely.

Muhammad Ali famously said, “I don’t count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.” He didn’t bother worrying about the reps that were easy to get because he wanted to improve his perseverance. His ability to work at the highest levels when he was tired and facing difficulty allowed him to reach the championship in boxing. He was incredibly talented and had many physical tools working for him, but nothing was more beneficial than his mindset.
 - Academicmindset@gmail.com

CHECK THIS OUT!!!

How to Work with Canvas Tutorial

This tutorial will help students with how to work with Canvas. Parents can also watch to be able to assist their students. 

Sessions will be held Monday, March 23rd at 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm

Join when you can out of those times. If you cannot join during these times, a recording of the tutorial will be posted, or if demand is high for more sessions they will be announced.

There is a limit of 100 viewers per session. If you cannot get in, it may be full. 

Hosted by OUR VERY OWN: Ms. Powell and Mr. Baker 

Sessions are Live-streamed using Zoom

https://zoom.us/j/242736235

Meeting ID: 242-736-235

You do not have to have an account to be able to join. It can be used on any device. 

More resources:

Canvas Parent Guide https://gcs.instructure.com/courses/33659/files/4653994/download?download_frd=1 Canvas Parent Pairing Instructions https://gcs.instructure.com/courses/33659/files/4633305/download?download_frd=1

Please make sure you all are signed up for your teacher's remind if they have one to stay in touch besides as well as checking their websites for any  necessary instructions to access online learning opportunities.

If you do not have internet, we want to remind you of Spectrum's free 60 day trial for internet service. If not, please call them at 1-844-488-8398

FAQs regarding this process can be found on the Southwest website under the Contact us tab at the top of the Southwest Guilford High School website. There will also be a link to submit a question you may need an answer for. 

Be on the lookout on our social media platforms as well as on our website under students services for the SEL activity for the week. Thank you to Ms. farmer for leading the charge on this! This will start this upcoming week!

A gentle reminder that we have amazing staff on site who can support you during these times. Please make sure you reference this attachment in case you need anything. 

Please stay healthy Southwest. I love you all and please know this staff has been working tirelessly this week transforming their delivery of education to best serve your student at this time. We also know your lives have been turned upside down. Feel free to e-mail your student's teachers if you need assistance with your student's work, or call any of our support staff if your student needs extra support. Thank you very much, have a great night, practice social distancing please, and remember we are... Southwest!