Laptops, mobile bus hot spot, student hotspots, helpdesk sessions and a remote learning lab!

Hello Southwest!

I wanted to give you an update on a few items. First, we have our last live helpdesk session for this week, this evening from 6-8 pm. Within this blog is the link for tonight's session. 

 A few things to know:

1. Very easy to log into from a computer or phone
2. Participants do not have audio or video capabilities
3. Questions are not public until we publish
4. You really need two people per day to make this successful
1. Producer - In the background controlling what the viewer sees
2. Presenter(s) - Live on-screen personalities
5. Cannot make the event repeat, so a new link has to be made for each event
6. We think it's best to share just one day's link to start.  If it goes well and we think this is the best format, we can share the rest of the week's link.  
7. The video is available pretty much immediately for download as well as the Q&A report

Thursday August 21 6pm-8pm - click on "Thursday" - Kristina Palacios is presenting, Amanda Cook is producing    

Additionally, GCS is waiting on devices to arrive. In the meantime, if you would like to donate any lightly used laptops, you may bring them to 712 North Eugene Street, or here to this school and we can make that delivery. More than 5,000 in Guilford County Schools students have no access to a device & consequently to education while we await delivery of 60k+ devices amidst a national backlog. Again, please consider donating a device - 712 N Eugene St. You can also donate up to $300 to the Guilford Education Alliance that will go towards purchases. As Southwest receives laptops, I can assure you we will distribute them in order of the requests received.

What a wonderful opportunity we will have at Southwest High....We will have learning centers starting on August 31st. They will be supervised rooms while following health and safety protocols so students can use GCS connection and desktops to complete their remote learning. It will be Monday to Friday from 9am-1pm.  Parents will need to provide transportation.  Cafeteria breakfast and lunch are available and will be free for students who qualify. Students can register either by completing the REGISTRATION LINK (which can be done on a smartphone), or by filling out a paper copy and returning it to the school.  Paper registration forms are available in multiple languages.  Parents will receive a call confirming their child’s registration on August 27 or 28.  

Please have your student request a hot spot if they DO NOT have internet, and do not live in any of the areas listed below (They have mobile bus wifi):

 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmPC3P5Fcq59XElF-E-mdCH42NlbxkEhBCYobvINgp_MaVkQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

 Mobile Bus Hot spots:

 Confirmed

•Carson Stout

•JCMorgan

 Potential

•New Gate Garden Apartments

•LakeRoadApartments

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, Twitter and Instagram. Please follow Southwest High School at SouthwestGHS for Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! This is a great way for us to communicate and stay connected. 

We are in it it together. We got this. We are... Southwest!