Good evening everyone! This is Mr. Hettenbach, Principal at Southwest Guilford High School
Tomorrow, we start day 1 of remote learning. If your mail has been delivered and you have yet to receive your student's schedule, please reach out to your counselor or grade level administrator if the schedule has not been delivered yet. What does a typical day look like? Here is the schedule. This starts tomorrow.
MONDAY
through THURSDAY
|
Time
of Day |
Duration |
Activity |
|
8:30am
– 9:00am |
30
Minutes |
Breakfast |
|
9:00am
– 10:00am |
1 hour LIVE instruction |
Block 1 |
|
10:00am
– 10:10am |
10
minutes |
Break |
|
10:10am - 11:10am |
1 hour LIVE instruction |
Block 2 |
|
11:10am
– Noon |
50
minutes |
Lunch |
|
Noon –
1:00pm |
1 hour LIVE instruction |
Block 3 |
|
1:00pm
– 1:30pm |
30
minutes |
Physical
Activity Break |
|
1:30pm
– 2:30pm |
1 hour LIVE instruction |
Block 4 |
|
2:30pm
– 3:00pm |
30
minutes |
Advisory
time, teacher “office hours”, check in on discussion boards (Students
receiving Special Education and English Learner services should check teacher
canvas pages) |
Advanced Placement (AP) classes will continue
to use college Board resources such as AP Classroom and AP Video
Lessons, as directed by their teachers. AP teachers will share these resources
FRIDAY
Staff and Students
Staff will be engaged in mandatory, content specific district-wide Professional Development. Staff will share specific Friday office hours for student and parent conferencing. Additionally, teachers will work with small groups, individuals, assessments, and more. Parents/students should take full advantage of Fridays to work with your student’s teachers. EC/EL teachers will meet with students on their caseloads.
All live
instruction lessons will be recorded for reference at any time. In addition,
there will be supplemental resources for students to access (i.e. pre-recorded
instruction, discussion board posts, video links, etc.). Friday is an
opportunity to get all items turned in for the week.
*We have an expectation that all
communications will be responded to within 24 hours.
** Schedule subject to change
We are heading into the school year with many unknowns, barriers, high demand for remote learning devices, and more. However just like the end of this past year drive through graduation, when everyone thought it was going to be horrible, we made the best of it. What an exciting. memorable day that was, that started with the class of 2020
Tomorrow, Monday, August 17th, students will log on to Canvas, Click on their Course Name and then…“Meet Your Teacher”,” Getting started”/ “Live Teaching Times” . Getting Ready for the First Day of Remote! Within the blog are multiple short videos and documents that will guide you. We will also be holding SW Helpdesk Virtual meetings starting Monday through Thursday from 6pm-8pm. We want to provide you with any help we can and believe these sessions will let you walk away with a better understanding and ease that anxiety. We will post those meeting times as soon as we create them.
Canvas
Overview video (4:21)
Dashboard
Overview video (4:41)
Paring
Code for Parents video (4:40)
Canvas
Parent Observer App (video 3:30)
Student
Canvas App (video 4:56)
Check out a visual on what the Canvas template looks like.
Also, within this blog, are many links for your reference, as well as a SWGHS Student/Parent Remote Learning Handbook.
Please have your student request a hot spot if they DO NOT have internet, and DO NOT live in any of the below areas (They have mobile bus wifi):
•Carson Stout
•JCMorgan
•New Gate Garden Apartments
•LakeRoadApartments
If your child is in need of a laptop, please complete the Google form on the website under the Student tab or contact the media specialist Mrs. Virginia Hunt at huntv@gcsnc.com. As we begin the distribution process, we will contact parents to fill requests to inform them of the date, time, and pick up location. As we start to receive laptops, we will distribute the current ones we have based on priority needs. We have currently requested laptops from the district and will communicate once they arrive. We do plan on having devices for the entire district within 120 days. That's pretty impressive considering the high demand of electronic devices at this time. Thank you for your patience as we prepare for our school year and remote learning.
More helpful Links:
NCedCloud, Canvas and Discovery Education Helpful tips
Students Getting Started with Canvas in 10 Steps
Parents Need to know HS for the first nine weeks
Access MicrosoftEMAIL….ONEDRIVE and all apps including TEAMS!
Within this blog is a link regarding the required immunizations for Kindergarten, 7th and 12th graders, Please reach out to our school nurse, Jennifer Conrad if you have any questions pertaining to these immunizations.
Any seniors who are interested in purchasing Senior shirts, you can visit the Spirit Store at www.cowboysports.org
Documents to peruse as we continue to navigate.....
Hygiene and Cleaning Protocols
Just a friendly reminder that lifetouch is still accepting scheduling appointments for seniors to be photographed. The link is embedded. Lifetouch Scheduling
- Schedules were mailed this past Tuesday. There was an enclosed letter from us with your student's schedule as well. Please understand that schedules are subject to change as counselors get new information from the school and district that affects scheduling
- We will offer schedules changes for 5 days. The first two days August 17th - August 18th. Priority will go to holes, new students, and repeated classes, GTCC, Virtual enrolled students. The following 3 days, August 19th - 21st will focus on any remaining request that are valid. Please fill out this FORM and e-mail it to your assigned counselor.
- If you enrolled in complete virtual, counselors will begin reaching out to you to create your new/revised schedule.
- If you are taking an online class, you must complete the contract in which your counselor will e-mail you with.
- If students want to change a class, they need to submit the above form via email to the counselor no later than Friday. The only exception is with GTCC because they are adding more late GTCC classes and students that qualify can sign up starting Monday August 17th.
- If you are wishing to remove your student from the self paced virtual enrollment, please Click on the unenrollment process link within this blog. Students can not unenroll mid semester. Only at the end of the semester or the end of the year?
- Counselors are currently working extremely hard and long hours so please allow time to reply back to emails and calls. Our contact information is listed on the website, email is preferred for faster response.
- Counselors' caseloads are as followed: Ms.Graves A-D 10th-12th, Ms.Campbell E-L 10th - 12th, Ms. Graham M-R 10th - 12th, Mrs. Hudgens S-Z 10th - 12th, Ms.Compton 9th grade counselor.
As it relates to Athletics, Coach Christman, the Cowboys Athletic Director will keep us up to speed. In the meantime, you can look at the revised schedule from the NCHSAA in how sports will run this year.
Southwest, while I have my own anxieties traveling through this new school year upon us, I am also very excited. I truly believe great things come out from tough times like we are currently experiencing. The amount of growth I have seen in less than a week is absolutely unbelievable. It is my hope that we all work well together understanding the barriers, while also communicating to us with your needs. I plan on seeing continuous growth from all stakeholders as we navigate these waters together.
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!
Mr. Hettenbach
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