Good evening Southwest!
Tomorrow is day six of our 1st fifteen days in which we are still orienting ourselves as well as our students and parents. All of our staff should be putting their eyes on their stents at this time on a daily basis as well as reaching out to those who have yet to engage. The only time during Monday through Thursday that your student may not experience live instruction is if the teacher is absent, and therefore has provided pre-recorded lessons for your student.
There is plenty of information within this blog to help you further navigate. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if there is a particular process you are having difficultly with that you can not find within our posts and links.
Our schedule continues to remain Monday through Thursday with a set time for instruction.
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
Friday will remain the same with staff 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 continue to update our "how to" links to assist everyone during remote learning. Feel free to access this document ... Remote Learning helpful links.docx
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
Potential
•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.
Student pick up of classroom materials items will occur this upcoming week. We will hold two sessions for picking up of these materials. Students' teachers will reach out to their students if they have items they must pick up. Please enter the student parking lot off Barrow Road. Signage will assist everyone during these days. We look forward to seeing everyone who has to pick up items either Tuesday evening from 5PM-7PM or Friday 10am-1PM.
A few things to know:
- Very easy to log into from a computer or phone
- Participants do not have audio or video capabilities
- Questions are not public until we publish
- You really need two people per day to make this successful
- Producer - In the background controlling what the viewer sees
- Presenter(s) - Live on-screen personalities
- The video is available pretty much immediately for download as well as the Q&A report
If you enrolled in complete virtual (E-Learning
Academy) and have not heard from your counselor, reach out to them asap to
begin 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 you are wishing to remove your student from
the self-paced virtual enrollment / E-Learning Academy, please Click on the unenrollment process link within this
blog. Students cannot unenroll mid semester. Only at the end of the semester or
the end of the year?
GTCC is offering Late Start classes for students
that qualify with a 2.8 UNWEIGHTED GPA. Contact your counselor or GTCC with
information.
Counselors will be sending out a Senior Packet that will
breakdown steps on what to do during the school year.
Counselors are currently working extremely hard
and long hours so please allow time to reply 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.
Documents to peruse as we continue to navigate.....
Hygiene and Cleaning Protocols
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 conradj@gcsnc.com if you have any questions pertaining to these immunizations. 
Just a friendly reminder that Lifetouch is still accepting scheduling appointments for seniors to be photographed. The link is embedded. Lifetouch Scheduling
Any seniors who are interested in purchasing Senior shirts, you can visit the Spirit Store at www.cowboysports.org
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, after the first 5 days, while we still have some struggles, I have seen so many barriers overcome, students, parents and staff taking advantage of the help that is out there. Whether we want to believe it or not, the remote learning approach is not going anywhere any time soon, so we must embrace it with a positive attitude. Those of you who have gotten to know me over a longer period of time know I am a firm believer that great things come out from tough times like we are currently experiencing. It is my hope that we all continue to work well together, understanding the barriers, while also communicating to us with your needs. Thank you in advance!
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!
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