Good evening Southwest!
First and foremost, I hope everyone has an opportunity to enjoy this 3 days weekend. Please take care of yourself, practice social distancing and try to avoid large crowds during this holiday weekend.
Following the holiday weekend, we need to get ready because we are moving full steam ahead.... ALL teachers are now required to grade and take daily attendance.
Parents, are you confident that your student is engaged fully? Please know we are finding that students are often logging in and then stepping away from the computer.... I have told my teachers to mark students absent if this occurs. Please help us out by having a conversation with your student assisting us with our expectations. We do not want you blindsided by any calls, reports, etc,.
As we continue through remote learning, 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
If a student says they can not do their work, I have guided teachers to use a flowchart that will allow every student to get their work during this time until all devices arrive... Feel free to review this flowchart.
If you are looking for any basic needs: food, school supplies, housing, mental health resources or if you have any other need to assist your students, please contacts our School Social Worker, Emily Wright. She can be reached at 336-709-9537 or via e-mail at Wrighte2@gcsnc.com .
If you have a student who has volunteered hours, gone above and beyond to address community needs arising from Covid-19 and the ensuring economic challenges? Feel free to submit your student at spirit.prudential.com or nassp.org/spirit. The application must be received by November 20. All information related to this can be found within the link on this blog.
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12th grade Last Name A-D @swghs2021
Ms. Campbell
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Ms. Graham
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Mrs. Hudgens
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12th grade Last Name S-Z @hudgen21
Ms. Compton 9th grade
Class of 2024 STUDENTS
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Class of 2024 PARENTS
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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, I am very excited for Tuesday to arrive. What we have learned from the Spring and everything we put into place in these last 3 weeks are now on full blast. Thank you again for everything you all do to make this remote learning successful. If you have any concerns, never hesitate to reach out to your student's teachers, counselor, administration or any other support staff at Southwest.
Remember, you are always able to access this message on our school website under School News and titled Principal's Weekly Message 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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