SWHS Principal's weekly updates for the week of September 24th

Good evening Southwest!

I hope each of you had an opportunity to review the interim reports that were delivered to your child by each of their teachers this past Thursday. Please remember to call or e-mail their teachers with any questions or concerns, or to simply to seek out resources that will help your child grow academically in their class. 

One way to monitor your child's grades throughout the year as well as their attendance is to have an account on the Parent Assist program. If you do not have an account, please go to the SWHS website and look under the parents tab for further assistance.

The first PTSA meeting is tomorrow, Monday, at 6:00 PM in room C132. Please come out and be a part of this great group of parents who are assisting us in making SW great. 

Seniors have their first during the day senior meeting on Tuesday at 8:50. Meetings are not optional. If they have a GTCC class, please have them reach out to me to let me know, otherwise I expect to see every senior in the auditorium at 8:50 Tuesday morning. 

This coming Friday is a jean day for students only if they have purchased a PTSA bracelet. If your child is interested in wearing jeans this Friday as well as any upcoming jean day dates, they can wear their bracelet or purchase one this Thursday during any of the lunches for only $5. 

This coming week is the Start with Hello Sandy Hook Promise week. Each day, our SAVE club students have a theme for the day. Please assist us in supporting this special week. The details can be found on the bottom of this blog. 

"We are Southwest" apparel is now on sale until September 27th. Feel free to navigate to the www.NCscreenPrintingAndEmbroidery.com website and click on the SWHS logo to place your order. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Coach Black. 

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page at www.cowboysports.org.

Monday, September 24

6:00 PM PTSA Meeting C132
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Conference Meet @ Jamestown Golf Course hosted by SW Guilford Home 

4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Mount Tabor High School Home 

4:45 PM Mens Middle School Soccer Southeast Guilford Middle School Home

Tuesday, September 25

8:50 to 10:00 - Senior meeting - No early release for seniors
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Tri-Meet with Page/Ragsdale @ Bryan Park Away 

4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Ben L. Smith High School Home 

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Mount Tabor High School Home 

5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Mount Tabor High School Home 

6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Mount Tabor High School Home 

7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Mount Tabor High School Home 

Wednesday, September 26

4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Tri-meet with Page/Ragsdale @ Jamestown Park Home 

5:00 PM Coed Varsity Cross Country Conference Match vs. WG and Mt. Tabor Home 

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball High Point Central High School Home 

6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball High Point Central High School Home 

Thursday, September 27

4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Trinity High School Away 

5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Cancelled- Dudley Senior High School Away 5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Dudley Senior High School Away 

6:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Dudley Senior High School Away 

6:00 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Dudley Senior High School Away 

7:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Football Dudley Senior High School Home 

7:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Cheerleading Dudley Senior High School Home

Friday, September 28

PTSA Jean Day - Must wear a band - bands on sale during Thursday lunches - $5
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football Dudley Senior High School Away 

7:30 PM Womens Varsity Cheerleading Dudley Senior High School Away

Start with Hello Sandy Hook Promise Week

Monday, September 24^th: Sidewalk Chalk/Name Tags

            -Students will be greeted as they enter the school building with ‘Hello’ and other positive messages on the sidewalk. This will be done on both the front entrance of the school, and the sidewalk going to the student parking lot. Then students will be given a name tag so that during the day, students can greet each other by their names, and create a more positive community of unity.

Tuesday, September 25^th: Green Day!, Lunch Table Notes

            -Students will be asked to wear all green to support the main color of the Sandy Hook Promise. No mask, or face paint will be allowed. During lunches, students will find hello messages on their lunch tables. Students can pass positive messages on to others or keep it for themselves.

Wednesday, September 26^th: Showcase Day, Freshman Focus Classes

            -SAVE members will be visiting the Freshman Focus classes to teach a lesson on the Start with Hello Week. The lesson will encourage students to talk to students about anti-isolation and community building here at SW.

            -Students will have the opportunity to showcase their talents at the “Start with Hello” centered talent afterschool at our “Start with Hello Showcase.” Students can create artwork, poems, perform songs, skits, and etc.

Thursday, September 27^th: Cup Stacking Contest during Lunch

            -Students during lunches will approach the SAVE table and participate in a “Cup Stacking Contest” with a teams of students created with people they just met during their lunch. Winning teams will get prizes.

Friday, September 28^th: Elementary School Hello Parade, “Start With a Hello and a Smile”

            -Students will welcome elementary students at Southwest Elementary School.  During lunch that day, students will sign a pledge to agree to promote community and unity by trying to continue to say hello and include everyone in our community. 

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... Southwest!

SWHS Principal's weekly updates and reminders for September 17

Good evening Southwest!

I hope each and every one of you, including your friends and relatives, are safe from this weekend's storm. I am hoping this event can remind us about how important it is to be prepared for crisis events. Please reinforce to your child about the importance of listening to all procedures provided on our campus regarding crisis planning and response. Thank you. 

This Thursday, Guilford County Schools is celebrating excellence from this past school year. Southwest High School is being recognized for multiple reasons. Please help me in celebrating:

Angela Hagler – Building level teacher of the year

Shannon Taylor - ACT – Lateral Entry Teacher of the Year

Guy Shavers - North Carolina Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year

90-99 Percent Graduation Rates – SWHS (95.7)

Schools Exceeding Expected Growth – SWHS (4 years in a row!)

Hubert B. Humphrey Jr. Award – SWHS

Thank you to everyone who continues to be part of making SWHS great!

Parents and guardians, while a couple of you have reached out to me, and we hopefully have made some connections, I am still looking for more individuals to assist us with the PTSA this year. Please e-mail me if you think you can assist. 

Parent assist attendance and grade monitoring is now up.

To register for an account go to Powerschool under the Parent tab on SWHS website site.

If you had an account, try your old password first,  if it doesn’t work click on “forgot my password”. If all fails and you need assistance, email clinek2@gcsnc.com.

This Thursday, interim reports are being distributed to each and every student from every teacher. If you do not see your child's report or have questions or concerns, please reach out to your child's teachers immediately. 

"We are Southwest" apparel is now on sale until September 27th. Feel free to navigate to the www.NCscreenPrintingAndEmbroidery.com website and click on the SWHS logo to place your order. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Coach Black. 

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page at www.cowboysports.org.

Monday, September 17
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Conference Meet @ Maple Chase Away
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Ben L. Smith High School Away
4:45 PM Mens Middle School Soccer Mendenhall Middle School Home
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Wheatmore High School Away
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer North Forsyth High School Home
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Wheatmore High School Away
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer North Forsyth High School Home
7:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Football Northwest Senior High School Away
7:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Cheerleading Northwest Senior High School Away 

Tuesday, September 18
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Grimsley High School Away
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Cancelled- Ben L. Smith High School Away
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Ben L. Smith High School Away
5:45 PM Mens Middle School Football OPEN DATE Home
6:00 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Ben L. Smith High School Away
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Ben L. Smith High School Away

Wednesday, September 19
Workday for teachers - no school for students 
1:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Guilford County Invitational @ Bryan Park Away
5:00 PM Coed Varsity Cross Country Conference Match @ SWGHS Home

Thursday, September 20
Interim reports distributed to all students
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Wheatmore High School Home
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Parkland High School Home
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Parkland High School Home
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Parkland High School Home
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Parkland High School Home
7:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Football Parkland High School Away
7:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Cheerleading Parkland High School Away

Friday, September 21
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football Parkland High School Home
7:30 PM Womens Varsity Cheerleading Parkland High School Home

COMING UP...
Start with Hello Sandy Hook Promise Week

Monday, September 24^th: Sidewalk Chalk/Name Tags

            -Students will be greeted as they enter the school building with ‘Hello’ and other positive messages on the sidewalk. This will be done on both the front entrance of the school, and the sidewalk going to the student parking lot. Then students will be given a name tag so that during the day, students can greet each other by their names, and create a more positive community of unity.

Tuesday, September 25^th: Green Day!, Lunch Table Notes

            -Students will be asked to wear all green to support the main color of the Sandy Hook Promise. No mask, or face paint will be allowed. During lunches, students will find hello messages on their lunch tables. Students can pass positive messages on to others or keep it for themselves.

Wednesday, September 26^th: Showcase Day, Freshman Focus Classes

            -SAVE members will be visiting the Freshman Focus classes to teach a lesson on the Start with Hello Week. The lesson will encourage students to talk to students about anti-isolation and community building here at SW.

            -Students will have the opportunity to showcase their talents at the “Start with Hello” centered talent afterschool at our “Start with Hello Showcase.” Students can create artwork, poems, perform songs, skits, and etc.

Thursday, September 27^th: Cup Stacking Contest during Lunch

            -Students during lunches will approach the SAVE table and participate in a “Cup Stacking Contest” with a teams of students created with people they just met during their lunch. Winning teams will get prizes.

Friday, September 28^th: Elementary School Hello Parade, “Start With a Hello and a Smile”

            -Students will welcome elementary students at Southwest Elementary School.  During lunch that day, students will sign a pledge to agree to promote community and unity by trying to continue to say hello and include everyone in our community. 

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... Southwest!

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SWHS Principal's Weekly updates for September 10

Another amazing week!  This past week, accountability results were released form the state on all public schools. Schools across the state can be designated as not having met expected growth, meeting expected growth, and exceeding expected growth. For the 4th year in a row, SWHS has EXCEEDED expected growth. We also increased in the areas of Graduation rate, ACT proficiency, Work keys proficiency and other areas. Please help me in cheering on this amazing staff. They work very hard for your children, more than most people will ever understand. I am a lucky individual to be able to lead this staff, this student body, the parents, guardians and amazing community.  Thank you. 

Parents and guardians, while a couple of you have reached out to me, I am still looking for more individuals to assist us with the PTSA this year. Please e-mail me if you think you can assist. 

Parent assist attendance and grade monitoring will be up and running on 9/11 the 11^th day of school. The reason for this delay, is to ensure we have all schedule changes in the system.Please reach out to your child's teachers if you have any inquiries about their grades.

To register for an account go to Powerschool under the Parent tab on SWHS website site.

If you had an account, try your old password first,  if it doesn’t work click on “forgot my password”. If all fails and you need assistance, email clinek2@gcsnc.com

I am unsure if you have seen the news, but we were spotlighted for the upcoming implementation of the OneCard student identification system. More information in details to this additional layer of safety and security will be communicated to you shortly. 

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page at www.cowboysports.org.

Monday, September 10
Underclassmen Picture Day
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Conference Meet @ Gillespie Park Away 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Eastern Guilford High School Home 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Eastern Guilford High School Home

Tuesday, September 11
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Wheatmore High School Away 
4:45 PM Mens Middle School Soccer Northwest Middle School Home 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball High Point Central High School Away 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer High Point Central High School Away 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball High Point Central High School Away 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer High Point Central High School Away 

Wednesday, September 12
7:45-8:30 Leadership team Meeting - Media Center
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Tri-Meet with Glenn/Ragsdale Away 
4:30 PM Womens Junior Varsity Tennis Mount Tabor High School Away 
5:00 PM Coed Varsity Cross Country Pre Conference Meet @ Ivy Redmond Home 

Thursday, September 13
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis East Forsyth High School Home 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball North Forsyth High School Home 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer North Forsyth High School Home 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball North Forsyth High School Home 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer North Forsyth High School Home 
7:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Football Northwest Senior High School Away 
7:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Cheerleading Northwest Senior High School Away

Friday, September 14
ALL DAY PTSA Chic Fil A day - just mention SWHS so a portion of the proceeds goes back to the school
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football Northwest Senior High School Home 
7:30 PM Womens Varsity Cheerleading Northwest Senior High School Home

COMING UP...

Tuesday, September 18
Interim reports distributed to ALL students

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 and Twitter and soon, 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... Southwest!

SWHS Principal's weekly updates for September 3rd

Welcome back!  

What a great first week!  I am one happy Principal! Our students were amazing, the staff were in full gear taking care of students, and parents were so patient with the first week of the magnetic door system. On top of that, finding out that the efforts of our staff, students, and community were recognized at the State of the Community for Greensboro as the Hubert Humphrey Improvement Funds Award winner for the first time ever is something we all should be proud of. Multiple links can be found embedded in this blog for your viewing pleasure. 

WFMY News video and article
GCS Press Release
YouTube

A reminder that tomorrow, Monday, is Labor Day. No School for staff and students.

Parents and guardians, I need your assistance on two specific items.

First, we are in dire need of a couple PTSA board members. I can assure you the work is minimal but very much needed. Please reach out to me if you have any interest or know you of anyone that can help out. The second item I need help with is for each parent to have a conversation with their children in regards to visiting other school campuses and defacing school property. Most recently, we had students from another school visit our campus and deface our school property. Myself nor that visiting school's principal condones this behavior. I am seeking assistance from our parents to communicate with our our students that it is not wise to take a chance for any reason by visiting any opposing school property for these purposes, even if it is meant to be harmless. Additionally, if we are ever vandalized by another school moving forward, I ask our community and our students to refrain from any form of retaliation, whether it be through social media, verbally, physically, etc.I appreciate ahead of time the conversations you can have with your children in order to keep them from dealing with unnecessary consequences. 

Dress code is now in full effect starting tomorrow. Please take a moment to review the expectations for dress attire.

As a reminder, student pick up and drop off should always be in the front of the school. For safety reasons, the back lot by the gym should be kept to teacher and student movement and parking during the day. Please understand that our students are still considered novice drivers and we need to provide a safer parking lot for our students to drive in and out of. Athlete pick up and drop off can resume in the athletics parking lot. 

Parent assist attendance and grade monitoring will be up and running on 9/11 the 11^th day of school. The reason for this delay, is to ensure we have all schedule changes in the system.Please reach out to your child's teachers if you have any inquiries about their grades.

To register for an account go to Powerschool under the Parent tab on SWHS website site.

If you had an account, try your old password first,  if it doesn’t work click on “forgot my password”. If all fails and you need assistance, email clinek2@gcsnc.com

To add to our great start, the students have been wonderful by respecting our needs for increasing safety protocols at SWHS.  As a reminder, any students arriving before 8:10 should either report to the freshmen gym if they are 9th graders or wait in the front atrium if they are upperclassmen. Obviously there are exceptions to this such as being in Jazz Band zero block, meeting with teachers for tutorials, clubs, etc. Please understand that our staff do not start their day until 8:15. 

In regards to Safety and security, we are waiting on our 2nd magentic door lock to be installed. I am anticipating this install to occur soon.  We are also expecting the pilot program for the student identification card system, a visitor monitoring system as well as a student locator on buses system coming our way. We will keep everyone updated with the progress of these programs. Thank you for working with these changes and understanding that these measures are being put in place to increase the level of safety and security at SWHS.

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page at www.cowboysports.org.

Monday, September 3
NO SCHOOL - LABOR DAY

Tuesday, September 4
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Cancelled- Conference Meet @ Maple Chase Away 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Dudley Senior High School Home 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Northern Guilford High School Home 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Dudley Senior High School Home 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Northern Guilford High School Home 

Wednesday, September 5
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Ragsdale High School Away 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Ragsdale High School Home 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Northwest Senior High School Home 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Ragsdale High School Home 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Northwest Senior High School Home

Thursday, September 6 
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf East Forsyth High School Away 
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Western Guilford High School Home 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Western Guilford High School Away 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Western Guilford High School Away 
7:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Football Ragsdale High School Home 
7:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Cheerleading Ragsdale High School Home 

Friday, September 7 
7:00 PM Coed Varsity Cross Country Friday Night Lights XC Festival @ Ivey Redmon Park Home 
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football Ragsdale High School Away 
7:30 PM Womens Varsity Cheerleading Ragsdale High School Away

Saturday, September 8
11:00 AM High School Theater Dramatic Reading - High Point Public Library 901 N Main Street

COMING UP...

Monday, September 11
Time TBD Underclassmen Picture Day

Wednesday, September 13
7:45-8:30 Leadership team Meeting -Media Center

Friday, September 15
ALL DAY PTSA Chic Fil A day - just mention SWHS so a portion of the proceeds goes back to the school

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 and Twitter and soon, 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... Southwest!

SWHS Principal's Weekly updates for August 27th

Welcome back!  

Tomorrow is the first day back to school! All students should report to their homerooms. Homerooms will be posted in various locations. Freshmen should look for their homeroom on the walls of the Freshmen Gym. Upperclassmen should look down the main hallway. When the 8:35 bell rings, students will report to their homeroom where each student will receive their most updated schedule. As a reminder, with the ongoing fluctuation of enrollment, there are chances that schedules may have altered from just a few days ago and can still later all the way up to the 10th day of school. We appreciate your understanding as we work with these daily changes.  

As a reminder, if you need more guidance with your schedule, feel free to contact the assigned counselor. Counseling responsibilities are now alphabetically assigned in grades 10-12.

9th grade will all have Ms. Compton

A-D  - Ms. Graves

E-L - Mr.  Hawkins

M-R - Mrs. Richards

S-Z - Mrs. Hudgens 

All grade levels except for the senior class must be in complete dress code starting tomorrow. The dress code is found on the website if you need clarification. Seniors have spirit week. Seniors will be allowed to follow these themes... Monday, Hawaiian/Tie Dye, Tuesday, Senior Queen, Wednesday - Neon Pink shirt slogan with We're kind of a B19 Deal!", Thursday, Swat/Camouflage, Friday, SW Spirit shirt or class shirt (these can be homemade this week). 9th, 10th and 11th graders can wear homemade class shirts on Friday as well. Typically, homemade shirts are not allowed within the dress code expectations, however, we are making an exception this Friday. This Friday, we also have a PTSA Jean Day. If you have purchased one of the PTSA jean day bracelets OR signed up for PTSA as a student, you should have a jean band Bracelet and therefore can wear jeans on Friday as well. At no time, should jeans have rips, shreds, holes, etc. As we start the year, failure to work with our dress code will result in the requirement to change clothes, calling home, as well as possibly receiving other consequences.

If you are needing transportation AM or PM stops, please visit the GCS transportation website and look up the bus stop locator. This will guide you to the morning and afternoon stops and times. Please be patient in the first week as delays are common in the beginning of the school year. 

If you are driving, please be mindful that traffic coming in and out of the school is much heavier than normal. If your child has the opportunity to ride the bus, we encourage you to take advantage of that to assist us with the flow of traffic. Student pick up and drop off should always be in the front of the school. For safety reasons, the back lot by the gym should be kept to teacher and student movement and parking during the day. Athlete pick up and drop off can resume in the athletics parking lot. Thank you for assisting us with this request.  

Parent assist attendance and grade monitoring will be up and running on 9/11 the 11^th day of school. The reason for this delay, is to ensure we have all schedule changes in the system.Please reach out to your child's teachers if you have any inquiries about their grades.

To register for an account go to Powerschool under the Parent tab on SWHS website site.

If you had an account, try your old password first,  if it doesn’t work click on “forgot my password”. If all fails and you need assistance, email clinek2@gcsnc.com

Starting tomorrow, any students arriving before 8:10 should either report to the freshmen gym if they are 9th graders or wait in the front atrium if they are upperclassmen. Obviously there are exceptions to this such as being in Jazz Band zero block, meeting with teachers for tutorials, clubs, etc. Please understand that our staff do not start their day until 8:15. Thank you for understanding this additional measure we put in place for the safety of all individuals who arrive to our campus. Additionally, one of the magnetic doors will be activated starting tomorrow. All visitors must still check in with either attendance of the main office. Thank you again for understanding the importance of this process.  

As a reminder, all students should have already started their summer reading. Students will be tested in the first couple weeks of school. If a student has English in their 2nd semester, they can still get their test out of the way during the beginning of the first semester. All he/she needs to do is to reach out to their 2nd semester teacher. Summer reading lists for all grade levels can be found under the students tab on the SWHS website. https://www.gcsnc.com/southwest_guilford_high

In regards to Safety and security, one of our two main entrances have now been installed with magnetic door locks with surveillance. We are anticipating the other install over the next month. We are also expecting a pilot program for a student identification card system as well as a visitor monitoring system. We will keep everyone updated as we receive these programs in place. Thank you for working with these changes and understanding that these measures are being put in place to increase the level of safety and security at SWHS.
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As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page at www.cowboysports.org and contact Coach Christman with any athletics concerns.

Monday, August 27
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Glenn Home 
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis East Forsyth High School Away

Tuesday, August 28
3:30 PM Womens Varsity Golf Tri-Meet w/ Ragsdale and HP Central Home 
4:30 PM Womens Junior Varsity Tennis High Point Christian Academy Home 
5:00 PM Coed Varsity Cross Country 2018 Guilford County Cross Country Championship Home 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Parkland High School Away 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Ragsdale High School Home 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Parkland High School Away 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Ragsdale High School Home

Wednesday, August 29
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Mount Tabor High School Away 
7:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Football High Point Central High School Home

Thursday, August 30 
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Asheboro High School Home 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Mount Tabor High School Away 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Ronald Reagan High School Away 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Mount Tabor High School Away 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Ronald Reagan High School Away 
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football High Point Central High School Away 

Friday, August 31 
No Athletics

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 and Twitter and soon, 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... Southwest!

SWHS Principal's weekly updates for August 20th

Good evening, this is Mike Hettenbach, Principal of Southwest Guilford High School with some updates and reminders...

Only one week to go! Tomorrow, Monday, is the Open House for all High Schools from 5:30-7:00. This is an opportunity for you and your child to walk the halls, and visit teachers. Plenty of groups will be present to assist you with your connection and needs associated with SWHS such as the PTSA, Transportation Department, School Nutrition, and more.

All schedules have now been picked up or delivered.  Hopefully each of you have seen the most updated version of your schedule.  At this time, if you need more guidance with your schedule, feel free to contact the assigned counselor. Counseling responsibilities are now alphabetically assigned in grades 10-12.

9th grade will all have Ms. Compton

A-D  - Ms. Graves

E-L - Mr.  Hawkins

M-R - Mrs. Richards

S-Z - Mrs. Hudgens 
Please remember that our enrollment fluctuates as we continue to approach the first day, and even thereafter. This can cause shifts in the overall scheduling matrix. Please understand that if your child's schedule varies on the morning of homeroom, there are multiple reasons that can cause these last minute changes. 

Freshman Orientation is on Thursday, August 23rd with only students reporting from 8:30AM -12:30 and parents reporting that evening from 6:30PM to 8:00PM. This orientation has proven to be extremely successful in providing a very successful transition for both the students and parents who attend this event. 

The first day for all students is Monday, August 27th. All students should have already started their summer reading. Students will be tested in the first couple weeks of school. If a student has English in their 2nd semester, they can still get their test out of the way during the beginning of the first semester. Summer reading lists for all grade levels can be found under the students tab on the SWHS website. https://www.gcsnc.com/southwest_guilford_high

In regards to Safety and security, one of our two main entrances have now been installed with magnetic door locks with surveillance. We are anticipating the other install over the next month. We are also expecting a pilot program for a student identification card system as well as a visitor monitoring system. We will keep everyone updated as we receive these programs in place. Thank you for working with these changes and understanding that these measures are being put in place to increase the level of safety and security at SWHS.

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page at www.cowboysports.org and contact Coach Christman with any athletics concerns. 

Monday, August 20 
5:30 - 7:00 PM Open House
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Cancelled- Conference Meet @ Jamestown Golf Course hosted by SW Guilford Home 
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis High Point Christian Academy Home 
6:30 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Postponed- Cornerstone Charter Academy Away

Tuesday, August 21 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Northern Guilford High School Home 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Glenn Away 
6:00 PM Coed Varsity Cross Country Rumble at the Ridge- hosted by WCA @ SWGHS Home 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Northern Guilford High School Home 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Glenn Away 

Wednesday, August 22 
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Ben L. Smith High School Home 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Wheatmore High School Home 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Wheatmore High School Home 
7:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Football Union Pines HS Home 

Thursday, August 23 
8:30AM - 12:30PM   Freshmen Orientation (Students)
6:30PM - 8:00PM     Parent Orientation for Freshmen
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf High Point Central High School Away 
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis High Point Central High School Home 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Ragsdale High School Away 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer High Point Central High School Home 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Ragsdale High School Away 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer High Point Central High School Home 

Friday, August 24 
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football High Point ANDREWS Home

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 and Twitter and soon, 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... Southwest!

SWHS Principal's Updates and reminders for the week of August 13

Good evening, this is Mike Hettenbach, Principal of Southwest Guilford High School with some updates and reminders...

Let the countdown begin, only 2 weeks before school begins! I hope that each and every one of you are still enjoying your summer. As a reminder, for those of you new to my communications, you will receive a weekly phone message on Sunday evenings around 6:30PM. This message will be posted on the school's website, posted to Facebook and Twitter and I am still working to get future postings on Instagram as well. This will be a great way to review my messages and keep you connected to what's happening on the ranch. 

All schedules being delivered to the home has now been moved up to August 15th, however, if you would like to pick up your schedule early, seniors and juniors can stop by Monday between noon and 4, while freshmen and sophomores can stop by the school on Tuesday between noon and 4. While all remaining schedules will be delivered to the post office on the 15th, please allow the postal service a few days to get them to your mailbox. Additionally, counselors will not be taking any schedule change requests until the first 5 days of school. More directions will follow. At that time, if you need more guidance with your schedule, feel free to contact the assigned counselor. Counseling responsibilities are now alphabetically assigned in grades 10-12.

9th grade will all have Ms. Compton

A-D  - Ms. Graves

E-L - Mr.  Hawkins

M-R - Mrs. Richards

S-Z - Mrs. Hudgens 

Open House is Monday August 20th from 5:30-7:00. This schedule was set by GCS in order to reduce any conflicts between all schools, specifically, elementary and middle. This will be an opportunity for students and parents to locate classrooms and have conversation with the teachers. This will also be an opportunity to sign up for the PTSA, order the jean day incentive bracelet, pay for the student parking lot pass, and more. It is important to become well versed with the student dress code before you go shopping for clothes. You can find that dress code on the SWHS website. Last, GCS recently increased the student parking lot passes to $30 for the year so we feel it is important you are aware of this information prior to the start of the school year. Part of this fee will return to the school for safety and security purchases. You will have the opportunity to pay for your child's parking pass at open house.

Freshman Orientation is on Thursday, August 23rd with only students reporting from 8:30AM -12:30 and parents reporting that evening from 6:30PM to 8:00. This orientation has proven to be extremely successful in providing a very successful transition for both the students and parents who attend this event. 

The first day for all students is Monday, August 27th. All students should have already started their summer reading. Students will be tested in the first couple weeks of school. If a student has English in their 2nd semester, they can still get their test out of the way during the beginning of the first semester. Summer reading lists for all grade levels can be found under the students tab on the SWHS website. https://www.gcsnc.com/southwest_guilford_high

In regards to Safety and security, one of our two main entrances have now been installed with magnetic door locks with surveillance. We are anticipating the other install before the school year starts. We are also expecting a pilot program for a student identification card system as well as a visitor monitoring system. We will keep everyone updated as we receive these programs in place. Thank you for working with these changes and understanding that these measures are being put in place to increase the level of safety and security at SWHS.

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page at www.cowboysports.org and contact Coach Christman with any athletics concerns. 

Monday, August 13 
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Ragsdale High School Home 
Noon - 4:00PM      Seniors and Juniors Schedule pick up

Tuesday, August 14 
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Southeast Guilford High School Away 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball East Forsyth High School Away 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Ragsdale High School Away 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball East Forsyth High School Away 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Ragsdale High School Away 
Noon - 4:00PM      Sophomores and Freshmen Schedule pick up

Wednesday, August 15 
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Trinity High School Home 

Thursday, August 16 
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis High Point Central High School Away 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Glenn Away 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Southern Alamance HS Home 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Glenn Away 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Southern Alamance HS Home 

Friday, August 17 
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football R J Reynolds High School Endowment Game Away
No workday for 10 and 12 month GCS employees

Coming up...

Monday, August 20
5:30 - 7:00 PM Open House

Thursday, August 23
8:30AM - 12:30PM   Freshmen Orientation (Students)
6:30PM - 8:00PM     Parent Orientation for Freshmen

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

We are... Southwest!