SWGHS Principal's weekly message for September 9...

Hello Southwest High School! 

I hope this weekly message finds everyone doing well and that all students are settling into their classes as we approach week 3. 

Believe it or not, we are already approaching the 1st interim for the 1st quarter. All students will receive their 3 week interim this coming Thursday. If for some reason you did not receive an interim report from any of your student's teachers, please contact them immediately. 

Hopefully everyone received my all call message delivered Thursday evening regarding transportation. Starting this Monday, all students will be picked up 10 minutes earlier. Please make sure your student is prepared for this earlier pick up. 

Parent assist attendance and grade monitoring will be up and running on this coming Tuesday, September 10th, 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

     

A heads up for AP students, it is never too early to start accessing the materials to be better prepared for your AP classes. AP students need to ask their AP teachers to share a join code to access AP classroom resources.

The PSAT is October 16th and is taken by sophomores and juniors. PSAT practice/guide books will be distributed this Monday, September 9th during 3^rd block to all sophomores and juniors.  There will also be a letter from Mrs. Barnum with information about the PSAT and a helpful website for PSAT test prep. Juniors and sophomores can begin to study for the PSAT by going to www.collegeboard.org for study skills.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and the Carolina Panthers are teaming up for #WEARITLIKEAPRO. The four high schools (one per Classification) with the most votes could win the same high-end football helmets the Panthers wear each week. Vote now until October 15 at https://www.panthers.com/fans/wearitlikeapro You can vote as many times as you would like.

One scholarship in the amount of $500 for one 10^th-12^th grade student will be awarded that night!!!

 Free Application for Federal Student Aid Day!

Seniors should start to work on college applications.

FAFSA opens up Oct. 1 so start to begin the application with parents (https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa), go to www.cfnc.org for one stop shop for scholarships searches, apply for college, study for tests, send transcripts, and much more.

Look at counseling website for more information on SW site.

Seniors need to complete the NC Residency which is required by all NC Schools. That is also located on cfnc.org.

Students, especially juniors and seniors, begin to tour schools. Register on the college site.

  

Check remind and emails weekly for information from the counseling department

Counseling Info and  Assignments

Anna Compton - Freshmen - comptoa@gcsnc.com

Galissia Graves - A-D - gravesg3@gcsnc.com

Shelli Campbell - E-L - campbes2@gcsnc.com

Kendra Graham - M-R - grahamk2@gcsnc.com

Janet Hudgens - S-Z - hudgenj@gcsnc.com

Ms. Graves' codes:

10th-12th graders with last names A-D

Seniors: @graves2020 

Juniors: @graves2021

Sophomores: @graves2022

Mrs. Hudgens' codes:

10^th – 12^th graders with last names S - Z 

Seniors:  Tell people to text @hudgsw20 to the number 81010 

Juniors: Tell people to text @hudgsw21 to the number 81010

Sophomores: Tell people to text @hudgens22 to the number 81010

Ms. Graham's codes:

 10th-12th graders with last names M-R

Seniors: @graham2020

Juniors: @graham2021

Sophomores: @graham2022

Mrs. Campbell's codes:

10th - 12th graders with last names E-L

Seniors: Campbell2020 @cowgirl20

Juniors: Campbell2021 @cowgirl21

Sophomores: Campbell2022@cowgirl22

Ms. Compton 's codes:

9th grade - @7467_f4

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page  

at 

www.cowboysports.org

Sports passes available!!!

Upcoming Sports Schedule

Monday, September 09 
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Conference Match @ Gillespie Park Away 
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Western Guilford High School Away 
4:45 PM Mens Middle School Soccer Kernodle Middle School Home 

Tuesday, September 10 
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Wesleyan Christian Academy Home 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball East Forsyth High School Away 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer High Point Central High School Away 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball East Forsyth High School Away 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer High Point Central High School Away 

Wednesday, September 11 
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Glenn/Ragsdale @ Winding Creek Away 
5:00 PM Coed Varsity Cross Country Pre Conference Meet @ Ivy Redmond Away 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Page High School Home
7:00 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Page High School Home 

Thursday, September 12 
1st interim report distributed to ALL students
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Ragsdale High School Home 
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Glenn Away 
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Page High School Home 
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Glenn Away 
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Page High School Home 
7:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Football Ragsdale High School Away 

Friday, September 13 
Evaluation Self Assessments Due
Chic Fila Day at the Palladium ALL day - Mention SWHS
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football Ragsdale High School Home

More dates:

Friday, September 27
12th grade and underclass picture retakes

Tuesday, October 1
GCS College Night - Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center - 5PM - 8PM

Wednesday, October 16th
PSAT - Sophomores and Juniors

Saturday, October 26
FAFSA Day - GTCC-Jamestown -9AM - Noon

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!

SWGHS Principal's weekly message for September 3rd

Hello Southwest High School! 

What a GREAT week!  While transportation continues to improve, I can not ask for a better first week that what we have experienced . Thank you to all who have been involved in making week 1 so amazing. 

This weekend is Labor Day weekend. Therefore, we do not have school on Monday. Please take this extended weekend to enjoy company with those you love. Please be prepared to return to school on Tuesday morning. 

As a gentle reminder, parents should never be dropping off their students in the student lot in the morning. With buses and novice teenager drivers using this lot, parents should drop off their students in the front of the school. Additionally, stopping in the middle of Barrow road to drop off a student is extremely unsafe practices. 

All students who are using our parking lot should have filled out an application and brought the correct information and money in to Mrs. Barnum for a permit. We have given the students up until Tuesday afternoon to take care of this responsibility. 

GTCC students' transportation - Bus 92 is the bus that transports Tuesday and Thursday. 1124 transports MWF. Request for transportation should have been communicated to the counselling office. If transportation is no longer needed, it must be communicated to the counselor as well. 

Parent assist attendance and grade monitoring will be up and running on 9/10 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

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

     

A heads up for AP students, it is never too early to start accessing the materials to be better prepared for your AP classes. AP students need to ask their AP teachers to share a join code to access AP classroom resources.

Parents and students have asked about the OneCard processs. We will not be starting this process until I feel we have the pieces in pace to run this more effectively. We will keep you abreast of this process. 

Please review the student handbook with your student. This can be found on the SWGHS website and we also distributed the hard copy to each student on this coming Monday.  Please pay extra attention to items such as no lunches being delivered by vendors, the process for lunches being dropped off by adults only, the electronics policy, dress code, and more. 

Seniors should start to work on college applications.

FAFSA opens up Oct. 1 so start to begin the application with parents (https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa), go to www.cfnc.org for one stop shop for scholarships searches, apply for college, study for tests, send transcripts, and much more.

Look at counseling website for more information on SW site.

Seniors need to complete the NC Residency which is required by all NC Schools. That is also located on cfnc.org.

Students, especially juniors and seniors, begin to tour schools. Register on the college site.

Juniors and sophomores begin to study for PSAT held on October 16th. Go to www.collegeboard.org for study skills.

  

Check remind and emails weekly for information from the counseling department

Counseling Info and  Assignments

Anna Compton - Freshmen - comptoa@gcsnc.com

Galissia Graves - A-D - gravesg3@gcsnc.com

Shelli Campbell - E-L - campbes2@gcsnc.com

Kendra Graham - M-R - grahamk2@gcsnc.com

Janet Hudgens - S-Z - hudgenj@gcsnc.com

Ms. Graves' codes:

10th-12th graders with last names A-D

Seniors: @graves2020 

Juniors: @graves2021

Sophomores: @graves2022

Mrs. Hudgens' codes:

10^th – 12^th graders with last names S - Z 

Seniors:  Tell people to text @hudgsw20 to the number 81010 

Juniors: Tell people to text @hudgsw21 to the number 81010

Sophomores: Tell people to text @hudgens22 to the number 81010

Ms. Graham's codes:

 10th-12th graders with last names M-R

Seniors: @graham2020

Juniors: @graham2021

Sophomores: @graham2022

Mrs. Campbell's codes:

10th - 12th graders with last names E-L

Seniors: Campbell2020 @cowgirl20

Juniors: Campbell2021 @cowgirl21

Sophomores: Campbell2022@cowgirl22

Ms. Compton 's codes:

9th grade - @7467_f4

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page  

at 

www.cowboysports.org

Sports passes available!!!

Upcoming Sports Schedule

Tuesday, September 03
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Golf Conference Match @ Jamestown Park Home
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Cornerstone Charter Academy Home
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Ronald Reagan High School Home
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Ronald Reagan High School Home

Wednesday, September 04
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Match vs. EF/Ragdale @ Jamestown Park Home
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis East Forsyth High School Away
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Northwest Senior High School Home
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Northwest Senior High School Home

Thursday, September 05
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Ben L. Smith High School Away
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball Ragsdale High School Away
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Ragsdale High School Home
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Ragsdale High School Away
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Ragsdale High School Home

Friday, September 06
7:00 PM Coed Varsity Cross Country Friday Night Lights XC Festival @ Ivey Redmon Park Away
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football High Point Central High School Home

Saturday, September 07
8:00 PM SW Jets in the Stadium (School) Home

More dates...

Thursday, September 12
1st interim report for the first quarter

Friday, September 27
12th grade and underclass picture retakes

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!

SWGHS Principal's weekly updates and reminders for August 26th

Good evening Southwest High School!  Let the games begin! 

I hope this communication finds you ready to go for Monday morning with the new start time of 8:10.  We start at 8:10 and end at 3:15. Homerooms will be posted on the walls in the freshman gym for 9th graders and in the main halls for upperclassmen. Students must attend those locations to receive their most updated schedules. These schedules could have changed for a variety of reasons. Now, in homeroom, your student will receive multiple items and a lot of information during the first 3 days. 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 7:55 the latest. Students will then be allowed to move to the main hallway at 7:40. Thank you for understanding this additional measure we put in place for the safety of all individuals who arrive to our campus. Additionally, please remember that all doors are locked throughout the day. If you are needing to enter the campus, you will be required to buzz in, have identification ready and state your purpose for entering our building. All visitors must still check in with either attendance or the main office. Thank you again for understanding the importance of this process.  

 New bell schedule (first three days, homeroom runs from 8:10-8:30)

Students arriving before 7:40 should wait in the:

Freshmen – Freshmen gym

Upper classmen – front atrium

(Note: this is a safety reason)

At 7:40, a bell will ring and allow students to swipe in to the one card pass system

Students are released to 1^st block class  8:05

             1^st Block           8:10 to 9:50

             2^nd Block         9:55 to 11:25

             3^rd Block         11:30 to 1:35

             1^st lunch          11:30 to 11:55

                           12:00 sweep bell for 9^th graders

             2^nd lunch          12:03 to 12:28

             3^rd lunch          12:36 to 1:01

             4^th lunch          1:10 to 1:35

              4^th Block         1:40 to 3:15

3:30 – Halls should be clear of ALL students

4:30 – dismissal from tutorials to get on after school buses on Tuesdays and Thursdays (once tutorials needing transportation starts).

Weaver students will begin on Day 2.  AM Weaver students should report to homeroom followed by the media center, PM Weaver students should report to the media center for 3rd block. On Tuesday, Weaver students will not be required to go to homeroom and will go to the front foyer to await Weaver transportation where they will be picked up around 8:25. They will return to campus around 12:15. PM Weaver students will be picked up from SW between 11:30-11:45 in front of the school.  Any Weaver students on campus day 1 are NOT allowed to roam the halls or hangout anywhere other than the Media Center. They should remain at SWHS in the media center on Day 1 for attendance purposes. 

GTCC CCP students will start on Monday and if needing transportation should have been communicated to by their counselor and will be picked up in front of the school at the designated time from bus 1124. GTCC students will start on Monday!

In regards to traditional transportation and the Exceptional Children Department transportation (except 2), they will be dropping off in the student parking lot. wit that being said, it is vital that all parents drop off their students in the front of the school. You will not be allowed to enter the student parking lot to drop off your student. Additionally, there have been some very unsafe practices over the years specifically watching parents stop in the middle of Barrow Road to drop off their student. Please do not do this. Drive to the front of the school and drop off your student so we can assure best safe practices. Students will get on their respective buses in the front of the school after the day ends.  

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. 

Counseling Info and  Assignments

Anna Compton - Freshmen - comptoa@gcsnc.com

Galissia Graves - A-D - gravesg3@gcsnc.com

Shelli Campbell - E-L - campbes2@gcsnc.com

Kendra Graham - M-R - grahamk2@gcsnc.com

Janet Hudgens - S-Z - hudgenj@gcsnc.com

If there are schedule change requests, a scheduling change request form must be filled out and turned in. The first two days of the school year are dedicated to scheduling new enrollees and working with students who have a repeated class on their 1st semester schedule, a class out of order (level 2 before taking level 1), or a hole in the schedule. Days 3-5 will be focusing on all other scheduling changes that have meet the communicated criteria for schedule changes. 
Mrs. Hudgens' Remind codes:

10^th – 12^th graders with last names S - Z (Mrs. Hudgens' case load)

Seniors:  Tell people to text @hudgsw20 to the number 81010 

Juniors: Tell people to text @hudgsw21 to the number 81010

Sophomores: Tell people to text @hudgens22 to the number 81010

Ms. Graham's Remind Codes:
 (grades 10-12 last names M-R): Remind codes are @graham2020, @graham2021, & @graham2022

Ms. Graves' Remind Codes are: (grades 10-12 last names A-D): @graves2020 12^th graders, @graves2021 11^th graders, @graves2022 10^th graders

Mrs. Campbell's (E-Lcodes will be communicated as soon as GCS activates her GCS e-mail account.

Ms. Compton (All of Grade 9) - @7467_f4

Dress code for the first week – Please share with your student

All grade levels except for the senior class must be in complete dress code starting Monday. The dress code is found on the website if you need clarification. Seniors have spirit week. Seniors will be allowed to follow these themes (with dress code remaining for bottoms)...

Monday, Hawaiian/Tie Dye

Tuesday, Senior Queen

Wednesday - Neon Pink shirt/Jersey with "20" on the back

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.

Starting Tuesday, September 3rd, all grade levels will be back in dress code.
Dress code (you can click on this link to the left) - please check the dress code on the Southwest Guilford High School website for very minor adjustments. 

Parent assist attendance and grade monitoring will be up and running on 9/10 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

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

     

A heads up for AP students, it is never too early to start accessing the materials to be better prepared for your AP classes. AP students need to ask their AP teachers to share a join code to access AP classroom resources.

Parents and students have asked about the OneCard processs. We will not be starting this process until I feel we have the pieces in pace to run this more effectively. We will keep you abreast of this process. 

Parking Permits can be obtained by filling out the appropriate form (found outside the front office), having license ready along with the $40 fee and providing this to Mrs. Barnum before school in the cafeteria.

With the sad state of funding from our county commissioners, I embarrassingly ask for the community to assist our teachers with any basic supplies such as dry erase markers, dry erases, dry erase board cleaners, tissues, hand sanitizer, sticky notes, pens, pencils, etc. Feel free to send these supplies in with your student any day during the year. This will help us dramatically.  

Please review the student handbook with your student. This can be found on the SWGHS website and we also distributed the hard copy to each student on this coming Monday.  Please pay extra attention to items such as no lunches being delivered by vendors, the process for lunches being dropped off by adults only, the electronics policy, dress code, and more. 

As it relates to athletic schedules, please visit the SWHS Athletics page  

at 

www.cowboysports.org

Special Announcement: We are looking for 2 to 3 girls to join our women’s golf team.  Currently, practice is at 6 PM at Jamestown Park.  Please contact Coach Christman at christb2@gcsnc.com 

Sports passes available!!!

Upcoming Sports Schedule

Monday, August 26
4:00 PM Womens Varsity Golf Conference match @ Maple Chase Away
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis East Forsyth High School Home

Tuesday, August 27
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Golf Page High School Away
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis Northwest Senior High School Home
5:00 PM Coed Varsity Cross Country 2019 Guilford County Cross Country Championship Away
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity Volleyball East Forsyth High School Home
5:30 PM Mens Junior Varsity Soccer Glenn Home
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball East Forsyth High School Home
7:00 PM Mens Varsity Soccer Glenn Home

Wednesday, August 28
4:30 PM Womens Varsity Tennis High Point Central High School Home
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity
Volleyball Ragsdale High School Home
6:30 PM Womens Varsity Volleyball Ragsdale High School Home

Thursday, August 29
4:30 PM Womens Junior Varsity Tennis High Point Christian Academy Home
5:00 PM Womens Junior Varsity
Volleyball Bishop Mc Guinness Memorial H S Home
7:00 PM Mens Junior Varsity Football East Forsyth High School Home

Friday, August 30
7:30 PM Mens Varsity Football East Forsyth High School Away

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!