November 18-22- HOSA Cover the City Blanket Drive

November 18-22- Personal Care Drive for Student Council

November 18- Annual "Spikesgiving"

November 18- PTSA General Meeting (Zoom)

November 19- Odeh's SWGHS PTSA Night

November 20- Round-Up Time Schedule

November 21- Freshman Academy Incentive Trip- Kersey Valley

November 22-First Home Basketball Game vs. High Point Central

Looking Forward:

November 25- Middle School Celebration (Southwest School Road closed between 11am and 1pm)

November 26- PTSA Sponsored Pie Day for Staff (see details below)

November 26- Interim Reports

November 27-29- Thanksgiving Holiday (no school for students or staff)

LEARNING HUB- Every Tuesday and Thursday- 4:30-6:30 (must register)

NOVEMBER is NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

Support HOSA's Project on Cover the City!

Starting from November 12th to November 22nd, we will be collecting NEW or SLIGHTLY USED BLANKETS to be donated to Western NC and our Urban Ministry/Homeless Shelter.

Drop off donations to Room D212 (Mrs. Canon’s classroom) or Room C232 (Ms. James’ classroom)

Thank you for your generosity and support!

All forms and payments are due tomorrow, November 18th. The cost of the trip is $35, and students received the field trip forms last Tuesday if they met the criteria for the trip. Payment must be made via the K12 Payment Center. Field trip forms and receipts and be turned in to Mrs. Robinson, Office A213 or Mr. Schaith-Ivan, Office A115.

The field trip will take place on Thursday, November 21. Students will need money for lunch at the Palladium.

• Make-up picture day will be Nov. 25th
• Deadline to buy a senior ad is December 15th. These can be purchased on yearbookforever.com

Please help our PTSA show our appreciation to all our staff on Tuesday, Nov 26th by donating whole pies. We need 180 collected by 9:30am on 11/26. Check out the signup genius for all the details.

Thank you to Mr. Taylor and his amazing student actors and production specialists. The play was funny, touching, and visually spectacular. We are so lucky to have a thriving theater program at Southwest!

Picture Credits: Mark Hedges

Victory AGAIN! Our girls defeated Smith HS and Ragsdale this weekend. Congratulations!

Make sure you have a Dragon Fly account with uploaded physical, health forms, and your NCHSAA Gfeller/Waller Concussion Form. All forms must be signed by your parents. Go to www.dragonflymax.com to set up your account.

Tickets- $8 cash or pre-sold online at www.gofan.co

Debit/Credit Card/Apple/Google at the gate

Parking for Events

Spectator Parking is in the Barrow Rd. lot behind the school for all HOME events. This is the student lot behind the school. Entry to the SW Stadium is on the home side of the field.

The date for Prom has changed. Prom will be April 26.

Is your student in need of additional academic support? Contact Mrs. Curvelo-Valez (curveln@gcsnc.com ) for more information about our SWGHS Learning Hub:

Days: Every Tuesday and Thursday

Time: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Location: Southwest Guilford High School, D Building

*Transportation will be provided if needed.*

Seniors and Parents: If you missed the in person order dates to order your cap and gown, you can still order it at the website highschool.herffjones.com. You will need to place the order by Dec 15 to avoid price increases. A cap and gown is REQUIRED to participate in the June 12 Graduation ceremony.

25+ Private College/Universities in NC are participating in a new Direct Admission program for students who have a weighted GPA of 2.8 or higher. The application is intended to take less than 5 minutes to complete, there is NO application fee, and students are conditionally accepted just by submitting the form! Click here for more information: https://ncicu.org/direct-admission/Links to an external site.

• Students and parents must first set up FSA IDsLinks to an external site. to apply. You can do this NOW at studentaid.govLinks to an external site..
  (Allow 2-3 days between FSA creation and FAFSA access)
• The FAFSA will open December 2024 for the 2025-2026 tuition cycle. There have been changes to make the process less complex and easier to navigate.
• Everyone must click the permission box to allow their financial info to be transferred - including those who do not file taxes. This information will not be made visible on any portion of the FAFSA - it will only be housed within the FAFSA system and seen by the institution(s) to which the student is applying. This will cut down significantly on the amount of information that has to be entered manually.
• FSA ID Links to an external site.- you will fill out your FAFSA form in December but can create your account username and password now!
• Financial Aid FAQLinks to an external site.

Documents to Have On-Hand:

Shift_Ed Scholarships for Guilford County Residents

Registration is open from October 1 through June 1 for Guilford County Schools’ (GCS) seniors and graduates. Shift_ed Scholarships provide last-dollar tuition assistance to qualifying GCS graduates.

Out of the Garden Project is dedicated to supplementing whole foods to families in need. At our markets, we distribute FREE fresh produce and non-perishable items to members of the community in need of food. ALL families are welcomed regardless of immigration status. We invite your families and their sponsors to join us for this Refugee Market. This market is for newly arrived people groups and their sponsors only. Please share this opportunity with any families who may qualify and benefit from this service.

In addition, Out of the Garden Project’s Live Demonstration Kitchen will be on site to teach ways to use common American kitchen tools and answer questions about food preparation here in the states.

You can learn more about the work we do at https://outofthegardenproject.org/. I have attached a flyer for the market that you can post and distribute to families! Let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you for helping us spread the word about our free Refugee Market!

GCS Guilford Parent Academy has family learning opportunities each month. Check out and register for November sessions below:

Little-Known Secrets of Paying for College

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Screening for Academically and Intellectually Gifted (AIG) Services

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Social Emotional Learning at Home

12:00 - 1:00 PM or 6:00 - 7:00 PM

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Build Your Skills, Build Your Career

12:00 -1:00 PM or 6:00 - 7:00 PM

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Our school environment promotes positive, respectful interactions, which means avoiding the use of profanity.

We have seen a rise in student use of profanity. Please remind your student to use school-appropriate language with friends and adults in the building. See below for our Code of Conduct expectations regarding profanity:

See the SWGHS Parent and Community Handbook link below for more information.

As a reminder, our doors are locked during the school day as an additional safety measure for the school community. If you need to enter the campus to pick up your child, you will be required to buzz in, have identification ready and state your purpose for entering the building. All visitors must check in with our front desk Office Support and she will identify your need and assist you.

Check-outs will need to be done by 4pm. This will allow our staff to call your student out in a timely fashion and get them to you safely while understanding surrounding movement and traffic in the parking lot as we prepare for buses and dismissal. For pick up, please see our Front desk office support

Cell Phones: We have a no-cell phones policy in class so that instruction is happening for the duration of the class. If a teacher uses it for instruction then it is upon their discretion. Otherwise, phones need to be put away. They are able to use them during transition and during lunch. Please assist us with ensuring that instruction is the most important part of your child's day. Our teachers don't want to stop their delivery of instruction to ask your child to put their phones away. Please see this Cell Phone Policy below in this blog.

No Outside Food Allowed

Food deliveries to SWGHS will be turned away. Students are not allowed to order food at school. There is no outside delivery from Door Dash, Uber Eats, or any other type of service. It remains a safety concern to have strangers come to our campus to drop off food and/or for your child to exit the building to go outside to pick up food. Additionally, students are not able to receive outside food, i.e. McDonalds, Chic-Fil-A, from parents, siblings, or family members. Students are welcome to bring their lunch to school, but their lunch should arrive when they arrive at school. Should your child need lunch, we are now a CEP school and all students can eat breakfast and lunch at no cost.

Ryan Schnaith-Ivan – 9th Grade (*Counseling Department Chair)

Brenadette Bruce – 10th-12th Grades A-D

Denesha Horton – 10th-12th Grades E-L

Syreeta Williamson – 10th-12th Grades M-R

Nakesha Varner – 10th-12th Grades S-Z

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K12 Payment Center

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