September 30 - 6:30pm - General Membership Meeting - SWGHS PTSA- Zoom

October 1st - PSAT (10th/11th graders)

October 2nd- Senior Meeting SWGHS Auditorium- 10:30am

October 8th- Senior Night!

October 9th - Interim Reports

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

Due to building and staff logistics for testing, students in 9th and 12th grade will have ASYNCHRONOUS, AT HOME assignments on Tuesday, October 1. All 10th and 11th Grade students will take the PSAT at school. 10th and 11th grade students should arrive on time to be seated at their testing site by 9:15. The PSAT is great practice for the SAT, and it also acts as a qualifier for 11th grade students for the National Merit Scholarship Program. The test will take approximately 3 hours. Students may not be checked out until all test sessions are complete and the test coordinator announces the test is over schoolwide.

Congratulations to Mr. Pemberton, finalist for GCS Social Worker of the Year, and Ms. Yow, GCS Mentor Teacher of the Year, who were celebrated at the GCS Celebration of Excellence, last week! The education professionals we have at Southwest Guilford High School are truly unmatched. Please share your congratulations with Mr. Pemberton and Ms. Yow when you see them this week.

Did you know that our attendance office has moved? Ms. Taylor’s new desk is located near the back door near the old gym. Make sure you go to this location with all your attendance needs. Additionally, our front office staff, Ms. Lee, is now available to greet you at the front door in the rotunda. Stop by this desk for most of your office support needs. The old front office is now our Student Services Suite. Mrs. Powell can help students make appointments to see counselors, graduation coach, or social worker from her new location at the desk in front of the Student Services Suite.

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

Debit/Credit Card/Apple/Google at the gate

NFHS Live Streaming Network- All Soccer/Football/Volleyball games are live on our streaming network at www.nfhsnetwork.com

• No other streaming network is allowed in our facilities on campus
• Tobacco Road Sports will broadcast all home games LIVE on the NFHSnetwork weekly and on Tobaccoroadsportsradio.com

SW Football Coaches Show- Join us every Wednesday night at Kickback Jack’s in High Point for the Tobacco Rd. Weekly Coaches Show with football Coach Marlon White

• Show is live at 7:30, you can stop in have dinner, listen to all the Game Day summaries of Cowboy Football and the upcoming notes for next week’s games.
• Weekly student athlete quests are on the show as well
• Show is also broadcasted live on www.tobaccoroadsportsradio.com

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.

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.*

Select twelfth grade students received information this past week about the CCRG program. This program bridges the gap between high school and community college. Details about the program can be found here: NC DPI CCRG Website

Mr. McLaughlin & Ms. Ford-Crosby will be reaching out to those students again in the upcoming weeks to provide more information about this self-paced opportunity.

There will be a Senior Night on October 8th, please plan to attend. Representatives from Herff Jones will be there to help you with orders for senior items. College and career representatives will also be present to meet with students and parents about life after high school. Various other personnel will be available to provide additional information about senior year and preparing for what comes after graduation. Please mark the date on your calendar for October 8th and plan to attend.

Parents, we are looking to build our Staff Appreciation Committee. This committee LOVES to find creative ways to shower the staff and remind them how much they are cared for. Please consider joining. You can meet Tanya Stewart, the lead on Tuesday night or e-mail her at tanya@tstewart.com.

All students who park a vehicle on campus must purchase a student parking permit and pay online through K-12 payment center, located on our website and the GCS website. The cost is $50.00. Students and a parent/guardian must complete a permit application found in the literature rack by the door into the front office beginning on Tuesday. Students must bring their completed application, registration, receipt from the K-12 payment center, proof of valid NC Driver's license, and proof of insurance to Mr. Philpott or Mrs. Karant to receive their parking pass. The cost of a replacement parking permit is $50.00. Mrs. Karant is available in the front office before or after school for verification.

Students are not allowed to go to their cars during the day without permission from an administrator. Students who leave campus without permission will lose the privilege of driving to school. Students who are chronically late to school will lose parking privileges.

Be aware, that the pass must be visible at all times!

We will begin checking cars for parking passes this week. Anyone without a parking pass will have an orange sticker on their window. Parking passes can be purchased before or after school from Mrs. Karant in the Student Services suite.

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

Parents, if you could assist us in reminding your students about a couple of dress code policies that we are seeing take away from instructional time:

Dress Code: We are seeing a high volume of crop-top shirts and holes above the knees. While we know it is warm outside, with our new and improved HVAC work from the summer, the temperature in the building is just fine. If a student has on a crop top or holes above the knees, they need to have something under their garments. Please remind your student of this so that they are able to stay in class and not miss instruction to change.

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.

Tardy Sweeps - We began Tardy sweeps for students that are not in class on time. We need students in class and ready to learn when the bell rings. If students are tardy, they are missing instruction.

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

We are now a CEP School. All students eat breakfast and lunch at no cost!

To get started with the PowerSchool Parent Portal, please follow these simple steps:

1. Visit www.gcsnc.com/Page/17246

2. Click on the "PowerSchool Parent Portal" link.

3. Follow the instructions to create your account or log in if you already have one.

4. Access the "Transportation" section to view your child's bus details.

In addition to the PowerSchool Parent Portal, we highly recommend downloading the "Here Comes the Bus" app, available for both iOS and Android devices.

To download the "Here Comes the Bus" app, please follow these steps:

1. Go to the App Store (iOS) or Google Play Store (Android).

2. Search for "Here Comes the Bus."

3. Install the app on your device.

4. Sign in using the same credentials as your PowerSchool Parent Portal account.

Please feel free to reach out to our Transportation Call Center at (888) 511-4GCS (4427) or your child’s school for transportation assistance.