offered in the afternoon between fourth and fifth period, which will give students an opportunity to go to club meetings, have a study period, participate in enrichment opportunities, teacher-led tutoring, small group sessions with counselors on specific topics, intramurals, etc. OneCards will be fully used this year for the first time, adding a “huge piece of safety,” McKenzie noted. Students will wear the cards in a visible place and use them for accessing the building, buying lunch, checking out books, and more.
Northwest Guilford High
5240 Northwest School Road, Greensboro (336) 605-3300 www.gcsnc.com/northwest_guilford_high Enrollment:
2,075
(as of mid-August)
Principal: Ashley Young A later start and end to the school day, a “ton of new faces” including administrators, coaches, front-office staff and teachers, and more options for the lunch period are some of what’s new at the county’s largest high school Northwest Principal Ashley Young notes the high school’s day will start and end about 30 minutes later this year – beginning at 9:25 a.m. and ending at 4:25 p.m. A flexible lunch schedule has been incorporated which will allow students to attend tutoring, club meet-
ings, etc. during the school day. Amanda Burnett-Collins has joined Northwest’s administrative staff as assistant principal for the ninth grade. Several other new staff members will greet students when they return on Aug. 23, including Amanda Overmyer, who is taking over the full-time front-office position for Sherrie Brooks when Brooks retires at the end of August. Students will be required to wear masks when indoors, but as of this writing, temperature checks and COVID-screening questions were not going to be required. To allow more space for students to spread out while eating, they’ll have multiple places to eat at the beginning of the school year besides the cafeteria, such as in the commons area and in hallways. Pending a surge in COVID cases and a change in health safety-related restrictions, students and visitors outside the school building will not be required to wear masks, and unlike last year, there will be no capacity limitations for fans in the stands. Young said unvaccinated students may have to be tested for COVID if involved in sports, band and chorus, which are deemed higher risks with regard to spreading germs. “I don’t know how, when or how frequently,” Young said when we spoke with her in early August. Effective last month, Jason Allred is Northwest’s athletics director; Allred coached varsity boys soccer for 17 years, the last 11 of those being at Northwest. Allred takes over the AD position from Mike Everett, who will continue teaching at Northwest through this December, when he retires.
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