One more week! We have VERY important dates coming up.
This Tuesday from 6-8 is Open House. This is a time to get schedules, New One Cards, Athletic coaches/Athletic Director, athletics season passes, visit your classrooms/ teachers, Communities in Schools, information on how to pay for your parking sport as well as paint it, Career Technical Education, join the PTO, food trucks on site, transportation, clubs, update contact information, and more!
Friday, 8:30am -12:30, Freshmen Orientation! All freshmen should attend! This event will be followed by a carnival for all 9th graders who attend. Lunch will be provided along with a complimentary shirt. This orientation is for students only! Students will be acclimated to the operations and expectations of High Point Central in order to ease anyone’s anxieties and best prepare him/her for a successful start to their High School Career.
This coming Saturday from 9-2, we have beautification day on our campus. Bring a leaf blower, gloves, pressure washer, etc to assist us. You do not have to be there the whole time. Students can get service-learning credit. The sign up link is in SGA Instagram Bio.
Any students who have interest in still participating on the football team, please e-mail Coach Doak immediately at doakc@gcsnc.com.
For those of you who are new to High Point Central, you will receive a weekly blog every Sunday night at 6:30 PM, followed by a 7:00PM translated version in Spanish. We will also send the links to this message in text and E-mail. If you do not receive those links, please e-mail our Data Manager, Tracy Hamlin, at hamlint@gcsnc.com. If you happen to delete any of your blogs received and want to review them, you can go to the High Point Central website and find the icon in the middle of the homepage that says Principal’s Bison Bulletin. We will send occasional messages during the week, and of course, if your student is absent one or more blocks in a day, you will be notified as well.
1st day of school, Monday, August 28th.
The tardy bell rings at 9:15. Therefore, when dropping students off , please make every effort to drop off before 9:10 in order for your student to arrive on time in class. The end of the day is at 4:15. Early checkouts cannot occur after 4:00PM.
Parent/student information access
Great news! You can update your student information directly through the PowerSchool Parent Portal! Using a new feature called Forms, parents and guardians can make changes to their contact information and medical alerts, provide an absence notice in the event of a student absence, and submit other required paperwork. PowerSchool Parent Portal also gives you access to grades, assignments and attendance information, right from your phone or computer.
Log in to your PowerSchool Parent Portal Account to begin the process. If you need help setting up a Parent Portal account, contact your school’s data manager. Thank you and have a good evening.
Families can access PowerSchool at any time from their phone, tablet, or desktop computer.
· Families will be able to update contact information as it changes.
· To gain access to forms, Parents must create a Parent Portal.
· All address changes must go through the SchoolMint Registration Address Change Process; All address changes should be processed through our Online Enrollment System. Click on this link https://buff.ly/3QfHdBG to navigate to our Online Enrollment System. If additional assistance is needed parents can view the Changing your address video on the Online Enrollment home screen. · Here is a short video https://buff.ly/3DDyT6Z parents may use to learn about navigating ECollect.
Student schedules will be visible the evening of August 17 on PowerSchool.
So simple – please help us!
Please link your Harris Teeter Vic card to High Point Central. Our number is 1084. LINKS= Dollars for HPC! The higher the link count the higher the earnings for HPC. You can link your card in the store by asking customer service or go to https://buff.ly/3OQ7V1w.
Athletic events listed at the end of this blog
Counseling/Scheduling IMPORTANT
Schedule Changes
The first two days of the school year will be devoted to enrolling new students. Schedule changes will be limited to the reasons listed below and will begin on Wednesday, August 30.
*scheduled for a passed course
*scheduled for a course that you have not had the prerequisite
*IEP, 504 or EL scheduling needs
*Course advancement – wanting to change from standard to Honor’s or AP/IB
Schedule change forms will be available to students on the afternoon of August 29th. Forms must be signed by both the parent and student and accompanied by a valid parent telephone number and email address. Completed forms will be accepted until September 6.
Counseling Caseloads –
Mr. Hochreiter – Grades 9-12 (last names A-C) hochred@gcsnc.com
Ms. Totten – Grades 9-12 (last names D-H) tottenj@gcsnc.com
Ms. Evans – Grades 9-12 (last names I-Mc) evanst@gcsnc.com
Ms. Lindsay – Grades 9-12 (last names S-Z) lindsas2@gcsnc.com
Families with last names Me-R will correspond with Ms. Lindsay for the first 20 days of school.
Please review this policy with your students. We are a 1:1 district,. therefore, there is no need for electronics to be out.
Immunization Clinics are available for Rising 12th Grade Students.
12th-grade students are required to receive the booster dose of the Meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV).
Appointments can be scheduled through the Guilford County Health Department:
Greensboro Office
1100 E. Wendover Avenue
(336) 641-3245
High Point Office
501 E. Green Drive
(336) 641-7571
Our amazing Bison Pride group is focused on beautifying the outside and inside of our school. Please consider making any form of donations to this group so they can continue to make our school look beautiful!
Athletics sports passes are 125 for adults and 50 for students. They can be purchased starting on August 1 in the Main Office.
If your student is interested in sports, including Football, it please contact Athletic Director Mike Cook at cookm2@gcsnc.com
Safety at our athletic events is a priority. Please review the expectations at our athletic events as well as afterschool events.
Monday, August 21
5:00 PM Girls Varsity Tennis Dudley Senior High School Away
5:00 PM Girls Junior Varsity Volleyball RJ Reynolds High School Away
6:30 PM Girls Varsity Volleyball RJ Reynolds High School Away
Wednesday, August 23
5:00 PM Girls Junior Varsity Volleyball Southwest Guilford High School Away
5:30 PM Boys Junior Varsity Soccer Southwest Guilford High School Home
6:30 PM Girls Varsity Volleyball Southwest Guilford High School Away
7:00 PM Boys Varsity Soccer Southwest Guilford High School Home
Thursday, August 24
5:00 PM Girls Junior Varsity
Volleyball Lucy Ragsdale High School Home
6:00 PM Boys Varsity Soccer Trinity High School Home
6:00 PM Girls Varsity Tennis Oak Grove High School Home
6:30 PM Girls Varsity Volleyball Lucy Ragsdale High School Home
6:30 PM Boys Junior Varsity
Football Cancelled- Andrews High School Home
Friday, August 25
7:00 PM Boys Varsity Football Andrews High School Away
Tuesday, August 22
6PM to 8PM Open House
Friday, August 25
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM Freshmen Orientation (students only)
Saturday, August 26
9AM- 2PM Beautification Day at HPC
Monday, August 28
1st day of school – 9:15 (tardy bell) to 4:15
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https://linktr.ee/highpointcentral
Thank you very much for all your support. If you ever have any questions please feel free to reach out to the school at 336-819-2825.
Always remember to… #BelieveintheBison!
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