Good evening! This is Principal Hettenbach from High Point Central High School with a message from the Boulevard. With another remote day of teaching and learning confirmed for tomorrow, Monday, January 13th, I must emphasize again that we start exams on Wednesday. Wednesday and Thursday are full days for students regardless if they met the criteria for an exam exemption. Starting Friday are State CTE/End of Course exams. All of these exams are heavily weighted on your final grade, your grade that becomes permanent on your High School transcript and will impact your GPA good or bad. Please pay attention to your teachers’ canvas pages to find out when you are to attend their live sessions tomorrow. If you are having difficulty with that, please contact your grade level administration immediately. If you are in a State EOC class, there will be teachers from Biology, English 10, Math 1 and Math 3 still ready to support you for your upcoming exam. That will be tomorrow, Monday, from 4:00to 5:30. Attending gets you a free ticket into Tuesday nights game along with 15 Bison Bucks! The link is below:
If you need to see what the GCS Final Exam, Teacher made, and State testing schedule looks like, see below.
GCSFE and Teacher Made Schedule
State Exams
Seniors and early grads, please make every effort to put some money down for your cap and gown, as Herff Jones will increase their prices as we navigate through the year. Please remember to put all graduation timeline dates into your calendar, and start talking to your employers now to make sure you are off from any other obligations. See Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Stafford in the Main Office or Mrs. Nwabueze if you have questions about graduation.
GRADUATION ORDERING CATALOG (click on this link)
Grade Level Incentive Trips
9th grade – three trips
1st quarter – Icehouse skating rink – completed
2nd quarter – ParTee Shack – February 7th
3rd quarter – NC Zoon – date TBD
10th grade – two trips
Semester 1 – TopGolf -date to be determined
3rd quarter – Celebration Station – April 4th
11th grade – one trip
3rd quarter – Bowling Alley – April 9th
The Learning Hub offers flexible opportunities for students to receive academic and social-emotional supports, tutoring, and enrichment outside regular school hours. Learning Hub will occur on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon (4:30PM – 6PM ). In the Media Center. • Students need to bring their ID cards • Transportation and food provided.
Any students who receive OSS will not be able to attend any extracurricular events through the winter season. Students who receive ISS(RS) will not be able to attend any events for that week. Additional ISS incidents will result in loss of privileges for the winter season.
I hope you have heard the amazing news! High Point Central was named the prestigious Hubert Humphrey Most Improved School at the state of the county banquet. This is a testament to the passion and perseverance of our amazing staff, the students that work hard, use resources in front of them and set high goals. The parents and guardians who advocate for their student while also supporting the school, and of course our powerful alumni and community members! If you have not seen the news segment, simply go to google and type in High Point Central Hubert Humphrey award. WFMY did a great job!
As we continue to navigate through the year, please make sure you are following our athletics clear bag policy.
Sign Up Today for Free High-Speed Internet for 2+ years
The Technology and Data Institute (TDI) in partnership with Guilford County Schools (GCS) and Lumos is offering a FREE pilot service for the next 2+ years to connect eligible students to digital classroom tools while at home, riding the school bus, and within the community. Eligible students must attend one of four schools – Fairview Elementary, Penn-Griffin School for the Arts, Ferndale Middle School, or High Point Central – and reside in a neighborhood served by Lumos Fiber. The pilot program will provide free service through June 2026 and then will seek to secure federal or state funding to continue the program beyond that date.
As we have all learned, having internet access to classroom tools (now) and job opportunities and health services (lifelong) are fundamental to success in today’s classroom and society.
This program is truly as good as it sounds with NO added costs or strings attached. You will be contacted shortly by school officials to describe program benefits, including:
Flexible, no-cost access to high-speed home internet through June 2026. Automatic connection for your student’s Chromebook or iPad via a wireless service called “eduroam.”Roaming access to modern learning tools at school, home, on selected school buses and community sites throughout Guilford County, and at thousands more locations nationwide!
Sign up today!
Lumos, the internet service provider, will work with you to schedule service installation in your home, free of charge, and without commitment.
You must sign up for the free service at lumosfiber.com/TDIGuilford or call Lumos at 844-403-8182.
Please see additional information in the attached flyer.
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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.
Tuesday, January 14
5:00 PM Boys Junior Varsity Basketball Atkins High School Home 6:30 PM Girls Varsity Basketball Atkins High School Home 8:00 PM Boys Varsity Basketball Atkins High School Home
Wednesday, January 15
1st/3rd block GCSFE and Teacher Made exams (Full day)
5:00 PM Boys Junior Varsity Basketball T. Wingate Andrews High School Away 6:30 PM Girls Varsity Basketball T. Wingate Andrews High School Away 8:00 PM Boys Varsity Basketball T. Wingate Andrews High School Away
Thursday, January 16
2nd/4th block GCSFE and Teacher Made exams (Full day)
5:00 PM Boys-Girls Varsity Indoor Track OPEN Mountain Island Winter Invitational Away
Friday, January 17
1st block CTE/EOC State exams
5:00 PM Boys Junior Varsity Basketball Southern Guilford High School Away 6:00 PM Boys-Girls Varsity Swimming OPEN Mid-State Conference Meet Away 6:30 PM Girls Varsity Basketball Southern Guilford High School Away 8:00 PM Boys Varsity Basketball Southern Guilford High School Away
Saturday, January 18
10AM-1PM EOC Bootcamp (Biology, English 10, Math 1 and Math 3) – Free meal and 10 Bison Bucks
Monday, January 20
No School – MLK Jr Holiday
Tuesday, January 21
2nd block CTE/EOC State exams
Wednesday, January 22
3rd block CTE/EOC State exams
Thursday, January 23
4th block CTE/EOC State exams
5:00 PM Boys Varsity Wrestling Dudley Senior High School Smith and Dudley Away
Friday, January 24
Make up State exams
1st semester grading period ends
5:00 PM Boys Junior Varsity Basketball Dudley Senior High School Away 6:30 PM Girls Varsity Basketball Dudley Senior High School Away 8:00 PM Boys Varsity Basketball Dudley Senior High School Away
Monday, January 27th
No School for Students
Mandatory Workday for teachers
Tuesday, January 28
1st day of 2nd semester
Walk the Schedule Gathering of the Herd Community/Family Engagement night
Monday, February 17
Mandatory workday for teachers – no students
April 14-April 18
No School – Spring Break
Monday, May 26
No School – Memorial Day
Wednesday, June 11
Last day of school
Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and Twitter by clicking on the LinkTree URL. This will provide you with the links for the social Media platforms we use.
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.
Remember……if ever facing adversity, just be like the Bison, #ChargetheStorm!
Mr. Hettenbach's Weekly Bison Bulletin 