 Woodson fans are the best!
Thank you to Mr. Mashinski and the security team, including
Officer Randazzo for discussing with parents the current trends in youth
today. Two items came up in the discussion that parents asked us to
share with the community. Since spring is here, this is a good time to
discuss the harm of drug use, including prescription drug abuse. The
question arose if parents can search their child’s room – the answer is yes, it
is your house and your prerogative to search. Do you have prescription
drugs in the home that have not been used? If so, there is a prescription
take back on 4/29, location to be determined so please check the websites below
for more information after 4/1. Reminder that FCPS will offer
a Youth Survey Night for the WTW Pyramid on May 10 at 7PM in Café A. WTW
Student Services will host Social Media Night on 5/15 at 7PM in Cafeteria A to
share the most current apps and how kids are using them and how to monitor
them. Hope to see you there.
April 29, 2017 – 10AM to 2PM
The National Prescription Drug
Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of
disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about
the potential for abuse and medications.
Please check back on April 1,
2017 to locate collection sites near you. https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/
The Woodson PTSO would like to invite parents and students
(recommended for ages 10 and up) to our presentation of the documentary,
Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 7pm Woodson Auditorium
Screenagers is a documentary about one of the biggest parenting issues
of our time. Are you watching kids scroll through life, with their
rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span?
Through poignant, and unexpectedly funny stories, along with surprising insights
from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists, SCREENAGERS reveals how tech
time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower
their kids to best navigate the digital world to find balance.
Screenagers addresses this pervasive parenting issue head on — depicting
teen struggles over social media, video games and internet addiction.
View the trailer here: http://www.screenagersmovie.com/.
Tickets
are free, but please RSVP here: https://impactflow.com/event/presented-by-woodson-high-school-ptso-2111
If you have any questions,
please contact Melissa French at melissawtwptso@gmail.com
FCPS' 12th annual Special Education Conference is Saturday, April
1, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Hayfield SS. Attendees can hear from keynote
speaker Dr. Nancy Mather and many other guest speakers. There will also be a
variety of breakout sessions and exhibitors. Pre-service teachers are
encouraged to attend. FCPS employees will receive five re-certification points
for attending the conference. Learn more.
The
Chamber Orchestra, conducted by our very own Kathy Thompson, participated in
the National Orchestra Cup. They competed
against some of the best orchestras in the country and received the second place
overall, and first place in the strings category. Way to make Woodson shine!
Woodson students performed very well at this years Science Fair. Congratulations to the following students:
Grace Cooper – 1st Place/Physics and Astronomy
Brandon
Khek – 2nd Place/Physics and Astronomy
Michael
Einhorn – 1st Place/Microbiology
Joy
Kim – 2nd Place/Microbiology
Joane Chavez - 1st Place/Engineering Mechanics
Ishan
Kalburge – 3rd Place/Engineering Mechanics
Jake Traynor – 2nd Place/Animal
Sciences
Sung
Jung Kim, Deacon Clark – 3rd Place/Animal Sciences
Alex Friedman – 2nd Place/Energy: Physical
Bryan
Young – 3rd Place/Energy: Physical
Stephen
Shaffran and Will Howard – 3rd Place/Systems Software
Honorable Mention
Niya
Burney (Animal Sciences)
Kyra
Lee, Sarah Leaming, and Zander Smith (Animal Sciences)
Rachel
Shurberg and Lucille Shichman (Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Marlaina
Horewitz and Karis Oh (Microbiology)
Puja
Punukollu, Anna Lee, and Thu Nguyen (Microbiology)
Hannah
Hanford (Plant Sciences)
Last weekend our choral students participated in the Virginia Music Educators Association's annual assessments. The event was hosted at Woodson with 38
choirs from 8 different high schools participated in our district. Under the direction of Michael Ehrlich and Amy Moir, five of our choirs received Superior ratings and the sixth received an Excellent rating. We are very proud of our choral students and their instructors.
Students enrolled in courses where there
is an end-of-course test will be taking the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) Tests online from May 22
- June 5. It will be very helpful if you can avoid appointments
which may take your child out of school during this time period. The Virginia Department of
Education (VDOE) requires all students across the state to take the SOL Tests if they are enrolled in
courses where there is an end-of-course test.
As a precautionary
measure, FCPS has begun testing for lead in water across the district.
Our school was recently tested and I’m pleased to report that our test results
came back well within the safe limits set by the EPA and no additional testing
is planned.
Abby Gill was
out sick for several days and worked really hard to get caught up.
There are a couple students that excelled working on a class
project on political participation in government. Mallory Branley and Gurpreet
Marwah created a survey for students about online textbooks and Zachary
Buchanan contacted a couple officials about improving school lunches.
Eddie Chong has
really improved in my class over the past several weeks.
Vanessa Diaz has
really stepped it up this quarter in World History. She is having a
great deal of success on her unit tests and all of her assignments
being completed at a high level. All of her hard work is paying
off.
Spirit
Week
Monday, April 3: PJ Day
Tuesday, April 4: Hawaiian Tropic Wear
Wednesday, April 5: Wacky Tacky
Thursday, April 6:
Freshman – Red
Sophomores – White
Juniors –
Blue
Seniors – Red/White/Blue
Friday, April 7:
Destination T-Shirt or Outfit Day
Spring
Break: April 8 – April 16
Monday, April 17: Teacher Work Day
AP
EXAM Pre-registration will be held in the cafeterias during the following times:
April 4th
Return 1 – Sophomores last name A –
L
Return 5 –Sophomores last name M – Z
April 18th
7th Period – Any students who missed a previous
pre-registration session
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