Thanks
so much for your generous support of milk and cookies! A LOT of you jumped in
at the last minute to make this happen.The kids had a blast and we served tons
of cookies… 300 DOZEN to be exact!
Look
for the next Milk and Cookies to be sometime before the holiday break in
December.
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In this Issue
Calendars
What’s New?
- Buy a Brick
- Chick-fil-A Woodson Crew Fundraiser
- Chorus Events
- Homecoming Dance Tickets
- Homecoming Day Activities
- Powder Puff and Bonfire – Saturday, October 14
- See The Capitol Steps at Woodson
- Tools for Opportunities
- Welcome to Woodson New Family Follow-up Meeting
Don’t Forget!
10. Advertise in the Woodson Student Directory and Online
11. Athletic
Booster Passes
12. Cav
Cruise All Night Grad Party
13. DECA
Fundraiser at Potbelly
14. Dig
Pink Night
15. Grant
Program – Accepting Applications
16. ISO:
Donations of Sturdy Shelves for PTSO Closet
17. Math
Center
18. Mock
ACT/SAT Exams – Signup Online | Pay in Advance
19. October Workshops, Training, and Online Resources and Support Groups
20. Preorder
your copy of the Student Directory
21. WeMail Information
Sports Highlights
Mental Health Resources | Emergency Information
Calendars
The
calendar below contains items for the next couple weeks submitted by clubs,
booster associations, and the school community. Often, Athletic and Club
Meetings are announced to students via the Daily Announcements. Parents can
view the scrolling slide show at https://woodsonhs.fcps.edu/.
Click
here for the W.T.Woodson consolidated school calendar (events, odd/even day
calendar, testing calendar, college visits, bell schedules).
Click
here for the Athletic Calendar for the Week of Oct 2- Oct 7. Scheduled events are subject to change;
consider checking the schedule before heading out: Hotline 703.503.4683 / http://www.wtwoodsonsports.org/.
Calendar
- 10/2, 7pm: Chorus Mini-Concert (Auditorium)
- 10/3, 5-8pm: Potbelly Fundraiser to support DECA Students (Fair City Mall)
- 10/3, 7pm: Welcome to Woodson New Family Follow-up Meeting (Cafeteria A)
- 10/3: Parents for Safe Driving Parent/Teen Seminar (Auditorium)
- 10/4: Deadline to submit all Ads for Student Directory
- 10/7, 2-4pm: Chorus Field Day for all Woodson Feeder Schools (Frost Field)
- 10/9: Columbus Day Holiday, No School
- 10/10: Woodson Homecoming Dance Tickets go on sale (Cafeterias during all lunches)
- 10/10 - Dig Pink Night: Support the Volleyball Cavaliers and Breast Cancer
- 10/10, 7pm: PTSO Meeting (Library)
- 10/12, 5-8pm: Chick-fil-A Fundraiser to Support Woodson Crew (Fairfax Circle)
- 10/14, 6pm and 7:15pm: Powder Puff games and Bonfire (Football Stadium)
- 10/15, 7pm: The Capitol Steps Drama Performance (Auditorium)
- 10/17, 7pm: Tools for Opportunities (Cav Hall)
- 10/20: Deadline for Senior Parents to submit Senior Ads for the Yearbook
- 10/20: 4-5pm: Homecoming Parade (bus lanes and junior parking lot) and 5-6:30pm Pre-game Pig-out (outdoor basketball courts)
- 10/21, 8am-12pm: Special Cav Cruise FUNDS2ORG Shoe Drop Off (Woodson Door 5 athletic door)
- 10/21, 8-11:30pm: Homecoming Dance (Main Gym)
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10/27, 12noon: Deadline to submit Fall Grant Applications
- 10/28, 7:30am-12noon: MOCK SAT/ACT Exams (Lecture Hall)
What’s New?
1. Buy a Brick and
Make a Lasting Mark for your Student!
The Woodson PTSO will continue to raise money by selling engraved
bricks. The brick courtyard in front of the school, between the main entrance
and the auditorium, still has plenty of room for bricks for you to remember
your special student. Individual bricks cost: $100. Engraved bricks will be
intermixed with regular paver bricks. They make great graduation presents for
Seniors, or as a great legacy for all the members of your family! Click here for the brick order form. You may also visit the
Woodson PTSO website on the main page to print a brick order form. If you have
questions, or for more info contact Linda Vasquez at mailto:Lfvasquez88@gmail.com or
703-268-5068.
2. Chick-fil-A
Woodson Crew Fundraiser
Come out to support Woodson Crew on Thursday, October 12
from 5 to 8 PM at Chick-fil-A located at Fairfax Circle! Please let the
cashier/person taking your order that you are there to Pull for Woodson Crew
prior to ordering. Thank you and hope you can make it!
3. Chorus
Please join us tonight, Monday 10/2, in the auditorium for our
Mini-Concert, Booster Meeting, and Dessert Fundraiser kick-off. Europe and
Spring Trip Payments are due tonight! Students: Check Blackboard for arrival
times, wear your chorus shirt & jeans for the yearbook picture.
Saturday, October 7: Field Day, all Woodson Feeder School Students are
invited.
4. Homecoming Dance Tickets
Tickets for the Woodson Homecoming Dance will go on sale beginning
Tuesday, October 10, during all lunches. A ticket to the dance costs $20.
Students can pay using cash or a check (made payable to Woodson HS). The price
for tickets will go to $25 on Thursday, October 19. Any student wishing to
bring a guest from another school must pick up and complete a guest application
form which can be found in the main office. The dance will take place on
Saturday, October 21 in main gym from 8-11:30pm.
5. Homecoming Day Activities
The Homecoming Parade is Friday, October 20,
4:00 – 5:00PM. It starts from the Woodson bus lane and returns to the junior
parking lot. Immediately following the parade is the Pre-game Pig-out (Friday,
October 20, 5:00 – 6:30) located on the outdoor basketball courts. Join
us fun, games, face painting, moon bounce, food trucks, and more before the
Homecoming game.
6. Powder Puff and Bonfire – Saturday, October 14
The Powder Puff games will take place on Saturday, October 14 in the
Football Stadium. The freshmen vs sophomore game will take place at 6:00pm and
the junior vs senior game will start at 7:15pm. Admission to the Powder puff
games is $5 but free to Woodson students with their student ID. Immediately
following the last game will be the Homecoming Bonfire. The concession stand
will be open for both events.
7. See The Capitol Steps at Woodson!
Why drive downtown when you can see them nearby? The Capitol Steps are
coming to the Woodson Auditorium on Sunday, Oct 15 at 7:00 PM. The proceeds from
this event will support drama student trips to the Virginia State Thespian
Conference, New York City, and beyond! Don't miss this night of incredible
satire and comedy! Get your tickets here and be ready to put
the mock in democracy!
8. Tools for
Opportunities – 17 October, 7 pm, Cav Hall
Know everything available to you! Discover the amazing, free tools
provided to our parents (and students) – tools that will help you stay on top
of things and discover opportunities for your students. These opportunities
include everything from basic information you need, to internships, employment
opportunities, colleges, training, scholarships, the ability to get emails sent
by counselors and the Career Center, and much MUCH more. Hope to see you there.
9. Welcome to Woodson
New Family Follow-up Meeting
The Welcome to Woodson New Family Program is for parents with
students/families that have transferred/relocated to Woodson High School this year
(again, those with sophomores, juniors, or seniors who are new to the school or
freshmen who did not spend a full year at Frost or Lanier Middle Schools).
On Tuesday, October 3 from 7-8pm in Cafeteria A, the Welcome to Woodson
PTSO Team will provide an opportunity for new Woodson parents to meet as a
group with Woodson staff and experienced parents. The focus topic is: "How
is your student's transition going and How is your family's transition to
Woodson going?"
You may contact the team (Monica Cameron, Allison Kim, Lesley Dennis,
Beth Gallagher, and Joanne Ladino) at welcometowoodson@gmail.com.
Don’t Forget!
10. Advertise in the
Woodson Student Directory and Online– the DEADLINE to submit is fast approaching
If you are interested in submitting an ad for
the student directory and online (new this year!) is fast approaching. The deadline for all
ads is Wednesday, October 4th, but if you need a
little more time, please email Meri Farling at Click Here for more detailed
information on advertising in the Woodson Directory.
11. Athletic Booster
Passes
Woodson Athletic Booster passes are now on sale for $50 per pass for a
student, $80 per adult, $200 for a family of 4 (see other combinations online).
The cost of attending events has gone up to $6.00 per ticket, so the Booster
Pass pays for itself in NINE GAMES for a student, (thirteen games for an adult)
! If you buy your pass now your student can use it to get into football,
volleyball and field hockey games and then basketball, etc. in the winter; you
can begin now to recoup your return on investment. Why pay $6 each time? Please
make sure you buy yours soon - you can use them for any and all non-playoff
home events at all three levels of competition for any sport. Click here to purchase passes online using PayPal or download a Membership form and mail
it and a check to the address listed on the form.
Funds from the Booster passes go toward many things for our students
including things such as sports equipment, field and athletic facilities
maintenance, uniforms, pins, certificates and letter awards, don’s johns, and
many other things to support our Woodson student athletes and community.
12. Cav Cruise All
Night Grad Party Reminders
BUY YOUR TICKET NOW.
CLASS OF 2018 YARD
SIGNS ($20): 66 signs left! Contact
Carolyn Hutcheson at mrschutch@aol.com to purchase.
BUY YOUR GRADUATION VIP
SEATING RAFFLE ($5 each or 6 for $25)
FUNDS2ORG SHOE DRIVE: Thanks to all for your continued
efforts in collecting shoes. Our next Saturday Drop Off Date is October 21. We
are 40% of the way there! We have a bin in the front office of the school
to take shoes at any time. Contact cavcruisedirector@woodsonptso.org for more info.
VOLUNTEER: We still need Committee Chairs for
Video and a co-chair for Community Donation Mailings. Contact cavcruisedirector@woodsonptso.org to join us.
13. DECA Fundraiser at
Potbelly
Please come join DECA on Tuesday, October 3 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at
Potbelly at Fair City Mall. 25% of all profits goes toward supporting Woodson
DECA students in their training, state, and national competitions! Come get
dinner for your family, help support Woodson kids, and watch Woodson senior
Aimee Hollcraft perform. Please print the flyer and bring it with you. See you
there!
14. Dig Pink Night
10/10 - Dig Pink Night: Support the Cavaliers and Breast Cancer Research
at the home volleyball game against Fairfax HS featuring prizes and a bake
sale. Link to Donate: https://giving.side-out.org/campaigns/12993
15. Grant Program –
Accepting Applications until Oct 27
Do you have a terrific idea to improve education at W.T.
Woodson? The PTSO wants to hear about it and partner with you in its success! If
you are in need of financial assistance for your classroom, students, activity
or organization, we invite teachers, staff, and parents, with a current PTSO membership,
to submit grant applications beginning Monday
September 25, 2017.Click here for the full grant program, and mark your
calendars with these important dates:
- Sept 25, 2017 – Acceptance of Fall Grant Applications begins
- Oct 27, 2017 - Deadline for submitting Fall Grant Applications via email to Shawn Guth, Chair, at Grants@woodsonptso.org
- Nov 14, 2017 - PTSO Meeting and approval of Fall Grant Awards
- Week of November 15, 2016 – Grants are awarded and communicated to recipients
- Jan 26, 2018 – All Fall Grant receipts due for reimbursement
16. ISO: Donations
of Sturdy Shelves for the PTSO Closet
The PTSO is looking for donations of sturdy shelves for the PTSO
closet. We will use these shelves to organize the new PTSO Teacher Supply
"store." (More information will be coming regarding the new
supply store!) If you have shelving to donate, please email Melissa French at vp1@woodsonptso.org.
17. Math Center
The Woodson Math Center is now open for business! The Math Center is a
tutoring resource that is staffed by our best Math students. Our Math tutors
can help your student out with their math homework, their test corrections, and
any other math needs they may have. The center is located in B208 and is open
during all lunches (5th and 6th period), 5th and 6th returns and after school
on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays . Questions contact Betsy Ferris or
Valerie Silver.
18. Mock ACT/SAT Exams- Saturday,
October 28
The Mock SAT/Mock ACT is Saturday, October 28, from 7:30am-12noon in the Woodson
Lecture Hall. The Score Report Review Session is Thursday,
November 16, 7:00-8:30 PM in the Lecture Hall. Current Juniors should not miss
this great opportunity, as they will begin actual SAT and ACT testing in the
spring! This year the Woodson PTSO is pleased once again to have Mindworks
Educational Services host this year's Mock SAT and Mock ACT. All students must
register in advance so that Mindworks has an accurate headcount. The cost is $15 when paid in advance OR
$20 when paid on October 28.
To
register click here.
You may pay in advance two ways:
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Online here
- Mail your
payment (checks made out to W.T. Woodson PTSO) to PTSO, WT Woodson High
School, 9525 Main Street, Fairfax, VA 22031-4099.
Check the Mock Exam Section on the PTSO website home page for full details.
19. October Workshops,
Training, and Online Resources and Support Groups
The W.T. Woodson PTSO is committed to providing and sharing programs and
information to help parents, teachers, and students navigate high school and
beyond. The wide range of issues includes but is not limited to: parenting
advice; homework resources; special education; ADHD support; coping with
stress; mental health; and drug use.
Click here for a listing of
the time-sensitive opportunities for this month. This list of programs is also
available on the RESOURCES page on the PTSO website along with information
on other PTSO and Community programs
20. Pre-order Your Copy of the WTW Student Directory
PTSO
Student/Staff Directories will be available shortly after the student/family
data is released from the front office in October. To ensure that we don’t
underestimate or overestimate the number of directories we need to print, the
PTSO is encouraging all families to pre-purchase your directory via the same
link used to join the PTSO, http://www.woodsonptso.org/join-ptso.html;
just scroll down to the bottom of the fillable form and look for the prompt
“Would you like to order a directory?”
Click
here for a hard copy of the parent and student form. A "Woodson Student
Directory" option is available near the bottom of the form.
Click
here for a hard copy of the teacher/staff form. A "Woodson Student
Directory" option is available near the bottom of the form.
Directories are $5 for PTSO members and $10 for non-members. We accept
credit cards as well as check payment. All information is available on the PTSO website. Questions?
Please contact Alan Anderson at vp2@woodsonptso.org.
21. WeMail
Include
“Wemail” in the subject and email submissions to woodsonWEMail@woodsonptso.org
by 5pm on the Friday prior to Monday’s publication (by 5pm on the Thursday prior if you have an attachment). Click
Here for complete guidelines.
Sports Highlights
Precisionette
Dance Team
The Precisionettes participated in the Walk Off Parkinson's walk
and fundraiser on Sept. 24, at National's Park. The walk is family-friendly
event to support those in the community affected by Parkinson's disease. It
also includes educational resources for those who are looking for more
information on Parkinson's, including the opportunity to talk with specialists
in the area. It was a great opportunity for the girls to make an impact in the
community and support this worthy cause. Click here to see pictures
from the event. And check out the Walk off Parkinson's home
page to see our very own
Senior Precisionette Kelly Ruffner featured.
Volleyball
Last
week the Lady Cavaliers Varsity Field Hockey team travelled to the Lake
Braddock Bruins. Margaret Stephan had a
great varsity debut on left wing. The
game was a draw through most of overtime, but with 3:49 left senior Rachel
Williams found fellow senior Emma Hartzler for the golden goal. Zoe Hite and Anna Stribling worked nonstop
and were the engines in the midfield.
Final score, 1-0 Cavaliers!
Later
in the week, the Lady Cavs travelled to the Westfield Bulldogs for a tough
match against a top-ranked opponent.
Despite the score, the Lady Cavs played a determined game. Rachel Williams was all over the midfield
trying to create a opportunity to attack the goal showing constant
determination. Lady Cavs are back in
action on Wednesday at the home of the West Springfield Spartans!
Varsity Field Hockey
Last week the Lady Cavaliers Varsity Field
Hockey team travelled to the Lake Braddock Bruins. Margaret Stephan had a
great varsity debut on left wing. The game was a draw through most
of overtime, but with 3:49 left senior Rachel Williams found fellow senior
Emma Hartzler for the golden goal. Zoe Hite and Anna Stribling worked
nonstop and were the engines in the midfield. Final score, 1-0 Cavaliers!
Later in the week, the Lady Cavs travelled to the Westfield Bulldogs for a
tough match against a top-ranked opponent. Despite the score, the Lady
Cavs played a determined game. Rachel Williams was all over the midfield
trying to create a opportunity to attack the goal showing constant
determination. Lady Cavs are back in action on Wednesday at the home of
the West Springfield Spartans!
Girls Cross
Country
This
past weekend the girls’ cross country team participated in the DCXC
Invitational. Races lasted all day and Woodson’s ladies had many amazing
performances. From the Varsity A freshman through senior races, Woodson’s top
scorers were Jesse Silkowtiz, Paige Fowler, Emily Gao, and Naomi DuCharme
respectively. Also, other races in the day included Varsity B races for upper
and lower classmen. In that race, Woodson’s top scorer for the junior/senior
race was senior Amelia Vogel. Racing continued for the cavaliers on Tuesday in
a district meet at Franconia Park. In another great performance for Woodson,
the top scorer for the Woodson ladies was freshman Isabella Decarlo.
Boys Cross
Country
This
past weekend the boys’ cross country team participated in the DCXC
Invitational. Races lasted all day and Woodson’s ladies had many incredible
performances. From the Varsity A freshman through senior races, Woodson’s top
scorers were Xavier Berry, Taylor Gibson, John Leal, and Kal Swedish
respectively. Also, other races in the day included Varsity B races for upper
and lower classmen. In that race, Woodson’s top scorer for the junior/senior
race was senior Sean Whearty. Racing continued for the cavaliers on Tuesday in
a district meet at Franconia Park. In another great performance for Woodson,
the top scorer for the Woodson boys was freshman Xavier Berry with another
great performance in only a couple days.
Woodson Athletic Boosters would like to thank its sponsors: Hard Times Café,
Hunan West, Klima Orthodontics, Masrterman Krogmann PC.
Mental Health Resources | 24/7 Emergency Numbers
If you are in crisis, text NEEDHELP to
85511, call 1-800-273-TALK, or dial 911; TTY dial 711
CrisisLink
Regional Hotline: 703-527-4077 (CrisisLink is a hotline for individuals in
crisis or family/friends seeking guidance for how to help a loved one)
Dominion
Hospital Assessment and Referral Line: 703-536-2000
Inova
Emergency Services: 703-289-7560
Mobile Crisis
Unit: 1-844-627-4747
National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK or 1-800-SUICIDE
Merrifield
Center Emergency Services: 703-573-5679; TTY dial 711 (The
Merrifield Center of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board, offers
a range of clinical programming. Emergency Services, staffed 24 hours per day,
seven days per week, works with people in psychiatric crisis who need immediate
attention.)
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