 On September 26th during a very festive faculty meeting, Dr. Frances Ivey, Region 5 Assistant Superintendent, introduced our new Principal, Dr. Carlyn Floyd to faculty and staff.
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The pep band played during the meeting introducing Dr. Floyd to the staff as the first female Principal of W.T. Woodson High School. |
Thank you to all the parents and community members who have
taken the time to welcome me in my new role as Principal at W.T. Woodson
HS. It has been an exciting week full of meeting people, visiting
classrooms and engaging with students. I’m excited to continue to attend
various activities from volleyball, to field hockey, to the chorus concert this
week. The New to Woodson parent meeting was
Tuesday, we discussed how the students are navigating their new environment
during this challenging transition. This upcoming Tuesday, I will attend
my first PTSO meeting and all families who can come, please do! The meeting will be held in the library at 7:00pm. Upcoming calendar
items include the PSAT on Wednesday October 11th. All students’ grades 9-11 will be taking the
PSAT and will be dismissed at 12:50. Seniors are excused from school this
day as they have already taken the PSAT. We encourage them to take the
day to investigate colleges, write applications or look into post-secondary employment opportunities. There
is a rumor that Tuesday, October 10 is a “Senior Skip Day”… parents, please
know there is no such school sanctioned event as a Senior Skip Day. I look
forward to Homecoming week, kicking off next Saturday with the Powderpuff game
and Bonfire followed by spirit week, pep rally, parade, pig out, game and
finally the dance on the 21st. Be checking social media for more
details. Have a great 3 day weekend!
If you want to opt-out of the directory, an FLE lesson or the entire FLE unit, the 2017 deadline to return Opt-out forms is October, 13,
2017. We will be turning over the
directory information to the PTSO after that date and will be unable to honor
any opt-outs once the Student Directory has gone to the printer.
The 2017 Credit
Exam for World Languages will be administered on November 1, 2, and 8,
2017. Twenty-six languages will be included: American Sign
Language, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali/Bangla, Chinese/Mandarin, Farsi/Persian,
French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi,
Russian, Sanskrit/Samskritam, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog/Pilipino, Tamil, Telugu,
Tigrinia, Twi, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
Registration
closes on Wednesday,
October 11, 2017, at 4 p.m. See your
counselor for more information. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The School Board is accepting applications for the Student
Leadership Development Program, open to any high school sophomore or junior in
good academic standing. The program is for students interested in a future in
law, government or public policy. Twelve students will be chosen to work
closely with the School Board to how FCPS is governed and will give the
students opportunities to participate on various advisory committees to the
School Board, and even to seek election as the student representative on the
School Board.
The program
information and application are available at the link below:
https://www.fcps.edu/node/31703
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