 Woodson Weekly -
April 20th
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Vision Statement
We are a school community where all students have purpose and value!
*See something, hear something, please say something*
Woodson was honored to welcome Mrs. Irene Weiss today. Mrs. Weiss is a respected speaker on her experiences during the Holocaust. She presented to the 10th grade class during Return periods.
Pickett Road Paving on Saturday, April 21st
VDOT is planning to pave Pickett Road from Rt. 236 south to Starlit Ponds Drive on Saturday, April 21st. Please plan accordingly as traffic flow will be limited in the area on Saturday.
Special Education Conference 2018
The FCPS 2018 Special Education Conference will be held on Saturday, April 21st, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Hayfield Secondary School, 7630 Telegraph Rd, Alexandria, VA 22315.
For more information including the schedule, guest speakers, breakout sessions, etc. please go to the conference website at www.fcps.edu/spedconference2018.
 Earth Day Event, Sunday, April 22nd
Woodson's Environmental Club is sponsoring a native tree planting at Woodson on Sunday, April 22nd from 9:00a.m. until noon. If you would like to volunteer (for service hours or just to celebrate Earth), please meet at Door 16 on Sunday morning.
Please bring water and gardening gloves if you have them. Also, if you have a shovel, please bring that as well. We will have extra gloves and shovels if you don't have any to bring.
Please contact Ms. Lauren Kinne at lwkinne@fcps.edu for more information.
Next FCPSOn Community Meeting to Be Held April
23rd at Robinson Secondary School
Want to learn more about FCPS’ plans to extend
student learning and increase equitable access to technology? Attend a
community meeting to hear more about FCPSOn and how it leads to personalized,
meaningful learning experiences for students.
FCPSOn provides a device for each student and
allows students opportunities for deeper understanding of content and skills
outlined in the Portrait of a Graduate in order to be successful in the
workforce of the future. The next meeting will be held on Monday, April 23rd,
at Robinson Secondary School at 7 p.m. The final meeting will be on Thursday, May 3rd
at Chantilly High School.
Learn more about the meeting dates and locations.
Senior Parent Meeting, Wednesday, April 25th
Attention Senior Parents/Guardians: Graduation is just around the corner! We will be hosing one last Senior Parent Meeting on Wednesday, April 25th from 6:30-7:30p.m. in Cavalier Hall.
AP Exam Excused Absence Forms
If a student is taking an AP Exam and would like to be
excused from their other classes on the day of the exam, they must fill out and
return a blue AP Excused Absence form.
These blue forms are available in the
Attendance Office, Student Services, and the Main Office. They must be
returned by Wednesday, April 25th to the Attendance Office. These forms are only for
students taking AP Exams. If a student is not taking an AP Exam they should
report to classes as usual that day.
Milk and Cookies
On Wednesday, April 25th, we will be celebrating our Woodson
students with milk and cookies.
For those of you new to the school, this is a great tradition. It
is a unique way for parents and community members to recognize our students and
to show them positive community support. Traditionally, milk and cookies are
mentioned in "All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten"
as a valuable life lesson. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you! At this
event, parent volunteers make hundreds of dozens of cookies and the PTSO donates
milk boxes.
After school on Wednesday, April 25th, parent volunteers shower
the kids with warmth and pass out baggies of cookies and milk to each student
at Woodson! In order for this to be successful, we need LOTS of help.
Please visit the sign up genius to donate cookies and/or help distribute on
April 25th.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084aa8a629a20-stress
It's a great way to see smiling students! Any questions,
please email Woodson parent, Shannon Murphy at shannon.murphy29@gmail.com.
 Congratulations to Woodson physics teacher Ms. Ellen Babcock! She won Coach of the Year from the Virginia Science Olympiad (VASO) at the Virginia state tournament last weekend in Charlottesville, VA.
Guest Speaker - Brie Mathers
As
part of Stress Less, Laugh More week, Woodson is hosting guest speaker Brie
Mathers on Thursday, April 26th at 9:45 a.m. for all of our young ladies. Others
may attend if interested. Ms. Mathers has spoken in other FCPS
schools and students have found her message to be very important and on point
for teen girls in 2018.
Since graduating from McGill University in Women’s Studies and
Humanistic Studies with Distinction, Ms. Mathers has spoken to 70,000
teen girls worldwide with her multi-media event, Love the Skin You’re In. Inspiring young women
to find compassion within themselves and for one another, and to lead a new
conversation about their bodies and beings, she conducts connective school-wide
body image events about media literacy, mindfulness, and
partnership. We encourage our young ladies to attend.
If you have questions regarding this event, please contact Woodson
counselor Ms. Elizabeth Walter at ehwalter@fcps.edu.
Peach Fuzz Boys' Volleyball Game
Woodson’s 3rd Annual Peach Fuzz Boys’
Volleyball game is Thursday, April 26th at 6:00 p.m. in the main gym. Tickets
to this event are $5 and Woodson students get in free with their student
ID.
The Freshmen-Junior game is at 6:00 p.m. and the Sophomore-Senior game
takes place 20 minutes after the conclusion of the first game. The
championship game will being at 7:30 p.m. Come out and support Peach
Fuzz.
 WTW Drama Presents Our Town
“Our Town” by Thornton Wilder is a
play about the human experience; simple, but the underlying meaning is
something every single one of us can relate to.
Don’t let the opportunity to
experience life in “Our Town” pass you by! Come see “Our Town” April 27th &
28th & May 4 & 5 at 7:30pm and April 28th & May 5th at 3:00pm.
Tickets are available for purchase at wtwdrama.org,
for more information follow woodson drama on Twitter and instagram @wtwdrama.
Bringing a Guest to Prom
If you are planning to bring a guest from another school to the Woodson Prom on Saturday, May 12th, you must complete a guest application form. These forms are now available in the main office.
The completed application must be submitted to your administrator by Wednesday, May 9th.
National Merit Corporate-Sponsored Scholarship Recipient
Congratulations to Kate Schneider for winning the National Merit National Distillers Distributors Foundation Scholarship.
Corporate sponsors provide merit scholarship awards for National Merit finalists who are children of their employees, who are residents of communities the companies serve, or who have college majors or career interests the sponsors want to encourage.
Corporate-sponsored merit scholarship awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study.
 Woodson 5K and Fun Run on Saturday, May 5th
The 9th Annual Woodson 5K presented
by Woodson SGA will take place on Saturday, May 5th at 8:30 a.m. (Fun run for Little Cavs is at 8:00 a.m.). The
proceeds from this year’s 5K benefit A Forever Home, a no-kill animal shelter
in Fairfax. Join the Woodson community by walking or running in this
chip-timed event.
Register and pay on-line at https://woodsonhs.fcps.edu/announcements/woodson-5k
Sports Physicals for 2018-2019
Believe it or not, it is time to start planning for the
2018-2019 school year. The first step toward eligibility to participate
in any preseason or afterschool athletic event is to complete a sports physical
on an official VHSL Pre-participation Physical Examination (PPE) form (only
version FEB2017 will be accepted).
The Woodson High School Athletic
Training Department will be offering sports physicals at Woodson High School on
Monday, May 7th. This successfully completed physical will be good for all sports and
out of season practices (green days, yellow days, weight room workouts) for the
2018-2019 school year.
This event is a fundraiser for the Woodson High
School Athletic Training Department and goes to support the athletes at Woodson
High School. The cost of the physical is $50 when you register
online. You can register by following this link: https://www.fcps.edu/node/33735.
We are always looking for medical and non-medical volunteers
to assist us for the event. If you are interested in helping out, please
contact Ms. Fickes @ kfickes@fcps.edu, or
click on the registration link to sign up.
Don’t forget the student and parent concussion education
must also be completed annually!!
Depression in Children and Adolescents
Depression among children
and adolescents is common but frequently unrecognized. Depression can be a
significant barrier to learning and well-being. However, it is treatable and
there are resources available to help children and families who are struggling.
Join Dr. Michael Axler, FCPS Senior Supervising Psychologist, to learn
important information about depression including signs and symptoms, causes,
risk factors, treatment options, and available resources.
Register now!
TUESDAY, May 8, 2018
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Dunn Loring Center for Parent Services
2334
Gallows Road
Entrance 1 - Room 100
Dunn Loring, VA (map)
Strategies and Supports for Children and Teens with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common, chronic and long-lasting disorder in which a child or teen has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts and behaviors that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over. The thoughts are called obsessions and the behaviors are called compulsions. Join Dr. Lisa Bateman, Neuroscience, Inc., for this important workshop. Highlights will include:
- Signs of OCD that can be identified by parents and teachers
- Causes and identification of OCD
- Treatment options for OCD
- Parents' role in addressing OCD
- Available resources
Register now!
Friday, May 11, 2018
10:00 a.m. - noon
Dunn Loring Center for Parent Services
2334 Gallows Road
Entrance 1 - Room 100
Dunn Loring, VA (map)
Prom Dresses
Does someone in your family need a dress or a
suit for prom? If so, you’re in luck!
Mrs. Sussy Tomer, Woodson’s
Parent Liaison, has
collected formal dresses, a few suits/shirts/belts, accessories: like shalls,
shoes, earrings and necklaces to give to students in need.
Please have your
teen stop by room E108. Mrs. Tomer is in her office on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. or Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Please contact Mrs. Tomer at setomer@fcps.edu or 703-503-4792 if you have
any questions.
2018-2019 Course Registration
We are currently meeting with students to
schedule for the 2018-2019 school year. If you have questions or
concerns about your student’s course selections, please contact your child’s
counselor. Opportunities for course changes will be limited next year. The deadline for changes to next year's course selections is Thursday, May 31st. Many schools have a deadline in March; however, we have extended to the end of May. Please help us keep that deadline by reviewing your child's course requests using SIS ParentVUE at https://sisparent.fcps.edu.
The
third quarter of the academic year is always interesting. Some
students get fatigued with the routines of school, classwork, and
homework. If your child did poorly in the first semester and you
are concerned whether or not he/she can still pass a course for the year,
communicate with your child's teacher.
 Order Your Yearbook
This is your last chance to save money on the 2017-2018 Woodson yearbook before it is full price. Visit www.yearbookordercenter.com and use code 5278.
FCPS Cares Program
Recognizing Woodson
staff who go above and beyond!
FCPS Cares is an opportunity for parents, staff, and community
members to recognize FCPS employees for going above and beyond to help others
and show they care. We invite you to submit your story so we can all
acknowledge the good work of our Woodson staff. https://www.fcps.edu/careers/employee-recognition-programs/fcps-cares-program
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.)
Plan D Nova https://www.plandnova.org/ (a website for Northern Virginia teens who suffer from depression: #breakthestigma)
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