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This
Week
- Wednesday, 4/18, 11:20pm--1:20pm: Career Fair | Investigating Career Opportunities (Cav Hall)
- Wednesday, 4/18, after school: Student x2Vol Training (F105)
- Saturday, 4/21: Special Education Conference (Hayfield Secondary School)
Milk and Cookies – Wednesday, April 25th
Please visit the sign-up genius to donate cookies and/or help
distribute on April 25: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084aa8a629a20-stress.
On Wednesday, April 25, 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 April 25,
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. It's a great way to see smiling students:) Any questions,
please email Shannon Murphy at shannon.murphy29@gmail.com.
Milk and Cookies on April 25th was scheduled to
coordinate with Woodson Stress Less/Laugh More Week.
Stress Less/Laugh More Week Guest
Speaker - Brie Mathers
As
part of Stress Less, Laugh More week, Woodson is hosting guest speaker Brie
Mathers on Thursday, April 26th at 9:45am 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. If you have questions regarding this event,
please contact Woodson counselor Ms. Elizabeth Walter at ehwalter@fcps.edu.
Investigating
Career Opportunities (ICO) - Wednesday, April 18th during Lunch
Investigating Career Opportunities (ICO), a Career Fair, will
be held on Wednesday, April 18th from 11:20pm--1:20pm in
Cav Hall. It will be held during all lunches so everyone can have a chance to
attend. Students should bring a bag lunch of finger food so they can chat with
our wonderful career representatives as they eat. Parents, help your students
with that finger-food bag lunch, and ask your students what they learned when
they get home on the 18th. Contact
Mrs. Ishii, Career Center Specialist, at kaishii@fcps.edu with questions.
X2VOL
Volunteer Hours Tracking System - Student Training Wednesday, April 18th after School
Wednesday, April 18th in F105 after school. Fairfax
County provides schools with a digital tool for tracking volunteer hours called
x2VOL, and WTW is using it. Woodson now tracks volunteer hours for both service
learning, which may result in a service learning cord worn at graduation, and
general community service hours, which may result in a diploma seal for
excellence in civics and education given by the Virginia State Board of
Education. Students should take advantage of this opportunity to learn how to
use X2VOL. Information from the March 9, 2018
Career Center Newsletter.
A 6-minute video about X2VOL is available at http://www.ebmcdn.net/fcps/fcps_video_viewer.php?viewnode=b6fc74a452351.
Drama
Production of Our Town
This Spring W.T. Woodson Drama presents Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. Described by Edward Albee as
“…the greatest American play ever written,” the story follows the small town of
Grover’s Corners through three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and
what we'll just call, "Act III" for now. Narrated by a stage manager
and performed with minimal props and set, Our Town is as timeless and relevant
today as it was when it premiered 80 years ago. Find out why - get your tickets
today at http://wtwdrama.org/. Tickets will also be available at the door, but advance
purchase strongly suggested. All seats, all show’s, just $5.
Showtimes are:
- April 27, 28, May 4, 5 @ 7:30 PM
- April 28 and May 5 @ 3:00 PM
- ASL interpretation of the April 28th, 7:30pm show
- Understudy show: May 5, 3pm.
Purchase tickets from
tickets at: https://www.itickets.com/register/new/397373. Or, go to http://wtwdrama.org/ for more information and the ticket link.
Appreciation Luncheon for Woodson's
Staff onTuesday, May 8th
The Teacher Appreciation Luncheon will take place on Tuesday, May
8th, and we need your help to make it a success! The PTSO is looking for
volunteers to help with set-up, serving, and clean-up and most importantly to
provide side dishes, desserts, and drinks to accompany the Red Hot & Blue
barbecue. To sign up to volunteer or to contribute food or beverages, please go
to: Woodson Teacher Appreciation Luncheon. If you have any questions, contact
Stacey Brahmey at brahmeys@yahoo.com. Thank you to the families who have
already signed up to volunteer and/or donate items!
Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Proctors
Needed
Woodson Student Services is in search of 15 volunteers for this
year’s upcoming AP Testing. AP exams will take place from May 7th – May
18th. There are two test sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Morning test sessions require proctors to be present from 7:45am to 11:45am (approximately).
Afternoon test sessions require proctors to be present from 11:30am to 3:30pm
(approximately). There are specific eligibility criteria, such as: current,
former, or retired teachers, including AP teachers, may serve as proctors for
exams in a subject area other than the one they now teach or have ever taught;
and an individual may not proctor an AP Exam or handle exam materials in the
year in which an immediate family or household member may be taking that exam
at the school where the individual works or at any other school.
Please contact Kathleen Guinee, Assessment Coach, at kpguinee@fcps.edu or 703-503-4805 if you are able to volunteer to proctor. (Ms.
Guinee can explain all of the eligibility criteria and the number of proctors
that are required for specific AP Exams.)
Cav Cruise
THE TIME HAS COME, AND WE NEED YOU! We
need 300+ volunteers to run the All Night Grad Party, Wednesday, June 13 at Oak
Marr RecCenter. There are many shifts, starting at 6am Wednesday and going
until 11am Thursday. Most shifts are from 10pm-2am and 2am-6am during the
event. Volunteering is available to ALL
PARENTS regardless of what class your child is in. Underclass parents,
please sign up to help set up and take down so that senior parents can enjoy
their children’s graduations. SIGN UP
TO HELP HERE!
We also need food and
beverage donations; click here to
donate!
Even if you have given your name as someone interest in volunteering or
donating, please click on the links to sign up. If you have questions about any
of the jobs, please let us know at cavcruisevolunteers@gmail.com.
REGISTRATION: Register your child now! $100 per
ticket for the best post-graduation party on the planet! http://www.woodsonptso.org/register.html
CLASS OF 2018 YARD SIGNS ($20): Celebrate your senior’s big moment! Contact
Carolyn Hutcheson at mrschutch@aol.com.
Questions? Please contact cavcruisedirector@woodsonptso.org.
Student
Volunteer Opportunity
The organizers of the Canterbury Woods Elementary School
Super Fun Fair are looking for high school student volunteers to help lead
carnival games and craft tables, face paint, sell tickets and baked goods, and
set-up/clean-up. The fair will take place on Saturday, April 28th from 11am--3pm.
Volunteer slots start at 10 a.m. and are for 1.5 hours. To
sign up, please go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0b44abad2ea6f94-volunteers2, or
contact Canterbury Woods ES parent Allison Hagner at alligonhagner@gmail.com.
Click here for
details.
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!!
Precisionette Dance Team News
Break It Down
Dance Team Prep Clinic: Calling 7th –rising 12th dancers!!
April 17th –May 15th (Tuesdays) 4:30-6:30pm. Designed for dancers in 7th
– rising 12th grade to help prepare to be on a high school dance team, build
dance team skills and also prepare you for our Precisionette Dance Team
try-outs in May. Click here to register and for more information.
Precisionette
Dance Team Try-Outs: Calling rising 9th – rising 12th grade dancers!!
May 22nd – 24th (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) 5:30-7:30pm. Come on out
and try-out for our Varsity Precisionette Dance Team. Flyer and required forms
will be posted to WT Woodson Sports soon. Questions contact: Coach Caitlin
Childress, caitlinlee55@gmail.com.
Prom Dresses
Does your teen need a prom dress? If so, you're in luck! Mrs. Sussy
Tomer, Woodson's Parent Liaison, has collected formal dresses to give to
students in need. Please have your child ask for a pass to stop by Room E108
(across from the attendance office) to pick out a free dress. Mrs. Tomer is in
her office on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9:00am-1:00pm and on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30am-2:30pm.
Also, if you have a prom/formal dress or party shoes that you are no
longer going to use, please bring them to Ms. Tomer so that she can add them to
the collection.
Please contact Mrs. Tomer at setomer@fcps.edu or 703-503-4792
if you have any questions.
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. Click here to register and pay on-line.
WeMail Information
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submitted should be related to W.T. Woodson High School. Please include
“Wemail” in the subject (no spaces, no
hyphens), 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.
The
PTSO would like to thank its online sponsors: JL Tree
Services,Merrifield Orthodontics, Ron Shapiro Tutoring, Yelena Jones at Samson
Properties.
Special
Education
April Workshops,
Training, Online Resources, and Support Groups for Parents, Teens, and Teachers
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. When other events become available they will also
be posted at https://fairfaxcountysepta.org/upcoming-community-events/.
Please note that the JCCNV is no longer running the Special Needs Parent
Support Group on the 1st Wednesday of each month. They do however offer a variety of programs; here’s the
link to their website and programs https://www.jccnv.org/specialneeds/special-needs/. Please contact
Melissa Hochberg melissa.hochberg@jccnv.org 703-537-3040 with any questions about the JCCNV current programs.
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2018 Special
Education Conference to Be Held Saturday, April 21, at Hayfield Secondary
School
Mark your calendars now for the 13th annual FCPS Special Education
Conference, which will be held on Saturday, April 21, from 8am to 3pm at
Hayfield Secondary School. Go to the Special Education
Conference website for further information and to register for conference workshop
sessions.
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Parents Helping
Parents: Healthy Minds Fairfax Offers New Youth Initiative
A service of the Healthy Minds Fairfax initiative, parents are
encouraged to reach out to the new Parent Support Partners (PSP) program for support,
understanding, and connections on how to find and access services to help
children, youth and young adults feel better and do better. You can call the
Family Support Line at 571-458-7310 x103.
Sports
Highlights
Varsity Softball
Woodson fell behind early in a 13-0 loss to Lake Braddock on Tuesday
(4/10). Jhamy Carey took the loss allowing 13 runs on 13 hits and striking out
two. Carey, Burton, Angel Brown, and Sarah Rice had one hit each to lead the
Cavaliers.
Eight runs in the fourth inning led Woodson past Annandale 12-2 on
Wednesday (4/11). In the 4th, Woodson put up eight runs from singles by Angel
Brown, Mackenzie Williams, Corinne Burke, and Courtney Farzan, a walk by Rylee
Burton and a triple by Sarah Rice. Abbie Ritchie got the victory on the mound
allowing six hits and two runs while striking out four.
Woodson lost 4-3 to West Springfield on Friday (4/13). Jhamy Carey took
the loss surrendering four runs on nine hits over seven innings, striking out
seven. Woodson had eight hits with Courtney Farzan and Mackenzie Williams each
having multiple hits.
Girls Lacrosse
WTWGLAX had a
decisive 17-9 win over South County April 6 with excellent goalie play by
Mariel Russ (3S) and Catherine Gross (6S) and 12 successful clears. Sydney
Andes had two ground-balls and one take-away and Natalie Gates had six goals. Unfortunately,
defender Georgia Rafter went down with a knee injury. Against an aggressive
Centreville team Monday defenders Sydney Andes, Rachel Williams, Sarah Wilson,
Sabrina Fasold and Maddie Stedham held strong against constant drives by
several skilled D1 commits. Margaret Stephan had ten draw-controls and 4 goals.
Additional scoring by Logan Dougherty (1G/6A/4GB), Natalie Gates (4G/1GB),
Campbell Brown (3G/1GB) and Devin Alsup (1G/1A) for a 13-6 win. The Cavs had
another decisive win against West Springfield Friday. Many players contributed
including Carlie Hartung (3G), Cassia Kruse (1G/2DC), Devin Alsup (2G),
Campbell Brown (1G) Katherine Friedman (5GB/1TA), Lauren Oliver (2A/1GB),
Sabrina Fasold (1GB) and Michaela Whearty (1GB) for a 17-3 win.
Girls Varsity Soccer
The Lady Cavaliers remained unbeaten last week with a 2 – 2 tie at Lake
Braddock and a 2 – 0 win at Centreville. Megan Welther converted on a
beautiful cross from Chloe Dawson to give the Cavs a 1 – 0 lead in the
first half. Dawson gave the lead back to the Cavs in the first overtime,
but a perfectly placed shot by the Bruins with less than a minute left tied the
game. Against the Wildcats, the Cavs jumped out to a quick 2 – 0 lead and
cruised the rest of the way. Sydney Kulenguski headed one in off a
corner kick from Chloe Dawson less than 5 minutes into the game. A few
minutes later, Megan Welther, off a nice lead pass from Kate Herz,
made a nice run and placed one by the Wildcat keeper.
Boys
Varsity Soccer
On
April 10th, WBVS played away at Lake Braddock. In the 10th minute Daniel Kang
kicked a ground ball to Harrison Tun who tapped the ball in the goal. Shortly
thereafter, LB scored off a corner kick. Tied at 1-1, Kang then sent ball to
Bruno DaSilva, who scored a one-on-one goal against LB’s goalie in the 56th
minute. LB put on loads of pressure, but Defenders Ethan Robey, Will Noecker,
Tyler French and Nick Falvo thwarted off LB attacks on our goal, and ran balls
forward to assist players like Luke Schneider, Pierre and George Richard in
making offensive plays happen. Woodson won with a 2-1 score. April 12th’s game
was at home vs. Centreville. Players such as Tyler French, Andrew Blystone, and
Hiroki Cook gave it their all, but the game ended in a 0-0 draw after OT. With
five wins, one tie and zero losses, Woodson is still undefeated.
Boys
JV Lacrosse
The boys’ JV Lacrosse Team's first win
against Patriot HS (6-4) included shots from Jack Cooke (4), Thomas Eby (5),
Cullen Gormley (5), Ryan Vonasek (3), Daniel Chung (2), Tommy Dunn (2), Gavin
Robbins, Sean Gibson, and Bradley Brewington. They built on it with a decisive
victory (15-8) against South County HS. Thomas Eby was on fire with 6 goals and
he was followed closely by Jack Cooke who put 5 in the net. The team spread the
remaining goals around with 1 each from Sean Gibson and David Mastro and 2 from
Cullen Gormley. The Cavaliers made it look easy—at times passing the ball from
one end of the field to the other without ever losing possession. The defense
stood strong with goalie Will Vo keeping the Stallions of South County reined
in for the entire game. The winning streak continued against Centreville HS
(14-7) and West Springfield HS (14-2) where Bryce Shanahan, David Lopez, Colin
Sokolowski, Will Vo, and the Roh brothers displayed a monster defense!
Woodson
Athletic Boosters would like to thank its sponsors: HB Services,
Elhady Orthodontics, Fairfax VW, Cruise Planners.
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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