 Woodson Weekly
October 26th
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Woodson Weekly is published every Friday to provide the community with important information about school life at Woodson High School.
Vision Statement
We are a school community where all students have purpose and value!
 Woodson's Drama Department presents, Salvation Road by D. W. Gregory. Performances are November 2nd and 3rd, 9th and 10th. See story below.
Upcoming Important Dates
Friday, November 2nd - End of 1st Quarter
Monday, November 5th - School Planning Day, Student Holiday
Tuesday, November 6th - Teacher Workday, Student Holiday
Wednesday-Friday, November 21st-23rd - Thanksgiving Holidays
Early Checkouts from School
For early dismissals, please complete this Check-Out Form or write a note that includes the student name, date and time, and reason for early check-out, parent signature and contact number. Students must bring the note to the Attendance Office by 9:45 a.m. to receive a pink check-out pass. At the time of dismissal, your son/daughter will bring the pink check-out pass back to the Attendance Office for verification before meeting you outside.
There will be no unannounced early dismissals within 15 minutes of school dismissal.
For full details on Attendance Procedures, please visit the Attendance page on the Woodson website.
Dropping off Large Items
Did your child forget to bring their instrument or sports equipment? These items are too large to store in our front office for pickup.
For instruments, parents will need to sign-in at the main office and then bring the instrument to the band or orchestra room.
For sports equipment, parents will need to sign-in at the main office and then bring the equipment to the Activities office, Room C-103.
Fall Production: Salvation Road
The Woodson Drama Department is excited to announce our Fall production of Salvation Road by D.W. Gregory. Ms. Gregory also wrote Radium Girls which was performed by Woodson Drama a few years ago. Performance dates are:
Friday November 2 at 7:30 p.m.;
*Saturday November 3 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.;
Friday November 9 at 7:30 p.m.;
Saturday November 10 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
*Of special note, on Saturday November 3rd at 2:00 p.m., D.W. Gregory and former cult members will be having a "talk back" where the audience will be able to engage with the playwright, cast, and former cult members.
"Salvation Road is inspired by a personal story and looks at the cult experience from the flip side: the point of view of bewildered family and friends left behind. Where do you draw the line between faith and fanaticism? Between a church and cult? Perhaps it is that moment when you are forced to choose."
For more information and to purchase tickets, please go to the Woodson Drama Boosters webpage.
 Girls Volleyball wins the 2018 Patriot District Championship!
End of First Quarter
The first quarter will end next Friday, November 2nd.
Report cards will be distributed through students’ 7th period classes on Friday, November 16th. Students who do not have a 7th period class may pick up their report cards in Student Services starting on Friday, November 16th.
FCPS Weekly Progress Reports will not be sent to parents Wednesday, October 31st through Friday, November 9th during first quarter grading and report card generation. Additionally, the Grade Book and Report Card modules in ParentVUE and StudentVUE will be closed Friday, November 2nd, at 4:00 p.m. through Saturday, November 10th, at 6:00 a.m.
Woodson Musicians Selected for Statewide Honors
Ten Woodson student musicians have been selected for statewide honors and will perform at the 2018 Virginia Music Educators Association annual conference November 15-17 in Hot Springs.
Guitar Ensemble: Rachel Zindler
Honors Choir: Maya Cooper, Victoria Lee, Madeleine Donat, Eric Tysarczyk, Rohan Selvin, Gin Choi, Miles Guth, Will Ivey, and Meghan Willey.
Milk and Cookies
The PTSO sponsored Milk and Cookies event will take place next Friday, November 2nd.
Milk and Cookies is a fun Woodson tradition to celebrate our students with milk and cookies and show them positive community support. We need a lot of help from parents to make this event happen. Please visit the Sign Up Genius below to sign-up to bring cookies and/or to help us pass out cookies at school dismissal. We need around 300 dozen to make sure we have enough cookies for all, and have fallen short in the past, so please donate generously! The PTSO donates the milk for this event.
Questions: email: WTWmilkncookies@gmail.com
Sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F45AEA829A4FC1-milk
Expunge a Course
In accordance with Virginia state regulations, FCPS
Regulation 2408 permits parents of students who take a high school
credit-bearing course in middle school to request that the grade be omitted from
the student’s high school transcript and the student not earn high school
credit for the course. Parents interested in expunging a course and removing
the middle school course and associated credit from the high school transcript
must make this request no later than the end of the first nine weeks of the
school year following completion of the course.
For current ninth graders, the
deadline to complete the expunge request is Friday, November 2nd.
Please find the link to the expunge form below. The form
outlines the guidelines and procedures for expunging grades for high school
courses taken in middle school. If you have questions about expunging a course,
please contact your school counselor.
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/is104.pdf
 Students in Mr. Van Acker's class playing Monopoly to emphasize the instructional material on monopoly, business, and entrepreneurship in Economics and Personal Finance class.
Governor's School
The application process for the 2019 Summer Residential Governor’s Schools has begun.
The Summer Residential Governor’s Schools program is open to current high school sophomores and juniors and provides students with intensive educational experiences in visual and performing arts; humanities; mathematics, science, and technology; or through mentorships in marine science, medicine and health sciences, or engineering.
Students must indicate interest by completing the interest form no later than Friday, November 2nd, in order to be considered.
Please contact Ashley Kovachik (alkovachik@fcps.edu) or Elizabeth Walter (ehwalter@fcps.edu) with any questions.
 Students in Advanced Studio Art paint along the banks of Burke Lake.
You Can Help Prevent Bullying: Strategies for Parents
Would you like to know more about how you can help prevent bullying at home and in school? Join us for this important workshop to learn what is bullying, bullying in a cyber world, bullying vs. harassment, signs to look for and ways to prevent and support.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
This workshop will be held at:
Dunn Loring Center for Parent Services, Entrance 1 - Room 100
2334 Gallows Road, Dunn Loring, Virginia 22027
Register for You Can Help Prevent Bullying: Strategies for Parents
School Wellness Team
In compliance with requirements of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids
Act of 2010 (HHFKA), the Fairfax County School Board has established a wellness
policy (2100) for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) that promotes the health
and well-being of students and staff. The components of the local wellness
regulation include physical education; physical activity; health education;
health services; healthy and safe school environment; counseling,
psychological, and social services; health promotion for staff members; family
and community involvement; food and nutrition (general); nutrition education,
promotion, and food marketing; and nutrition guidelines that influence student
and staff health and wellness.
As part of the requirements of Regulation 2100, schools
shall develop and establish a wellness committee to implement activities that
support the wellness policy. Schools are encouraged to invite and include
staff, parents and/or guardians, community members, students, and the school
public health nurse to be a part of the school’s wellness committee.
If
you are interested in being a part of Woodson’s Wellness Team please
email Dr. DiSalvo at pdisalvo@fcps.edu.
WTW Yearbook
Last year's Yearbook sold out! Order yours now!
Go to yearbookordercenter.com and enter the school code
5278. Or simply follow this link: https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/index.cfm/job/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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