Woodson Weekly -
August 30th
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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!
 Seniors paint parking spaces to start the school year!
Important Upcoming Dates
Monday, September 2nd - Labor Day Holiday
Wednesday, September 11th - Senior Parent Night, 7pm, Auditorium
Thursday, September 19th - Back to School Night, 5:30-8:40 p.m.
Monday, October 14th - Columbus Day, student holiday
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.
Due to staff responsibilities at the end of the day, we are not able to honor unannounced early dismissals within 15 minutes of school dismissal.
Please know that during the school day we will do our best to retrieve students for unannounced early dismissals; to ensure timely dismissal please follow the procedures above.
For full details on Attendance Procedures, please visit the Attendance page on the Woodson website.
Forgotten Items & Lost and Found
Q - My son/daughter forgot their lunch/homework assignment/laptop. Where can I drop off items?
A– Forgotten items may be dropped off at the main office on a designated bookshelf. Please make sure your child's name is written on the item.
Q - My son/daughter lost their wallet (or any item). Where should I go to see if it has been turned in?
A – You may come to the main office and a Safety and Security assistant will escort you to the Lost and Found room to search for your item.
Picture Days
All Freshman, Sophomores and Juniors will have their school picture taken on Wednesday, September 5th or Thursday, September 6th.
Lifetouch mailed order forms to each home. If you did not receive an order form, please have your student stop by the main office.
Freshman and Sophomores are scheduled to have their pictures taken during their PE Class period. Juniors will have their picture taken during their English class period.
MySchoolBucks (MSB) Update
MSB will not be available for parents to pay student class fees until after Saturday, September 7th. Please visit MySchoolBucks at that time. The school store is open for other purchases.
 Special Olympics Unified Champion Banner School
Woodson High School has been designated an official Special Olympics National Banner Unified Champion School!
Woodson's staff and students are leaders of social inclusion in Fairfax County Public Schools. There are 173 schools across the nation to receive this national recognition for the 2019 cycle with only nine schools from across Virginia included in the 2019 class.
2023 Class Council
Any Freshman interested in running for 2023 Class Council must complete an election packet.
These packets are available from Mr. Schaefer (A128) or Mrs. Schmauder (A133) and along with campaign posters are due by Tuesday, September 3rd at 8:00 a.m. Please contact djschaefer@fcps.edu for more information.
Senior Parent Night
Senior Parents - Come to the Auditorium on Wednesday, September 11th at 7:00 p.m. to learn important information about the college application process and scholarship opportunities.
Even if you have had other children go to college, you’ll want to attend to learn about important changes both at Woodson and beyond.
For more information on this Senior Parent Night, please contact Kathleen Ishii at kaishii@fcps.edu.
The sixth annual FCPS Mental Health and Wellness Conference will be held on Saturday, October 5th, at Fairfax High School from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m, sponsored by Inova. The morning session will focus on social and emotional learning, with a keynote address given by Dr. Marc Brackett, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
A special session for high school students, the Our Minds Matter Teen Summit, will take place in the morning as well. Attendees are encouraged to stay for Inova’s Act on Addiction Summit, which will be held from 12:30 to 4 p.m.
More information is available at the Mental Health and Wellness Conference website.
 Mr. Ringier's 9th grade biology class learning about the scientific method using glow sticks.
Reserve Your Yearbook
Did you know what last year’s yearbook sold out? Did you know that the 2020 yearbook will never be cheaper than it is today?
Order your yearbook now, before the crush of the school year!
Place a senior baby ad
Where did the time go? Place your special pictures and messages in the 2020 yearbook to treasure the memories forever.
Go to https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/index.cfm/job/5278 for sizes, prices and how-tos.
Summer photos needed for yearbook!
What were Woodson students up to this past summer? Send us your pics to help us tell the story of YOUR summer!
You can share your pictures with the yearbook staff via eShare. You can do this two easy ways.
- Go to www.HJeShare.com and enter the school code: wtwoodson
- Download the HJeShare app for iPhone or Android at the App Store or Google Play. Again, the school code: wtwoodson
Either place will give you instructions on uploading your images and letting the yearbook staff know who is in the pictures!
While we cannot guarantee that all shared photos will be published, if you don’t share, your great pictures can’t even be considered! Start sharing today!
Contact Beth Koby, yearbook adviser, if you have problems. ewkoby@fcps.edu.
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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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