Woodson Weekly -
November 8th
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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!
 Students waiting for the shuttle to the Plum Center for their nursing academy class.
Important Upcoming Dates
Wednesday-Friday, November 27-29 - Thanksgiving Holidays
Monday, December 23 through Friday, January 3 - Winter Break
Monday, January 6th - School resumes, Even Day
In this Issue
1. Attendance for Thanksgiving Week
2. Final Weekend: Letters to Sala
3. Federal Impact Aid Forms
4. Food Deliveries
5. Environmental Club Tree Planting
6. Technology Support Fee
7. Report Card Distribution
8. Activating Weekly Progress Reports
9. Woodson Librarian Honored
10. Military Appreciation T-Shirts
11. Parents as Partners Session 3
12. Safety and Security Month
13. Pies!
14. Frost Falcons 5K and Fun Run
15. Reserve Your Yearbook
16. FCPS Cares
1. Attendance for Thanksgiving Week
If you know your child will be missing full days of school the week of November 25th, please call the attendance line to let us know now.
The attendance line is 703-503-4800.
2. Final Weekend: Letters to Sala
This is the final weekend for Woodson Drama Department's Fall production, Letters to Sala. Performances are tonight and Saturday, November 9th.
Adapted from the book Sala’s Gift by Ann Kirschner and based on a true account, Letters to Sala is a remarkable story of a young girl's survival during wartime Germany. Five years. Seven Nazi labor camps. Over 350 hidden letters. Sala Garncarz Kirschner kept her secret for over fifty years, concealing her incredibly painful history in a Spill and Spell box. Everything changes when Sala reveals the cache to her grown daughter, Ann.
Tickets are available online at www.wtwdrama.org.
The Connection Newspaper featured a story on Woodson's production.
3. Federal Impact Aid Forms
Federal Impact Aid forms were due last week. If you have not seen this form, please have your teen ask for another form to bring home so that you can complete and return to the main office. FCPS requires 100% of forms to be completed, signed and returned. Calls and emails will be sent to parents whose forms are not returned today in order to achieve the required 100% participation.
Returning this form is important because information from this survey results in an anticipated $3 million dollars in grant funds each year from the U.S. Department of Education. These funds are used to support all Fairfax County public schools and centers.
For each school-aged child in your household, please complete, sign, date, and return the survey to your child's school. If sections 1 and 2 of the survey do not apply to you, just check the box in Section 3 and sign the form. All forms were due today. All results are CONFIDENTIAL.
4. Food Deliveries
No commercial food deliveries can be made to Woodson students during the school day. This includes deliveries from local restaurants and delivery services like Uber Eats and Grubhub. If food is delivered, the student cannot pick it up until dismissal.
If your child forgets his/her lunch, food may be dropped off by a family member to Woodson's Main Office for student pickup.
 November is a month of Gratitude! This banner was displayed between the cafeterias for students to write on post-it notes what they are grateful for.
5. Environmental Club Tree Planting
Volunteers are needed to help the Environmental Club and Fairfax ReLEAF plant native trees near Pat Cunningham stadium on Saturday, November 9th from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. There is no need to sign up ahead of time; just show up to help!
Please bring gardening gloves, water, and a shovel if you have one. Extra shovels will be available. Contact Woodson science department chair and Environmental sponsor Lauren Kinne at lwkinne@fcps.edu.
6. Technology Support Fee
As a reminder, the technology support fee for the FCPSOn student laptop was billed via MySchoolBucks on Monday, November 4th. For more information about this technology support fee, please visit the FCPSOn site.
7. Report Card Distribution
Report cards will be distributed through 7th period classes on Friday, November 15th. Students who do not have a 7th period class may pick up their report cards in Student Services starting on Friday, November 15th.
8. Activating Weekly Progress Reports
If you have registered for SIS ParentVUE and have a primary email address recorded in ParentVUE, you can receive your student’s Weekly Progress Report via email. This report provides a summary of your student’s grades for the current quarter.
To activate the Weekly Progress Reports via email, login to your SIS ParentVUE account and verify that you have a primary email address within the system. It is listed under the “My Account” tab. If it is blank, enter the email address where you would like to receive the progress reports, and click on “Update account.”
Once your email is confirmed, return to the “My Account” tab to activate and select your preferences for receiving these reports. Emails will be sent according to your selected preferences. Weekly Progress Reports for all of your middle and high school students will be included in one email. For additional help, refer to the quick reference guide for FCPS parents/guardians.
 Dr. Floyd presents Woodson librarian, Peggy Linski with the FCPS Cares certificate last Monday.
9. Woodson Librarian Honored
Congratulations to Woodson Librarian, Peggy Linski on being recognized as the September 2019 FCPS Cares Recipient of the Month for Region 5 by the Department of Human Resources.
Below is the write up submitted by Ms. Sarah Mahan, an FCPS colleague of Ms. Linski.
I am a new librarian at Edison High School. Peggy Linski (Head Librarian at Woodson HS) came over on her own time during the summer to help me set up the library at Edison. She spent countless hours helping me weed the collection, sorting, and tagging the fiction section into genres to make it easier for students to find books they love. She also mentored me on the best way to set up the library to create a welcoming, safe space for all of Edison's students. On behalf of Edison and myself, I want to thank Peggy for freely giving her time during the summer to help another school and another librarian create a great library space for the school.
10. Military Appreciation T-Shirts
Show your Woodson spirit in honoring our military families by purchasing this blue camo t-shirt. Purchases can be made on MySchoolBucks and are $10 each. Shirts will be available for pick up after purchase in the Main Office.
11. Parents as Partners Session 3
We hope you can join us on Wednesday, December 4th for our next Parents as Partners Series #3 on Alcohol, Vaping and other Drugs.
Thank you to the parents who came to our Parents as Partners Series #2 on Wellness in October. Here is the link to the article as well as the Fairfax County Youth Survey: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/health-humanservices/fairfax-county-youth-survey and the link to the 3 to Succeed information: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/health-humanservices/3-succeed
12. Safety & Security Month
In honor of November being Safety & Security month, each week we will share pieces of information with you.
Lockdown - Used to describe security measures taken to protect against intruders.
- All students stay in place with a teacher or staff member.
- Students and teachers remain in locked classrooms, unobservable from outside (lights-off, window blinds closed, door windows obscured with paper) and outside potential lines of fire.
- Students and staff members disregard fire alarms.
- No one enters or exits the school, except public safety personnel.
- Persons in trailers remain in locked trailers.
For more information about school Safety & Security, you can visit the Emergency Planning and Crisis Response site.
 Field Hockey beat the Fairfax Rebels to win the 2019 Occoquan Regional Championship!
13. Pies!
The boys lacrosse team is selling 10" pies. Deep dish apple and rapturous pecan pies are $20; savory pumpkin is $15.
To order, send your name, address, phone and order to wtwlaxpies@gmail.com.
The last day to order is Monday, November 18th. Pies will be ready for pickup on Monday, November 25th.
14. Frost Falcons on the Run 5K
Frost’s Falcons on the Run 5K and Fun Run community event and ONLY school-wide fundraiser is on Saturday, November 16th. Frost hopes you will join in the fun.
This event has supported our efforts with our outdoor classroom, solar stream, instructional technology, and many other initiatives at Frost MS. We will be donating a portion of our earnings to Hope for the Warriors in honor of our military families again this year.
For full details and to register, visit the Frost on the Run website.
15. Reserve Your Yearbook
Did you know that 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!
16. 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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