 Woodson's orchestra director, Bomin Collins, distributes supplies to orchestra students during textbook distribution on Monday.
Important Upcoming Dates
Monday, October 12th - Indigenous Peoples' Day - Student Holiday
Thursday, October 29th - PSAT/NMSQT for Juniors ONLY
Thursday, October 29th - Asynchronous Instruction for all students not taking the PSAT/NMSQT Test
Friday, October 30 - Last day of First Quarter, 2 hour early release
Monday-Tuesday, November 2-3 - Student Holidays
In this Issue
NEW News
1. Message from Dr. Floyd
2. Student Holiday on Monday, October 12
3. Textbook/Supplies Distribution - LAST CHANCE
4. PSAT/NMSQT Intent to Participate - Juniors ONLY; Deadline TODAY
5. NEW Attendance Reporting Requirements
6. Senior Portrait Days in November
7. Underclass Photos
8. New Woodson Athletics Website
9. FCPS Virtual College Week
10. NVCC Offering Select Courses to Seniors
PAST News but still important
11. Non-Enrolled Student AP Exams
12. College & Career Center News
13. Go Paperless - Report Cards
14. Library Curbside Pickup Program
15. FCPS Laptop Tech Support Hours at WTW
16. Parent Technology Help Desk
17. Senior Baby Yearbook Ads
18. Order the WTW 2021 Yearbook
NEW News
1. Message from Dr. Floyd
Hello Woodson Families!
I hope everyone has been able to be outside to enjoy the Fall – like weather. I saw the 10 day forecast and it had the 50’s listed! It's hard to believe it is already Fall and we are getting so close to Winter. Personally, I would be happy with Fall (or Spring) year round.
Over the last week and a half we have welcomed students back to the building to pick up books and class supplies. We had several hundred students come through, which leaves well over a thousand students to still get books.
We recognize that some students do not have materials to pick up but we want to make sure everyone who needs books and supplies has a chance; therefore we will hold one more pick up event on October 19th from 7:30 – 9:30AM and 4-6PM. Families who did not pick up your locker items from the Spring will receive a separate eNotify message on Monday, October 12th with a final pick up opportunity on October 19th.
Many students are finding buddies as resources in their classes. Over the next week or two, our teachers will continue to help students find a buddy in class so they may ask questions and have a resource. It is often helpful to ask a friend about where to find an assignment, verifying a due date or determining where an assignment goes once it is completed. When buddies are able to answer these questions, teachers are freed up to provide feedback on learning, answer content questions and engage in meaningful lesson development.
Thank you to the numerous parents who have reached out to ask for ways to support teachers as well as their own children during this unusual time. We appreciate your collaborative approach and desire to work together. I invite all of our parents to our next PTSO meeting on Tuesday, October 13 at 6PM, https://meet.google.com/jan-dzyj-pkj. This is a great way to support the school and see what is going on at Woodson. FCPS is looking for ways to allow the PTA/PTSO groups to do some more work for kids and staff on campus in the months ahead, so stay tuned!
Please enjoy this three day weekend and stay safe, stay healthy and stay connected,
Dr. Floyd
Principal
2. Student Holiday on Monday, October 12, for School Planning Day
As a reminder, Monday, October 12, is a school planning day and a student holiday. Teachers will participate in a variety of professional development and planning activities and will not be available for office hours. Students are not expected to complete asynchronous assignments on this student holiday. Classes will resume on Tuesday, October 13.
See the complete 2020-21 school year calendar.
 3. Textbooks/Supplies Distribution -
LAST CHANCE
Please know that we will have one last textbook and supplies distribution on Monday, October 19th. While we have most textbooks, some textbooks have not shipped as of today so please have your child check with their teacher before signing up. Teachers will be sharing with their classes if their class has a hard copy textbook or supplies to pick up.
At this time we will also have those items from lockers that need to be returned to students from the 2019-2020 school year. If you are not sure whether or not you have locker items a separate email will be sent individually to these students.
Schedule for Pickup
Monday October 19, 7:30-9:30am, 4-6pm
There is no sign up. Please come when you can during the timeframe listed above. Only students who have been assigned textbooks or supplies from their teachers need to pick up these items.
If you have books to be returned or grabbed the wrong book feel free to return at this time too.
Parking & Building Entry
All parents / guardians / students should arrive at Woodson HS and enter the parking lot via Whitacre Road and proceed to the front of the building by Door 18 (next to auditorium). There will be staff directing you accordingly.
Students only (not parents) must enter the building via Door #18 (next to auditorium). Students will be required to answer a health questionnaire prior to entry, wear a mask and maintain social distance. Once inside the building, students will be directed to follow a specific route collecting their textbooks/supplies.
What to bring
- Empty backpack
- Card with name and student ID # clearly printed (helps with checkout process)
- Mask (students will not be permitted into the building without a mask)
Questions, please email assistant principal Paula DiSalvo at pdisalvo@fcps.edu.
4. PSAT/NMSQT Intent to Participate - for Juniors Only Deadline TODAY
On Thursday, October 29th, WT Woodson High School eleventh graders will have the opportunity to take the PSAT/NMSQT. FCPS will cover the cost for any eleventh grade student to take this test.
To help the school prepare for testing, students are asked to complete the form below TODAY, Friday, October 9 using their fcpsschools.net account. This form asks about participation in the test, the need for bus transportation, and interest in free breakfast or lunch on the day of the test.
WT Woodson High School: PSAT/NMSQT Intent to Participate Form
https://forms.gle/pkcDzW5MaVEwm3g69
A translated version of the form content may be found on the PSAT/NMSQT Intent webpage (https://www.fcps.edu/node/42099).
Due to health and safety protocols, FCPS sites cannot accept walk-ins on the day of the exam.
General information about the PSAT/NMSQT test format is available on the College Board webpage (https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt-psat-10). Thursday, October 29th has been designated for asynchronous learning in FCPS high schools, so students who choose to take the PSAT/NMSQT will not miss synchronous learning time with their teachers.
We will share more details about test day schedules and bus transportation in the coming weeks. FCPS health and safety protocols for PSAT/NMSQT administration are available online (https://www.fcps.edu/node/41891).
If you have questions about the PSAT/NMSQT administration at WT Woodson High School, please contact Kathleen Guinee (kpguinee@fcps.edu).
5. New Attendance Reporting Requirements
Please call the Attendance Office (703-503-4800; option 1 for all day absences, option 2 for tardy, and option 3 for early release).
Email teachers only as a courtesy, not to have attendance updated for tardies, check outs and all day absences.
Please be sure to leave the following:
- student’s name,
- spelling the last name, given first name (no nicknames please);
- student ID;
- reason for any full or partial absence;
- your name and relationship to the student; and
- a phone number where you can be reached.
In addition, all attendance absences for illness MUST include the following. Please indicate whether your child has any of the following symptoms:
- Feeling feverish or chills
- Fever greater than or equal to 100.4 F
- Headache (not due to another health condition, hunger, menstrual cramps stress, or injury)
- A new cough (not due to another health condition)
- Shortness of breath or breathing difficulties (not due to diagnosed respiratory condition or if different than normal pattern of chronic condition)
- A new sore throat (not due to another health condition)
- Congestion or runny nose (not related to allergies or health condition)
- Fatigue (more tired than normal or sudden onset)
- New muscle pain (not due to another health condition or that may have been caused by a specific activity such as physical exercise))
- New loss of taste, smell, or appetite
- Abdominal pain (not due to hunger, constipation, injury, or stress)
- Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea
If this information is not provided, FCPS staff MUST contact parents/guardians of any student who has been called in as sick without an explanation.
Please note, students, friends, siblings, other relatives or friends cannot call to excuse any absence, it must be a parent/guardian. If your student attends an academy class, please call that academy school if the attendance affects their academy class.
 The Key Club is collecting cards to share with Doctors and Nurses in the area. Would you like to help? Email wtwoodsonkeyclub@gmail.com for more information about upcoming projects to serve our community.
6. Senior Portrait Days in November
Lifetouch Class of 2021 Additional Senior Portrait Days Available 11/16/20 - 11/20/20
Lifetouch has added additional Senior Portrait Days for students in the Woodson Class of 2021 for the week of November 16-20.
Appointment times will not open for registration until 2 weeks prior to the first appointment time on November 16th (registration will open on Monday November 2nd. Each individual student must log in to schedule and then confirm their own appointment.
Lifetouch will be sending those seniors who have not yet taken their senior portraits a new appointment card. The appointment card will have a unique code assigned to each student and directs them to prestigeportraits.com to schedule and then confirm the appointment selected. If you do not receive an appointment card by 2 weeks out from the first scheduled date, lost your appointment card or have questions, please call Lifetouch at 1-800-445-1189.
For detailed Senior Portrait Day information such as what to wear and where to enter the building, visit the Senior Class Information Page.
7. Underclass Photos
Underclass photos will take place on Mondays, November 9th, 23rd and 30th from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm.
We are checking on the number of cameras we will have available on these days and once we confirm the number of cameras, we will set up a Sign-Up Genius in the next few weeks so that parents/students can select their times.
8. New Woodson Athletics Website
Starting Thursday, October 15th, please visit our NEW Woodson Athletics Website at www.wtwoodsonsports.com
We will no longer be using our current .org website. Please remember to update your bookmarks and favorite pages, so you can continue to stay up to date with Woodson Athletics and Activities. See you all there!
9. FCPS Virtual College Week Set for October 19-23
This year, FCPS is holding a Virtual College Week October 19-23 instead of the traditional College Fair and College Night activities. Students and their parents may participate in one or all of several live virtual sessions. Participants will learn about the current college admissions process and how to be better prepared for the next chapter of their educational journey.
Advance registration is required. You will receive a unique access link 24 hours before the event(s) that you register to attend.
10. Northern Virginia Community College Offering Select Courses to FCPS Seniors
This fall, Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) will offer select college courses at a third of the cost to Fairfax County high school seniors. Courses are eight weeks in length and will begin October 20. Students must meet placement requirements and understand there may be textbooks or other material fees associated with courses. Since these classes are all online, classes will not meet in real time. Students will need access to a computer and the internet.
The online courses are not intended to replace any 2020-21 classes for which students are already registered at their high school. The program provides an accelerated opportunity to earn transferable, college-only credits.
Details about the Online Early College Program are available online.
PAST News - Still Important
11. Non-Enrolled Student AP Exams
Woodson HS offers AP tests for non-enrolled students based on seat availability/testing room capacity for AP courses currently offered at Woodson High School.
For exams with limited seats/capacity, non-enrolled students will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.
Any student may register for and take any AP examination. Those taking an examination on an independent study basis must pay for the examination. To register to take the AP examinations as a non-enrolled student, please complete this Exam Order Form. Submit the completed form along with $95 per exam to Mrs. Glover at Woodson HS. The deadline to register for AP exams is Friday, October 30th.
For more information on AP courses and exams, please visit the AP FAQs web page. Please contact Student Testing Coordinator Kathleen Guinee, kpguinee@fcps.edu with questions.
12. College & Career Center News
The Woodson College and Career Center is now on Twitter. Please follow us @wtwcareercenter.
Upcoming Events:
College Access Fairfax, in collaboration with School Counseling Services, is offering one more Financial Aid presentation this fall. Seniors and their families can participate in any presentation at their convenience and do not need to attend the presentation for their region. Registration closes 24 hours before the event.
- Thursday, October 15, Region 2 Schools,7:00pm-8:00pm
George Mason University hosts The ALCANZA College Fair each year to promote higher education opportunities to Latinx high school students in our community. ALCANZA is one of the largest college fairs in Northern Virginia. This year’s virtual ALCANZA will be on October 22, 2020. For more information and to register, please visit: https://events.admissions.gmu.edu/alcanza/
13. Go Paperless - Report Cards
Parents and/or guardians can now opt to “Go Paperless” in ParentVUE and receive only online report cards.
This will not impact any other mailings from FCPS other than the report cards for secondary students and progress reports for ES students.
To take advantage of the paperless options, BOTH parents and/or guardians will need to log into ParentVUE, then go to “My Account” and select "Go Paperless." All parents who live with the student and share the same address must have a SIS ParentVUE account and must select the paperless option to prevent mailing of the printed report cards.
The “Go Paperless” option will apply to all their associated students, no matter what school level.
14. Library Curbside Pickup Program
The Library Curbside Pickup Program is up and running! Students can pickup print books from the Woodson Library.
Students who place a hold on an available book by Friday at noon can pick up that book on the following Monday between 10 am and 2 pm from a cart outside of the main entrance or just inside of Door 1. Students may place up to five (5) holds.
Books will be checked out to the student for three weeks and then students can return books on Mondays between 10 am and 2 pm on the return book cart outside the main entrance.
Students! Use your FCPSSchools.net account to go to our Woodson Virtual Library site to learn how to place a hold.
Questions? Contact Mrs. Linski at mllinski@fcps.edu or Mrs. Anderson at msanderson@fcps.edu.
15. Laptop Tech Support Hours
If parents or students need FCPS laptop technical support at Woodson HS, the following must be completed:
- Submit a ticket using the FCPS Parent/Student Tech Support Portal,
- Schedule an appointment to come on-site, and
- Complete a health screening questionnaire prior to arriving.
Our onsite laptop tech support hours by appointment only are:
Monday - 1:30 - 3:00 pm and 5:00-7:30 pm
Tuesday - Thursday 9:00 am - 12 pm and 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Friday - 9:00 am - 12 pm
Thank you,
W.T Woodson HS Tech Support Team
16. Parent Technology Help Desk
To support families who are working with their children during distance learning, FCPS launched a new Parent Technology Help Desk. The number is 1-833-921-3277 (833-921-FCPS). It will be answered by staff 7 a.m.to 11 p.m., seven days a week. If the help desk is unable to solve the issue on the phone with the parent or guardian, they will enter a ticket on the parent’s behalf and the request for help will be transferred to the appropriate FCPS team.
Parents or guardians who need help in a language other than English should let help desk staff know, and a interpreter will join them on the line. (FCPS also has existing parent information phone lines, available in eight different languages, that can assist with general questions about FCPS.)
FCPS has also set up an online portal to allow older students and parents and guardians to request technology help directly.
Get more information about the new Parent Technology Help Desk.
17. Senior Baby Ads for Yearbook
Looking for a personalized, memorable way to recognize your graduating senior? Want to capture memories with the friends you’ve made for a lifetime? Looking for a fun way to recognize your teammates or club members?
Parents, siblings, relatives, teachers, coaches, and friends of Woodson’s graduating Class of 2021 have an opportunity to purchase ad space in the 2021 edition of the yearbook!
There are many ad sizes available at various price points. Orders are being accepted now, and all ad space is sold on a first-come, first-served basis. So place your order early to reserve ad space for your graduating senior!
Visit www.YearbookOrderCenter.com and enter job number 5278. Choose “Buy a Yearbook Ad” to begin the process.
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18. Order the 2021 WTW Yearbook!
The WTW yearbook is ready for orders!
I can’t imagine a more significant time to purchase a relic of history and to celebrate our Woodson Cavaliers!
To purchase a yearbook or to make an adorable ad for your graduating senior, go to https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/ and type in the code 5278. You can create an ad, buy a yearbook, or submit photos all in one place!
Please contact tmweghorst@fcps.edu if you have any questions!
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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