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This month we're spotlighting the front office staff!
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| Upcoming Events & Meetings |
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12/19 End of 2nd Quarter
12/22 No School for Winter
Break (last day 1/5/09)
01/06 Start 2nd Semester!!
01/07 Herff-Jones in commons
01/08 BAC Meeting
01/13 Parent Group Meeting
01/14 School Board Meeting
01/15 One-Act Play
01/16 One-Act Play
No School
01/19 MLK Day - No School
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| Ask the Principal |
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Opportunity to get your questions answered!
Mr. Garrick wants to keep you informed about the things you want to know about. Email your question to the building secretary, at cwallace@wpsdk12.org by the first Friday of each month.
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Happy Holidays!!
As principal of Woodland Park High School I am inspired daily by the young men and women of our school working together to achieve excellence. I am in awe at their efforts to be the best they can be as students, athletes, artists and leaders.
As the school year continues we are beginning to hear from seniors about their college plans. Our students are very impressive and are competitive against any other students in the state. As of this letter Woodland Park High School students have already been accepted to Georgetown, University of Chicago, the United States Air Force Academy and the United States Naval Academy, just to name a few. I am sure that many other highly prestigious universities will have Woodland Park graduates studying at their institutions.
When we, as a community, reflect on the education provided to our students, it is clear that we are blessed with outstanding students, parent support and teachers. We need to celebrate our community school for all of the accomplishments. Take some time to visit the school and become involved in all of the great things happening here.
Sincerely,
Del Garrick
Principal, Woodland Park High School
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| Announcements |
All Seniors!
If you have received any acceptance letters from colleges or award letters for scholarships please bring copies of the letters to Mrs. Davies in the Counseling Office. We would very much like to recognize your achievements."
Senior Graduation Orders!
Your last chance to customize announcements and graduation supplies! Herff-Jones will be in the high school commons on Wednesday, January 7th from 10:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Change to High School Student Policy Manual
Effective January 6, 2009
Hats or other headwear (head bands, bandanas, etc.) will be treated as disruptive articles under Section 412 of the student handbook. This policy is in effect for the duration of the school day (currently 7:35 a.m. to 2:55 p.m.). The consequences will be amended as follows:
1st Offense: Confiscation (item available for return on the last day of school)
2nd Offense: Confiscation, Level B (item available for return on the last day of school)
3rd Offense: Confiscation, ISS/Saturday School (item available for return on the last day of school)
4th Offense: Confiscation, OSS (item available for return on the last day of school)
Any confiscated item not claimed by June 5, 2009,
will be donated to charity.
Course Description Guide Available On-line
The course description guide for the 2009-2010 school year will be available on the high school web site beginning Friday, December 19th.
WANTED!Someone with Panther Spirit to lead the school as our Panther Mascot. If you're interested in learning more about donning the suit contact Mrs. Lawson or Mrs. Brown.
We need your input...
If you have ideas for future newsletters or information you'd like included as a regular article, email the HS Building Secretary, Cindy Wallace, at cwallace@wpsdk12.org.
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| Counseling News |
 Reach for the Stars!
As we approach the holiday season, the counseling center staff would like to wish you and yours a safe and happy season. We're putting the wraps on a successful semester for your students here in the office. When we come back for the new year, please keep in mind that your son/daughter is always welcome in counseling. We want them to understand that the counseling center has an open door policy and that we are interested in their lives. Also, when we return we will be working with the principals on next year's master schedule and registration procedures for our kids. The Area Vocational Program recipients for 09-10 will also be notified shortly.
A couple quick items for senior parents to remember, have your student bring in letters of acceptance to colleges and award letters of scholarships to Mrs. Davies, our Registrar, right here in counseling. She will make a photocopy for the file. That is also how we keep track of our scholarship recipients for Awards Night in May. Our annual financial aid night is coming up on Jan. 21st in the auditorium at 6:00 p.m. Have a nice break and we will talk to you soon.
Thank you,
Mark Martin, Senior Counselor
686-2072 direct line
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| Panther Actitivities & Athletics |
 Updates from Brian Gustafson
Greetings, Panther fans! Well, Winter Sports and Activities are in competition mode and the holidays surround us. There is certainly no shortage of entertainment and involvement opportunities within the district at this time of the year. From the elementary schools to the high school, December evenings have been filled with the voices and sounds of our extremely talented students as they performed a variety of holiday-related events. Concerts, dances, and Madrigals...oh my! As break arrives we will all be overflowing with holiday cheer.
The holiday season also coincides with fierce competition. At WPHS, the Forensics team recently held a home Congress event that was extremely successful. The WPHS Forensics team garnered 2nd place honors at the home event. Additionally, Boys' Basketball, Girls' Basketball and Wrestling are all just in the infancy of their competitive schedules but league competition will really heat up in January. After break, both basketball teams will open league play against the Lewis Palmer Rangers on January 8th. The Girls will be at home and the Boys will be on the road. JV and Varsity Wrestlers will resume competition on January as they host the Mitchell Marauders. Be sure to get a glow stick and pack the North Gym for exciting wrestling action under the spotlight.
Obviously, this is definitely a busy time of the year and I am thankful for the commitment and enthusiasm of our coaches, sponsors and most importantly, participants while they balance commitments to family, friends and academics. Good luck to all of our participants in 2009. Enjoy a relaxing and safe Winter Break.
If schedule information is ever needed, be sure to go to www.highschoolsports.net.
Happy Holidays from the Panthers and GO GREEN!
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 Getting to know... |
 The Front Office Staff
Housed in the front office area are three Assistant Principals (Mohan Vaswani, Jim Bonavita, and Tory Richey), two Attendance Secretaries (Terri Brown and Stacy Megyeri), our Informational Resource Teacher (Cindy Reif), our Building Secretary (Cindy Wallace), and last but not least, Del Garrick, Principal. We asked them a few questions to help you get to know them a little better.
1) How long have you been in this area?
Cindy Wallace - 27 years (last lived, Wertheim, Germany)
Terri Brown - 3 years (last lived, San Jose, CA)
Stacy Megyeri - her whole life (and she's not talking!)
Mohan Vaswani - 4 years (last lived, Florida)
Jim Bonavita - 6 months (last lived, Texas)
Tory Richey - 34 years (last lived, Minnesota)
Cindy Reif - 11 years (last lived, Jersey)
Del Garrick - 19 years, then 8 years (last lived, Washington)
2) Hobbies?
Cindy Wallace - horses, dogs, reading, cooking, fishing
Terri Brown - drums in rock band, gardening, Kakuro (similar
to Sudoku only harder!)
Stacy Megyeri - watching kids play sports, camping
Mohan Vaswani - camping, hiking, cooking
Jim Bonavita - hiking, eating, travel, cooking, exercise
Tory Richey - changing diapers and watching NFL Network
Cindy Reif - reading, playing with my kids
Del Garrick - sports, my kids
3) Favorite part of WPHS?
Cindy Wallace - the people (staff and students), it's a great
atmosphere to be around
Terri Brown - getting to know the kids and helping them
Stacy Megyeri - being around wonderful staff and students
Mohan Vaswani - students
Jim Bonavita - nestled in the mountains
Tory Richey - drama program
Cindy Reif - students
Del Garrick - the education offered to my own kids, as well as
all others
4) One thing that nobody knows about you?
Cindy Wallace - played the wicked stepmother in
Cinderella during senior year at Sierra High School and had a
giant beehive hairdo made out of my own hair for the part
Terri Brown - placed 8th out of almost 3000 kids in a district
math competition when in high school
Stacy Megyeri - was Most Valuable Player (basketball) during
senior year at Coronado High School
Mohan Vaswani - high school ambition was to be a rock & roll
star but had to give up the dream due to lack of talent
Jim Bonavita - traveled to the Soviet Union in college for three
weeks
Tory Richey - member of the International Thespian Society
Cindy Reif - in a big hair rock band "Amoré" during high school
Del Garrick - I got to play basketball in Australia for one month
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| WPHS Panther Wrestling Invitational |
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WPHS Wrestlers Shawn McMahill (pictured above) and Cody Bell (pictured below) competing at our 3rd annual WPHS Panther Wrestling Invitational, which took place here on 12/6/08. The Panthers were the host of 10 teams. Woodland Park took 2nd place overall with Falcon winning the tournament. Rhys Ackart at 160 lbs was our only individual champion. Placing 2nd were: Austin Benefield (145 lbs), Shawn McMahill (171 lbs), Lee Stunkard (189 lbs), and Bubba Smith (215 lbs). Placing 3rd in their weight classes were TJ Thomas (125 lbs), Matt Williams (140 lbs), and Cody Bell (Hwt). Sam Merkel (130 lbs) and Jonathan Ferguson (135 lbs) both finished 4th. Freshman, Louie Neil, also placed 6th as an unattached wrestler at the 160 pound weight class. It was an impressive start to what looks to be a promising season for the Woodland Park Wrestling Team!
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| Library Information Center |
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Web Page Access!  Woodland Park High School Library Information Center has a Web page that provides easy home access to all of our databases and our electronic catalog.
Please bookmark this address:
http://wphs.wpsdk12.org/library_media_center.asp
The Username for ALL of our Databases is: wpsd2
The Password for ALL of our Databases is: panther
Gale databases include:
Student Resource Center: Full-text magazine and journals
Biography: Thousands of biographies
Opposing Viewpoints: Get both sides (and more!) of any current issue.
Literature Resource Center: Everything you need to get an A in English!
WorldBook Online is more than an encyclopedia. It is appropriate for all levels and subjects, and returns not only encyclopedia articles, but also articles from other magazines and especially relevant websites. Also available in Spanish and French. Check it out!
EBSCO -- ABC-CLIO: The best Social Studies database collection on line! All time periods, all countries, all issues. This is where you need to look first when you research anything in ANY social studies class. Databases in this suite include:
World Geography
Ancient History
World History
American History
American Government
State Geography
USA at War - Understanding Conflict
Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society
The CQ Researcher Online is a product of the Congressional Quarterly, and is comprised of weekly in-depth analyses of crucial and timely issues. It covers all sides of the issues, includes a history of the issue, as well as a timeline of how the issue developed. It makes recommendations for the future, and also provides a bibliography for further reading.
Podcast Address: http://podcasts.wpsdk12.org
Your school email address is: YourNetworkLogin@wpsdk12.org
For example, student Jane Marie Doe's school email address would be: jmdoe@wpsdk12.org
To pick up school email at home, enter: http://www.mail.wpsdk12.org and then use your network login.
Renee Rowcliffe, Teacher Librarian
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