Woodland Park School District Newsletter
Issue No. 13 February 13, 2009
 
 
 
 
Greetings!
 
Welcome back and thank you for showing interest in our e-newsletter.  It is our focus to improve communication with our parents and community.
 
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We would love to have you come to our next board meeting.  The next meeting will be held Wednesday, March 11, at 7:00 p.m. in the large conference room at the District Administration Office located at 211 N. Baldwin St.  Conversation will take place on Parent Partnership for Post Secondary - High School to College.
 
Thank you and enjoy the newsletter.
 
Sincerely,
Woodland Park School District Re-2 Board of Education 

 
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In This Issue- Click a title for full article
High School Student Council (STUCO) Reports to Board of Education...
Activities Director Brian Gustafson Highlights Activities and Athletics Happenings... ...
The Woodland Park Re-2 School District Foundation Grant Awards Presented to......
Conversation on Technology Policy - Cyber Communities...
Enrollment Projections UnVeiled for the 2009-2010 School Year......
Fiscal Year 2008 Audit Presented...
Summit Elementary Teacher Receives Award ...
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High School Student Council Reports to Board of Education

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Junior Class President Emily Gammill reported STUCO won the State 2008 Drive Smart Competition (second year in a row)!; Spring Homecoming will be held the week of March 14th; Prom will be held May 9th at the Crown Plaza.  
 

STUCO is hosting a fundraiser "soup dinner" which is being held on February 27th from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. in the High School Commons - Madrigals and other local artists will be performing, along with a silent auction.  Tickets are available in advance at Yobel Market - $10 adults, $5 students and FREE babysitting will be provided. The proceeds will go towards helping build a school for former children soldiers and children who were victims of civil war in Uganda.

 

www.yobelmarket.com & Click on Upcoming Events for more information.

 


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 Activities Director Brian Gustafson Highlights Activities & Athletics


WPHS Athletics

  • Wrestling Regionals 2/13 - 2/14
  • Wrestling State 2/19 - 2/21
  • Boys Basketball wrap 2/20
  • Girls Basketball wrap 2/20 playoffs?
  • Spring Sports start 2/17
  • Letters of Intent signed last Wednesday:  Alex Huntington to play softball at Black Hills State in South Dakota & David Greenstreet to play football at the United States Air Force Academy
WPHS Activities
  • Next week we have 5 students, Travis Henry, Alex Lombardi, Tom Park, Danielle Park, Kelsey Williams, heading to all-state band.  The concert is Saturday evening in Greeley at the University of Northern Colorado Concert Hall. 
  • Liz Cogan is the first ever Woodland Park High School student to make a drum and bugle corps.  She made the Blue Knights Drum Corps out of Denver.  Thousands of people between the ages of 16 - 21 audition for this corps every year and only 135 are selected.  She will be touring around the country all summer long and performing in front of thousands of people almost every night!
WPMS Athletics
  • The Girls Basketball teams had their last regular season game Wednesday night at Falcon.  The 8th grade team is currently 4-5 and 5th place in the league.  Their tournament began Thursday.
  • Wrestling practice began on January 29th.  22 students are currently on the team.  Four of the wrestlers are female.  Their first meet is February 17th at Horizon Middle School in Falcon.  The home tournament will be held at the High School on Saturday, February 28th.
WPMS Activities 
  • Forensics has one tournament to go this season, but has 44 finalists with 61 trophies; over 60% of the team has made finals at least once
  • Math Counts competed this past Saturday at the Math Counts competition at Colorado College.  The competition had 17 schools and 117 participants.  The entire team did an excellent job and still waiting for the official results. 
  • David Cruz placed 2nd out of 107 individuals and also placed 2nd in the Countdown competition.  Davis has qualfied for the state level competition to be held in March at Denver University where he can compete for half tuition college scholarships from the Colorado School of Mines and the University of Denver. 

Mr. Gustafson presented the critieria necessary for adding a new sports program at the high school.  Board Vice President Rob Hunt submitted a signed petition by students interested in having a hockey team at the high school and asked about the process to submit a formal request to have this program added.  Superintendent Arseneau recommended that Mr. Gustafson and Mr. Hunt plan a meeting to discuss this further.

 

For a complete schedule click the link below: 

 
Athletics & Activities Schedule

 



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   The Woodland Park Re-2 School District
 
Foundation Present Awards
 
  
Chris Cosgriff, Vice President of the Woodland Park Re-2 School District Foundation introduced Kathy Davidson who is also a member of the Foundation.  Mrs. Cosgriff thanked everyone who submitted grant applications for the first grants cycle.  The following $1000 grants were awarded:
 
  • Woodland Park Middle School - SPARKS Book Club (Jeannie Walter)
  • Summit Elementary School - Summit Studio (Brenda Baker); Summer Books in a Bag (Val Brown); Corrective Math Program (Val Brown)
These grants were made possible by last year's fundraising dinner held at the Swiss Chalet Restaurant.
 
Another fundraising event will be held on March 8th at the Swiss Chalet.  Additional information on this event will be forthcoming.
 
Please contact cosgriffjm@hotmail.com for additional information.
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
  
 
 
                     
CONVERSATION ON TECHNOLOGY POLICY - CYBER COMMUNITIES
 
Board President Rick Wetzel opened the conversation regarding the district technology policy.  The district technology committee is currently reviewing and working on new Acceptable Use Agreements which includes e-mail for students, blogs, Web 2.0.  The committee is creating three different agreements for the different levels:  elementary, middle school, high school.  The committee will be meeting on February 27th to continue their work.
 
The discussion concentrated on the importance of ethics when using technology and the new technology policy needs to be less restrictive than the current policy.  
 
Director of Technology Services Josh Smith informed the board that certain language has to be included in the technology policy in order to be e-rate compliant.
 
 
 

 
 
 



ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS FOR THE
 
2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR UNVEILED
 
 
Superintendent Arseneau presented the 2009-2010 enrollment projections to the Board of Education. The district is projected to lose 109 students.
 
This is not just a trend in our district but statewide.  Approximately 59 other districts are also in declining enrollment. 
 
 

 








FISCAL YEAR 2008 AUDIT PRESENTED & ACCEPTED
Director of Business Services Sheila Silfvenius deferred the presentation of the fiscal year 2008 audit to Tim Mayberry of Johnson, Holscher & Company. 
 
Mr. Mayberry presented the audit and reviewed the audit findings and recommended the district maintain and continue it's efforts to improve on the internal control structure that would prevent material financial statement misstatements from occuring; put these internal control procedures in writing; and have staff develop a staff reporting procedure to document the acknowledgement and follow-up of all comments submitted by the District's auditors. 
 
Mr. Mayberry commended our staff for all of their time and assistance. 
    
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
     SUMMIT ELEMENTARY TEACHER RECEIVES AWARD
 
 
Superintendent Arseneau publically recognized Angie Keefer, one of our outstanding teachers at Summit Elementary.  Mrs. Keefer received the Thelma Pett Award for continuing education at the CCIRA Reading Conference.  As part of this recognition she will receive $1,000 toward her Master's degree.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COME JOIN US...Everyone is Invited
 
 
    Woodland Park School District Re-2
 
  Technology Fair
 
 
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 

1:30 to 4:00 pm
 
Woodland Park High SchooL
111 N. Baldwin
Woodland Park, CO 80863 
 
The WPSD Technology Fair is an opportunity to see what's happening in our district, share expertise, collaborate with staff from other buildings and gather ideas in the area of technology.  Our staff will be sharing some of the ways they are using technology to improve student learning by...
· Increasing student engagement
· Using technology as a visual tool
· Allowing for differentiation, re-teaching of concepts, and increasing   direct interaction or instruction
· Providing immediate or more personal feedback
· Maximizing class time to better meet student needs
· Increasing student-teacher-parent communication
· Providing a forum for students to express their ideas
· Addressing programming for special needs students
· Meeting 21st Century skill sets
 
The WPSD Technology Fair is not intended to train participants in any given technology, but merely provide a venue to share ideas and showcase a variety of technologies and their applications in the classroom.
 
We want to thank our staff who are willing to share their expertise!
 
For more information contact:  719-686-2012 
Linda Murray, Assistant Superintendent  lmurray@wpsdk12.org
 
Kelley Havin, Administrative Assistant  khavin@wpsdk12.org
   
 
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