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Woodside PTSA Weekly Update
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En Español
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Congratulations to the Cheer Team. They are heading to NATIONALS! To help them get there they are holding a fundraiser February 17.
The deadline to submit an auction item for Woodside's Annual Gala is SUNDAY. Donate your item this week to support Woodside High School
Check out the Parent Education Section. We are offering a variety of topics that you may find valuable.
No school Friday and next Monday. Have a great long weekend. |
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Calendar
THIS WEEK
- Feb 10, Woodside Foundation Meeting, MUR, 7pm
- Feb 11, College Essay Help, Parent Education Series, MUR, 7-8:30
- Feb 12, E-Cig Parent Ed, 10am, District office
- Feb 12, ELAC, library, 6:30
- Feb 12, Fashion Show Mtg, Wildcat Room, 7pm
- Feb 12, Last day to drop a class
- Feb 13 & 16, No School
- Feb 15, Last day to DONATE to Foundation Spring Auction
UPCOMING
- Feb 17, Jr/Sr Parent Meeting, 7pm
- Feb 17, Pizza My Heart Cheer Fundraiser
- Feb 18, Athletic Boosters, 7pm
- Feb 19, Guidance Event for 9, 10, 11 grades, 70pm
- Feb 20, Candyland School Dance
- Feb 20, Bingo Night
- Feb 27, Music Booster Dinner
- Feb 27, Last day to pay AP tests
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Woodside High School Parent/Student Directory Available ONLINE!
The Parent/Student Directory is now available online as a pdf through SchoolLoop.
Simple login into your SchoolLoop account and click on the link "February 2014-15 Parent/Student Directory' on the right in the "News" section.
The directory is a pdf file that you can download and save on your smart phone and/or computer. And it is searchable too!
The Parent/Student Directory will be updated monthly. The next version release will be March 1st.
If you need to update your information in the directory, please contact the guidance office at ext. 45329.
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Woodside High School Clubs
We have an updated list of Woodside HS clubs (2/1/15) Click here for the list of clubs.
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Winter Dance
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AP NEWS
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN to sign up for Advanced Placement Exams at WHS. The testing will be at Woodside High School in the first two weeks of May. The testing calendar is on the WHS website.
The cost for each AP exam is $95. You must use the following link to sign up for AP Exams at WHS: http://bit.ly/1xVcElL
AP teachers will be expecting all students to review, study, practice, and prepare, and many teachers give practice AP exams that count substantially toward all students' semester grades (including those who will not be sitting for the official exams). Reduced fees are automatically available for students who have qualified for free or reduced lunch. Please contact Kathy Soulard in D5 for questions about fee reductions and payment. In order to meet the ordering deadlines, all AP students must make payment arrangements by Friday, February 27, 2015. Payments are made in the Treasurer's Office (D5) OR by credit card using the IC portal (NEW SERVICE).
Students who do not sign up and make payment arrangements for AP tests will not get the opportunity to take the tests. No extra tests will be ordered. We are also willing to order and administer Advanced Placement tests to students who are not enrolled in the corresponding courses (including AP exams for courses that we do not offer). If you have any questions talk to your AP course teacher or Ms Robles in the Main office.
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DEADLINE to DONATE AUCTION ITEMS is SUNDAY!
Get out your black, orange, and white and prepare for the Annual Woodside High School Foundation Spring Auction! This year's event is being held at the Palo Alto Hills Country Club on Saturday April 11 and includes silent auction, live auction, dinner, and more!
Last year's sold out event made over $200,000 for our Woodside High School students! Help make this year's event provide even more to our kids!
This event has limited seating - so get your ticket early to hold your seat!
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SUHSD PARENT EDUCATION MINI-SERIES: 2014-15
Teenage Risky Behaviors
Please join us for a pro-active Parent Education Mini-Series to address teenage risky behaviors. These targeted workshops will focus on adolescent drug and alcohol addiction, e-cigarettes, distracted driving, and sexual health.
"Vaping Reality: New Electronic Device (E-Cigarettes)
and Emerging Nicotine Products"
with Alissa Ralston, Project Director, Tobacco-Free Youth Project
Thursday, February 12, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Sequoia Union High School District Office
Birch Room
480 James Avenue, Redwood City
An alarming number of young people who have never used conventional cigarettes are now using electronic "vaping" devices and student use of these products now surpasses the use of conventional cigarettes. These devices are easy to hide and are often used with other drugs. Despite widespread perceptions to the contrary, e-cigarettes do not deliver "harmless water vapor."
Come learn how young people are targeted to experiment with these and other "non-conventional cigarette" nicotine products and why we should all be concerned. Examples of various products will be available to see.
Alissa Ralston has been active in tobacco education for the past 20 years. She has served as site coordinator for several TUPE (Tobacco Use Prevention and Education) programs in both conventional and alternative high schools. Ms. Ralston has been the Project Director for the Tobacco Free Youth Project at Bay Area Community Resources (BACR) since 1999, and she currently focuses on trainings around emerging nicotine delivery products such as e-cigarettes.
"Distracted Driving Parent Workshop"
with Impact Teen Drivers (California Highway Patrol)
Thursday, March 12, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Sequoia Union High School District Office
Birch Room
480 James Avenue, Redwood City
For a detailed information on this class, click here.
NEW! THE M-A PARENT EDUCATION SERIES
"Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be:
An Antidote to the College Admission Mania"
with Frank Bruni, New York Times Columnist and Bestselling Author
Monday, April 6, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
M-A Performing Arts Center (PAC)
For a detailed information on this class, click here.
SUHSD parents, students, faculty/staff, and community members welcome! Spanish interpretation will be available. |
"Putting the Personal into the College Personal Statement"
with Beth Harrison, PhD, Peninsula Young Writers
Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Woodside High School, MUR (Multi-Use Room)
How can you help your teen put the "personal" into their college personal essays? What do they need to know before they begin composing authentic personal statements for college applications? Come learn the answer to these questions and more!
Join us for an information-packed presentation by Beth Harrison, PhD, an independent college advisor and writing instructor with 25 years of experience in higher education. This interactive presentation will jump-start the college essay writing process and offer valuable tips for helping your teen navigate a successful college search through reflecting on experiences and goals.
High school students are welcome to attend this session with their parents.
Woodside Parent Education Series events are free, sponsored by the WHS PTSA, the Sequoia Healthcare District, and the Sequoia Union High School District.
Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be provided.
For more information, contact Charlene Margot, Parent Education Series, Founding Director, at cmargot@csmconsulting.net or (650) 868-0590. For Spanish, contact Maricela Lopez, Bilingual Parent Coordinator, at (650) 367-9750, Ext. 45323.
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PARENT GROUPS
Class of 2016
WE'RE LOUD
WE'RE PROUD
WE'RE LIVING THE DREAM
WE ARE THE CLASS OF 2016
Thank you to everyone who has donated, worked, volunteered and/or managed any part of our football or basketball concessions, Awesome job by everyone, thank you!
Even though we are almost done with concessions, we are not done raising money for our kids' Safe & Sober Grad Night! Please send in your direct donation today(and become a Century Club Member), by sending in your check! Please make checks payable to WHS PTSA PG 2016. You can drop off or mail to us at the school - attn: Erin Stockford PG2016
Our final obligation as a junior class is managing the sales of flowers and leis at this years' graduation. We are looking for volunteers to help coordinate the sales of the flowers on Graduation day (June 5th). If you can help out by coordinating, selling, or distributing graduation leis, please contact Erin at goinbonkerz@gmail.com.
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WINTER DANCE NEEDS YOUR HELP!
The Winter Dance is in need of 6 sophomore parent volunteers to help with the dance. Volunteers are needed from 7:15p.m. to about 11p.m. on Friday, February 20. Parents would work coat check, supervise food tables and clean up. The Class of 2017 fund will get half of all ticket sales if we provide the volunteers! We only need 6 volunteers to make this happen, so step up.
RUMMAGE SALE
Start your spring-cleaning early and gather items to donate to this year's WHS school-wide rummage sale to be held in March. Our sophomore class will be selling items and all proceeds from our booth will benefit the Class of 2017 Safe & Sober Grad Night. We also need volunteers to help organize and staff the booth. Our booth CANNOT happen if we don't get any volunteers. It's a great time to step up and help! Email whsparents2017@gmail.com to volunteer and donate items.
DONATE USING PAYPAL
If you haven't already donated to the Class of 2017's Safe & Sober Grad Night through PayPal, now's the time to do it!
If everyone donated $100 right now, we would meet our financial goal! It breaks down to $25 a year, so donate it all at once or donate a portion of it. It's up to you.
Use your PayPal account or just go to the website to easily pay with your credit or debit card. To donate, go to http://www.paypal.com, click the "Send" tab at the top, enter our email address: whsparents2017@gmail.com, the amount you want to send, and follow the prompts from there. Please note that a donation made via your bank goes farther than using a credit card, which gets a cut from the proceeds. You can always use the form in the donation letter that was recently mailed out. If you didn't receive the direct donation campaign letter, please email: whsparents2017@gmail.com
Have a great week!
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Volunteers are needed to oversee a subcommittee to plan and organize fundraising events for this year. Please let us know if you are interested in planning or helping with any of the events listed below by emailing us 2018.whs@gmail.com.
- One social/fundraising event in February/March (for parents only)One social/fundraising event in May (for families)
- Senior Graduation Brunch (May)
- Back to School Bash (August)
Don't forget to visit our page on the PTSA website for upcoming events, updates, and to donate online to the Class of 2018 Safe and Sober Grad Night.
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ABO NEWS
 Athletics Boosters Website
Want to keep up with the sports and athletics news at Woodside? Check out the ABO website at Athletic Boosters.
24th ANNUAL SENIOR FASHION SHOW
The Athletic Booster Organization will be hosting the 24th ANNUAL SENIOR FASHION SHOW The Class of 2015 will be Rockin' the Red Carpet Two shows on Saturday, April 4, 2015
SENIORS
If you want to be a part of the hottest show on campus, make sure you stop by the Student Activity office or see Lupe Robles in the main office and pick up a SENIOR SIGN UP FORM.
The deadline for sign ups is February 28!
Any senior in good standing will be eligible to strut your stuff. In addition to be in good standing, you will need to commit to the rehearsal schedule the week of March 30th (we know many of you are in sports - don't let that deter your participation, we will work with your schedule as best as we can to make it work for all of us).
PARENTS of ALL CLASSES
I am looking for help behind the scenes with outfit changes, monitoring the students stage timing, setting up the racks for the outfits, supplying model (student) snacks, publicity, store liaison, stage set up and set strike (take down).
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SPORTS NEWS
WHS Cheer Team Going to Nationals!
The Woodside Cheer Team did exceptionally well at their Regional competition at Deer Valley High School on January 17, 2015.
Woodside High School took home not only a bid to Nationals, but also first place out of seven teams! This is a huge accomplishment for both these young ladies as well as the cheer program. Their dedication, commitment, and hard work have been a huge contributor to their success and they are very excited to compete at the National Championship in Anaheim, March 19 to 22, 2015
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Sport Events this Week
Feb 10: Girls Soccer vs Carlmont
Boys Basketball @ Hilldale
Girls Basketball vs Hillsdale
Feb 11: Boys Soccer vs El Camino
Feb 12: Boys Basketball @ MA
Girls Basketball @ MA
Girls Soccer @ San Mateo
Feb 13: Boys Soccer @ Burlingame
Feb 14: Boys Freshman Basketball @ MA
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DRAMA BOOSTERS
Preparations for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" are well under way. If you would like to be involved backstage in these preparations, please let me know. We're still building and painting sets, accumulating props and costumes, and we will need baked goods for each performance. Come join us, be a part of this fun show. Mark your calendars now: March 13, 14, 15, 20, and 21; Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sunday at 2:00pm. Buy tickets online at brownpapertickets.com. Just search for "Woodside High School". We'll see you at the show, if not back stage in the next few weeks. Jim Larkin, Drama Booster President, jalark725@gmail.com
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Middle College
Middle College is open to all Sequoia Union High School Juniors and Seniors who are interested in a different school experience than the traditional comprehensive high school. Applications to the program are now being accepted. See this flyer to learn more.
Applications now open for Girls Who Code, for rising juniors and seniors.
The Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program represents an innovative approach to computer science education, pairing seven weeks of intensive instruction in robotics, web design, and mobile development with engaging, career-focused mentorship and exposure led by the industry's top female entrepreneurs and engineers.
The Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program embeds 20 rising high school juniors and seniors inside a technology company or university setting from 9:00am - 4:00pm each day. Here, young women get hands-on experience in computing concepts, programming fundamentals, mobile phone development, robotics, and web development and design. Project-based curricular modules allow participants to build products and develop innovative solutions designed to inspire an interest in and enourage their pursuit of computer science. Attendance Policy Girls Who Code is a seven-week program from 9am-4pm, Monday through Friday. Participants must commit to attending the full summer program. Students are permitted to miss a maximum of two days. Students unable to attend for the full duration of the program due to other commitments (e.g. other summer programs, vacation plans) are not eligible. No exceptions. In recognition of the 4th of July Holiday, the program will not meet on Friday, July 3rd. 2015 PARTNERS:
Accenture, Adobe, AIG, Akamai, Amazon, AOL Charitable Foundation, AppNexus, AT&T, BSA| The Software Alliance, eBay, Electronic Arts, Expedia, Facebook, GE, Goldman Sachs, Google, Groupon, The Honest Company, IAC, IBM, Intel, Intuit, Lockheed Martin, MassMutual, Microsoft, Moody's, Pixar Animation Studios, Prudential, Saban Family Foundation, Square, TripAdvisor, Twitter, Verizon, & Viacom
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FROM THE EDITOR
This Weekly Update is published by the WHS PTSA as a service to the Woodside High School families and community.
To submit an item, email it to the editor at whsupdate@gmail.com by 9:00 PM on the Thursday prior to the Sunday publication date. I love pictures! Send more.
Submission Requirements:
- In the subject line of the email, please include the section in which you wish your item to be placed; for example, the subject may read "PTSA News" for any item related to PTSA programs.
- Send an article in the body of an original email.
- Provide a .jpg attachment for all pictures and graphics. Do NOT inbed images or graphics into word docs. Send separately or send a pdf
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