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Woodside PTSA Weekly Update
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Our first PTSA meeting is this week. Everyone is welcome to the meeting. We would love for you to be involved at Woodside.
Is your student ready for the Big Read on Thursday? There's still time to finish the book. Such great book choices this year!
And Friday is a fun day for our students: Club Rush is when your student can join a group of like-minded people. Encourage them to check it out. Also our first home Football game is Friday night. The concessions stand will be open. Follow the smell of the grill.
Have a great week! |
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Calendar
THIS WEEK
- Tuesday, September 1, PTSA meeting, MUR, 7pm
- Thursday, September 3, Big Read
- Friday, September 4, Student Club Rush
- Friday, September 4, First Home Football Game. 4pm JV, 7pm Varsity
UPCOMING
- Monday, September 7, NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday & Wednesday, September 8 & 9, Fall Play Auditions 3:10 - 5pm
- Tuesday, September 8, WHS Foundation meeting, MUR, 7pm
- Wednesday, September 9, Parent Music Department Meeting, 7pm
- Thursday, September 10, Title 1 Parent Meeting, Library, 5:30
- Thursday, September 10, Back to School Night, 6:30
- Friday, September 11, Minimum Day
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SCHOOL NEWS
From Principal Burbank
Parents,
The Academic Integrity Policy was shared with your student this week during 3rd period. This policy is district-wide and board-adopted. Please review the policy and the visual Powtoon by clicking below (English and Spanish versions). I encourage you to have a conversation with your student about what might lead him/her to commit a violation and what your expectations are regarding the policy. Please sign the paper copy your student brought home by September 2nd. Your student's 3rd period teacher will be collecting that signature page. Thank you!
ENGLISH version of Academic Integrity Policy:
Free Easy Money through eScrip for WHS
Register your debit/credit cards and grocery loyalty cards with eScrip and earn money for Woodside High School by shopping at participating merchants. Use Woodside High School eScrip Group ID -137612196. Ask your family and friends to join too! Check out the many online merchants participating--everyone from Pottery Barn to babyGap, Amazon, Old Navy. www.escrip.com
Club Rush
Clubs Rush is an event in which WHS student organizations can promote their group. This event will be held Friday Sept. 4 in the quad at lunch. If you have a student group that you would like to have participate, please complete the form by going to the url below
If you have any questions, please email me. Please note that groups are not SELLING items at this event.
Lunchtime Intra-Murals
Lunchtime intra-murals begin on Tuesday, September 8. Staff-supervised four days a week in two locations: 1) Bradley Field for flag football, soccer, track open for those who want to run and 2) behind new gym on softball fields and basketball courts for basketball, baseball, and ping pong. No intra-murals on minimum days, study weeks, or finals. Students will hear intramural info on daily announcements in a few days.
Follow Us
You can follow Student Activities on Facebook and Twitter.
Facebook: Woodside High School-Student Activities
Twitter: @wildcatspirit
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PTSA
You can still join the PTSA.
First PTSA Meeting of the school year: Tuesday September 1, 2015 in the MUR Conference Room. All are welcome to attend!
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Shared Decision Making Council
Step Up and Apply to the Shared Decision Making Council (SDMC)
Shared Decision Making Council (SDMC) is a long standing feature (in its second decade!) of the shared leadership of Woodside High School. It merges Site Council with a larger decision making body of about 24 people comprised of students, teachers, staff, parents, one community member, and the principal. SDMC members commit to meeting twice monthly from 4 - 6 pm on the 2nd and 4th Mondays in the MUR conference room, with occasional date changes due to holidays. In addition to the meeting time commitment, there is occasional ad-hoc committee meetings that complete the work of school-wide initiatives such as The Big Read or College Day, for example.
The SDMC is taking applications to fill several positions. If you have a passion for broader school issues and have the time to participate, please consider sending an email to Principal Burbank at dburbank@seq.org , include any pertinent information as to why you might be passionate about participating. |
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Woodside High School Foundation (WHSF)
If you missed the 2015 Spring Auction, selected parties still have few spots available, be sure to sign-up now because they are going to be gone fast!
Don't miss out on these great back to school events! You may also check out the Foundation website to see all we do. |
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Woodside Parent Education Series 2015-16 FALL SCHEDULE
Wednesday, September 16
M-A PARENT EDUCATION SERIES and KEPLER'S BOOKS PRESENT: "Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain" An evening with Dr. Daniel J. Siegel Wednesday, September 16 Event starts at 7:30 pm - Doors open at 6:30 p.m. M-A Performing Arts Center (PAC)
For complete description, click here.
Friday, September 25
Sparking Creativity: Imaging Tomorrow's Schools
Hosted at Stanford University, 7-9 pm. Sponsored by Challenge Success
Thursday, October 1
WOODSIDE PARENT EDUCATION SERIES
"Helping Young Athletes Reach Their Potential" -- with Steve Smith, PhD, Palo Alto University
Thursday, October 1, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Woodside High School, Multi-Use Room (MUR)
How can parents support their children toward healthy participation in sports to facilitate a lifelong healthy lifestyle and to reach their potential? The balance between sports, academics, arts, and downtime can be challenging as families work to find what experiences will best prepare their children for the future.
In this workshop, Steve Smith, PhD, psychologist and professor of clinical psychology in the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium of Palo Alto University, will review current research and provide guidelines for parents and coaches to consider for healthy sport participation.
Prior to joining the faculty at Palo Alto University, Dr. Smith served as the consulting psychologist for the Division I Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at UC Santa Barbara. He maintains a private practice, Sport Psychology and Research Center (www.sparccal.com), where he works with school, club, and professional teams and athletes of all ages from across the nation.
Parents, students, faculty/staff and community members welcome! Free admission.
Thursday, November 5
"Workshop on Body Image - Empowering Girls"
Brie Mathers, Founder of Love the Skin You're In™
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Woodside MUR
THE PARENT EDUCATION SERIES ON FACEBOOK
Now you can like us on Facebook! The Parent Education Series Facebook page will keep you posted about upcoming parent education events, articles on parenting, schools and education, community parent events and more: https://www.facebook.com/ParentEdSeries
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Drama Boosters
SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION LAST WEEK! For those of you who were looking forward to the Open House last week, please, once again, I ask you to mark you calendars with the CORRECT DATE: Wednesday, September 23rd, at 7pm, in the PAC. We are looking forward to sharing with you the ins and outs of putting on a production. You do not need to be a Drama Booster Club member to attend, and you do not need to have a student in the Drama Department. We do hope that with this behind-the-scenes look at the PAC and all that goes into putting on a Woodside High School Theatrical/Musical Production, you might become interested in joining us to help put on the best high school productions in the Bay Area. If not, it will be our pleasure to show you around our work-place and our playground, called the Performing Arts Center.
And, once again, I want to remind all you students who want to audition for the Fall Production, you must sign up in the office. The auditions are Tuesdayand Wednesday, September 8 & 9 in the PAC right after school. You will sign up for a specific time slot, so be there ahead of time and ready to go "on" at your time. And, break a leg! The Evening of Theater Production will be performed on Friday and Saturday, November 20 and 21. You will NOT want to miss it.
Finally, if you are a student with a special talent that you want to showcase for your classmates and the Woodside High School community, auditions for the Woodside's Got Talent Show are also coming up. They will be in the PAC right after school on Thursday, Sept 24. Again, you must sign up and have the Audition Form ahead of time. Come prepared to show us what you got! Then, you'll have two weeks to hone and polish your act before the show onThursday, October 8.
There's lots to be excited about in the Drama Department and, therefore, lots for the Drama Booster Club to support. Visit our website at http://www.whsdramaboosters.com to see how you can become involved. |
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PARENT GROUPS
 Class of 2017 
We are in charge of the home game Football Concession stand. All proceeds go toward our Safe and Sober Grad night. This is our biggest fundraiser! We need lots of volunteers to work during the five home games as well as shop and set up beforehand. Check your calendars for September 4 and 11, October 23, and November 6 and 13 and then sign up online.
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FROM THE EDITOR
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