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Woodside PTSA Weekly Update
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The Parent/Teacher/Student Association (PTSA) will meet on Tuesday at 7. Come see how you can be involved at Woodside and make a difference. Music Boosters also meet on Tuesday at 7.
Thursday is a very important Parent Education Night about "Body Image". Please register if you will attend.
Our second to last Home Football game is Friday. Come and eat a hamburger or tamale (among other treats) and cheer on the home team.
Make it a great week.
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Calendar
THIS WEEK
- Monday, Nov 2, Winter Sports practice begins
- Tuesday, Nov 3, PTSA meeting, MUR, 7pm
- Tuesday, Nov 3, Music Boosters, 7pm, NEW DAY
- Nov 3-16, Food Drive
- Wednesday, Nov 4, Grade 7 & 8 Orientation, PAC, 7pm
- Thursday, Nov 5, Parent Education, "Workshop on Body Image", 7pm, MUR
- Thursday, Nov 5, ELAC, library, 6:30
- Thursday, Nov 5, Fashion Show meeting, wildcat room, 7pm
UPCOMING
- Tuesday, Nov 10, Foundation Meeting, 7pm, MUR
- Wednesday, Nov 11, NO SCHOOL
- Saturday, Nov 14, Holiday Boutique, 10-3pm
- Nov 25-27, Thanksgiving, NO SCHOOL
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SCHOOL NEWS
November Happenings
Download the November Happenings flyer from Student Leadership.
7th and 8th Grade Orientation
Woodside welcomes current 7th and 8th graders to Woodside High School to learn more about all the great things Woodside does. Tell your neighbors to join us Wednesday at 7pm in the PAC. Click here for a copy of the flyer.
Food Drive
Woodside holds its annual Food Drive with Second Harvest Food Bank. Our goal is to raise at least 2500 pounds of food. There is a competition between all 4th period classes.
How to Write a College Essay Students are invited to a free College essay workshop at the downtown Redwood City library on Saturday Nov 7 at 11am. Click here for details.
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Parent Teacher Student Association
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Donation Day has been a great success, thank you to everybody who has volunteered to help, and mostly to everybody who has donated.
But we are not done - if you have not donated yet, we need your help to earn our challenge grants money.
Woodside High School Foundation
199 Churchill Ave.
Woodside, CA 94062
Freshman Families Challenge: 50 for $50,000
A generous group of freshman families is challenging fellow freshman families to donate to the Foundation before December 31, 2015. If 50 freshman families donate before year-end, these generous families will donate $50,000!
A "Freshman Family" is any family with a student who is a member of the Woodside High School Class of 2019. This includes families that have students in other grades.
The Morgan Family Foundation Challenge
For the third year, the Morgan Family Foundation is pledging to match new donors or increased giving over last year up to a total of $25,000!
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Parent Education
Thursday, November 5
"Workshop on Body Image - Empowering Girls"
Brie Mathers, Founder of Love the Skin You're In™
Thursday, November 5, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Woodside MUR
Has Instagram got your teen glued to his or her phone? Love the Skin You're In™ is a dynamic multimedia presentation that offers healthy strategies for navigating the negative and pervasive cultural messaging affecting youth today. Founder Brie Mathers demystifies the socioeconomic underpinnings of beauty norms and invites parents to embrace the inevitable challenge of being role models for health and happiness.
Activist Brie Mathers has spoken to over 60,000 young women, inspiring them to reclaim their minds and bodies from ubiquitous media idealizations. Brie's partners include National Youth Week New Zealand, Bay Area TEDx, University of Rochester Medical Center, Jikoji Zen Center, and Dr. Riane Eisler's Center for Partnership Studies. She has been featured in The San Jose Mercury News, Coastal Living, Origin, and on LA Talk Radio and CTV News. Brie is the author of Freedom to Blossom and is currently working on a new documentary, You Got This - Owning Body Image.
Parents, students, faculty/staff and community members welcome! Free admission.
Spanish interpretation will be available.
Woodside Parent Education Series events are sponsored by the Woodside PTSA, the Sequoia Healthcare District, and the Sequoia Union High School District.
Wednesday, November 18, 7:00 - 8:30pm
"Helping Young Athletes Reach their Potential" - with Steve Smith, PhD, Palo Alto University
Wednesday, November 18, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Sequoia High School, Carrington Hall
Download more details here.
Thursday, November 19
M-A PARENT EDUCATION SERIES
"Finding the Right Fit - A Conversation about the College Search"
Maria Furtado, Executive Director, Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL)
Thursday, November 19, 2015, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Download more details here.
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Athletic Boosters Organization
Membership
If you have not done so already, join the ABO so that we can continue to fund ALL sports At Woodside High School. You may pay your membership dues by check downloading the 2015-16 ABO membership form or online via PayPal here.
Woodside Athletics News
Wildcat News
Click here to read to the first edition of the Wildcat News!
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HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE 2015 
Woodside High School's Annual Fall Harvest Faire, now called "HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE" will be coming up on Saturday, November 14th! Please mark your calendars to come and shop early for fun, creative holiday gifts and treats for yourself! It is not too late to add new vendors! If you or anyone you know that would be a great fit for this event, please get in touch with Erin Stockford at "goinbonkerz@gmail.com" The event is a one day event, November 14th, held on campus from 10am - 3:00pm!
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Parent Committees
Class of 2016
It's time to order senior ads for the yearbook. Remember your senior and download the flyer for more information.
 Class of 2018
Thank you to everybody who has joined us at our last meeting. Please note that we are not having a meeting in November, but our next meeting will be December 15 at the Canyon Inn, 587 Canyon Road Redwood City, at 7:00 PM.
We are using a Google group to communicate. Email us at 2018.whs@gmail.com to be added to the Google group. And don't forget to check out our page on the PTSA website for information and news.
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DRAMA BOOSTERS
Well, we're in a slight lull in the Drama/Theater world at Woodside. I hope you were able to attend the Woodside Community Theater production of "Chicago". If you did, you know that two of our current students, Stephen Rondoni and Cella Hussussian, were in the Ensemble along with several recent alumni.
Please note: if you (or your student) are/is intending to audition for the Spring Musical, there will be a pre-audition meeting during lunch on Tuesday, November 10. This is really important for all who intend to audition, so mark your calendars and be sure to show up! There will be announcements about the location. Finally, for you theater enthusiast, if you haven't already done so, mark your calendars for the Woodside High School Drama Department's "Evening of Theater". There will be 3 performances on Thursday,Friday and Saturday, November 19 - 21. All shows start at 7pm. Students get in for $5, adults are $10. It will be General Seating, so come early and get the best seats. Tickets will be sold at lunch on the 18th, 19th, and 20th and at the door on the evening of each show. You will be treated to 7 1-Act plays, each with a "high school" theme and different casts. We'll see you at the PAC!
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FROM THE EDITOR
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