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Woodside Weekly PTSA Update
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THIS WEEK
- April 18-19: Smarter Balance Testing, Alternative Bell Schedule
- Monday, April 18: Drama Boosters Meeting, 7 PM, Wildcat Room
- Wednesday, April 20: Athletics Booster Meeting, 7 PM, MUR Conference Room
- Thursday, April 21: Sequoia Parent Education Series
- Thursday, April 21: Advanced Standing (AS) and Advanced Placement (AP) Information Night, PAC, 7 PM
- Saturday, April 23: 1st Annual Julian Edelman Hit-A-Thon and Home Run Derby
- Saturday,April 23: Annual Rummage Sale, 8 AM - 2 PM, Teachers Parking Lot
NEXT WEEK
- April 26: Freshman/Sophomore Parent Meetings, 7 PM, MUR and MUR Conference Room
- April 26: SUHSD PARENT EDUCATION MINI-SERIES: "At-Risk Teens", 10 -11:30 AM, Sequoia Union High School District Office, Birch Room
- April 27: Unsung Heroes, 7 PM, PAC
- April 30: Annual Spring Auction
COMING SOON
- May 3: SUHSD PARENT EDUCATION MINI-SERIES: "At-Risk Teens", 10:30 AM -12:30 PM, Sequoia Union High School District Office, Birch Room
- May 3: PTSA Meeting, 7 PM, MUR Conference Room
- May 4: Music Boosters Meeting, 7 PM, Band Room
- May 5: Music Department Concert, 7 PM, PAC
- May 7, Dance Shows, 2 and 7 PM, PAC
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 FROM THE PTSA
We have leaders!
At the last PTSA meeting the following slate has been presented for election for 2016-17:
President - Lisa Demers
VP - Jeff Goodall
Treasurer - Melissa Jaworski
Secreatary - Anna Goodall
Membership Chair - Gemma Barcelo
Apple for the Teachers Chair - Audrey Fasching-James
Historian - Karin Delfs
Hospitality Co-Chairs: Susanna Politi and Charmaine McCrystal
Foundation Liasion - Lucia Tedesco
Still open are the following positions:
Auditor
Parliamentarian
Unsung Heroes
PTSA Scholarship
Buy-A-Brick Program
PTSA Scholarships for Seniors
Each year the Woodside High School PTSA awards ten $500 scholarships to graduating seniors.
Click here for the application form due by April 29, 3:00 PM to Ms. Matavulj.
Pre-order leis or flowers for your graduate!
Senior families, it is time to pre-order leis or flowers for your grad. Click here to download the order form. All orders will be ready for pick up on Graduation Day, June 3, 2016 (A table will be set up near the entry gates to the stadium). Any questions, please contact Laura Hovden at laurahovden@yahoo.com.
The Class of 2017 NEEDS volunteers to work shifts and help with concession sales for WHS's Annual Parking Lot Rummage Sale on Saturday, April 23, 8AM -2 PM. Please sign up to help or donate. We also need donations big and small for our booth. Any large donations need to be delivered directly to the school. Small donations can also be dropped off at the school on Friday night before the sale.
We'll take all Sale-able items: clothes, toys, electronics, tools, decorations, household goods and more.
We also need 1-2 large trucks to take remaining items to Goodwill at the end of the sale.
ALL proceeds from table rentals, our own Class of 2017 sold items & concessions (during sale & coinciding Hit-a-Thon) go toward the 2017 fund.
If you also know of any group, individual, class, parent or neighbor of WHS who would like to "rent" a table for $15 to sell items, they can contact Joni Soderer at jsoderer@comcast.net. Spread the word!
Volunteers Needed for Staff Appreciation Week
Staff Appreciation Week is coming up May 9-13th. Our committee is looking for several people to join us this year to learn the ropes as several of our members are graduating along with their students.
If you are interested in helping or have an idea, please email Charmaine McCrystal at crystalini@mac.com.
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From the Principal:
To Freshmen Families:
In October on College Day, freshmen established their Naviance accounts that they will use to navigate college and major exploration, college applications, and letters of recommendation.
We are continuing that college focus this spring, and, over the next three weeks, freshmen will have the opportunity to go on a field trip on a guided campus tour of either Menlo College, Stanford, San Francisco State, or San Jose State with their PE class. In order to get guided campus tours, not all PE classes are going to the same college campus on the same day. The field trip permission slips (two different pages) will indicate what day, what periods, and what college campus your student will visit. Your student's PE teacher will distribute and collect the permission slips and chaperone (additional school staff will also chaperone) the college campus visit.
Students will be provided a reflection sheet to guide their experience on the campus tour and to guide their thinking about college, too. PE teachers will collect that reflection sheet and encourage discussion as these 14 and 15-year-olds begin to "see" themselves as 18-19-year-olds on a college campus.
These College Day field trips are made possible through a WHS Foundation donor!
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Books 4 Hope @ Woodside High School
The Philanthropy committee from the Leadership Program is collecting books for St. Vincent dePaul from April 25-May 6. These books are sold to help St. Vincent de Paul raise money for their various causes. One book sold can provide three meals. Students will be having a grade level competition. The class that brings in the most books will receive a hosted class board social on May 11. Of course, anyone can drop off books. Books can be dropped off in D7 or the main office.
Click here for the flier.
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Join us for the 19th Annual Auction
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club
3000 Alexis Drive, Palo Alto
5:30
Jazz, Cocktails & Silent Auction
7:00
Dinner, Live Auction, Fund-a-Need, and Dancing with Ginger + Bandits
Purchase tickets online at
$150 per person. Seating is limited. Tickets will not be sold at the door.
Online Auction May 1st - 8th
The Online Auction opens on May 1 at 5 PM and closes on May 8 at 9 PM.
We have hundreds of items from vacation lodgings, to restaurants, to sports activities, and so much more.
Preview the online auction beginning April 23.
Bid early and bid often. Invite your neighbors and friends. The auction is open to all. Many items are from businesses in your neighborhood.
First Bid Frenzy
Be the lucky winner of an Apple Sport Smartwatch by being the first bidder on any (or many) online auction items. Once there is a first bidder on every item, a drawing will be held including every first bidder. For example, if you are the first bidder on 20 items, you will have 20 chances to win! As soon as the online auction goes live on May 1, bid quickly to increase your chances.
Fund-A-Need: Expand College Counseling Services
to find the right college fit for all Woodside High Students
At Woodside High School we believe that college awareness and preparation should start early and that the college application process should be as stress-free as possible. To support the students they are today and the adults they wish to become, we are looking to add to the college counseling services on campus:
- An additional part-time college counselor
- 9th and 10th grade focus on college major and career exploration using Naviance so that students have solid familiarity prior to college application process
- Small group appointments for juniors following the successful "March into College" series
- Application and beyond assistance for seniors, providing support insuring all documents are received by the college, identifying grants and other sources for financial assistance, interpreting the college financial award letter, and helping evaluate among acceptances
- Woodside High School graduate panels to share their college experience with current students
- SAT test preparation for the new format of the SAT
AND much more...
Let's raise $75,000 to expand college counseling services on campus!
Woodside High School Foundation
199 Churchill Avenue
Woodside, CA 94062
with "Fund-A-Need" on the memo line.
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ATHLETIC BOOSTERS ORGANIZATION (ABO)
We Need Leaders!
The ABO is looking for volunteers to join their Board of Directors. Interested? Contact ABO president Eric McCrystal at president@woodsideathletics.org or join us at our next board meeting on Wednesday, April 20 at 7PM in the MUR conference room.
1st Annual Julian Edelman Hit-A-Thon and Home Run Derby
Saturday, April 23 at the softball field
All teams are required to participate - 2016-17 funding depends on it!
Click here for more details.
ABO Scholarships for Seniors
Each year, the Woodside High School Athletic Boosters Organization (ABO) awards two $1,000 scholarships to Woodside scholar-athletes, one male and one female, who, through his or her participation in high school sports, exhibit characteristics of Leadership, Sportsmanship, Athletic and Academic Achievement.
Click here for the application form due to Ms. Matavulj in D6 by Friday, May 6, 3 PM.
The scholarship winners are announced at Senior Award Night in June.
5th Annual Wildcat Open
Moffett Field Golf Course, Sunnyvale
1 PM SHOTGUN START, SCRAMBLE FORMAT (11:30 AM Check-in and lunch)
5:30 appetizers and awards
ENTRY FEE $175 per person
Includes Golf, Cart, Lunch, Appetizers, Tee Prizes, Raffles and other FUN SWAG!!!
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SPORT NEWS
Woodside High's Sailing Team qualified for Stanford University's NorCal High School Invitational Regatta this past weekend. WHS had 2 boats competing with sailors Joseph Politi & Tyler Davis and Matthew Wright & Jessica O'Neill, and the team finished in second place overall. The last regatta of the season is next weekend at Encinal Yacht Club in Alameda.
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DRAMA BOOSTERS
It feels like there's a lull in the drama world at Woodside High School, but don't be fooled. The Drama Classes are working hard, putting together the all-student run, directed, staged, and acted production for our entertainment. Remember, the Drama Class production will be presented on
Thursday, May 12th at 7:00pm. This is the correct time and date. The calendar on the Woodside HS website is incorrect.
Also, remember, if you are a Senior with the intention of going into theater arts in college, you can apply for the Drama Booster Club scholarship. It is our tradition to give 2 - $1,000.00 scholarships, one to a female student and one to a male student. Applications can be obtained in the Career Counseling office. The deadline is towards the end of May. You do NOT have to have participated in the Woodside Drama Department during your time at Woodside (though it doesn't hurt). We look forward to receiving your application.
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SEQUOIA PARENT EDUCATION SERIES
"How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success"
Julie Lythcott-Haims, NY Times Bestselling Author
Thursday, April 21, 2016, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Sequoia High School, Carrington Hall
1201 Brewster Avenue, Redwood City
"Saving Jake: When Addiction Hits Home" with award-winning author D'Anne Burwell, M.A.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 10:00 - 11:30 am
Sequoia Union High School District Office, Birch Room
480 James Avenue, Redwood City
"Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR) Training" with Alejandro Martinez, PhD, Stanford University
Tuesday, May 3, 2016, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Sequoia Union High School District Office, Birch Room 480 James Avenue, Redwood City
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COMMUNITY NEWS
It's on Us: What Students Need to Know to Prevent Sexual Assault
Saturday, April 23, 2016, 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Foothill College - Appreciation Hall - 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Central Park Recreation Center
50 East 5th Street, San Mateo
Click here for more information.
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FROM THE EDITOR
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