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Woodside Weekly PTSA Update
October 16, 2016
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THIS WEEK
- Tue, Oct. 18: Foundation Auction Meeting, Wildcat Room, 7 p.m.
- Wed, Oct. 19: College Day
- Wed, Oct. 19: Athletic Boosters Meeting, MUR Conference Room, 7 p.m.
- Thu, Oct. 20: Guidance & College Info Night for Freshmen, Sophs & Parents, MUR, 7 p.m.
- Thu, Oct. 20: Community Meeting on Board Redistricting, Sequoia High School Carrington Hall, 7 p.m.
NEXT WEEK
- Tue, Oct. 25: Financial Aid Night for Parents of Seniors, MUR, 7 - 8 p.m.
- Tue, Oct. 25: Community Meeting on Board Redistricting, Fair Oaks Community Center, 7 p.m.
- Wed, Oct. 26: Donation Day
- Wed, Oct. 26: Drama Boosters Meeting, Wildcat Room, 7 p.m.
- Wed. Oct. 26: Community Meeting on Board Redistricting, East Palo Alto Academy, 7 p.m.
- Wed, Oct. 26: Parent Education Night, MUR, 7 p.m.
- Fri, Oct. 28: Athletic Registration Deadline for Winter Sports
UPCOMING
- Mon, Oct. 31: Winter sports practices begin
- Mon, Oct. 31: WHS Band Parade at Selby Lane
- Tue, Nov 1: Foundation Meeting, MUR Conference Room, 7 p.m.
- Wed, Nov 2: 7th/8th Grade Information Night, PAC, 7 - 9 p.m.
- Wed, Nov 2: Music Boosters, Band Room, 7 p.m.
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School News
Morning bus routes run at regular times with an added 12:30 dismissal bus route.
Woodside High School Annual College Day is made possible by an anonymous donation to the Woodside High School Foundation.
9th grade: WHS GUIDANCE DEPT has designed an on-campus morning that prepares YOU for your college campus tours later this school year and for your college search and application process over the next four years.
9:00-9:20 Welcome event in the PAC for nametag and group assignment
9:25-10:20 Session 1
10:25-11:20 Session 2
11:20-11:30 Break (Bradley Field)
11:35-12:30 Session 3
Student rotates through all three sessions: - NAVIANCE: log-on and scavenger hunt to begin college search and major exploration
- Challenge Activity: team building exercise related to freshman transition
- Mindful Student Work: stress management
9:00 - 12:30 with a classroom snack. 12th grade: Assist SENIORS in the college app process by giving TIME and ASSISTANCE during the colleg-app season.
9 - 9:30 sign in and breakfast treats in the A-wing quad 9:30 - 12:30 WORKSHOPS and ASSISTANCE with college counselors
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College Fairs
There are several great college fairs and college open houses happening in the near future. Consider putting one of these fairs or events on your calendar. For a list of questions that you can ask college representatives, try the questions in this document.
Sunday, October 23, 1:00-3:00 pm
NACAC Performing and Visual arts College Fair (registration)
South San Francisco Conference Center, Grand Ballroom
255 South Airport Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94080
Sunday, November 6, 11:00 am-2:00 pm
NACAC San Francisco STEM College and Career Fair (registration)
South San Francisco Conference Center, Grand Ballroom
255 South Airport Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94080
CSU AND UC Preview Days for Seniors and Juniors
Preview Days are open houses on campuses for prospective students (seniors and juniors) and their families. These are excellent opportunities to see the campus, speak to faculty and students, find out about student and campus life, and get information about the application process and financial aid.
CSU MONTEREY BAY-Preview Day
Saturday, October 8, 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Information: https://csumb.edu/admissions/open-house
CSU SACRAMENTO-Preview Day
Saturday, October 8, 12:00-4:00 pm
Registration: http://www.csus.edu/admissions/future-hornet-day/
CAL POLY, SLO-College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences only
Preview Day
Friday, October 14
Info and registration: http://cafes.calpoly.edu/fall-preview
CSU EAST BAY, Hayward Campus-Preview Day
Saturday, October 15
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/preview-day-2016-registration-26042915060
CSU CHICO-Preview Day
Saturday, October 22, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Registration: http://www.csuchico.edu/admissions/chico_preview_day.shtml
CSU STANISLAUS-Preview Day
Saturday, October 22, 8:30 am - 1:00 pm
Registration: https://www.csustan.edu/admissions/preview-day
HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY-Preview Day
Friday, October 28
Registration: http://www2.humboldt.edu/admissions/
CAL MARITIME-Preview Day
Saturday, November 19
Info and registration: http://www.csum.edu/web/admissions/preview-day
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 Woodside Parent Education Series
Finding the Right Fit: A Conversation about the College Search
Maria Furtado, Executive Director, Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL)
Wednesday, October 26, 2016, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Woodside High School, Multi-Use Room (MUR)
Parents, students, faculty/staff, and community members welcome! Spanish interpretation will be available. Free admission. Woodside Parent Education Series events are sponsored by the Woodside PTSA, the Sequoia Healthcare District, and the Sequoia Union High School District.
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Woodside High School Foundation
199 Churchill Ave.
Woodside, CA 94062
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From the PTSA
DONATIONS STILL NEEDED:
Please note, our goal for concessions is to raise enough money so we meet our $25,000 goal to fund the 2018 Safe & Sober Grad Night. All monetary donations offset expenses and directly benefit the class of 2018. Please make checks payable to Woodside PTSA with "Class of 2018" on the memo line and send to:
Woodside PTSA
199 Churchill Ave
Woodside, CA 94062
or click here to donate online.
Also, we will be running basketball concessions this winter as well.
Mark Your Calendars: 1/11, 1/17, 1/18, 1/20 (quad game), 1/25, 2/1, 2/3 (quad game), 2/8 (quad game), 2/14.
Thanks again!
Go Class of 2018!!
We have a few spaces left for vendors. We have some fabulous vendors lined up, but we have space for a few more. If you are looking for a place to showcase your fine goods, come sell with us or tell a friend about this opportunity, and help make this the best boutique yet! If you are interested, contact at jsoderer@comcast.net We are especially looking for local vendors who sell unique or hand-made specialty items that shoppers will want to take home as holiday gifts or for themselves. Woodside is also hosting its own table, so if you or your student would like to contribute just a few items to sell, where proceeds would benefit the Safe & Sober Grad night, please contact jsoderer@comcast.net.
Purchase ADVANCE Grad Night tickets!
Grad Night, also known as Safe & Sober Grad Night, is a Woodside High School tradition for all graduating seniors. This all-night party is a once-in-a-lifetime experience where seniors get to celebrate with their class one last time.
We have a great venue and a variety of amazing entertainment and activities!! Woodside's Grad Night Party will be held on Friday, June 9th, 2017. Advance tickets are currently $50 and will increase in price throughout the year. For more information, to find order forms, parent release forms, and to purchase tickets, visit www.whsgradnight2017.com. Students can also purchase tickets in room D7 or the guidance office. For financial assistance with the purchase of tickets, please have your student visit the counseling office.
Senior Parking
Congratulations to the Class of 2017 Senior student Issabella Lovazzano!!! Her winning bid earned her the premium designated parking spot at Woodside High School for the year. Thank you to the Lovazzano family, whose donation will go toward the Safe & Sober Grad Night party.
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From the Athletic Boosters Organization (ABO)
Spirit Wear Sales!
At our home football games, the Athletic Boosters Organization sells Spirit Wear. In order to make this work, we do need help. If you are planning to come to a home game and would also like to network with the ABO, please join us to help set-up, sell or sell and breakdown the Spirit Wear Booth!
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Sport News and Events
Tuesday, Oct. 18
4 p.m. - Girls Tennis @ Half Moon Bay
4 p.m. - JV Volleyball vs Jefferson
5:15 p.m. - Varsity Volleyball vs Jefferson
Wednesday, Oct. 19
4 p.m. - JV Boys Water Polo @ Hillsdale
4 p.m. - JV Girls Water Polo @ Mercy
5 p.m. - Varsity Boys Water Polo @ Hillsdale
4 p.m. - Varsity Girls Water Polo @ Mercy
Thursday, Oct. 20
4 p.m. - Girls Tennis vs San Mateo
4 p.m. - JV Volleyball vs El Camino
5:15 p.m. - Varsity Volleyball vs El Camino
Friday, Oct. 21 4 p.m. - JV Football @ South San Francisco 7 p.m. - Varsity Football @ South San Francisco
Next Week
Tuesday, Oct. 25
4 p.m. - Girls Tennis vs Menlo-Atherton
4 p.m. - JV Volleyball @ South San Francisco
4 p.m. - Frosh Volleyball @ Aragon
5:15 p.m. - Varsity Volleyball @ South San Francisco
Thursday, Oct. 27
2:20 p.m, - Cross County Meet @ Crystal Springs
4 p.m. - JV Volleyball vs Terra Nova
5:15 p.m. - Varsity Volleyball vs Terra Nova
Friday, Oct. 28 4 p.m. - Frosh Volleyball vs Carlmont 4 p.m. - JV Football vs Menlo 7 p.m. - Varsity Football vs Menlo
Woodside Volleyball Update
10/4/2016
Varsity
The Varsity team continued their winning streak beating the San Mateo High Bearcats in an exciting 5 game match on October 4th. Please see the attached article in the San Mateo Daily Journal. Pascale Tregon had an astounding 19 kills and both Monika Klopp and Elena Campell played an excellent defensive game with great passing by both Wildcats.
JV
The JV team beat the Bearcats in two sets (25-20 and 26-24).
10/6/2016
Varsity
The team played valiantly against the Westmoor Rams but fell in 5 sets on Thursday night (25-16, 25-16, 19-25, 23-25, 12-15).
JV
The JV team continued its winning streak beating the Westmoor Rams in two sets (25-15 and 25-18).
Both the JV and Varsity teams face off against Mills High School on Tuesday, October 11th in Millbrae, starting at 4pm and then both teams play at home on October 13th against Capuchino High.
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Once again, before we get too far away from it, I'd like to recognize and congratulate the winners of the "Woodside's Got Talent" show. Jake Larkin (drummer) and Carl Tuttle (magician) tied for 3rd place, Hope Farrar (interpretive dancer) won 2nd place, and Madison Colgate (vocalist) won 1st prize. If you were there, you know that all the acts were amazing and worthy of recognition. I want to thank all of you who were in the audience for being so supportive and encouraging. It was a great evening!!!
Now we turn our attention toward the "Evening of Theater" on the weekend before Thanksgiving, November 18 & 19. Our students will be entertaining us with a production of the "The Centerville Ghost". The story of an American family that purchases a large English Manor House that has...you guessed it...a ghost. The tables are turned on the Ghost as he becomes terrorized by the children of the family.
As we prepare for the show, the Drama Boosters and the Production Team invite you to become involved. We have sets to build and paint, costumes to find or create, concessions to gather and sell, tickets to sell AND the word to get out to our community. If you can help us in any way, please let us know. Go to our website and submit your name through the contact page with an indication of how you would like to join us. We'll put you to work! Give yourself a sense of accomplishment by participating in this production.
We'll see you at the theater!
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Sequoia Union High School District News
Community Meetings on Board Redistricting
The Sequoia Union High School District currently elects its five Trustees by the "at large" method. That means that the entire electorate within the Sequoia Union High School District votes to elect all five Trustees and the Trustees may live anywhere within the Sequoia Union High School District.
An alternative method of election, is electing Trustees "by district." In a pure district-based method, the population is apportioned into districts and each district's electorate votes for, and elects a single Trustee that must reside within the apportioned district.
California law disfavors at-large based elections. In 2002, California enacted the California Voting Rights Act of 2001. The Act prohibits the "at-large" method when it results in a protected class, defined "as a class of voters who are members of a race, color, or language minority group," being impaired from electing candidates of its choice "or influencing the outcome of an election." Since the passage of this law, at least 135 school districts throughout the state have transitioned to "by-district" elections. In addition, on May 19, 2016, a lawyer for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund ("MALDEF") wrote a letter to the District notifying it that if it failed to move to the "by-district" method, MALDEF would file a lawsuit under the California Voting Rights Act and seek to recover expert and attorneys' fees. At its June 15, 2016, meeting, the Board discussed whether moving to a by-district method would be in the best interest of the District. The Board received a presentation from National Demographics Corporation ("NDC"), which works with local public entities on these issues. The NDC presentation provided information on the California Voting Rights Act, Sequoia Union High School District demographics, Board electoral history, as well as the re-districting process in the event that the District opts to transition to a "by-district" method. The Board held an additional discussion at its June 29 meeting and committed to take a vote on whether to move to a "by-district" trustee elections at its August 17 meeting. By a 5-0 vote, the Board took action at the August 17 meeting to begin the process of moving to "by-district" trustee elections.
At its most recent meeting, the Board discussed a number of possible district maps and has selected four of them for further consideration. In addition, the Board will also be taking action to move its elections to even years instead of odd years in conformance with a new California law. The "by-district" maps will be presented at three community meetings that have been scheduled for later this month. The Board is seeking public input and comments on the various maps. Three of the maps maintain the current number of trustees (five) and one map expands the number of trustee seats to seven. The schedule of community input meetings is as follows: - Thursday, October 20, 2016, 7:00 p.m.- Sequoia High School Carrington Hall, 1201 Brewster Avenue, Redwood City 94062
- Tuesday, October 25, 2016, 7:00 p.m.- Fair Oaks Community Center, 2600 Middlefield Road, Redwood City 94063
- Wednesday, October 26, 2016, 7:00 p.m.- East Palo Alto Academy, 1050 Myrtle Street, East Palo Alto 94303
Spanish translation will be provided at all meetings. The demographer that created the maps will be present along with district staff and legal counsel to receive your input and answer questions.
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Community News
La Entrada Used Book Fair
Are you looking for extra book space on you and your child's bookshelf? At La Entrada Middle School in Menlo Park, we have the perfect opportunity for you. Start your Spring cleaning early, in the middle of fall!
La Entrada is collecting books for our Used Book Fair and bins will be located at La Entrada Middle School ( 2200 Sharon Rd, Menlo Park) and Las Lomitas Elementary School (299 Alameda de las Pulgas, Atherton) in front of both schools from Monday, October 10th through Friday, October 28th.
We are accepting books in all genres ranging from adults to children and everything in between. The books must be in good condition, and we welcome them in all languages! Please, no textbooks, workbooks, reference books or used coloring books.
The La Entrada Used Book Fair opens in the MUR (located directly across the La Entrada office) on November 7th through November 10th. Store hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
100% of the sales will go directly to the La Entrada PTA and a significant amount of books will be donated to the Ravenswood District, the Menlo Park library and other charities. This is an eco-friendly way to share books, and with most at prices ranging from $1 - $5, there will be something for everyone.
We appreciate your community support and look forward to seeing you at the La Entrada Used Book Fair!
Tribute Marks Five Years for Menlowe Ballet
Menlowe Ballet marks its five-year anniversary with TRIBUTE, a celebratory program featuring world premieres, a classical jewel, and the revival of a signature company work, November 3, 5 & 6 at Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton, CA. Performances take place Thursday, November 3 at 7:30pm, Saturday, November 5 at 2pm & 8pm, and Sunday, November 6 at 2pm. Tickets ranging from $30-$60 are available at www.menloweballet.org or by calling 800-595-4TIX (4849). Group tickets rates are available.
Freshmen Louise Hautefeuille, Milena Raeber, and Daniela Thorne are among the few Menlo Park Academy of Dance students invited to perform alongside the company members this season.
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From the Weekly Update Editors
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