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August/September 2017 Woodside High School Newsletter www.woodsidehs.org August-October Events Construction is Finished and WHS is For a full listing of Woodside High events, visit the website at Back in Business! www.woodsidehs.org/-calendar/. From Principal Friday, Aug. 4 Dear WHS families: Fall sports practices begin Diane Burbank Welcome back! WHS has been mostly closed for Wednesday, Aug. 9 the summer, due to construction, but we are Athletic Kick-Off Event reopening with a beautiful facilities: 5:30 pm, Quad and New 10-classroom, two-story J wing will house chemistry, engineering, and five other classrooms Freshmen Parent Evening 7:30 pm, PAC Renovation of confidential Friday, August 11 counseling office, school kitchen in Music Dept. Picnic the MUR, and culinary classrooms 1 pm New gym floor refinished Saturday, Aug. 12 Freshman Arena Check-In New water lines in all of upper Location: New Gym campus 9 am to Noon New heating system in B wing Student ID & Yearbook photos will be taken As you are enjoying your last summer days, click on the website link for the Tuesday, Aug. 15 required summer reading for every single student known as Arena Check-In: the BIG READ. Because WHS draws from 20 different Location: H-Wing/New Gym middle schools, belonging is a primary focus every school 12th Grade: 9 am - 11 am year. To build belonging, we start with summer reading. And (by last name: 9-9:30 A-D) because student choice is a focus, too, students choose their (9:30-10 E-K) reading with some guidelines: (10-10:30 L-Q) (10:30-11 R-Z) 1) 150 page minimum 11th Grade: 11 am - 1 pm 2) book can be reading required for an AS or AP class (by last name: 11-11:30 A-D) (11:30-12 E-K) 3) non-fiction or fiction (12-12:30 L-Q) (12:30-1 R-Z) 4) choose one of two projects to complete about the reading. 10 Grade: 4 pm - 6 pm (by last name: 4-4:30 A-D) WHS has a cart in the lobby entrance of free cool titles to choose. Come pick one (4:30-5 E-K) out! And you can always choose your own from the library or your own (5-5:30 L-Q) bookshelves. The BIG READ is due on Mon, August 28, during SSR. (5:30-6 R-Z) I look forward to meeting new Wildcats on Student ID & Yearbook photos will Wednesday, August 9, at the athletic kickoff and be taken Adentro encontrara the new-to-WHS parent night. I look forward to traducción al español Wednesday, Aug. 16 seeing all Wildcats at the all-important arena las noticias de la First Day of School (Periods 0-7) check-in in August (your students gets their 8 am schedules!) and later at Back-to-School Night on administración de WHS Friday, Aug. 18 Thursday, August 31; you meet your student’s Athletic Registration Deadline for teachers! Go WILDCATS! Fall Sports Diane Burbank, Principal (Continued on page 2) Communicat is published as a courtesy of the Woodside High School Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) (Continued from page 1) La Construcción está Terminada y Saturday, Aug. 19 Common Application Boot Camp WHS está Renovada! Seniors only 9 am-1 pm Estimadas familias de WHS: Tuesday, Aug. 22 From Principal Bienvenidas! WHS ha sido en su mayoría WHS Foundation Mtg. Diane Burbank 7 pm, MUR Conf. Rm. cerrada durante el verano, debido a la Wednesday, Aug. 23 construcción, pero estamos reabriendo con Athletic Boosters Mtg. unas instalaciones hermosas: 7 pm, MUR Conf. Rm. 10 salones nuevos, el Ala J de dos pisos será para clases de Saturday, Aug. 26 química, ingeniería y cinco salones más. UC/CSU Boot Camp Seniors Only Renovación de la oficina de 9 am consejería confidencial, la and cocina de la escuela en la SAT Reasoning & Subject Tests cafetería (MUR), y los Monday, Aug. 28 salones de artes culinarias PTSA Mtg. 6:30 pm, MUR Barnizado del piso del gimnasio nuevo and Tuberías nuevas de agua en la parte alta de la escuela The Big Read Sistema de calefacción Nuevo en el Ala B Tuesday, Aug. 29 WHS Foundation Auction Mtg. Mientras ustedes están disfrutando los últimos días del 7 pm, Wildcat Rm. verano, hagan clic en el enlace para la lectura de verano Thursday, Aug. 31 requerida a cada estudiante conocida como el BIG Back-to-School Night READ. Porque WHS se forma con 20 escuelas medias 6:30 pm Social in the Quad 7 pm Classes begin diferentes, pertenencia es el enfoque primordial cada año escolar. Para construir la pertenencia, empezamos Friday, Sept. 1 con la lectura de verano. Y porque la elección del estudiante es un enfoque Minimum Day también, los estudiantes escogen su lectura con algunas directrices: Monday, Sept. 4 Labor Day, No School 1) 150 páginas mínimo Tuesday, Sept. 5 2) El libro puede una lectura requerida para una clase AS o AP PTSA Committee Meetings 7 pm, MUR Conf. Rm. 3) no-ficción o ficción Wednesday, Sept. 6 4) Escoge uno de los dos proyectos para completar la lectura. Mandatory Music Dept. Parent Mtg. 7 pm WHS tiene una carreta con buenos títulos gratis para escoger en la entrada and del lobby. Ven y llévate uno! Y siempre puedes escoger los tuyos propios Fall Play Auditions de la biblioteca o tus propios libreros. La fecha límite para el BIG READ es 3:10 pm - 5 pm el lunes, 28 de agosto, durante la Lectura en Silencio (SSR). Friday, Sept. 8 California Scholarship Federation Espero reunirme con los nuevos Gatos Salvajes (Wildcats) el miércoles, 9 applications due to Ms. Matavulj de agosto, en el evento deportivo de saque inicial (athletic kickoff) y de Rm .D-9. nuevo en la noche de padres de WHS . Espero con interés ver a todos los Saturday, Sept 9 gatos salvajes en todo el Proceso importante de Inscripción en agosto (sus ACT Test estudiantes reciben sus horarios!) y más tarde en la Noche de Regreso a la Monday, Sept. 11 Escuela el jueves, 31 de agosto; Usted se reúne con los maestros de su Teacher Professional Development Day estudiante! Vamos Gatos Salvajes! (Go WILDCATS!) No School (Continued on page 14) La directora, Diane Burbank 2 August/September 2017 Communicat MASTER SCHEDULE INFORMATION AND WELCOME NEW STAFF MEMBERS Welcome back Wildcats! I am looking forward to another school year filled with your From Instructional successful and productive endeavors. As IVP, my primary responsibilities include oversight of the Academic Core-Programs, Curriculum Development and Alignment, Standardized Vice Principal Testing, Guidance Department, Professional Development, Department Chairs, Hiring Staff Diane Mazzei Members and the Title I Program. Woodside High School Continues to Foster the “8 Conditions of Student Success” We believe every student wants to be successful, and WHS is committed to helping students identify their goals and supporting students to reach their goals. LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY: Making your own decisions and accepting responsibility for those choices Have you completed the Required Online Information Update? If not, please do so before Wednesday, August 9, 2017. The District will continue to use Infinite Campus (IC) Mandatory Online Information Update process to verify important information for your student(s) school records. To complete your required Online Update Information, go to woodsidehs.org under quick links and click on Online Information Update. If you have any questions please call Mrs. Medina 367-9750 ext. 40097 or email [email protected]. MASTER SCHEDULE INFORMATION: Students will receive their 2017-18 class schedule when they successfully complete Arena Check-in, which will be held in the new gym. Please note: A counselor will be on duty during Arena check in to assist your student with schedule errors ONLY! Please note: Special care and consideration has been given to class sizes and balance; please understand that students will be required to remain in the courses that they have selected previously in order to preserve ideal learning environments. We will not honor any requests to alter schedules based on period/time, teacher, or class/level preferences. The only changes that will be granted are those created by scheduling errors. We are no longer accepting requests to change courses. Important dates: Last day to add a class: Monday, 9/13/2017 Last day to drop a class w/o penalty: Wednesday, 9/27/2017 Last day to drop a class: Friday, 11/21/2017 CONFIDENCE TO TAKE ACTION: Setting goals and taking the steps to reach them It is very important that you keep in contact with your student’s teachers. You may contact a teacher by email or by leaving a voice mail message any time you have a concern or question about a course or your student’s progress. Please contact the teacher first, before calling a guidance counselor or administrator. All students should be putting in a minimum of one to two hours of quiet study every evening. Help your student organize a time and place for consistent study periods. HEROES: Having someone who believes in you and who is there when you need them (Continued on page 4) August/September 2017 Communicat 3 (Continued from page 3) We are proud to introduce you to our new faculty members for the 2017-2018 school year: Guidance Department Thornton, Elijah Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA., Masters of Arts, Educational and Clinical Counseling. Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR, Bachelor of Science in Communications. Counseling Experience: Counselor at Adelanto High School in Adelanto, CA for the past two years. English Department Filerman, Jordan University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI., Master of Science in English and Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.