WT WOODSON PTSA

SIGN UP now to help with the Cav Cruise in June
The Cavalier Cruise is the all night alcohol free graduation party held the night of graduation, Thursday, June 12, 2008 from 11:00 PM - 5:00 AM the next morning at Oak Marr Recreation Center. [more information]

This may seem early to you but the committee chairs really need to know who will be helping.
This is a great opportunity to for Senior parents to celebrate with your students. There is so much going on at the Cruise that parents are able to help without crowding their graduate. Please lend a hand to make this party a reality and a huge success.

To raise money for Woodson, the PTSA is starting a “buy a brick” campaign. There will be a brick plaza built in between the auditorium and the front office entrance that will be landscaped with small trees, planters, and a sculpture/centerpiece. The bricks will each be individually engraved. This project will not start until after the Renovation is completely finished, in the Summer of 2010, but we are starting now to raise the money.

The bricks will be sold individually for $100 each, and will include up to three lines of engraving. If you have a student graduating this year, what a great present a brick could be!

Click here to access the purchase form!

PTSA SUPPORTS FAIRGRADE'S MISSION

The Woodson PTSA unanimously voted and approved the following motion:

“Woodson PTSA strongly endorses the efforts of FAIRGRADE, and urges the FCPS School Board to revise the existing FCPS grading scale to be more in line with other nationally recognized public high schools, including but not limited to returning to a 10 point grading scale, and to address its weighting policies for Honors and AP courses as well. In addition, to avoid having another class of eligible college applicants be penalized, Woodson urges that the Board vote to make this change as soon as possible, to be implemented in the Fall of 2009, and to make such change retroactive to ensure that all existing students will have a report card that reflects the revised grading system.”

ELECTION OF OFFICERS:

Elections were held at the May 13 PTSA meeting, and the following officers were elected:

PTSA EXECUTIVE OFFICERS FOR
2008-2009 SCHOOL YEAR

President	Catherine Potter	703-385-5088	clpotter@cox.net
Vice President	Ed Hackett	703-978-4480	e_hackett@verizon.net
Treasurer	Sandy Barron	703-426-5320	CEBarron@aol.com
Recording Sec.	Vicki Chamlee	703-426-0185	VChamlee@verizon.net
Corresp. Sec.	Susan Crawford	703-764-2719	spcrawford@hotmail.com

PTSA Needs Volunteers
The WTW PTSA provides refreshments for various school events, puts on the Cavalier Cruise graduation party, presents programs on the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse, publishes the student directory, WEMail and this newsletter, raises funds for teacher and student programs (via the Fall Craft Fair and Spring fundraising letter), organizes volunteers, provides parent feedback for the renovation of the school, and takes on several other tasks that support our students. We need volunteers to chair committees for the next school year. Some committees continue throughout the school year, and others are active for a particular event. Your help is needed. We can't serve the school or our students without your help. If you are interested, please send in the volunteer form (found on this website under the Forms tab) or contact Annie Schwartz, Volunteer Coordinator

PayPal coming in 2008/2009 school year!

Please check back frequently, PayPal will be up and running so that the PTSA can accept online forms and payments.