Please join us on Tuesday, March 9, at 7:00 p.m. in the Library.

Please join us for an evening of dialogue with a panel of Woodson seniors to discuss drugs, alcohol abuse, parties, the internet and communication with parents. This year’s panel will be moderated by Denise Raybon, Countywide Prevention Specialist and coordinator of the Youth Survey. You will find the evening very informative from the perspective of a teenager.

For more information, please contact Jennifer Lewis-Cooper at jalcooper@aol.com or 703-966-8304 or Cheryl King at happy2behome@aol.com.

Cavalier Cruise is W.T. Woodson's 2010 all night drug- and alcohol-free graduation celebration!

Such an undertaking as the Cruise requires a full year of planning and lots of support from our local community. The WTW Spring Flower sale is a critical fundraiser to help meet the Cruise costs.

Please show your support for the Cavalier Cruise by purchasing flowers from Woodson! Order forms are available in the main office, or right here.

Deadline for ordering is April 9; plant pick up will take place on April 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Woodson Kiss and Ride parking drop off area located behind the school.

Questions? Please contact Kathy Snead at 703-591-1197 or sneads@earthlink.net.

The Woodson PTSO provides refreshments for various school events, run the the Cavalier Cruise (an all-night graduation party), presents programs on the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse, publishes the student directory, WEMail and this website, raises funds for teacher and student programs, organizes volunteers, provides parent feedback, and volunteers for innumerable other tasks that support our school. We always need more volunteers! 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, so please contact Phyllis Payne, Volunteer Coordinator.

We're already planning for next year. Lots of important things to do! Please see our informational flyer.
Thank You!

The new reading for fun program through the English Department has really taken off, and we need your help.

While we are pleased so many students are enjoying a chance to read a book of their choosing, so much interest has depleted our classroom libraries. If you are doing some spring cleaning and decide it’s time to part with your gently used books, please send them to us! Any book that is in good condition and appropriate for high school readers would be much appreciated. We are hoping for a large number of fiction books, but age appropriate non-fiction is also welcome.

Simply have your student bring the books to his or her English teacher, and we will add those volumes to our shelves. Thanks for your support!

While you're here, please join the PTSO. It's $15.00 per adult and $5.00 per student, and you have the option of paying online with PayPal!

You already know about the ways and programs by which the Woodson PTSO supports Woodson's students and teachers and staff. Your membership helps us pay for all these activities.

Please join now! Click the blue "Join" box on the left, or just click here!

Whether or not you've joined the PTSO, you are welcome to add one or more email addresses to the PTSO email-distribution list. This list is different from the WEmail list. WEmails come through FCPS channels; PTSO emails come directly from the PTSO.

Go to our Add Email page, and add as many addresses as you like.

Do you have a student with special needs, who has an IEP, or receives 504-plan accommodations? The Woodson Special Education Committee can help answer questions and find resources. Click here for a flyer about our activities.

You may also want to consider joining our Special Education group on Yahoo. The group's open to everyone in the Woodson pyramid who is interested in special education issues. It's goal is to provide resources, information, and support and promote a positive home-school partnership. To join the group, just click here!

We've still got a few copies of the 2009 - 2010 Student Directory, and you're still welcome to by one ... or more! They're $5.00 each and are located in the main office, in a basket on the counter between Mrs. De Frees and Mr. Mitzel's desks. For each copy you'd like, please deposit exactly $5.00 into the envelope. Make checks payable to the Woodson PTSO.

For further information, please contact us at Directory@WoodsonPTSO.org.

The Woodson Community Coalition is in place to proactively support our parents and students regarding alcohol and drug abuse on our campus and in our community. We are one of many parent-led Community Coalitions who are active throughout Fairfax County schools. We are committed to offering educational seminars and other helpful information to our parents and students on the critical issue of alcohol and drug abuse.

The consequences for not engaging proactively on this topic are serious. So please, click here to read more on this important topic, and understand the purpose of the Woodson High School Safe and Drug Free Parent Pledge.

A brick plaza is being installed between the auditorium and the front office entrance. It will be landscaped with small trees, planters, and a benches. The bricks will each be individually engraved.

Bricks are being sold individually for $100 each, and include up to three lines of engraving. If you have a student graduating this year -- or even if you don't -- what a great present a brick could be!

Click here for the purchase form!