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My First Formal 2024 - A Night in Neverland
Saturday, March 23, 6-8p
Woodinville High School Commons
19819 136th Ave NE, Woodinville, WA 98072
The WHS Class of 2025 is excited to host My First Formal this year!
The dance will take place on Saturday, March 23, from 6-8 p.m. It will be held at Woodinville High School in the Commons, and will have music, games, activities, food, face painting and dancing! This years theme is "A Night in Neverland" based off the story of Peter Pan. Join us for a night full of magic as we adventure on a journey through Neverland with pirates, fairies, lostboys, and more!
Suggested age for children: 5-12, but all kids will be welcome!
Save money by registering early through Wednesday, March 20!
- Please complete this Google Form and payment to pre-register for the event.
- Discounted ticket pricing is available through Wed., March 20th.
- Payment online or check made payable to WHS by mail must be received by March 20th.
Online Pre-Registration Ticket Prices:
- $25 for a adult/child pair
- $12 for any additional members of your party (Adult or Child)
- Ticket prices at the door are $15 per person (card, cash or check)
Proceeds support reducing the price of Prom and Senior Breakfast tickets for the Class of 2025!
Attire: We tend to see a variety of different outfits at this dance. In the past it has been mostly "nicer" attire often aligned with the theme of the dance, but whatever you and/or your child(s) feels comfortable with!
If you have any questions regarding this event, you can contact us through our email: myfirstformal@gmail.com and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
We look forward to a wonderful night!
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NHS Final Hours Submission
All final hours for National Honor Society members are due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday March 29th, 2024. Students will upload documentation of at least 30 service hours total to the assignment on the NHS Schoology page. 10 of your hours must be in-school hours and only 6 of the in-school hours can be from donations. All other donations are community service hours. Please remember to submit ALL service hours for the year, including a resubmission of the hours submitted as your first 5 hours.
Students who do not upload their final hours using the correct form and supporting documentation will not be able to participate in the induction ceremony or receive a pin, certificate, or cords. Attendance at the induction ceremony is required to receive your certificate, pins, and cords and will be held at WHS on May 30th, 2024.
If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Tanksley at ltanksley@nsd.org.
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Panorama Social Emotional Learning Survey, Tues, March 26, Activity Tuesday
WHS will be administering the spring Panorama Social Emotional Learning survey on Tuesday, March 26th to students during Activity Tuesday time. This is a district-wide survey that serves the purpose of hearing student perception and feedback on student well-being, safety and relationships, and school climate and culture. You can learn more about the survey here: Learn more about the survey and Social-Emotional Learning in Northshore. Please reach out to Assistant Principal Madeline Mason if you have any questions.
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Senior Class Meeting during Activity Tuesday, Tues, 3/26
Seniors! Mark your calendars. There will be a Senior Class Meeting during Activity Tuesday on Tuesday, March 26 to learn about graduation, the Senior Timeline, Grad Night, and preliminary information about the June 18 Commencement Ceremony!
Seniors will also make nominations for the Class of 2024 student-selected senior Commencement speaker during this meeting!
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Senior Class Timeline Now Available!
Seniors! The Senior Timeline is now available on the Class of 2024 webpage found under Activities or Counseling on the website homepage. Check it out and be informed about the events and requirements leading up to graduation and the Commencement Ceremony on June 18. Mark your calendars for the Senior Class Meeting that will take place during Activity Tuesday on March 26 in the Theater. GO Falcons!
https://woodinville.nsd.org/counseling/class-of-2024/senior-timeline
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Class of 2024: Jostens Commencement Announcement Order Distribution, Wed, 3/27, Commons, Both Lunches
Jostens will be at WHS on Wednesday, March 27 during both lunches in the Main Office Foyer to distribute Commencement announcements that were ordered by seniors and/or their parent/guardian in the fall. Please note fines and fees must be paid or cleared to pick up the items. Items not picked up March 27, will be available on Thursday, March 28 at the same location.
Questions? Contact Jostens at 360-653-9102 or by email at jostenspnw@jostens.com.
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Falcons! Are you interested in showcasing your musical abilities?
The WHS Graduation Committee is seeking seniors to sing the National Anthem at the Commencement Ceremony, as well as the Senior Awards Ceremony, or the Moving Up Assembly.
Additionally, are you a senior, junior, sophomore, or freshman interested in performing at the Moving Up Assembly? We are also looking for soloists or groups that would like to perform a song of their choice.
Auditions are Monday, April 22 at 3:30 p.m. in the Choir Room (409).
Learn more and students must register here by April 22 (the link is also on the WHS Class of 2024 website under Activities).
Questions?
Contact Ms. Thompson, Assistant Principal Taylor, or Mrs. Schwans (Main Office)!
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Counselor's Corner
Hey Falcons!
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Registration for 2023-24
This week, Counselors have begun the individual 1:1 meetings with current juniors. The purpose of these meetings is to confirm the students' course requests, check their grad status and align their transcript with their post-grad plan. Counselors will meet with sophomores the week of 3/18 and freshmen the week of 3/25.
Running Start
Current 10th and 11th grade students who are interested in Running Start, please start by reading through the WHS RS website at https://woodinville.nsd.org/counseling/running-start. We also ask that you read the RS webpage of the college you are planning to attend. The steps to register are clearly laid out. Students can ask questions during their 1:1 meeting or make an appt after 1:1's beginning Apri 1st.
Satellite & WANIC Classes
The Satellite deadline to sign up is March 25 and WANIC is April 15. Check out this link for more information: https://woodinville.nsd.org/counseling/satellite-and-wanic-course-information
Accessing your Counselor
During the 1:1 registration meetings, counselors will be slower to respond to emails and voicemails. Please be patient with us. If you have not heard back and have an urgent matter, reach out to Counseling Office Manager, Roberta Porter at 425-408-7418 to get a message to your counselor.
Seniors
As you are receiving and awaiting your college decisions, counselors are here to celebrate and process your mixed emotions (positive and negative)! You have all worked so hard to get to this point and we truly believe you will do great things!
Scholarship $$
Thinking about how to pay for college? If you have not already, please make sure to complete your FAFSA (https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa) and check out our Scholarship page: https://woodinville.nsd.org/counseling/college-information for local and national scholarship opportunities. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Tang in the College and Career Center.
WHS Counseling Team
Amy Strandy, Kat Lamb, Scott Churchill, Nate Hirsch, Sarah Brenner, My Tang
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Robotics Completes at First Competition of the Year!
Over the weekend of March 2nd-3rd the Woodinville High School Robotics Team competed at Glacier Peak High School for their first competition of the year. Over the weekend the team competed in 12 qualification matches and three playoff matches! Our drive team consisting of Elijah Yan, Tucker Taplett, and Dasha Arkipova played really well and started off the first day 5-1 ranking 9th out of 34 high schools. When playoffs started the team was on the 8th seed alliance with a team from The Big Picture School in Bellevue School District and another team from Bellevue High School! They would finish the bracket in 5th overall! Our team also performed well in their judging session earning them the "Rookie All-Star Award" as this is our first year competing in this robotics program. This award qualified them for District Championships in Portland Oregon where the top 60 teams in Oregon and Washington compete to earn a spot at the world championships in Houston Texas.The next event is at Sammamish High School on March 22nd and 23rd.
The following list of students worked to accomplish all of our goals over the weekend:
Krish Doshi - Captain/Programming Lead
Neha Modi - Captain/Project Manager
Elizabeth Stevenson - Safety Captain
Elijah Yan - Mechanical Lead/Driver
Cindy Liang - CAD Lead
Skylar Bogner - Fabrication Lead
Andrea Yandell - Business Lead
Joy Song - Graphics Design Lead
Davis Tonkin - Electrical Lead
Ethan Tonkin - Media Lead/Mascot
Aviel Wood - Scouting Lead/Programmer
Grey Kitzan - Spirit Lead
Dasha Arkipova - Engineer/Drive Team
Tucket Taplett - Engineer/Driver
Romi Bar-Caspi - Photographer
Andrew Wood - Programmer
Kevin Check - Programmer
Ava Veerapuram - Photographer
Kristhian Dimitrov - Engineer
Woojin Kim - Engineer/Singer
Ella Hulsebus - Documentation
Katelyn Faulhaber - Engineer
Nicholas Chang - Electrical
Taylor Fortiner - Engineer
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Women’s Basketball Finishes 4th in State!
The Lady Falcons claimed 4th place in the WIAA 4A State Tournament with their victory over Bothell High School on Saturday, March 2 at the Tacoma Dome by a score of 78-70! The team set state tournament records with 15 3’s in a game and 32 3’s in the tournament!
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State Speech and Debate News!
On Saturday, March 9th, Sabina Neubauer made WHS history by being our first ever state speech finalist! Sabina gave an informative speech at the state speech tournament titled, "Dancers and Eating Disorders." For this event, students are required to write a 10-minute speech (and it must include evidence for support) informing the audience about a topic, then they must memorize it, and create interactive visual posters to support their ideas. Sabina had to present her speech three times to various judging panels, and after the preliminary rounds, she was in 4th place. She moved on to the finals round and competed against some of the strongest speakers in the state, and she came in 7th place overall.
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State DECA Results!
4,500 students, advisors, and chaperones from across the state converged on Bellevue the first weekend of March to demonstrate their marketing skills and knowledge.
WHS qualified 30 students to the International DECA competition in Anaheim, CA! This is a great opportunity for our students to continue their pursuit to compete academically at the highest level. This places each student in the top 10% of marketing students from across the country. Ms Haney, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Dilling and Mr. Glenovich are very proud of this group and all of their DECA members. Please congratulate these students!
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UPCOMING EVENTS!
Ongoing: Fee Waiver Consent Form available for families who qualify for Free & Reduced Lunch
03/22-24: Jazz Spokane Trip (Mead High School Jazz Festival)
03/23: My First Formal, WHS Commons, 6-8p
03/26: Activity Tuesday - Activity Schedule # 10
03/26: Senior Class Meeting, ASB Executive Elections, & Panorama Social Emotional Learning Survey
03/26: Northlake Orchestra II Festival @ LWHS
03/27: SAT School Day Exam (for those that registered)
03/27: Class of 2024 Commencement Announcement Distribution
03/28: Northlake Band II Festival @ IHS
03/29: NHS Hours Due, 11:55p
04/01-05: National Library Week
04/04-08: FRC Robotics Week 6 Event Districts
04/05: 40-Min AM Acitivty Schedule
04/05: End of Third Quarter
04/08-12: Spring Break
04/09-10: Eid-al-Fitr - No Evening Events (Sundown 4/09 - Sundown 4/10)
04/15-19: National Student Leadership Week
04/15-19: Public School Volunteer Week
04/15-19: SBAC ELA Cat, PT (Make Ups 19th)
04/15-30: Senior Survey & Cover Art Submission Window (04/15-05/06)
04/22: Mid-Term Progress Reports Uploaded to StudentVUE/ParentVUE
04/22: National Anthem & Moving Up Auditions, Room 409, 3:30p
04/23: Activity Tuesday - Activity Schedule #10
04/23: StuCO Meeting, Senior Clas Meeting, Class Elections
04/24-27: FBLA State Conference, Spokane
04/25-27: Spring Play
04/26-05/01: DECA Internationals @ Anaheim, CA
04/29-05/03: Senior Survey & Scholarship Notification Week
04/29-05/03: Mental Health Week
05/18: Senior Prom, Seattle Aquarium, 8-11p
06/14: Class of 2024 Commencement Rehearsal, MANDATORY, 9-11am
06/18: Class of 2024 Commencement Ceremony, Pop Keeney, 1pm
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On Tuesday, March 19th there will be a meeting for Spanish-speaking families at WHS in the library from 6-7:30 PM. This is a chance to come together and support each other and our students. Families will have a chance to learn more about academic and social emotional support, clubs and sports, and volunteer opportunities for students.
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Women of Influence Card Making Event, Wed, March 20
Students are welcomed to join the Women of Influence on Wednesday, March 20 for a card making event. This event will be happening in the WHS Library from 2-3pm. Please bring $5 CASH ONLY at the door for materials to make the cards and snacks will be provided. Hope to see you there!
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ASVAB Career Exploration Program/Test - Wed, March 20, 2p
If you are still figuring out your future, trying to determine what your dream job may be or just looking to identify your strengths, you should seriously consider participating in the ASVAB Career Exploration Program. Before you are scared off by the word "ASVAB," please note that 83% of students who took the ASVAB in the past 5 years were NOT interested in joining the military. However, for those of you who ARE military-bound, the ASVAB can also be used as a Graduation Pathway to meet our state grad requirements, if needed.
We are currently planning to offer the ASVAB on campus at WHS on March 20, 2024 (it's a Wednesday) @ 2:00 PM. The test will be taken on your district laptop and takes about 45-90 minutes to complete (depending on how fast you go).
The ASVAB will assess your ability to learn new skills, take you through an interest inventory and then allow you to explore careers that coincide with your unique skills-interest profile. After testing, you will get your results and will be able to utilize multiple no-cost options for interpreting your scores and will be able to access several career planning tools. Also, you will be able to choose whether or not to have your scores released to recruiting services (including Military).
If you are interested in taking the ASVAB (it's free), please email Ms. Tang at mtang@nsd.org ASAP to sign-up.
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Cheer Tryouts 2024-2025
Tryouts for the 2024-2025 cheer squad will take place April 22-25th! Join us at our mandatory info meeting on Monday, March 18th at 6pm in room E202 at WHS to learn more.
Interested in trying out? Get a head start by registering in FinalForms under Coed Cheer Tryouts for Spring 2024. Register on the Woodinville Athletics Website by clicking on the FinalForms link.
Register for Athletics!
Questions? Email Coach Kayla Hoffman at khoffman1@nsd.org. Go Falcons!
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Spring Assessment Calendar: ELA & Math SBAC and Science WCAS State Testing & AP Exam Window
In the spring of the 2023-24 school year current 10th-grade students are scheduled to participate in Smarter Balanced ELA and math state testing as an avenue of fulfilling the state's ELA and math graduation pathway requirement. Additionally, any 11th-grade or 12th-grade students who have not yet fulfilled the state ELA and/or math graduation pathway requirement will have the opportunity to re-take the ELA and/or math Smarter Balanced test. Juniors will also participate in the state WCAS science exam for federal accountability purposes.
Students must be present on each designated testing day or will need to participate in a make-up session for the missed section of the exam.
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Students must bring their fully-charged district-device when participating in state testing, along with compatible earbuds/headsets. (Headsets will be provided for students who do not bring personal earbuds/headsets).
Testing for Woodinville High School students is administered during the student's typical English, math, or science class period.
SBAC and WCAS testing will take place within our routine 7-Period and Block Schedules, so the impact on other coursework should be at a minimum. ELA and math testing students will go directly to the library at the start of their English/Math class period for testing, as well as science testing students. Testing students in periods 5 and 6 will take A Lunch on their testing day.
When are the tests? Who takes which test?
ELA SBAC: 4/15 thru 4/18 (make ups 4/19)
- All sophomores, select juniors and seniors
- This exam will fulfill the state ELA graduation requirement
Math SBAC: 5/20 thru 5/23 (make ups 5/24)
- All sophomores, select juniors and seniors
- This exam will fulfill the state math graduation requirement
Science WCAS: 5/29 & 5/30
- All juniors
- This exam is for federal accountability
Please note that 9th-graders do not participate in spring state testing.
If an 11th- or 12th-grade student has already met standard in English Language Arts or Math, then the student not need to test again.
If you have a specific question at this time regarding State testing, please contact your student's counselor or Assessment Coordinator Mike Kelly at mkelly2@nsd.org
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SCHOLARSHIPS:
The Scholarship Foundation of Northshore offers scholarships for Northshore School District students ONLY. If your senior is planning to attend college next year, they should consider applying for these scholarships. Students complete one application and can be considered for multiple opportunities.
Scholarship Foundation of Northshore.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE March 15, 2024
Scholarships can also be found on the WHS website by scrolling down to Scholarships.
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FAFSA/WASFA Information
If your student is planning to pursue a certificate program, job training, apprenticeships, or college (2-year, 4-year, trade school, technical school etc.) after high school, they may qualify for financial aid! Even if you think your family may make too much, please plan to apply for financial aid through the FAFSA or WAFSA.
The FAFSA is currently in their "soft launch" phase. Do not panic if the site is down. This is a new process for everyone this year and colleges will have to accommodate this new timeline.
Remember, you can also apply for the WASFA account on the Washington Student Achievement Council website if you’re ineligible to use FAFSA (Take a questionnaire on the link to see if the WASFA is a good fit for you).
Remember to utilize all the resources here to help you fill out the FAFSA:
Please have your student reach out to your counselor if you have any questions! It is a confusing process but we can get through this together!
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The Falcon RBI Club wants you to join them for a shopping and styling event on 3/24. You can shop all day and or join us for sips and snacks from 4:30-6:30 PM. It will be a great time with friends and to grab that new outfit for spring, summer or an upcoming event like graduation, mothers day or Easter. Hope to see you all there and mention the Falcon RBI Club when shopping and 15% of your purchase will be donated to us.
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| Women of Influence Club is Seeking Donations
WOI is hoping to get some financial support for their 5th annual Women of Influence Leadership Conference in May. This conference will connect aspiring WHS students to influential female leaders. The conference will include a panel discussion of highly accomplished women in diverse occupations, followed by small round table discussions accompanied by a catered meal. The easiest way to sponsor is by giving a non-refundable monetary donation so they can cover the cost of the conference. Donations can be given here on the WOI WHS website! Thank you!
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2024-25 School Year Calendar Now Available
The 2024-25 school year calendar is available on the District website. Be sure to mark your calendar with important dates.
View the calendar.
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For more information regarding Grad Night please click here
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WHS Music Boosters General Information
Woodinville High School Music Boosters is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization comprised of volunteers fully committed to serving the music department and its students. Our volunteers assist with events and raising funds to support activities and supplies that are not provided by NSD.
Woodinville High School Music Boosters is a 501(c)3 non-profit comprised solely of volunteers. Our purpose is to raise funds to cover music-related activities, supplies and equipment that is not covered by the Northshore School District.
Want to Help?
- Come to one of our monthly meetings
- Sign up for our mailing list to receive news & updates by emailing: woodinvillemusicboosters@gmail.com
- Support us via tax deductible donations
- Donate via PayPal through the QR Code below:
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| Questions about student meals?
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Transportation 2023-24
Please click this LINK for bus information 2023-24. Bus stop information is now available.
Please click HERE for Daily Bus Passes and Activity Bus Passes routes and information!
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WHS E-News from the Principal
"One Falcon, One Family"
March 15, 2024
Volume 13, Issue 18
Office Hours
Monday – Friday 7:50 A.M. – 3:50 P.M.
Our Office Team is here to help you:
Denise Schwans, Office Manager, Ext. 7401
Kim Benedict, Main Office Secretary, Ext. 7403 (whsoffice@nsd.org)
Jenn Diaz, Student Info Specialist/Registrar, Ext. 7512
Julie Leong, Attendance Secretary, Ext. 7410 (whsattendance@nsd.org)
Roberta Porter, Counseling Office Manager, Ext. 7418
Nicki Kongkarat, Office Support, Ext. 7416
Rachel Nelson, ASB/Bookkeeping, Fine/Fee Payment, Ext. 7504 (whsasb@nsd.org)
Renae Hector, Athletics Secretary, Ext. 7491
The mission of Woodinville High School is to become a community of learners, providing a safe and encouraging environment for developing the mind, body, and spirit.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF WOODINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL!
GO Falcons!
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