PARENT CONFERENCES THIS WEEK HAVE BEEN POSTPONED. You are encouraged to contact teachers directly to discuss your student's progress. Your student's cycle 2 and semester 1 grades are finalized and can be viewed via Parent Portal.
NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY
We know many of you have recently been in desperate situations and we want to help coordinate a drive to take some of the burden of our Woodrow and JL Long families.
FAFSA/TAFSA DAY: We are partnering with DSAA, Dallas ISD Counseling Services, and ASP to provide English and Spanish help sessions for FAFSA/TAFSA. Senior parents and students are invited to attend a virtual session on February 24. Get more information and sign up online.
WOODROW WILSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP
THE 2021 APPLICATION FOR SCHOLARSHIPS MANAGED BY THE WOODROW WILSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS OPEN.
This year we have 31 individual scholarship awards totaling $49,250. The deadline for submissions is March 26. Students can get more information on the requirements and instructions and access the application by visiting the Woodrow Wilson Community Foundation website.
SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR RISING JUNIORS AND SENIORS
THE DALLAS WORKS MAYOR'S SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS.Visit the Dallas Works website for additional information on eligibility and application deadlines.
WE HAVE RECEIVED AN EXTENSION TO MAKE UP THE MAPs TEST. If your student did not complete the reading or math test, make ups will be held on Wednesday, February 24. Students will log in virtually to complete the test. Get additional instructions and the log-in link. If you have additional questions, email Mrs. McLaughlin.
YEARBOOK PHOTOS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 IS THE LAST DAY FOR YEARBOOK PICTURES. Visit the Woodrow Yearbook website for additional information and to sign up.
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
WOODROW FAMILIES: WE HOPE EVERYONE IS SAFE AND WARM. While many of you are resuming normalcy, we are working through some building issues affecting heat and water. Please visit the Woodrow PTA website for important information about upcoming events and deadlines.
WOODROW FUN FACT
Woodrow has a rich theater tradition beginning in 1929 with the production of Daniel Steele’s, Giants’ Stairs. In 1957, the department produced the first Woodrow Broadway musical, Oklahoma!, and the Woodrow Wilson show choir, Variations, initially beginning in honor of the school’s 50th anniversary, continues to garner awards and accolades to this day.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Marca Lee Bircher is Woodrow Wilson High School’s long-time, award-winning choir director and school musicals producer/director whose outstanding choral and theater arts programs brought great acclaim to the school. Her choir students consistently won the highest awards in regional and state competitions. In 1979, she founded a show choir class, establishing a performing ensemble, The Variations, which appeared in venues across the city, state and nation. Throughout the years, she also directed students in 28 full-scale Broadway musical productions enjoyed by patrons from near and far. Retired from teaching in 2003, Governor Rick Perry awarded Marca Lee Bircher the state’s most prestigious Texas Medal of Arts Award.
