Woodrow - Academics - Arts - etc.

[Lakewooder]

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By lakewooder (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/lakewooder) at 2008-04-02

Hammers Ring in "The Sound of Music" - story plus photos:

http://lakewood-now.net/view/article/2727

[Lakewooder]

Woodrow Wilson High parents want more families to choose Dallas ISD

Push for private school families to think public moves to earlier grades


11:42 PM CDT on Friday, April 4, 2008

By KENT FISCHER / The Dallas Morning News
kfischer@dallasnews.com

The "Choose Woodrow" signs began sprouting on lawns in the neighborhoods near Woodrow Wilson High School in Old East Dallas late this winter. About the same time, "Choose Public" placards began popping up around Hillcrest and W.T. White high schools.

In February, parents from the Junius Heights, Swiss Avenue and Munger Place historical districts appealed to Dallas school trustees to expand their neighborhood elementary school through grade 5, which they said was critical to the revitalization of their slice of the city.

While low-key and isolated, recent efforts by middle- and upper-middle-income parents show a burst of advocacy for the Dallas Independent School District in neighborhoods where many families have long sent children to private schools.

"We want to develop community support for the Woodrow feeder pattern," said Woodrow Wilson High parent Susan Schuerger. "If more people like us chose public schools, the schools would be stronger and the district would be stronger."

Campaigns not new
The district and some parent groups have led campaigns to keep affluent families in DISD for years. Other examples include recruitment efforts at Preston Hollow Elementary and the district's highly regarded magnet schools, which were created to appeal to those who had the means to leave the district.

The most recent parent-led efforts, though, appear to be grass-roots efforts. They come as the district is struggling to raise standards and shake off a reputation of dysfunction and mediocrity.

The Choose Woodrow campaign, with its smart red and white yard signs, appears to be the most visible of the recent campaigns, but whether it can help increase the number of white students remains to be seen.

But in many ways, that's not the point, said Woodrow parent Bobbi Willhite, who thought up the Choose Woodrow yard sign campaign while planning the PTA's open house.

"When we chose Woodrow, it was important to us that other parents are behind the school," Mrs. Willhite said. "We want kids who start at Lee or Lakewood [elementaries] to stay in this neighborhood. We don't want them to leave for a private school."

More: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/040508dnmetwoodrow.3a5ff09.html

[lpepping]

I was wondering what all those signs were about. Anyone think it will work? If so, to what degree?

[Lakewooder]

Advocate publisher Rick Wamre's thoughts:

http://backtalkeastdallas.typepad.com/back_talk/2008/04/woodrows-big-re.html

[KBilly]

Rod Dreher is self-righteously raging against the machine again, as only he can. This time it's Woodrow getting his panties in a knot.

'Choose Woodrow,' if you're white
"Choose Woodrow"? Sure, if you like, and more power to you. But let's not kid ourselves about what the campaign to persuade East Dallas parents to put their kids in DISD's Woodrow Wilson High School is really saying. And that is: "Come on in, white people, it's really OK."

DMN link (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/columnists/rdreher/stories/DN-dreher_13edi.ART.State.Edition1.464a0d9.html)

[Lakewooder]

Well we have been after Rod in Junius Heights to see the light about our schools. Seems he just wants to bite. I don't think he's ever darkened the door of a public school around here so I wouldn't pay too much attention to his biased observations.

Here are a couple of parents who disagree:

http://backtalkeastdallas.typepad.com/back_talk/2008/04/my-problems-wit.html?cid=110612200#comment-110612200

http://backtalkeastdallas.typepad.com/back_talk/2008/04/the-dmns-rod-dr.html

[Lakewooder]

Schutze vs. Dreher:

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2008/04/why_rod_dreher_really_isnt_wil.php

[Lakewooder]

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By lakewooder (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/lakewooder) at 2008-05-07

Photo by Kate Mackley
Erin Hendricks, Yichuan Lu, Elsa Olvera, Taly Haffar, and, front, Woodrow ESL instructor Marjorie Shaw

Woodrow Awards Ipiña Scholarship
Posted May 7, 2008, 3:00 a.m.by Liz Mackinnon

http://www.lakewood-now.net/view/article/3084

[Lakewooder]

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Macy Crabb, third-generation Wildcat "firm and undaunted, loyal and true".

Graduation story and many pictures:

http://www.lakewood-now.net/view/article/3339

[Lakewooder]

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Woodrow will be 80 years old in September. The celebration will be in the spring.

[Lakewooder]

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6448/2009seniorsjuniorsai0.jpg

http://www.lakewood-now.net/view/article/4153

Woodrow Juniors, Seniors help guide Freshmen

The first day of high school for a freshman is a major milestone, and for some it can feel like a major stumbling block. Figuring out what to wear, what to take, where to go, and all those other questions can seem overwhelming.

Fortunately, Woodrow Wilson High School has started a program this year that will help freshmen through the first days of school and their entire first year.

Kick-Off Mentoring is a program that matches freshmen with upper classmen who have volunteered to be mentors. About 70 juniors and seniors spent a day in mentoring training last spring. On Aug. 14, they met their freshman protégés for the first time during an orientation session at Woodrow.

The half-day orientation included ice-breaker games, question-and-answer sessions, and even dance moves. On the first day of school, Aug. 25, mentors will wear distinctive T-shirts as they connect with their protégés, including the ones who did not attend the orientation.

Each mentor will be assigned a small group of freshmen and they will be encouraged to connect with their protégés at least once a week. In addition, the school is working on plans for large-group events each month throughout the school year.

The program was originated by Lee Lonzo, an educator and administrator from Indiana. It has been implemented successfully in school districts throughout the Midwest. Here in Texas, Colleyville Heritage High School, which has conducted the program for four years, reports they dramatically reduced the failure rate and increased the attendance rate among freshmen.

The overall objective of the program is to help freshmen through the unique challenges of high school, setting them up for success and - most importantly - graduation.

The administrator for the mentoring program at Woodrow is Sue Kile. Other teachers and administrators working closely with the program include Keith Black, Bob Irby, Meshell Pope, Tony Whitehead, and Misty Wilson. Several other teachers will also be involved with Kick-Off Mentoring as freshman advisors.

The student mentors are led by a steering committee of seven students: Jose Delgado, Sarah Delph, Elida Esparza, Gary Hynds, Eric Reyes, Bryce Romney, and Jonathan Sharpless.

The program's rallying cry for the mentors is "Failure is not an option for my freshmen!"

With that attitude and the support of the Kick-Off Mentoring program, the Woodrow Class of 2012 will take a flying leap over any stumbling blocks.

Emily Martin is the president of the Woodrow Wilson High School PTA.

[Lakewooder]

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Woodrow Fall Play to Explore Atomic Bomb
Posted October 2, 2008, 2:00 p.m. Staff Report

http://www.lakewood-now.net/view/article/4865

The Woodrow Wilson High School drama department brings "Radiance of a Thousand Suns" to the auditorium stage as this year's fall play. The play follows three stories to emerge from the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima toward the end of World War II.

The curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10-11 and 13, and tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for students.

Theater teacher John Beaird brings a personal perspective to the production. He participated last summer in the Japan Fulbright Memorial program, which helped rebuild Japan after the war.

The play, written by Anne McGravie in 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the bombing, focuses on the lifework of an American physicist, from graduate school, to work with Dr. Robert Oppenheimer on the Manhattan Project, through his post-war visit to Hiroshima to see the devastating effects of his work; a childhood friendship between Scottish and Japanese pen-pals who, as women, unite long after the war; and a Japanese Methodist minister who devotes his life to helping Hiroshima survivors, Hibakusha, who were outcasts in their own society.

The play is rated PG-13 because of graphic descriptions of personal injuries and the destruction of Hiroshima.

[Lakewooder]

Homecoming Parade and Pep Rally

Wednesday October 22, 2008

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9581/sweetheartsinfrontofwoobw8.jpg

Parade - line up at school at 5:30 pm - parade begins at 6 pm

Pep Rally follows - then hamburgers will be served by class of 2011 - $5.00 donation

[Lakewooder]

Newsweek Top Schools in America

* top 5 percent of public schools

Below are listed the 36 Metroplex schools.

RANK SCHOOL LOCATION
2 Talented and Gifted Dallas
4 Science/Engineering Magnet Dallas
15 Highland Park Dallas
18 North Hills Prep Irving
53 Diamond Hill-Jarvis Fort Worth
88 Paschal Fort Worth
94 Colleyville Heritage Colleyville
127 White Dallas
179 Grapevine Grapevine
217 Plano West Plano
295 Lawrence D Bell Hurst
298 Garland Garland
432 Coppell Coppell
463 Plano Plano
478 J.J. Pearce Richardson
518 WOODROW WILSON Dallas
537 Hillcrest Dallas
541 Trinity Euless
622 Turner Carrolton
627 McKinney McKinney
675 Newman Smith Carrolton
679 Richardson Richardson
702 Plano East Plano
749 McKinney North McKinney
758 Flower Mound Flower Mound
835 Creekview Carrolton
944 Allen Allen
976 Berkner Richardson
991 The Colony The Colony
1033 Denison Denison
1040 Sherman Sherman
1044 Lake Highlands Dallas
1211 Naaman Forest Garland
1260 Centennial Frisco

[Mballar]

i always feel dirty reading this thread
lol

Thanks for the updates Lakewooder.

[AeroD]

127 White Dallas


Eat that T.J.

*Sidenote: I would have graduated from White. Instead, I graduated from 900-something ranked Allen High School.

[Lakewooder]

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/02/before_chesley_sullenberger_th.php

Before Chesley Sullenberger, There Was Woodrow Wilson High School Grad Al Haynes
By Robert Wilonsky in News You Can Actually Use, ActuallyFriday, Feb. 6 2009 @ 12:02PM


A Friend of Unfair Park mighty proud of his Woodrow Wilson High School roots sends word that last night's Nightline featured two Texas-born aviation heroes: Denison's Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, but of course, and Dallas native and Woodrow grad Al Haynes. Haynes is an "aviation legend" who was among those whose heroics helped limit the loss of life aboard United Airlines Flight 232, which broke up during an emergency landing at Sioux City Airport in 1989. Indeed, as the ABC piece reminds, Haynes was portrayed by none other than Charlton Heston in the 1992 made-for-TV movie A Thousand Heroes. Haynes and Sullenberger have spoken since the latter became "The Hero Of Flight 1549."

Nightline link: http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6817259

[Lakewooder]

The Woodrow Wilson High School Hall of Fame was established on the occasion of the school’s 60th anniversary in 1989. A representative of each decade of Woodrow’s existence, plus longtime faculty members and PTA volunteers gathered together to nominate and select the first 17 alumni to be inducted. Since 1999, inductions have taken place every five years, coinciding with school anniversaries. Hall of Fame members now also contribute nominations. We invite you to review a list of our honored alumni and a brief description of their numerous achievements.

A new class of 20 inductees will be honored at the school's 80th anniversary to be held on Saturday, April 25th 2009

1989 INDUCTEES
Ruth Collins Altshuler Sharp
Class of 1940 – SMU Board of Trustees and Governors from 1968 to 1987, Civic Leader
Dr. Floyd Bloom
Class of 1954 – Neuroscience, Medicine, Author
Tim Brown
Class of 1984 – Heisman Trophy Winner 1987 Notre Dame, NFL Los Angeles Raiders,
NFL Rookie of the Year 1988
Dr. Charles Max Cole
Class of 1932 – President, Dallas County Medical Society, Chief of Surgery, Presbyterian Hospital, Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
Jim Collins
Class of 1932 – United States Congressman serving eight terms
Trammell Crow
Class of 1932 – Founder and Chairman of the Trammell Crow Company, largest and most successful real estate development company in the U.S.
Jack Evans
Class of 1940 – Chairman, President and CEO of Cullum Companies, Inc., parent company of Tom Thumb Supermarkets
Ralph Guldahl
Class of 1930 – Golf Pro, winner of the 1939 Masters, winner of the U.S. Open in 1937 and 1938
Jim Mattox
Class of 1961 – U.S. Congressman, Attorney General of Texas
Geraldine Erwin Miller
Class of 1952 – Texas State Board of Education
M.T. “Buddy” Minyard
Class of 1930 – Founder and Chairman, Minyard Food Stores
David “Davey” O’Brien
Class of 1935 – Heisman Trophy Winner 1938 TCU
Thomas R. Phillips
Class of 1968 – Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court

Wallace Savage
Class of 1929 – Mayor of Dallas 1949-1951, County and State Democratic Party Chairman 1952-1954
Carroll Shelby
Class of 1940 – National Champion professional race car driver, car builder, creator, Shelby Mustang and Shelby Cobra
Dr. Tom Shires
Class of 1942 – Chairman, Department of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief, New York Hospital Medical Center, Dean, Cornell University Medical College
Rowland Wolfe
Class of 1934 – Olympic Gold Medalist in Tumbling, 1932 Los Angeles Olympics

1990 INDUCTEES
Richard Berezden
Class of 1956 – President, American University Washington, D.C.
Walter Evans
Class of 1948 – Channel 4 Television
Al Haynes
Class of 1948 – Pilot, United Airlines
Jerry Haynes
Class of 1944 – Channel 8 Television, creator, “Mr. Peppermint”
Samuel Robert Johnson
Class of 1947 – Texas State Representative, Dallas/Collin County
William Kieschnick, Jr.
Class of 1940 – Former CEO, Atlantic Richfield Co.
Malcolm Kutner
Class of 1938 – All-American, UT Football, NCAA Football Hall of Fame, NFL, NFL Most Valuable Player 1948, Vice-President, C&K Petroleum
Alton Lister
Class of 1976 – Professional Basketball Player, NBA, Golden State Warriors
Dr. Percy Lueke, Jr.
Class of 1943 – Medical Doctor, Former Member, DISD School Board
William C. McCord
Class of 1945 – Chairman, Enserch Corporation
Nancy Armour Neeld
Class of 1948 – Tennis Professional
William H. Seay
Class of 1936 – Former CEO, Southwestern Life Insurance Co.
Charles W. Tessmer
Class of 1938 – Attorney at Law
Joel T. Williams
Class of 1938 – Former Senior Chairman, Bright Banc

1999 INDUCTEES
Billy Andrews
Class of 1941 – Founder and CEO, Rooster Andrews Sporting Goods, Inc.
Sam Blair
Class of 1950 – Writer and Sports Columnist, Dallas Morning News
Stephen Cargile
Class of 1982 – Artist, Walt Disney Studios, Art Director, Euro Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland
Al Carrell
Class of 1943 – Columnist, Radio and Television’s “Super Handyman”
Pat Evans
Class of 1947 – Sports Medicine specialist, Team Physician for Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks, Founder and Medical Director, Justin Sports Medicine Program for Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Bill Forester
Class of 1949 – All-American, SMU Football, NFL, Captain, Green Bay Packers Championship Teams of 1961, 1962
Hershel Forester
Class of 1948 – SMU Football, NFL, Captain, Cleveland Browns Championship Teams of 1954, 1955
Lou Freeman
Class of 1970 – Chief Pilot, Southwest Airlines Pilot Crew Base, Chicago Midway
Kenyon Hiser
Class of 1976 – U.S. Navy Commander, Destroyer USS Paul Hamilton
Bradley Sue LaFon Howell
Class of 1951 – Woodrow Wilson High School Librarian (1981-2006), Founder, Woodrow Wilson High School Archives, responsible for school designation as City and State Historical Landmark
Georgia Ann Carroll Kyser
Class of 1937 – Top John Robert Powers Fashion Model, Warner Bros. Contract Player, USO Entertainer, Wife of bandleader Kay Kyser, Model for “Spirit of the Centennial” statue at Fair Park (now Women’s Museum)
Lawrence Marcus
Class of 1934 – Neiman-Marcus, U.S. Army Captain of victorious WWII 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion in El Guettar battle against German forces
Dodd Miller
Class of 1957 – Chief of Dallas Fire Department 1976-2000
Ken Morris
Class of 1968 – Co-Founder, PeopleSoft, Inc. California
Boone Powell, Jr.
Class of 1955 – President and CEO, Baylor Health Care System, Baylor University Medical Center
Kyle Rains
Class of 1976 – Co-Founder, Woodrow Wilson High School Alumni Association, Woodrow Wilson High School Historian
Marvin Runyon
Class of 1942 – Postmaster General of the United States
Joe Sholden
Class of 1976 – Merrill Lynch Financial
John Sholden
Class of 1979 – Dallas County Justice of the Peace
Ken Woodfin
Class of 1940 – Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired)

2004 INDUCTEES
Michelle Bobadilla
Class of 1973 – Associate Vice President, University of Texas at Arlington
Mary Brinegar
Class of 1965 – President and Chief Operating Officer, Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society
Bill Cunningham
Class of 1949 – City and Community Leader, known in East Dallas as “The Insurance Wizard”
Vickers Cunningham
Class of 1980 – Judge, 283rd Judicial District Court
Buckner Fanning
Class of 1943 – Pastor, Trinity Baptist Church, San Antonio for 43 years, has led mission ministries throughout the world
Burton Gilliam
Class of 1956 – Former Dallas Firefighter, Popular Hollywood Character Actor, appeared in films such as “Paper Moon,” “Blazing Saddles,” and “Honeymoon in Vegas,” Golden Gloves Title Holder
Gary Griffith
Class of 1966 – Member, Dallas City Council, East Dallas Representative on the Park Board, Planning and Zoning Commission, Center City TIF Board
James Rogers
Class of 1965 – Executive Director and Chief Psychiatrist, Child Guidance Center in San Antonio
Toby Shook
Class of 1976 – Dallas County Assistant District Attorney
Peggy Hill Taylor
Class of 1939 – Founder, Peggy Taylor Talent, Inc., First talent agency in the Southwest, has developed careers of hundreds of actors from New York to Hollywood
George N. Zarafonetis
Class of 1937 – Credit Card Pioneer, Founder, MasterCard (originally PrestoCharge)

[Lakewooder]

Woodrow Freshman Wows the Dallas Mavericks with the National Anthem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ-Mb9Nj1nQ

[Lakewooder]

Video - behind the scenes at the 52nd Annual Musical production, "The Secret Garden" April 16-19:

http://www.advocatemag.com/lakewood/blog/Woodrow_Behind_the_musical_video.html?c=y

[Lakewooder]

http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/03/woodrow-aiming.html

Woodrow aiming high
6:00 PM Wed, Mar 18, 2009 | Permalink
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Re: "Are We Still Accountable? School proposal carries risks for Texas students," Sunday Editorials.
The Dallas Morning News is correct to be concerned about new state accountability plans putting too many young Texans on a low trajectory pursuing the Standard Diploma versus the more challenging Texas Diploma.
East Dallas community leaders and Woodrow Wilson High School alumni are addressing this issue now by working with Principal Ruth Vail on the creation of the challenging International Baccalaureate program for the high school. We all must aim high if our young people are to be prepared for college and post-graduate study.


Gary Griffith, Dallas

[Lakewooder]

http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/KIYOIBUGHYSNTDOKTYDX/www80th

[Lakewooder]

Woodrow presents its 52nd annual musical production "The Secret Garden" April 16-19

http://lakewood-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/article/9569?page=1

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[Milkman Dan]

Since I live in the feeder area, I want nothing but good stories to come out of WWHS. Its a shame that some students (and administrators, it sounds like) couldn't care less. Someone needs to open some whoop ass. A story straight from the pen of a WW substitute teacher.

http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2009/04/08/letter-from-woodrow-high-you-call-this-a-gem/

An excerpt:
After a lengthy wait in the office, I was released to the classroom. It turns out the teacher had retired months before and administrators decided not to hire a full-time teacher. Only substitutes had been used. They are much cheaper. The kids were rude and out of control, angry that I expected them to participate in a lesson that I happened to bring with me. Most were texting and/or listening to iPods; the rest were yelling at each other. Worse than that was the classroom itself: totally savaged, filthy, trash thrown everywhere, drawers and cabinets broken open with junk falling out. Water snaked across the floor from a broken water fountain. The ceiling was partially caved in from long-time roof leaks. There were no books, no materials, just some paper.

[Lakewooder]

It turns out that it was a retired teacher from our old rival, Hillcrest - she was there for one day and didn't follow the rules..apparently it was only to try to torpedo our reputation. I think it was irresponsible of D to publish those anonymous criticisms. Not saying there are not some kids who are tough to handle - but it was an art class, which formerly had a long-tenured teacher who was respected by those kids. I've added my usual bombastic response to the blog!

We currently have 300-400 transfers in from outside our attendance zone who are 'at-risk' kids who came up in other schools. Those will be gradually eliminated as the IB and high school redesign to a college preparatory school phases in over the next two years. Then the tranfers in will be mostly for IB.

Of course, we are getting grief over that as well!

[Lakewooder]

Musician Rocky Hill, brother of Dusty Hill (ZZ Top), has died - rare 1960s photos and video:

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/04/as_we_mentioned_today_dallas-b.php#commentForm

[Lakewooder]

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8043/secretgardenwoodrow0409.jpg

"The Secret Garden" April 16-19 story and more photos:

http://lakewood-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/article/9790

[MDE]

Here's an old picture of the high school I attended:

http://www.cfisd.net/aboutour/history/history3.jpg

It's the oldest high school in the third largest school district in the state (behind Houston and Dallas). 49 of the district's 70 campuses earned "exemplary" or "recognized" ratings in 2008. My old high school fell into the latter category. Isn't it glorious?

And look, it's diverse:

Nnemkadi Ogwumike, 2008 Gatorade National HS Player of the Year who is now a star at Stanford:

http://images.chron.com/blogs/prepsports/0066.jpg

Nneka was also the school's senior class president, homecoming queen and one of 168 students from the school that made the national honor society class of 2007.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

[Lakewooder]

MDE - that is really cool -- what is the name of your school?
Not too many around here understand the value of a long tradition and what it adds to an education.

How about this pic of my school?

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/6513/paveglasgow2.jpg

[MDE]

Woodrow Wilson High School, a landmark in East Dallas, celebrates its 80th anniversary with a parade Saturday.

The school will also honor 20 new inductees into its hall of fame.

The parade will start at 10 a.m. near the parking lot of the Lakewood branch of Wells Fargo Bank, at Gaston and LaVista. (A 9:15 "pep rally" will precede the parade.)

It will end at the high school, at 100 S. Glasgow Drive

...Shelby, 86, will lead in a red 2008 Super Snake Shelby GT Mustang convertible.

Among those who will be inducted into the hall of fame are Ruth Allen Vail (1991), and Danielle Drury Petters (1985), Woodrow Wilson graduates who went on to serve as principals of Woodrow and J.L. Long Middle School, respectively.

Other inductees include Lawrence Good (1968), an architect whose projects include the master campus plan for the University of Texas at Dallas; '60s and '70s rock star Steve Miller (1961); and Lawerence Wright (1969), winner of a 2007 Pulitzer Prize for his book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/042409dnmetwoodrow.108cb88ac.html

Steve Miller, now you're talking.

[Lakewooder]

Video about two Woodrow students who signed with colleges during the Academic Success Program signing day for first-generation college freshmen.

http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=41848@ktvt.dayport.com


Gustavo Vasquez isn't accustomed to wearing suit and tie to us history class. But the Woodrow Wilson High School senior has made a little history himself for his family, and he wanted to dress for the occasion.

"I'm going to be the first one in my family to go to college," he said. "I'm very fortunate, very fortunate."

Gustavo is headed to the University of Houston.


http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/education/DISD_Grads_Sign_Academic_Scho

Woodrow Senior Anna Michel signs a scholarship earned through the ASP to Lake Forest College north of Chicago. She is also enrolled in Woodrow's deaf education program.

[Lakewooder]

21 Woodrow "Cappie" Nominations this year!
These are the high school "Tony Awards" for North Texas.

The show is tonight (5/11) at St. Mark's at 7 pm - admission $10.

Woodrow will be performing a scene from Best Play nomination "Radiance of a Thousand Suns" and a song from Best Musical nomination "The Secret Garden".

Best Ensemble in a Play: Brenna Buchanan, Kate Pederson, Rachael Regan (Habakusha)
Best Ensemble in a Musical: Jessica Barrera, Crystal Talavera (Ayah/Fakir)
Cameo Actor in a Play: Ryder Billings
Cameo Actress in a Play: Alex Horne
Cameo Actress in a Musical: Megan Starks
Cameo Actor in a Musical: Sean Draper
Female Vocalist: Kate Pederson
Male Vocalist: Bryce Romney
Comic Actress in a Musical: Brenna Buchanan
Comic Actor in a Musical: Ryder Billings
Featured Actress in a Play: Sarah Merino
Featured Actor in a Play: Sean Draper
Featured Actress in a Musical: Katie Shank
Featured Actor in a Musical: Ian Van Buren
Lead Actress in a Play: Rachael Regan
Lead Actor in a Play: Bryce Romney
Lead Actor in a Musical: Bryce Romney
Lead Actress in a Musical: Sarah Merino
Best Song: "I Heard Someone Crying"
Best Play: The Radiance of a Thousand Suns
Best Musical: The Secret Garden

[Lakewooder]

Woodrow Senior Prank 2009 - Attack of the Boxes!

Story and Slide Show:

http://www.advocatemag.com/r?19=961&43=357464&44=45842852&32=4997&7=401324&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.advocatemag.com%2Flakewood%2Fblog%2FWoodrow_senior_prank_Attack_of_the_corrugated_boxes_LW.html

[Mballar]

Ha Ha Ha! That was a GREAT prank.

[Lakewooder]

Once again, Woodrow has been ranked one of the top high schools in America. It is ranked at 637 out of nearly 22,000 high schools in the United States.

Woodrow's E & E (Equity and Excellence) ranking improved to 36 from 22.6. This ranks in the top half of the 100 plus schools in Texas which made the list and is more than twice the national average.

Woodrow is ahead of schools such as Keller (652), Plano East (633), Lake Highlands (707), Allen (882), Flower Mound (885), The Colony (1235) and Frisco Centennial (1425) - also ahead of IB schools such as L.D. Bell (882), Trinity (774) and Houston Lamar (838).



http://www.newsweek.com/id/201160/?s=texas&q=2009/rank/1

[MDE]

"The number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2008 divided by the number of graduating seniors" seems like a bad way to rank schools. The students don't even have to pass the tests.

[Lakewooder]

Jay Mathews (Washington Post for Newsweek) spoke about this in Dallas recently - his studies show that those who have taken AP/IB classes and exams perform better in college than those who have not - regardless of the score. The fact that a school has a large offering of AP/IB courses and a high degree of participation indicates rigor.

Our scores have improved significantly - almost 14 percent. We had 32 AP scholars this year (must score a '3' or more on three or more AP tests). This is from a class of 220 where a large percentage are also ESL, Special Ed and Economically Disadvantaged. Lakewood People last year reported that 134 had a score of '3' or higher on at least one AP test. We have about a 40% participation in AP so that gets us on the nearly every year. In 2010 (fall) we will be offering the IB Diploma Programme, which earns a graduate 24 hours of college credit.

[Lakewooder]

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You are cordially invited

to the

PREMIERE

of

"80 YEARS OF WOODROW"



Thursday, September 24th



7:00 pm



Cocktails - 6:00 pm (cash bar)



Lakewood Theater

1825 Abrams Parkway

Dallas, Texas 75214



Valet Parking Available





Produced by



Mike Barnes, Kathy Kilmer Moak

&

The Class of 1967 and Friends





Price of Admission:

The Purchase of the 2-DVD set (either pre-sale or at the event) - $25

DVDs will be available for pickup the evening of the event.



OR



$10 Donation

(spouses, friends, etc)

To Help Cover the Cost of the Theatre



Names of donors and those who pre-purchased will be on a list at the door. All donors receive a DVD.





If you would like to see the video trailer or pre-purchase, please visit

www.www1967.com





!!! GET THEM WHILE THEY LAST !!!

All proceeds from the sale of this DVD

go to the new Woodrow Wilson High School International Baccalaureate Program.

[tamtagon]

Dallas sure does have some good schools!

[Lakewooder]

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http://lakewood-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/articles/14673

Building on the foundation
Posted October 1, 2009, 10:39 a.m. by Bruce Felps


Adding to its pantheon of scholarships, charities, organizations, councils, and all-‘round swellness, Woodrow Wilson High School now has its own nonprofit foundation.

The Woodrow Wilson High School Community Foundation, according to the official release, will serve as a “resource for Woodrow Wilson High School, the elementary schools and middle school in the feeder pattern, and other individuals and causes that are closely connected to the Woodrow community.”

Its big task straight out of the box, and kind of the genesis for its existence, is to support the International Baccalaureate Program.

Charter board members include President Richard H. Vitale, fellow alumni D. Paul Dalton and Gary E. Griffith, community members R. Bradley Fletcher, Emily L. Martin — full disclosure, she’s one of us — and Susan R. Schuerger.

These Woodrow guys are going to take over the world one day.

[Columbus Civil]

http://dallasisdblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/10/a-hazing-incident-at-woodrow-w.html

[Lakewooder]

Woodrow Wilson Department of Music Presents:

Dessert Theater Featuring the Princeton University Tigertones

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The Tigertones in Bermuda with his Excellency Sir Richard Gozney. Thomas Simpson, Woodrow '07, is second from right.



Annual Dessert Theater

Monday, November 2, 2009
7:00pm
Tickets $10.00 at the door
(Includes entrance,dessert and a chance at one of the few raffled items)

Performances by :

Woodrow Choir
Woodrow Dance Troupes
Variations Show Choir
Counterpoint Show Choir
J.L. Long's Expectations Show Choir

With Very Special Guest Performance of the
Princeton's Men's Chorus "Tiger Tones" http://www.tigertones.com/news.shtml

Woodrow Alumnus (class of 2007) Thomas Simpson will be performing with the Princeton Tigertones . Thomas starred in Woodrow Musicals, including the 50th show, "Fiddler on the Roof". He was a National Merit Scholar and was named "Best Advocate" in Texas Mock Trial Team competition. He was one of a record seven Woodrow Wilson Wildcats to be named to the Texas High School Coaches Association 2007 Academic All-State Football Team.

For additional information Please contact Maria Luna 214-616-4047
or by email mariaaluna@sbcglobal.net

The Tigertones will also perform at Hector's on Henderson on Sunday, November 1. First show sold out, second show at 9 pm.

Time: 9:00 PM – Event starts, no late arrivals
Place: Hector’s on Henderson http://www.hectorsonhenderson.com/
What: Dessert, Drinks, and Concert. No dinner served.
Cost: Desserts are $8 each, plus beverages, tax, and gratuity.
Reservations: Required, secured with credit card. Limited seating. Call 214-821-0432. Cannot reserve on Open Table.

[Lakewooder]

Thomas Simpson, Woodrow '07 Princeton Tigertones "My Girl":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ_AhRAJCzo


Thomas Simpson, Woodrow '07 Princeton Tigertones "Loch Lomond":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-__bxf2MHho


Woodrow Variations Show Choir, "September" and "Shining Star":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XzfK8oXAhA

Woodrow Counterpoint Show Choir, "We Built This City" and "R.O.C.K. in the USA"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWDefm_uVWQ

[Lakewooder]

Woodrow Wins 2009 College Readiness Award

From ACT:

Principal
Woodrow Wilson High School
100 S. Glasgow Dr,
Dallas, TX 75214

Dear Ms. Vail:

Congratulations! The Texas ACT Council is pleased to present you with the enclosed 2009
College Readiness Award. The award is in recognition of your school having a significant
increase in its ACT Composite score over the past five years while maintaining or increasing the
number of students taking the ACT Assessment. This resulted in greater numbers of your
students being college-ready as a result of your efforts and those of your staff and students.
Less than 5% of the high schools in Texas were able to accomplish what you have done.

Nearly 160,000 Texas students took the ACT in 2009 which was an all-time high and Texas
scores have increased substantially during the last flve years which indicates that students are
using their score results to make improvements to their college readiness levels as well as
showing that Texas students score well on the ACT - a curriculum-based achievement test that
is aligned to the Texas curriculum. These results also show that your school's faculty and stalf
are providing the kind of education that makes a positive difference for all students in preparing
them for college and the workforce.

The Texas ACT Council is comprised of secondary and postsecondary educators who advise
ACT, Inc. on the utilization of ACT programs and services in Texas schools and colleges. We
would like to join the Texas ACT Council in recognizing you on this significant achievement.
Additionally, we have included a sample press release should you wish to share this good news
with your local media or school board. If you have any questions, do not hesitate in contacting
us.

Sincerely,

Karen L, Pennell
Assistant Vice President and
Regional Manager
ACT, Inc. Southwest Region

Glen Gullikson
Director, Elementary/Secondary
School Services
ACT, Inc. Southwest Region

c: Dr. Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent, Dallas Independent School District

[Mballar]

http://www.hsgametime.com/dfw/sharedcontent/dws/content/topstories/stories/120909dnspowoodrow.3353cca35.html
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Woodrow Wilson's Tim Brown among 18 inductees to College Football Hall of Fame

12:11 AM CST on Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Associated Press

NEW YORK – Woodrow Wilson graduate Tim Brown was among the 16 players and two coaches inducted at the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame's awards banquet Tuesday night. The inductees:

Name Pos. School
Pervis Atkins HB New Mexico State
Tim Brown WR Notre Dame
Chuck Cecil DB Arizona
Ed Dyas FB Auburn
Major Harris QB West Virginia
Gordon Hudson TE BYU
William Lewis C Harvard
Woodrow Lowe LB Alabama
Dick MacPherson Coach
Ken Margerum WR Stanford
Steve McMichael DL Texas
John Robinson Coach
Chris Spielman LB Ohio State
Larry Station LB Iowa
Pat Swilling DE Georgia Tech
Gino Torretta QB Miami
Curt Warner RB Penn State
Grant Wistrom DE Nebraska

[Lakewooder]

http://www.advocatemag.com/lakewood/blog/Woodrow_mock_trial_team_advances_to_DISD_semifinals.html


Woodrow mock trial team advances to DISD semifinals

The four semifinalists in this year's DISD mock trial tournament were announced Tuesday night, after four rounds of trials that began on Saturday: Woodrow, Skyline, Booker T. Washington and Hillcrest. The semifinal rounds are scheduled Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Frank Crowley Courthouse on Industr...whoops, Riverfront Boulevard. The winning teams Thursday will square off Tuesday for the DISD championship. Both finalists are guaranteed a spot in the March state tournament. Last year, Woodrow didn't make it to the DISD semifinals after finishing second at the state tournament in 2008. Meanwhile, Hillcrest advanced to last year's state tournament for the first time in recent memory, finishing among the top four teams, and Skyline won last year's state tournament and finished among the top 20 teams at the national tournament.





Posted by Rick Wamre on Jan 27, 2010 at 10:01 AM in DISD, Education, Wamre, Advocate Mag, Lakewood - E Dallas

Woodrow Wilson mock trial team selected for Harvard University seminar
Woodrow, Skyline battle Tuesday night for DISD mock trial crown
Woodrow's mock trial team finishes 2nd in State of Texas high school tournament

[Lakewooder]

NEW WOODROW WILSON COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES

Dallas Woodrow Wilson High School announces four new “College Preparatory Academies” which will be implemented in fall, 2010. The newly redesigned high school format will emphasize college readiness for all students. Students will choose between the four academies:

1) Academy of Math, Science and Technology

2) Academy of Business, Finance and Entrepreneurship

3) Academy of Performing Arts

4) Academy of International Baccalaureate*

* Woodrow is one of four Texas Candidate Schools for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme.

Incoming ninth graders for the 2010-2011 school year will have the opportunity to choose which College Preparatory Academy they wish to pursue. Incoming ninth grade students in the Dallas ISD may apply to Woodrow Wilson High School as a “Choice School”.

The IB Diploma provides an opportunity for students to earn up to 24 hours of college credit in their junior and senior years. Advanced Placement (AP) and Dual Credit courses will be available for all Woodrow Wilson High School students in all academies. Pre-IB courses will be offered next fall for incoming ninth graders. For more information please call 972-502-4419.

Applications from eighth grade non-residents of the Woodrow Wilson High School attendance zone will accepted

for fall admission to Pre-International Baccalaureate and college prep academies to February 26.

A Parental Public School Choice Application can be obtained from the district's website

http://www.dallasisd.org/parents/transferforms/PPSCApplication.pdf

or from:

Parental Public School Choice and Student Transfer Office

3700 Ross Ave., Room 101, Box 12

Dallas, TX 75204

(972) 925-3270, Fax (972) 925-3271



Non-DISD residents may also request a transfer for these special programs. They must also fill out two

forms - the Parental School Choice Application and an Out-of-District Transfer Application:

http://www.dallasisd.org/parents/transferforms/TEAOutofDistrict%20Form.pdf

The district does not charge out-of-district tuition.

Woodrow neighborhood students will have first priority. They do not need

to fill out an application.

[Lakewooder]

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Pics from Woodrow Shoir Choirs Gala yesterday:

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Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 7:30 pm
Sunday Matinee 2:30 pm

Advance Ticket sales will end on April 14th

General Admission Tickets: $10 in advance
$12 at the door

Reserved Tickets: $15 in advance
$18 at the door

Click
to purchase your tickets online by credit card via Paypal or
to download a ticket order form Performance Times (http://woodrowwildcats.org/Beauty_and_the_Beast.htm)


General Admission tickets are also available for purchase at Professional Bank,
located at 2101 Abrams Road or Kroger, 5665 E. Mockingbird Lane.


Questions? Call 214.827.3321

[Lakewooder]

Woodrow "Beauty and the Beast" Leads:

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Emily Young, who plays Belle (left), is a third generation Woodrow Wilson Wildcat.