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Old 02-04-2010, 08:18 AM
 
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One of the many splendors of Woodrow is that you can 'dabble' and enjoy performing arts and music in a highly professional and enthusiastic way without necessarily focusing on them for a career. See this thread where I have posted some things:

//www.city-data.com/forum/dalla...tion-arts.html

A lot of graduates have bands; we had eight alumni bands (and two more wanted in) at our 80th anniversary party last year: One for the Ages - Lakewood, Dallas, TX (http://lakewood-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/articles/10240 - broken link)

A difference in Woodrow and nearly every other high school - they don't have the large network of alums and camaraderie which will support you for your entire life.

Woodrow is our bulwark and our bonhomie.
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Old 02-12-2010, 03:50 PM
 
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Woodrow Reinvents Itself - Lakewood, Dallas, TX (http://lakewood-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/articles/20812?page=1 - broken link)



AP history teacher Peter Evett with varsity cheerleaders at an open house announcing the academies.

Woodrow Reinvents Itself

Posted February 12, 2010, 2:27 p.m. by Lennard Pierson

After several years of working toward becoming a college preparatory academy, Woodrow Wilson High School parents and neighborhood community have won a big victory.

The school has now been redesigned into a college prep academy.

Beginning in fall 2010, Woodrow will open its doors as a new school of choice and be home to four academies:

Math, Science, Technology and Engineering;
Business, Finance and Entrepreneurship;
Performing Arts;
and International Baccalaureate.

The high school is an International Baccalaureate Candidate School, which means its on its way to becoming an IB World School.

School administrators settled on these four academies after a survey of students’ interests in these magnet-like programs.

For fall 2010, the academies are accepting applications from incoming ninth-graders throughout Dallas through Feb. 26.

However, the application deadline for the pre-International Baccalaureate program is March 15. Unlike the other three academies, applicants to the pre-IB program must meet specific requirements to be admitted.

“We want the application process to be as open as possible, and we want as many good students as possible,” said Dr. Kathy Scherler, program development specialist with Woodrow.

Ninth-graders who reside in Woodrow’s boundaries and feeder pattern are automatically enrolled in the academy of their choice and will fill out choice sheets as usual at their middle schools.

All Woodrow students will choose a college preparatory academy and a major, Scherler said. They will be able to take all the courses they need to graduate and take electives that are specialized according to their course academy.

“We encourage all students to take AP and pre-AP classes or dual credit classes for college preparation,” she said.

About half of the high school’s students now take pre-AP and AP college prep courses.

The push to become a college preparatory academy was spurred by the Dallas ISD’s two-year charge to redesign its high schools to boost student academic performance and make them college and workforce ready.

Woodrow jumped at the chance of becoming a college prep school of choice...


...IB courses are not replacing Advanced Placement and dual-credit courses, the track for high school students who want to earn college credit for certain rigorous courses.

“Woodrow Wilson has a very strong Advanced Placement program, which will continue to coexist here with the IB diploma program,” Scherler said.

Becoming an International Baccalaureate World School is quite a coup, the Woodrow community believes. Not any high school can become an IB World School. The application process road, which includes a school visit, takes about three years and includes approval by the International Baccalaureate Organization.

In addition, high schools also have to pay the International Baccalaureate Organization a school membership fee as well as a registration fee for every student enrolled in an IB class.

“Dallas ISD has partnered with the Woodrow Wilson High School Community

Foundation to work together to fund the IB Diploma Program at Woodrow Wilson High School,” Scherler said. “Student fees are required to pay for IB exam fees, much like they pay for AP exam fees. Our foundation is also working on getting grants to subsidize these fees.”

The good news is that for Woodrow the multiyear process is almost over.

“The school is on track to receive our final IB authorization in spring of 2011,” Scherler said. “We are confident that our investment in IB professional development, curriculum writing and supplementary documents, and support will pay off in the receipt of our final approval from the IBO.”

With the intense support of community, alumni, PTA, and other boosters, the IB diploma program should get underway next fall as pre-IB courses for students promoted to ninth grade.

“The redesign of Woodrow Wilson High School is a giant step toward an increased focus on college readiness for all students,” Scherler said.

For more information and to download applications, visit the Woodrow Web site: Woodrow Wilson High School
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Old 05-28-2010, 09:05 AM
 
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SCHOOL ZONE DALLAS AIRS ON KERA CHANNEL 13 THIS WEEKEND

The latest edition of the student-hosted show, School Zone Dallas, will air on KERA Channel 13, courtesy of John Eagle Dealerships. Show times are 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 28; 10 a.m., on Sunday, May 30; and 6 a.m. on Monday, May 31. The show also can be viewed on the district’s Web site at Dallas ISD - SchoolZone - Powered by Granicus.com.

Hosted from Thomas C. Marsh Middle School, School Zone Dallas will feature stories about the International Baccalaureate program at Woodrow Wilson High School where students can earn up to 24 hours of college credit; how yoga is having a big impact on students' performance in the classroom at Eladio R. Martinez Learning Center; and what it took for Mois*s E. Molina High School to achieve the rating of recognized in a relatively short period of time.

One of the hosts of School Zone Dallas is our very own Nick Muston, senior class president:


Nick at Senior Class Dinner, Lakewood Theater May 24, 2010

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/goodkids/stories/DN-cengoodkid_22cen.ART.Central.Edition1.4b50a13.html (broken link)

130 eighth graders have signed up for the inaugural Pre-IB this fall - 33 from J.L. Long, 40 from private schools and the balance from other middle schools in Dallas.
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Old 05-28-2010, 11:38 PM
 
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SCHOOL ZONE DALLAS AIRS ON KERA CHANNEL 13 THIS WEEKEND

The latest edition of the student-hosted show, School Zone Dallas, will air on KERA Channel 13, courtesy of John Eagle Dealerships. Show times are 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 28; 10 a.m., on Sunday, May 30; and 6 a.m. on Monday, May 31. The show also can be viewed on the district’s Web site at Dallas ISD - SchoolZone - Powered by Granicus.com.

Hosted from Thomas C. Marsh Middle School, School Zone Dallas will feature stories about the International Baccalaureate program at Woodrow Wilson High School where students can earn up to 24 hours of college credit; how yoga is having a big impact on students' performance in the classroom at Eladio R. Martinez Learning Center; and what it took for Mois*s E. Molina High School to achieve the rating of recognized in a relatively short period of time.

One of the hosts of School Zone Dallas is our very own Nick Muston, senior class president:


Nick at Senior Class Dinner, Lakewood Theater May 24, 2010

Dallas Good Kid: Woodrow Wilson senior Nick Muston | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Dallas-Fort Worth Good Kids | Dallas-Fort Worth News (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/goodkids/stories/DN-cengoodkid_22cen.ART.Central.Edition1.4b50a13.html - broken link)

130 eighth graders have signed up for the inaugural Pre-IB this fall - 33 from J.L. Long, 40 from private schools and the balance from other middle schools in Dallas.
So is the fact that there are 100 kids from outside the Woodrow zone coming in going to undermine Woodrow's role in the community?
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Old 06-01-2010, 08:10 AM
 
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Default Don't think so

My child went to a magnet school in DISD, not Long, but Woodrow is our home high school. With this program, I think a lot of people who live in the area are choosing to stay close to home and go to Woodrow. I would bet that most of those from private schools and other DISD schools live in the area, so that it is a good thing.
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Old 08-13-2010, 02:37 PM
 
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See this - I'm not the only person who is "Wild About Woodrow":

Woodrow Wilson High School legacy, historian Bradley Sue Howell shares lifetime devotion to school
neighborsgo Blog | The Dallas Morning News


Since 1951, Bradley Sue Howell has worn many hats on Woodrow Wilson's campus.

She has been a student, a parent, a grandparent, a volunteer for various departments, an employee, the PTA president and board member, a School-Based Decision Making member and a substitute teacher, and with no sure sign of letting up anytime soon, she will undoubtedly continue to influence many more.

"There are so many people here I've known and kept up with," Howell said. "I just love it. "

Read White Rock neighborsgo editor Kendall Kirkham's full story on Bradley Sue Howell here:
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Old 08-13-2010, 05:02 PM
 
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Are there any IB primary programs in DFW? Or do most of the kids who go to middle and high IB schools start out in private? Forgive my naivety, my child is not in school yet but I'm trying to think long term. Sounds like the IB highschool in Lakewood is going to be a really good one! Seems like schools in Texas are better than most of what we have here in San Diego at least. The only school I have heard rave things about here in my city is an IB primary German Immersion school. Wondering if DFW has any for young kids.
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Old 08-13-2010, 08:03 PM
 
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North Hills Prep (a public charter school) offers the IB Primary Years program and the IB Diploma and is working on certification for the Middle Years program. It has been a successful IB Diploma school for several years. If I were interested in IB it would be the top of my list -- but entrance is by lottery and the lottery is always oversubscribed. Westlake Academy (public charter school) offers all levels of the IB program. Again entrance is by lottery. I think Las Colinas Elementary in Irving also offers the PYP but I don't know how long it has been offered.
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Old 08-14-2010, 11:50 AM
 
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This private school has IB starting in 7th grade -
The Westwood School
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Old 08-19-2010, 12:29 PM
 
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Woodrow - NEW COURSES 2010-2011 (most for ninth graders in college prep academies being phased in over the next four years):

Principles of Technology– Robotics
Engineering
Desktop Publishing
Web Mastering
Principles of Business, Marketing and
Finance
Introduction to Engineering Design
Concepts of Engineering and Technology
Music History
Aerobic Activity (PE Credit)
Global/International Business
Money Matters
Principles of Information Technology
Leadership I
Academic Decathlon

DUAL-CREDIT COURSES:
PARTNERSHIP WITH RICHLAND
COLLEGE AND EL CENTRO
Travel and Tourism
Digital Multimedia
Tech-Prep program

DUAL-CREDIT COURSES:
PARTNERSHIP WITH UTA AND LAMAR
UNIVERSITY OR WITH DCCCD
English IV
Government
Economics
Psychology
US History
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