AVID & CSF Students:  Sign up for the UC Davis college tour!  Tour date is April 5th.  All permission slips are due March 22nd.  Stop by to see Mrs. Cook or Mrs. Wallin for the form. 

February is Black History Month, and we would like to celebrate by hosting a video-making contest with a first place prize of $100! Here are the rules:

1. The video must be celebrating or reflecting on Black History
2. Keep it short- 30 seconds to a minute
3. Post it on YouTube
4. Email the link to Ms. Bair (kbair@rjuhsd.us) or bring the URL of your YouTube video to room 601 by 2:35 on January 29th.

First prize: $100
Second prize: $50
Third prize: $25

The guidelines are fairly general, so get creative! All three of the winning videos will be shown at the Black History Month Assembly in February.

Another Blood Drive is coming up fast!  Sign ups are going on NOW during lunch in the Cafeteria. 

You must be 16 years old or older to participate in the Blood Drive, and must complete the Parent Consent Form if you are younger than 18.  The Blood Drive itself will be on January 14th and sign ups end on the 13th. Please don't miss this easy opportunity to help out in your community and save lives!  As a gift, upon donating blood you will receive a coupon for free ice cream.  Don't forget-- sign ups end January 13th!

Thanks to everyone who came out to support our Mr. Woodcreek contestants!  We had a fantastic night, ending with Mike Prinzing crowned as Mr. Woodcreek.  Congratulations Mike!  Our other winner of the night was Anthony Schimke, the recipient of the People's Choice Award.  Congratulations to Anthony as well! Thanks to these amazing boys, we raised $1123.81 for Make-A-Wish.

Mr. Woodcreek is coming soon!  Mr. Woodcreek is a male 'pageant' of sorts in which senior boys battle it out for the crown.  Come to the WHS Cafeteria on...

... Monday, December 7th at 7 pm to support your favorite boy!  Tickets are only $3 each, so bring the whole family for a fun night. 

All this week, vote for your favorite guy by putting money in the box with his name on it in the Cafeteria during lunch.  Monday night, all of the money will be counted and the boy with the most will be given the Peoples' Choice Award.  The money in all of the boxes will go to the charity of his choice.  Rest assured that your money will go to a good cause!  The possible charities are Make-A-Wish, World Vision, and the SPCA. 

At the event itself, there will also be a raffle including a candy basket, a movie basket, and a winter-themed basket.  The money raised at the raffle will also be going to the charity specified by the Peoples' Choice Award winner.

The boys participating in Mr. Woodcreek are:
Kevin Brunner
James Friedrich
Chad Garner
Jared Huddle
Mike Prinzing
Adam Richards
Anthony Schimke
Ricky Snovel
Nick Stephenson

Please come out and support our guys!

Are you interested in joining Student Government? Here's your chance!

Have you ever wanted to be more involved with the inner workings at Woodcreek?  If you are interested in joining Student Government for the spring term, you must attend a MANDATORY meeting in room 601 on Monday, November 30^th during lunch to learn about the positions and requirements.  The following positions will be open starting in January: Class Officer Positions (President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary) for the Class of 2012 and the Class of 2013.  The Class of 2010 has an opening for Treasurer. In addition, students interested in Rallies, Recognition or Media are encouraged to apply. Finally, Member at Large positions are open for students at all grade levels. Students running for Student Government must have a 2.5 or higher GPA with no F grades on their transcripts, must have good attendance, and be ready to work hard.  If you have further questions, please see Mrs. Bair in room 601.  Hope to see you on the 30^th!

Senior boys, do you think you have what it takes to be crowned Mr. Woodcreek?  Battle it out with crazy competitions and performances to see who can get the most votes.

Sign ups will be held from November 9th to November 13th. Please click here for the sign up form.

The event itself will be on December 7th.  For more information, please see Ms. Bair in room 601.

The Canned Food Drive starts November 2nd and goes until November 20th.  Once again, this Canned Food Drive will be a competition between 2nd period classrooms. Please support us as we collect cans for the Salvation Army!  Teachers, staff, and students are all highly encouraged to support this great cause. 

BRING YOUR CANS!

There are themes for each day of the Canned Food Drive.  Cans that fit with the theme count for more points, however please do not limit your donations to these cans alone.

11/4: Wheat Wednesday
11/5: Toddler Thursday
11/6: Fruity Friday
11/9: Macaroni Monday
11/10: Tomato Tuesday
11/11: NO SCHOOL
11/12: Thanksgiving Thursday
11/13: Free Friday
11/16: Mexican Monday
11/17: Tuna Tuesday
11/18: Whatever Wednesday
11/19: Soup-er Thurday
11/20: (Baby) Formula Friday

The 2nd period class with the most points will be thrown a pizza party.  In addition, every class that brings in 500 or more cans (CANS, not points) will receive a donut party.  Good luck!

WHS Drama presents Arsenic and Old Lace in the WHS Theatre - one weekend only, October 15th, 16th and 17th at 7:00 pm.  General admission is $8, students $6.

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Needed: pictures from your summer vacation!  Send us photos you took on vacation, whether it was in Thailand, Fantasyland or RosevilleLand.

The Yearbook Staff invites all members of the Woodcreek community to submit photos for the yearbook.  If you've got great photos of school and community events, or you and your friends just having fun, we'd like to see them.  Our photographers can't be everywhere.  Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have.  We are looking for pictures that help tell the story of our year, so send us those photos that help tell a story.

Here is how you can submit photos online:
Go to: https://images.jostens.com/login?user=400004680&pw=twolf 

• If it does not automatically log you into the site, enter username:400004680 and password:twolf
• Browse to select the photo(s) you wish to upload.
• Enter information about the photo and provide contact information in case the staff needs additional information.  We need the highest resolution possible, so don't modify your photos with any imaging software.  We also need to know who is in the picture, what the activity is, as well as when and where it was taken.
• Click "Save Details".

It's that easy! Submit your photos today!  The last day to submit photos is 3/1/2010.

Thank you, and enjoy the rest of the school year!

Sincerely,
Yearbook Adviser and the 2010 Yearbook Staff.

The Yearbook Staff will review all photos and determine final yearbook content. We cannot guarantee that all submissions can be used in the book.  If we do use yours, you will be notified and your name will appear in the yearbook as the person who submitted the photo.   Here's your chance to help tell this year's stories.

To help you prepare for the PSAT . . .

. . . plan to attend the PSAT Practice workshop on September 26, 2009 from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. and the follow-up Results Presentation on October 5^th  from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The cost is only $10 and all proceeds benefit Woodcreek High School.  Participating students will receive an on-line score report with detailed performance analysis and personalized feedback on the essay. These workshops are not to be missed. Sign up through revolutionprep.com or see Mrs. Eisenhower in room 424 for details.

The Woodcreek High School National Honor Society is hosting it's 2^nd Annual 5K Run/Walk for Charity.  It will be held November 7th at Maidu Park in Roseville.  Please see Mr. Smith in room 421 (available at x4421) for more information.

Saturday, September 19th is our first ComedySportz match of the year as WHS takes on the powerhouse Oakmont HS team (3rd in Northern CA last year). Please consider coming out, bring your family and friends, and talk it up with your students. Tickets are $5.00 and the match starts at 7:00p.m.!

Hurry while supplies last!  Show your class spirit.

Class of 2012 sweatshirts go on sale on September 21st.
Sweatshirts are $30 each.  Once supplies run out, post-orders will be taken and sweatshirts distributed upon arrival.

Front design:

   (TIMBER
    WOLVES
WOODCREEK)

Back design:

Stay warm, support your class, and show school spirit!

The Wolf Pack Press is the student ran newspaper for Woodcreek High School.  Please direct any comments or questions regarding the paper to the advisor, Ms. Edmisten at x4127.

Everybody knows Woodcreek has rallies and dances and spirit days; everyone knows we build floats once a year, that there posters are plastered on every inch of wall, and that every once in a while lunchtime music mysteriously appears in the quad. But where do all these events come from? Who plans them? Who cleans up all the dance decorations after the DJ packs up? The answer, my fellow Woodcreek students, would be your industrious student government officers.

Not only does student government plan school events, but they participate in programs and events involving the community. Student government was involved in the "Every Fifteen Minutes" program in March 2008, student government members are involved in site council, the district schoolboard, and more. Student government approves all the funds to be allocated for students, creates events, and spend dozens of hours outside of school working to make Woodcreek better. The members of student government are more than just students, they are leaders.

We, the student leaders of Woodcreek, work hard to plan our dances, rallies, spirit days, and other student events that take place on campus; we want YOU to know the scoop. The student government section on the school website is your link to the happenings and planning taking place in student government. Missed an event? Want to know the super secret details of homecoming? Curious about the next rally date? Read about it here. The student government section is your information source for all ASB events including Homecoming and Aurora events, rallies, lunchtime games, dances, spirit weeks, and more.