MARCH IS "Youth Art Month" (YAM).  YAM is nationally observed each March to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs.  In addition to the Art Masters program provided at Woodland by the Parent Faculty Organization, the PFO is providing "extra" opportunities for our students to explore and create during the morning recess periods on Friday's through the month of March.  The Recess Art Project attracted more than 300 kids each week under the direction of Mrs. Caran Cope-Fahy, a Woodland parent and 20 plus volunteers!  Mrs. Fahy offered unstructured, hands on, free form experimentation with a variety of art media including oil pastels, watercolor pencils, tempera paints, dot markers, charcoal and more.  All supplies were donated by www.fineartexpress.com.  In addition to the recess art program, the entire school will participate in a school wide Art Mural entitled “Our Community” to go on display permanently in the cafeteria!  Lastly, the PFO is also providing each classroom the opportunity to create a large canvas with each classroom to be auctioned off at the Spring Carnival.  All proceeds from this experience will go directly to the Woodland Visual Arts Budget to help fund quality arts programs in the future.    

The staff at Woodland Elementary is committed to helping students achieve success and self-confidence by providing a challenging academic program with an emphasis on literacy and math skills. As a staff, we believe in ensuring a safe, orderly and supportive learning environment; fostering student success at school; teaching high standards of behavior, responsibility, and citizenship and encouraging all students to develop to the best of their ability, academically and socially. We believe that technology would be integrated throughout the curriculum and used a tool to enhance student learning in all areas.

Woodland's character education program is based on Coach John Wooden's book, Inch and Miles - The Journey to Success. Throughout the journey, Inch and Miles find out the real meaning of success by meeting fourteen characters in the story who represent the values that will guarantee success. By the end of the journey, Inch and Miles understand that:

Success isn't having trophies or toys.

It isn't a medal or friends of your choice.

What is Success? That's easy to see.

It's trying to be the best that you can be!

Don't worry what others may have or might say.

When trying your best,

Success comes your way.

Thank you Coach John Wooden for allowing us to share your Pyramid of Success with our students.