Woodland Junior High School

Congratulations to former Woodland students (Calli Berna Derby, George Sitkowski, and Joe Sitkowski) and former Woodland Coach Wendell Harris for their inductions into the Fayetteville Hall of Greats!

So proud of our FCCLA team and Ms. Kent for their success at the National Leadership Conference!
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Congratulations to the FCCLA chapter at Woodland Junior High School for their recent success at the 2024 FCCLA National Leadership Conference in Seattle, Washington. Two WJHS students placed in the top ten in the nation in their respective events!

Leah M. won 4th place in the Interior Design Level 1 event and Jeffrey G. won 9th place in the Fashion Construction Level 1 event. Jeffrey was also selected to be in the annual FCCLA fashion show modeling his garment in front of all 9000 national conference attendees.

Five groups of Woodland students competed in various STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) events based on their qualifying scores from the State Leadership Conference. Students competed against other members and teams from across the nation to become a Top 10 National Finalist in their category.

Woodland FCCLA members were accompanied on the trip by Ms. Kent, FCCLA advisor at Woodland, and Ms. Storey, FCCLA co-advisor at Fayetteville High School.

It was an AWESOME year! Here is a little recap of the 23-24 school year. Thanks to all of our students, teachers, staff, and parents for making Woodland what it is.

Congratulations to our awesome yearbook staff!

The Woodland Jr. High Round-Up Yearbook received an Above & Beyond Award for winning a Pacemaker Award from the National Scholastic Press Association (2nd consecutive year), a Silver Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and an All Arkansas Award from the Arkansas Scholastic Press Association.

Way to go, Toby and Zac!

Woodland Jr. High student Toby Kim received an Above & Beyond Award for winning first place in the 2024 Arkansas Geometry Contest.

Woodland Jr. High student Zac Summerlin received an Above & Beyond Award for winning second place in the 2024 Arkansas Geometry Contest.

From Axolotls to spaghettification, D1 athletics, robotics, veganism, gaming, bees, various cultures, and much more, 7th grade students had a ball researching and presenting their passions in their English classes!

The 2024 Woodland GRIT Award recipient is LANDEN JOSLIN!!! Every year the Woodland staff nominate and vote for our GRIT Award. This student has a positive attitude, high integrity, strong leadership skills, growth mindset, good attendance, is respectful, and is an all-around outstanding young person. Congratulations Landen!

We had an awesome day at C**t Celebration!!! From bubble balls to kickball to an inflatable obstacle course to nine square to playing with dogs from the animal shelter…we had a little bit of everything. Thank you for organizing it all and working all the stations.

Congratulations to all these former Woodland students for placing in the Arkansas Decathlon and Heptathlon!!!

Cooper Williams - 1st Place and broke the overall state Decathlon record!
Ava Goetz - 1st Place (winning both her Junior and Senior years)
Sloan Jones - 2nd Place
Trace Foreman - 4th Place
Nathan Kachel - 24th Place

IT’S HATCH WEEK! 7th grade science students talked all about embryology and proper incubator settings for development this spring. So far, we’ve hatched 11 chicks!

To end out the Nutrition & Food Safety unit, students in Family and Consumer Sciences Investigation competed in Cupcake Wars where students had to work as a team, research cupcake/icing flavors, bake, build a display and talk to the judges!

Seventh grade science students had fun Cookie Mining yesterday. Students were “mining” for coal (chips) and then used the process of reclamation to put the “land” back together. They used this lab to review our Earth’s resources unit vocabulary and think about the economics of different energy resources.

What an awesome morning hosting our future Woodland C**ts! Current 6th graders got a tour of the building, got info about school procedures, and had a pep rally with our cheer and dance teams. Our choir, band, and orchestra students killed it with their performances too. Shoutout to our over 300 students who helped out today and for our counselors planning it out. We can’t wait to see y’all next year!

Woodland Choir Goes to the Movies! What an awesome night hearing our choirs perform songs from famous movies, including Skyfall, I’m a Believer, and Holding Out for a Hero. Thank you Ms. Schlabach and Ms. Duarte-Black for all of your hard work getting these students ready for tonight. Well done everyone!

Congratulations to Lillian Hodgkinson for being given the Outstanding Teen Award from the ELKS Club!

Students in Mr. Harris’ 7th grade science classes were tasked with accurately measuring mass, volume and temperature using irregularly shaped objects as part of a Measurement Lab.

Woodland Robotics finished their seasons last Friday with a trip to the World Championships in Dallas, Texas.

Over the course of the season, robotics students racked up 25 different awards, including 6 State level awards, and 1 State Championship for Robot Skills. Our team at the World championship finished in 30th place in their division. This means our team was ranked in the top 150 teams in the world….out of the 32,000 that competed this year!

Congratulations to Mr. Zac Holthoff, our 2024 Woodland Teacher of the Year!!!

His nomination wrote: “Zac is an exceptional co-worker who demonstrates a strong commitment to helping others. His willingness to go above and beyond for anyone is truly remarkable. He consistently creates engaging and effective lessons that not only help students understand the material but also make learning fun. One of Zac’s outstanding qualities is his ability to recognize and address the diverse needs of his students. He understands that not everyone learns at the same pace or in the same way, and he does an excellent job of differentiating his lessons to ensure that all students can grasp the concepts being taught. Zac’s contributions extend beyond his own classroom. He played a key role in developing the new social studies curriculum for the upcoming year. Furthermore, Zac has a generous spirit and willingly shares his resources and knowledge with his colleagues, exemplifying his commitment to the success of every student.”

Ms. Murray’s 7th grade English classes spent yesterday exploring the depths of characters through body biographies 📚💡 Diving into “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” with creativity and insight.

The 7th grade science students are playing “I have, Who Has,” a collaborative review game to help them prepare for their upcoming test.

Our yearbook staff attended the Arkansas Scholastic Press Association (ASPA) annual convention in Little Rock last week. They won six Honorable Mention, four Excellent, nine Superior, and three Best of ASPA in the contests. At the banquet, the following students received recognitions:

Harper Davidson - 2nd Runner-Up - Photojournalist of the Year
Lemley Robinson - 1st Runner-Up - Yearbook Writer of the Year
Emmett Jackson - Winner - Yearbook Designer of the Year

The Round-Up 2023 - Superior Rating and All-Arkansas, the highest award given.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Tomorrow is the ATLAS Reading test. Make sure you bring your charged Chromebook, bring your Chromebook charger, and are ready to do your best work. Get some sleep tonight and have a great breakfast. You’ve got this!

What a great evening at Woodland’s Family and Community Night! Thanks so much to our teachers, families, and sponsors that made it such a success.

When your Assistant Principal jumps in to teach some 7th grade math. Thanks for being awesome, Mr. Glade!

This past weekend students from all over Arkansas competed in the ACTM State Math Contest. Toby Kim won 1st place and Zac Summerlin won 2nd place in the Geometry Contest!!!

If you’re trying out for Woodland Cross Country, it will be next Wednesday April 30th at 5 pm. uld

What a great morning for an outdoor scavenger hunt to review science terms as they prepare for their ATLAS Science test today!

Tomorrow is the ATLAS Science test. Make sure you bring your charged Chromebook, bring your Chromebook charger, and are ready to do your best work. Get some sleep tonight and have a great breakfast. You’ve got this!

This Thursday, April 25th, from 5:30-7:00pm, WJHS will host our very first Family – Community – International Night.

Enjoy community presentations, sample international cuisine, explore international booths, and so much more at this FREE, family-friendly event!

Thank you to our awesome sponsors for this event !

The Woodland Quiz Bowl team is headed to Nationals in New Orleans at the end of May. They are hosting a fundraiser trivia event on Tuesday, May 14 from 6 pm- 8pm in the Woodland Cafeteria. This family friendly fundraising event is only $50 per team to play with up 8 members for each team. To signup go to https://bit.ly/WoodlandQB. Please use the link in the google form to pay. Pizza may be reordered on the Google form and payed as well from there. Limited pizza by the slice and soda/ water to be sold at the event.