Woodland School Parents' Association
WSPA is the Woodland School Parents’ Association. WSPA’s mission is to build community at Woodland School.
The mission of the Woodland School Parents Association (WSPA) is to create and promote the sense of community that we at Woodland value and cherish. All parents are members of WSPA. The association is led by volunteer parents and coordinates special activities and fun events for the school.
The WSPA Board invites all parents to be part of this wonderful experience by taking on a role that best fits their busy lives. Do as little or as much as you can; every hour you spend volunteering makes it possible for us to achieve our goals in making our children’s experience at Woodland a joyous one.
All current Woodland families are automatically part of WSPA.
WSPA Sponsored Events
WSPA puts on numerous events throughout the year including Back to School Social and Bingo Night just to name a couple. Each major event is supported by one of the grades.
Here are just some of the events WSPA sponsors or supports at our school:
| Ongoing | Classroom/Grade Socials |
| August | Back to School Social |
| October | Fun Run and Walk |
| November | Book Swap |
| October | Halloween Celebration |
| November | Grandparent and Special Friend Day |
| December | Santa Lucia Performance |
| March | Middle School Musical |
| April | Bingo Night |
| April | SCI-CON |
| April | Lower School Musical |
| May | Gala and Auction |
| June | Graduation and Promotion |
Common Ground Speaker Series
Woodland School is a member of the Peninsula-wide Parent Education series, Common Ground. Learn more about this great resource for our families on their website: www.commongroundspeakerseries.org
Fall 2024 event calendar:
Thursday, September 19 | 7:00pm
LEARNING MINDSETS:
10 to 25: The Science of Motivation Young People
Wednesday, October 9 | 7:00pm
PARENT MENTAL HEALTH
The Stress Prescription - Living and Parenting with More Joy and Ease
Tuesday, October 29 | 7:00pm
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
How to Talk About Controversial Issues in Polarized Times
December TBD | 7:00pm
CARING, CONNECTION AND WELLBEING
How to Become a Hopeful Skeptic - Regaining Trust and Empathy in a Cynical World
| 2024-2025 WSPA Board |
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| President: Neha Joshi |
| Vice President: Neha Purkey |
| Communications Chair: Aarti Gupta |
| Co-Treasurer: Maren Linder |
| Co-Treasurer: Jaclyn Taernhed |
| Early Childhood Room Parent Coordinator: Marcia Wing |
| Lower School Room Parent Coordinator: Sarah Jados |
| Middle School Room Parent Coordinator: Chris Philpot |
| Parent Education/Common Ground: Federica Belli, Kirsten Steffner |
| Multicultural Co-Coordinators: Aira Bagheri, Garlene Cheung, Hiroko Cruz, Aamna Shah |
Stay Connected & Get Involved
All families at Woodland are encouraged to join our WSPA Facebook group. Membership is restricted to current families only. Please request to join here: