Blog Posts - What's up in High School ?

Breaking Free with Emily Huante and Temple Grandin

5/23/2017

Woods junior Emily Huante had the opportunity to co-interview autism expert and professor of Animal Sciences Dr. Temple Grandin thanks to Melissa Shannon and the podcast Breaking Free. Dr. Grandin teaches and conducts research at Colorado State University. She is a renowned consultant, author and lecturer on autism and learning as well as animal behavior.
Learn more about Temple Grandin

Marilyn Shannon and Emily Huante co-hosting the 'Breaking Free' podcast.

AP Research Presents at Symposium

5/22/2017

Woods students complete a year-long research project of their choosing as part of the AP Research course. They gain experience in research methods, oral presentation, writing a research proposal, and reporting findings in a variety of written formats including abstracts, a full-length research paper, and a poster. The group attended the Leaf Research Conference hosted by Longleaf School of the Arts in Raleigh on Saturday, April 22 with students from four areas schools. The topics included a wide range of disciplines from Music Education to Neuroscience. The conference program and abstracts are published on Guidebook under “Leaf Research Conference”. www.guidebook.com

Student participants are pictured above (from left to right): Anjali Gupta, Tyler Deegan, Erin Nowak, Emma Lanford, Frank Kuo, and Ben Carter with AP Research teacher, Suzanne Sikes, and parent, Denise O’Gorman. A final poster and dessert poster session will take place in the Glade on Wednesday, May 24 from 5-6:30 PM and is open to faculty, parents of presenters, and mentors from local universities. We appreciate the PTSA for funding the printing of research posters this year!

Record-setting #22 Isabel Pearce

5/16/2017

From the News & Observer, May 16, 2017
BY TOM SHANAHAN

CHATHAM COUNTY

The goals keep adding up for Woods Charter girls soccer player Isabel Pearce, and now she’s on the cusp of history.
The UNC-Greensboro-bound senior can break the N.C. High School Athletic Association record for most goals in a career in Wednesday’s third-round home playoff game against conference foe East Wake Academy.
Pearce is tied with South View’s Carolyn Lindsay (class of 2003) for the most with 217. Pearce had 45 goals her freshman year, 52 her sophomore campaign, 49 as a junior and 71 this year. Read more...

Hydration Station Installation Underway

5/1/2017

Thanks to the partnership between the Sustainability enrichment, the class of 2021, and Mr. Malone, Woods has its first bottle-filling water fountain with filtration.

Day 1: 166 plastic bottles saved!

The first filtration station is on the middle school hall. Look out for an upgrade to the water fountains on the high school hall and in the Great Room, coming soon.

Did you know?

Bottled water costs 1000 times more than tap water.
Plastic water bottles can take up to 1000 years to decompose.

Stoichiometry Happens!

4/27/2017

In Amy Dowden's class, chemistry students use equations to study relationships between substances like copper sulfate and iron filings.

Half math, half chemistry, stoichiometry revolves around the principle that matter is never gained or lost - only transformed!

Learning in Action at the Ackland

4/24/2017

Mr. Nelson’s AP European History class headed off campus on Thursday to discover the stories held within the Ackland Art Museum at UNC Chapel Hill. Students learned about the styles and subjects of paintings from the Middle Ages to today and made connections to their history class.

Woods Cleans Up NC Envirothon 2017

3/23/2017

Twenty-three Woods students in middle and high school travelled to Elon University to participate in the Area III Regional Envirothon competition.

All five teams advanced to compete at the State Envirothon competition taking place on April 28-29th. David Lindbo, soil scientist and mentor for the Woods team, was the keynote speaker at this year's teacher workshop.

Frog Army earned 1st place in Soils and 3rd overall. Team includes Olivia Osborne, Sarah Falkovic, Maggie Johnston and Cordelia Hume.

Frog Army

Dirty Soil, composed of Levi Horil, Daniel Falkovic, Eli Day, Colin Ward and Izak Horil, won 5th place overall.

Senior April Sharp designed the art for the tee shirts!

Dirty Soil

And the winner is....Soiled It! April Sharp, Tesia Bobrowski, Melina Spencer, Grace Hegland and Caroline Blythe earned 1st place in Aquatics, Wildlife, Forestry, Current Events & Issues and clinched the top Region III spot. All of the Woods teams qualified for the state level of competition on April 28.

Soiled It! Champions of the Area 3 NC Envirothon competition. April Sharp, Tesia Bobrowski, Melina Spencer, Grace Hegland, and Caroline Blythe dominated the event with their superior knowledge and expertise on science and environmental issues. The team won first place in Soils, Forestry, Wildlife, and Currents Events & Issues as well as the whole event.

Guatemala forever!

3/7/2017

Our group of service-learners return with tales of adventures and lessons learned in Guatemala, working with our partner organization From Houses to Homes. Get a peek at their thoughts and experiences on the online journal - a few highlights are pictured here, and the Woods Charter Facebook page has a full collection.
Ms. Berg and Ms. Sperry were happy to join eleven juniors and seniors in building houses, making new friends, and seeing the beautiful Guatemalan highlands. Plans for next year are underway!

Tournament time!

3/6/2017

Woods took 3 Speech competitors to the Tarheel Debate Tournament at UNC Chapel Hill Saturday and we're very proud to report that all three placed!

Isabell Breen - 4th Place, Varsity Declamation
Ben Carter - 4th Place, Original Oratory
Erin Tyler - 2nd Place, Original Oratory and 2nd Place, Varsity Declamation

Coach McGee and medalists!

Team and Coach McGee at the awards ceremony.

Community? Competition!

2/9/2017

Everybody's favorite stress reliever and community-builder, the 2017 Dodgeball Tournament was a raging, raucous good time.