The Woodstock Weekly

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For the shortest month, February sure has been a busy one. The Lunar New Year Festival on Friday night was full of exciting demonstrations and smiling faces. Thank you to all who came out to enjoy the wonderful evening and thank you to Shu Ren for bringing it to life.

The Lunar New Year fun continues on Friday. Thanks to a successful K Pop Demon Hunters event in the fall, the PTA is able to kick off the Lunar New Year parade around the school at 1:45pm with the White Lotus Lion Dancers. Thanks to everyone who showed up then to make this event extra special this week.

This week we are deciding which funding proposals are going to enhance the Woodstock community. If you missed the general meeting last night but are a current PTA member, please see below for how you can cast your vote.

—Your friendly Woodstock PTA

• 📌 Tuesday, February 24, 8 am and 6 pm, Tea with Principal E and Kinder Info Meetings
• 📌 Friday, February 27, 1:45 pm, Lunar New Year Parade
• 📌 Friday, February 27, After school, Popcorn Friday
• 📌 Saturday, February 28, 11 am–2 pm, Mini Makers Market at Woodstock
• 📌 Monday, March 2, No School
• 📌 March 3-5, OBOB Tournament
• 📌 Wednesday, March 11, 11:50 am, Early Release
• 📌 Friday, March 13, 7 am, Spring Afterschool Program Session Registration Opens
• 📌 Friday, March 13, 6-8 pm, Woodstock STEAM Festival

Join us after the Lunar New Year parade on Friday, February 27.

Sign up to Volunteer

Join us on Friday, March 13, 6-8 pm, for a fun and engaging evening of hands-on science demos and STEAM activities (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math)! Pizza, snacks, and drinks will be available for purchase.

Sign Up here to volunteer, donate a baked good, or lend a table.

Every year, each PPS school sends volunteers to staff the Clothing Closet at the Marshall Campus. Volunteers will help students shop and find clothes that make them feel good or they will sort donations and organize the shop.

The PTA Clothing Closet is 100% volunteer-supported and served over 1,500 students last school year! If volunteers don't show up, students don't get to shop. Please consider volunteering for this opportunity on Monday 3/16/26 from 9:30am -1:30pm. Volunteers can be parents, grandparents or community members.

The front office is looking for some help with check ins for students coming in late. Colder and wetter weather seems to bring more late arrivals! Please sign up if you can help.

Please help us spread the word with friends, neighbors, preschools, and anyone else who may have a future kindergartner! Enrollment is down across the board, so getting more students registered = more resources and funding for all students and staff at Woodstock.

Share the district website, save the image below, or attach this flyer to an email. Not sure what to say? Copy and paste from these templates:

To a personal contact:
Hi! Saw this Woodstock Elem info session on February 24 and thought of your future kindergartener :) https://bit.ly/3O85laa

To a preschool, local business, or another kid-friendly setting:
Hello [name], I'm a current parent at Woodstock Elementary. We are encouraging 5-year olds to get registered for kindergarten. Could you please post or share this flyer with interested families? We are holding an info session on February 24 at 8am and 6pm (*childcare available for 6pm session only). Learn more at https://bit.ly/3O85laa Thank you for your help!

Is your child interested in learning a new sport? Or maybe they have tried the afterschool Ultimate Frisbee program and are looking for more opportunities to play? Registration is now open for Portland Ultimate Frisbee Youth Spring league. This is for 3-5th graders.

This is different than the Afterschool program, and rather similar to other sports leagues that involve weekly team practice and weekend games against other teams in the league.

Wildfire Practices will be Thursdays right after school at Woodstock Elementary from 2:30-4:30pm starting April 9th.

Game Dates: Sundays, April 12 – June 7 (No league May 24)
Time: 10 am – 12:00 pm

Location: Lents Park (Permit Pending)

Format: 5v5 ultimate. 2 games per week (Sundays).

As part of the Oregon Metro’s work supporting Bike Buses and Walking School Buses, we are offering a monthly lunchtime webinar series to support leaders, planners, and educators working to make it safer and more joyful for students to walk and bike to school. The series will be held once a month on the first Wednesday of the month at 12pm from March - June 2026, and will focus on practical, real world topics including quick build infrastructure, group ride safety and de escalation, activation and incentive based programming, and honest reflections from Bike Bus and Walking School Bus leaders at different stages of their journey.