2000-2009
The Next Generation
Woodlin has filled another decade with a round of field trips, recess, concerts, snow days, spring and winter fairs while still helping children to learn and succeed. Second graders still watched butterflies grown and change from caterpillars to butterflies, fifth grade built structures and each day still ended with the announcement, "All the buses have been called." And while we took comfort in continuing our Woodlin traditions, we also saw some big changes.
Dr. Doris Jennings became our principal in 2000. In 2001, President Bush initiated the No Child Left Behind Act to monitor and boost student’s math and reading progress so our students spent much of their day in longer math and reading blocks. Jerry Weast became our new superintendent and he believes kids learn better in smaller classes. Class sizes for Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade was capped at 19 students.
In 2002 All-day Kindergarten returned to Woodlin and expanded from two half-day Kindergarten classes to 6 in one year! Smaller class sizes and the addition of the Kindergartens caused Woodlin to gain three new “learning cottages” for a total of four. The Learning Cottages became the home to for two classes of second graders and two classes of fourth graders.
In 2003, Student Council began holding monthly celebration assemblies to recognize it's student for their achievements while also building school pride!
In 2004, Woodlin became a "Baldrige School" and joined the trend of using business principles to encourage and measure success in the classroom. Baldrige involves all stakeholders – students, parents, staff, and community members – to participate in all phases of the school improvement process.
Woodlin Elementary celebrated it's 60th anniversary in 2005! Woodlin also adopted it's new motto "Together, we explore, learn, and succeed!" And in 2005, Woodlin recieved an assistant principal, Mary Bliss who joined us for 2 years!
2007 was a year full of change! Dr. Jennings retired after seven years at Woodlin and we gained our new Principal Mrs. Sarah Sirgo in February of 2007. Over the summer of Woodlin gained a new roof and a new assistant principal, Mr. Troy Clarke. In 2008, Stop and Think was put in place as a school wide behavior management program which the students, staff, Woodlin community quickly embraced!
Dr. Doris Jennings became our principal in 2000. In 2001, President Bush initiated the No Child Left Behind Act to monitor and boost student’s math and reading progress so our students spent much of their day in longer math and reading blocks. Jerry Weast became our new superintendent and he believes kids learn better in smaller classes. Class sizes for Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade was capped at 19 students.
In 2002 All-day Kindergarten returned to Woodlin and expanded from two half-day Kindergarten classes to 6 in one year! Smaller class sizes and the addition of the Kindergartens caused Woodlin to gain three new “learning cottages” for a total of four. The Learning Cottages became the home to for two classes of second graders and two classes of fourth graders.
In 2003, Student Council began holding monthly celebration assemblies to recognize it's student for their achievements while also building school pride!
In 2004, Woodlin became a "Baldrige School" and joined the trend of using business principles to encourage and measure success in the classroom. Baldrige involves all stakeholders – students, parents, staff, and community members – to participate in all phases of the school improvement process.
Woodlin Elementary celebrated it's 60th anniversary in 2005! Woodlin also adopted it's new motto "Together, we explore, learn, and succeed!" And in 2005, Woodlin recieved an assistant principal, Mary Bliss who joined us for 2 years!
2007 was a year full of change! Dr. Jennings retired after seven years at Woodlin and we gained our new Principal Mrs. Sarah Sirgo in February of 2007. Over the summer of Woodlin gained a new roof and a new assistant principal, Mr. Troy Clarke. In 2008, Stop and Think was put in place as a school wide behavior management program which the students, staff, Woodlin community quickly embraced!