Make sure you have all the latest information about H-B Woodlawn. This page will give you an overview of how you can receive information, how you can communicate with other parents and staff members and where to look for other information.
Communicating with staff at H-B Woodlawn is easy. Each staff member's email address is listed on our webpage under “Staff.” All staff members can be reached by phone by calling the main office, 703-228-6363, and leaving a message. Your calls, questions, and feedback are welcome.
Consider your child’s Teacher Advisor (TA) as your first line of communication regarding your student. TAs monitor and track student progress and are student advocates. TAs can help students develop the confidence and skills they need to advocate for themselves and to become responsible, self-directed learners. Call either office for the name of your child’s Teacher Advisor.
Also, it is easy to access all the latest information about what is going on at H-B Woodlawn. Following is an overview of how you can communicate with staff and other parents and where to look for information regarding important opportunities, activities, and events – countywide, school-wide, for each grade level, and for many classes.
APS School Talk
Have you subscribed to APS School Talk? Sign up and receive information from Arlington Public Schools. Once you have signed up, you can select which type of information you want to receive. This includes emergency closings, school board meetings, and information about various schools. Click here to subscribe or update your membership to APS School Talk.
H-B Webpage
The first place to look for information is the H-B website. The home page lists upcoming announcements and calendar events.
The "Parents" tab includes information on the
PAC,
PAC Newsletters and other information of particular interest to parents.
H-B Woodlawn Parent Listservs
To get the latest news and communicate with each other, parents can join several email groups. These groups are hosted by Arlington Public Schools, but are moderated and managed by parent volunteers.
The H-B Woodlawn PAC maintains two email groups for all members of the HB community, HBW-News (hbw-news@lists.apsva.us) for announcements, and HBW-Talk (hbw-talk@lists.apsva.us) for general discussions. Look at the links on the left or click here for more information about joining HBW-News and HBW-Talk.
In addition to the PAC listservs, each class (6th, 7th, 8th, freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) has a parent listserv. See our website to subscribe or update your membership to the parent listserv for your child's class. Click here to subscribe or update your membership to the parent listserv for your child's class.
Staff Email
You can send an email directly to your child's TA or teacher. Names, pictures and email addresses of H-B staff can be found on the "Staff" tab of the website.
H-B Woodlawn Calendar
H-B has now has a collection of google calendars. The main calendar shows all general events at H-B. Want more? Check out the PAC calendar with additional events of interest to parents, the HB Testing calendar which shows the detailed schedule for testing, the Fine Arts collection which gives music and drama rehearsal, H-B's Block schedule, and more!
Don't miss an event - subscribe to the calendars of interest to you!
Blackboard
Every student has an account in Blackboard. Courses are created for every class, but it is up to each teacher to make these courses available. Some teachers post grades, assignments and other information on their Blackboard courses. You can find out at Back to School Night how your child's teachers use Blackboard.
In order to log into Blackboard, you will need to use your child's login and password. Their username is their student ID number, and their initial password is their birthday, but they can change the password. Parent accounts are not currently available. APS is working on a parent portal that will include grades, assignments and many other features. Until then, you need to speak to your child about accessing Blackboard.
In addition to grades and assignments for classes, you and your children can access these services from within Blackboard:
- Textbooks - many of our textbook publishers have given us access to special sites, activities and resources
- Atomic Learning - web-based software training and support using short video tutorials
- Acorn - Search the catalog of Arlington Public Schools libraries
- World Book, Grolier, Encylopedia Britannica and many other encyclopedias and databases
Blackboard requires a current browser, Firefox 3.0, Internet Explorer 7.0 or Safari 3.
Online Grades
Some teachers post grades for students online. These grades are accessed by a tab within the Blackboard course for the class. Your child's teacher can tell you if grades will be available online. Note: passwords for these grades are different for each class. You will need to check these with your child or get the information from him/her. This procedure will be streamlined when the parent portal is completed.
H-B Woodlawn Office
Main Office - 703-228-6363
Middle School Office - 703-228-6359
Assuring Two-Way Communication
Just a reminder, if you have changed your home address; your home, work, or cell phone number, or your emergency contact in the last year, please let our registrars (Ana 703-228-6354 or Christina 703-228-6359) know. They will update our official school records.
If you have any questions about the H-B website, Blackboard or the email groups, please contact Teri Doxsee, Instructional Technology Coordinator at teri.doxsee@apsva.us or 571-969-4821.
