WHS Endowment

Programs to be supported by the WHS Endowment include:

SOS (Students Offering Support)

These programs aim to create and maintain a healthy, supportive learning environment on campus. They include:

  • The Freshman Transition program which prepares 10th-12th grade student leaders to provide all incoming students with introductory campus tours and year-round team building activities
  • Conflict Mediation a peer-to-peer program that teaches peaceful ways to resolve interpersonal problems
  • KLEAR (Kids Learning Empathy and Respect) which teaches positive ways to deal with harassment issues

MESA/AVID

Students in their programs are from grades 9-12 and include Latinos, Filipinos, whites, Pacific Islanders, and African-Americans. The program has been extremely successful. Consistently, 95-100% of MESA/AVID graduates enroll in a 2- or 4-year college.

MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Advancement) is an outreach program whose goal is to increase participation in activities and curricula that expose students to mathematics, engineering, and science, with an eye to increasing their rates of entry into related careers.

AVID (Advancement Via Independent Determination) supports students who have strong potential but need help in achieving that potential; who for a variety of reasons (such as being the first in their families to attend college), are less likely to follow the college-preparatory path on their own. Through AVID, these students are helped to enroll in challenging curriculum, meet A-G subject requirements, become involved in school activities, and prepare effectively to attend 4-year universities.

Enrichment

Since 1999, Woodside High School has been adding advanced placement classes to meet the increasing demand for courses that address the University of California entrance requirements. Courses in every discipline are available for students wishing to challenge their highest academic potential. In addition, the WHSF and Administration will be implementing a strategic process to reduce class sizes in core subjects with additional funding to come from the Fall Campaign.

Our Endowment brochure presents the stories of WHS students whose lives were positively impacted by these programs and offers compelling reasons why the WHSF seeks funding to maintain them.

Donations to the WHS Endowment will help sustain these and other proven programs that support some of our most in-need students.


"My only wish is that more students could get into the MESA/AVID program. There is a waiting list of over 105 qualified students.”
Christina, WHS Class of 2005, Now enrolled at UC Berkeley