2024 Buy-in Parties
Donate to Academics & Build Our Community
What is a Buy-In Party? Parties donated and hosted by community members to fundraise and build community. These parties occur all year long. Find an event and date that works for you! Ticket sales are donations to the WHS Foundation. Attending a Buy-In Party is fun, builds our school community, and supports local education at Woodside High School.
Country Club Progressive Dinner Party
Join us for a Fun, Festive, and Fabulous progressive dinner party. Enjoy meeting new friends as you stroll between three homes enjoying delicious food and desserts paired with wine and yummy cocktails.
The Farm Hill/Country Club Progressive Dinner Party is here and you don't want to miss it!
Date: August 17, 2024, 6 - 10 pm
Location: Country Club Drive in Redwood City
Price: $125/person
Donated by: Karen Brux, Jorge Larranaga, Julie Manuel, Marc Manuel, Tim Palmer, Veronica Spencer
Class of 2026 Party
Join us as we honor the "Class of 2026" by rocking the casbah, wearing our sunglasses at night, and getting blinded with science as we travel back in a hot tub time machine to the totally awesome 1980s with period music, memorabilia, games, and the Safety Dance, where we will be "dancing with ourselves"! Characters and costumes encouraged, but optional! Venue: "Club Isom" in Emerald Hills.
Date: Saturday, August 24, 2024, 5 pm
Price: $100/person
Donated by: Lori Burrows Warren, Gaja Frampton, liz Isom, Rob Isom, Cindi Rutter, Jim Rutter
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere...Hawaiian Party Time!
It's Five O'Clock somewhere... Let's sip Island Cocktails to celebrate the return of the 2024-25 school year. Tropical drinks, great appetizers, music, and more. Let's do it Hawaiian style at Chris and Leslie Pedrin's backyard paradise. Wear your Hawaiian shirt and hula skirt and be ready for some great conversations with old and new friends of the Wildcat Family.
Date: Saturday, August 24, 2024, 5 pm
Location: Home of the Pedrins
Price: $50/person
Donated by: Becky Foutch, Ellen Jacobson, Joel Jacobson, David Medeiros, Craig Moore, Sarah Moore, Leslie and Chris Pedrin, Chris Pedrin, Isela Scott, Brian Scott, Andrea Torres, Adam Torres, Rhea & Bob Yauch
End of Summer Reading Brunch
Looking for a couple of good books for the fall? Join a group of book-loving Woodside High School moms for a morning of conversation, favorite book highlights and yummy brunch. You’ll return home with two new books and a book bag, ready to bring comfort to those cold fall nights ahead!
Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024
Location: The host's home in Redwood City
Price: $100/person
Donated by: Karen Brux, Donna Hall, Mary-Elizabeth Robinson, Laura Schooley, Gail Sheena
Rockterberfest
“Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit!” This exclusive, Bavarian-style Oktoberfest extravaganza features authentic festival benches and decor, including a one-of-a-kind “Bavarian guard house” selfie station! In addition to fine food "und" beverage, “Rocktoberfest” will include traditional festival music, games, contests, chants, toasts, songs, glassware, door prizes, and of course, plenty of excellent German beer!
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2024, 5-9 pm
Location: Home of the Rutters
Price: $100/person
Donated by: Quinn Caldwell, Douglas Caldwell, Liz Isom, Rob Isom, Courtney Payne, Dennis Payne, Cindi Rutter, Jim Rutter
Bunco and Bubbles Party
Dice Divas, join us for some fun, laughter, and friendly competition at our Bunco and Bubbles party. 12 lucky bidders will enjoy brunch and bottomless mimosas before we start rolling the dice. No experience is necessary; it’s a simple, fast-paced dice game so don’t miss out on this opportunity to sign up with old or meet new friends for a lively afternoon of good food and good fun. Place your bid and let the good times roll!
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2024
Location: Emerald Hills
Price: $60/person
Donated by: Jill Hanneman, Michele Harkov
Blue Angels Viewing Party
Watch the famous Blue Angels fly past from the perfect vantage point on the 16th floor of the Transamerica Pyramid! Food and drinks included. Fun for the whole family!
Date: Sunday, October 13, 2024, 2 - 5 pm
Price: $75/person
Donated by: Stephanie Chen, Chris Welton
Class of 2027 Party
Celebrate Dia De Los Muertos with handmade margaritas and a dinner of Mexican delights. The band Alavera, a group of both former and current Woodside parents, will play for our listening pleasure while we rock the night away with fellow Sophomore parents!
Date: Saturday, November 2, 2024
Location: 2725 Kensington Rd., Redwood City, CA
Price: $100/person
Donated by: Deborah Moore, Paul Moore, Isela Scott, Leslie Stafford, James Stafford, Angie Tinson
Class of 2028 Party
Join WHS Class of 2028 parents for food and drinks in a beautiful outdoor setting at a home in Portola Valley. Hosts hail from 3 middle schools, so you're certain to meet new people, reunite with old friends, and learn about WHS for all new incoming parents!
Date: Saturday, November 2, 2024, 5:30-8 pm
Location: Bedner Home
Price: $100/person
Donated by: Pam Bartfield, Ilja Bedner, Sangini Bedner, Aimee Blum, Peter Blum, Anya Chernykh-Hodges, Nathan Hodges
Wreath Making
Just in time for the holidays! Design your holiday wreath with our garden guru, Brook Coffee.
Date: November 2024 date TBD
Price: $150/person
Donated by: Brook Coffee
Cooking Class in State of the Art WHS Kitchen!
Join us for a hands-on group cooking class in the state-of-the-art professional culinary arts kitchen at Woodside High School. Led by chef instructor Amanda Olson. Learn the French art of “mise en place” and professional knife skills while preparing a collection of savory and sweet small bites.
Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025, 6-8 pm
Price: $150/person
Donated by: WHS Culinary Arts
Class of 2025 Parents-Only Graduation Party
Celebrate the end of your child's high school experience by regressing hard into your just post-high school self. Wear your favorite college T-shirt, drag out those flannel pajama pants you wore everywhere, rock your old sports jersey (respect if it fits!), or dig out that dress you thought was "da bomb" for wild nights out. We'll try to remember how to play some classic games like Beer Pong, darts, and maybe add some new ones to the mix. Elevated, college-reminiscent food will be served alongside beer and Jell-O shots.
Date: Evening of Saturday, May 17, 2025
Location: The Armsby home.
Price: $75/person
Donated by: Mike Armsby, Aimee Armsby, Catherine Brown, Scott Brown, Hilary Duwe, Colin Duwe, Doug Farber, Jon-Erik Holty, Grace Holty, Hans Hull, Laraine McKinnon, Steve Reinhart, Susan Silberman, Greg Silberman, Marlene Sloger, Meena Tahiliani, Sue Ten, Lori Warren, John Warren