The school was named by the Montgomery County Board of Education for Judge Charles W. Woodward, Sr. (1895–1969), who served as Associate Judge and later as Chief Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Maryland from 1932 to 1955.
A school was established by the Montgomery County Board of Education to commemorate Judge Charles W. Woodward, Sr., a distinguished jurist who served as an Associate Judge and later as Chief Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Maryland from 1932 to 1955.