WBSD Weekly Update

WBSD held a very impactful Gun Safety Forum on April 11, 2023 at West Bloomfield Middle School. Did you know that the WBSD Board of Education passed a resolution in support of Gun Safety and Safe Gun Storage. Click here to read the resolution. To view the Oakland County Commission to Address Gun Violence page, Click here.

Thursday, June 15 is a half-day of school. WBSD will not be offering PM Kids Klub on Thursday, June 15. Morning services are still available to those families that are registered.

Thank you to the West Bloomfield Police Department for joining the Field Day festivities at Scotch Elementary School Field Day. We appreciate your support and involvement.

Congratulations to our very own Jennifer Sepetys! Jennifer was selected as one of fifteen secondary school educators from 14 U.S. states to participate in the one-year Genocide Education Project Teacher Fellowship Program in Armenia. Sepetys will travel to Armenia in July 2023 for a 10-day intensive professional development based at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute in Yerevan and will then lead teacher training activities for educators back in Michigan.

Oakland Early College students celebrated at the OEC Honors Convocation! Congratulations to all of our OEC students on your amazing accomplishments! For more information about Oakland Early College, click here.

WBMS Robotics participated in the Keego Harbor Memorial Day Parade. Community involvement and participation is one of their core values. Thank you for supporting our community!

American Sign Language 1 final project is signing a children's story. Student Rebekah Goodman signed A Car Followed Us using ASL grammar, classifiers, facial expressions, role shifting, and storytelling skills. To view the video, click here.

Congratulations to the West Bloomfield High School Band on a successful performance at the Keego Harbor Memorial Day Parade. The students did a wonderful job performing and honoring their school, community, and country. Go Lakers!

The 5th Grader's from Scotch, Sheiko, and Roosevelt had their first concert showcasing what they learned through the 5th grade instrumental music program. Thank you to Linda Trotter, Andrea Cole, Jesse Saxe, and Kelli Kwiatkowski for giving our 5th grade students the foundation to begin learning a strings or band instrument. They are off to a great start as they begin Middle School.

The boys golf team finished their season with a team score of 351. The team was led by Ryan Denawetz (86), Cole Budin (86), Tyler Moon (89), Ryan Wold (90), Rocco Valente (90). The guys had a great season showing growth and persistence.

Track, soccer, and more! Check out the Athletic calendar here and enjoy the weather with The Lakers!

Click here to volunteer for the dunk tank for the Youth Assistance. Thank you in advance for helping the Youth Assistance of West Bloomfield, Birmingham, and Bloomfield.

To volunteer, meet your neighbors or earn community service hours click here

We would love to feature our WBSD 2023 senior class and their accomplishments with their own "Senior Spotlight" social media post. Do you know of a senior that would like to highlighted? Forward along this form: https://tinyurl.com/4rf8bk3t

Last Day of School signs are posted here https://www.wbsd.org/
Scroll down under District News to print. Be sure to use #onlyWB and tag West Bloomfield School District if you are posting to social media. Thank you for celebrating!

Click here to learn more about the job opportunities at WBSD.

Book Lists

· Time for Bed (Kids)

· Survival and Adventure Stories (Kids)

· LGBTQ+ Thrillers and Mysteries (Teen)

Summer Reading Kickoff
Saturday, June 10 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Celebrate the start of Summer Reading with us! Mark your calendars for a day of fun, including:

· circus skills with Cirque Amongus

· an inflatable bounce house

· human hamster ball races

· a video game truck

· a photo booth

· and more fun for the whole family!

For all ages. No registration required. Discover more upcoming library events in our Summer Events brochure at https://issuu.com/westbloomlib/docs/events_summer_2023.

Do you have a newsworthy story to share? We want to share your wonderful stories with the rest of the community! Please share with us what is happening with your child(ren) and our staff. We would love to hear about your events and activities including awards, honors, good deeds, and accomplishments. Help us share your success stories in art, music, scholastics, athletics, drama, debate, and more. We look forward to sharing your news! Submit a story here.

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