• August 27th - Open House from 4:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.!
• September 3rd - First Day of School! - a full day for all students!
• September 18th - Our first PTO meeting of the year staring at 6:00 p.m.! - details coming soon!
• September 19th - Watch D.O.G.S. Dads & Kids Pizza Night starting at 6:00 p.m. in our cafeteria
• September 22nd - Fall Festival from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. on the Yake grounds
• October 3rd - Picture Day!

Click on the link below to access your Parent Connect account.

If you do not know how to log into your parent portal, try following the steps listed on the website. If that does not help, please call Mrs. West to assist you with logging in. We are unable to share these assignments over the phone.

This year, we've created a back to school packet for families to complete in Parent Connect. MiStar updates (emergency contacts, numbers, emails, etc.) will be made automatically when families complete the online packet. In Parent Connect on the top there is a link that states 2024-2025 Back to School Packet. Click on the link below for directions and a short video explaining how to complete the Parent Connect Packet. The deadline to complete the online Parent Connect packets is Friday, September 6th.

Thanks for help getting this out!

https://www.mywbsd.org/page/parent-connect-resources

*Bus routes may be updated, particularly in order to get children to Yake in time to have breakfast before school starts, but with all five elementary schools being on the same schedule, there will be bugs to work out.

Please click here or on the image below to see this year's bus routes. They should be the same as last year.

Please click here for more information about our Transportation Department as listed on our District website.

I wanted to welcome some new faces to Yake Elementary School.

• Lisa McMahan - K-2 ASD classroom Teacher

• Sarah Stahl - Social Worker
• Lisa Rinker - Student Advocate
• Shelbi Atwood - GSRP Teacher (not new, but officially on board!)
• Abbey Pratt - Speech (filling in for Amanda Campeau. while she is on maternity leave to start the year)

Please join me in welcoming Mrs. McMahan, Mrs. Stahl, Mrs. Rinker & Ms. Pratt to our family and join me in congratulating Ms. Atwood for officially coming on board. We are fortunate to have such great additions to our team at Yake Elementary School.

The Woodhaven-Brownstown School District is excited to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students once again this year thanks to the Michigan Healthy School Meals Program!

New this year, all breakfast and lunch menus are available for families to view through the Nutrislice app. View menus online or with the Nutrislice app.

mywbsd.nutrislice.com

Children who are coming in for breakfast will be allowed to enter Yake through the maind doors at 8:40 a.m. and head to the cafeteria for breakfast. Kindergarten & Young Fives Gators will be allowed to enter through the front doors and line-up outside of their classrooms starting at 8:50 a.m. All other Gators in grades 1-4 will enter their classes through the exterior classroom doors at 9:00 a.m.

Calling all Dads!

Mark your calendars to help us bring Watch D.O.G.S. back to Yake Elementary School!

Yake was the first school to establish a Watch D.O.G.S. program in Southeast Michigan when we got started on May 17, 2010.

Starting at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 19th. We will have our Dads & Kids Pizza Night. This introduction program is for all new “Dads” and veteran “DOGS” to learn more about the program and to sign up for the 2024.25 school year.

For more information about the Watch D.O.G.S. program, click here.

For a copy of the Dads & Kids Pizza Night flyer (to RSVP), click here.

To access the ICHAT (background check and volunteer waiver form) so that you can volunteer as a Watch D.O.G., click here. By bringing the completed form and a copy of your driver's license to the dinner, we can get you up and running as a Watch D.O.G.

I am very excited to see Watch D.O.G.S. get back up and running this year!

A flyer and a link to book your room will be coming soon! You don't want to miss out on a great deal for a room and a few days of waterpark fun with some great Yake families at Kalahari on President's Day, which will be on Monday, February 17, 2025! The rooms sell out every year. Be sure to book early to reserve your room.

All about i-Ready for parents! Please see the videos below for information about the i-Ready diagnostic and the i-Ready program.

Additional information will be coming throughout the year. i-Ready is a great resource for tracking your Gator's academic growth in Reading and Math, particularly when reviewing initial (September), mid-year (January) and end of the year (May) data.

We will all work diligently to help our Gators demonstrate academic growth throughout the year.

Click here to access a FAQ parent guide which will be updated throughout the year.

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