Every Child, Every Day is our intentional commitment to creating a safe and inclusive culture and community where we:

• Prioritize instruction
• Foster meaningful relationships
• Value and empower each learner
• Create growth opportunities for all

Dear Parents:

On this last day of the 2019-2020 school year, I want to express, humbly, my gratitude to our Walled Lake Schools families and community. Your support as we conclude 13 weeks of virtual learning, celebrate our seniors, and so much more, has reminded us to value compassion over challenge and to persevere. Thank you too for your overwhelming response to the Planning for 20/21 Parent Survey. We are reading and considering all feedback as we convene committees to create a plan to serve Every Child, Every Day next year.

Survey: Today is the deadline to complete this planning survey. Submissions will be accepted through midnight tonight, June 12, 2020.

Retrieval of student belongings:

• Elementary: Thank you to our parents for doing a curb-side pick-up this week. It was great to see our children’s faces.
• Middle School: Pick-up and drop-off of school items, such and band instruments, media center books, and athletic uniforms will take place, June 12- 12-5, and June 15 and 16 – 8-4. You must sign up with the forms that have been emailed to you from your principal.
• High School: Please see the communication from your principal as this will be done next week.
• Chromebook return.

Social Justice in Walled Lake Schools: Please see Superintendent Gutman’s Message on 6/3

Budget: As I have noted in the past several District Updates, we are preparing a budget that includes sweeping reductions. This is the June 2020 Budget video that outlines the proposed reductions, though we have not yet been told what dollars will be available for next year. . We respectfully request that you advocate for unrestricted and federal funds with our federal legislators as Michigan’s budget woes will result in significant cuts to schools’ budgets. Here are some important talking points about school funding. I want to remind all parents that bond funds may only be used for the specified, approved bond work. Lastly, please log onto the WLCSD Citizen’s Committee Facebook page and Our Kids, Our Future – Contact Congress to help us send a message to our legislators.

Congratulations to:

• The Class of 2020 will be celebrated this Sunday, June 14 Senior Celebration 2020. The Commemorative Edition of the Spinal Column for the WLCSD Class of 2020 will be distributed at the June 14 Senior Celebration to each senior/family. If you do NOT attend, Request to mail the Class of 2020 Special Edition of the Spinal Column.

· All of our fifth-graders moving on to Middle School and all of our eighth-graders moving on to high school!

• Walled Lake Schools honors more than 40 retirees who collectively have 1,000 years of experience - 2020 Retirees!
• Special Services Shining Stars Award Recipients who support the special needs community within Walled Lake Schools.

• Walled Lake Schools Greater West Bloomfield student volunteer leaders will be honored virtually soon. We celebrate: Frances Miller and Luke Henry, Keith Elementary, Anthony Alyas, Pleasant Lake Elementary, Courtney Fulcher, Walnut Creek Middle School, and Jenna Friedman, WL Central High School.

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Other updated information:

1. Thank you for your patience in receiving the 2020/21 WLCSD School Calendar.
2. Please encourage your children to participate in the WLCSD Virtual Field Day.
3. Summer Care: With the Governor’s Stay at Home Executive Order in place until mid-June, WLCSD will not be offering Summer Care for 2020. This is a difficult decision but with the uncertainty of the COVID virus, it is the safe and prudent course to take at this time. We are sorry for the inconvenience this may cause but we hope to see your children this Fall when school resumes.
4. Food Distribution will continue until Monday, June 22. Other food distribution sites include:
1. North Oakland County Food Distribution
2. South Oakland County Food Distribution
3. Hospitality House Food Pantry
5. Virtual Kindergarten Orientation: Visit our Virtual Kindergarten Orientation process and the fully virtual enrollment process District Enrollment Link.

We are committed to communicating what we know, when we know it. Thank you for your partnership in supporting our children and each other. Please be safe and let us know how we can help you at info@wlcsd.org.

Have a safe and restful summer,

Kenneth Gutman

Superintendent of Schools

We would like to congratulate our 2020 Dublin retirees! Thank you for your dedication to children, parents, Dublin Elementary, and Walled Lake Schools. You will be missed!

Your child's report card for the third trimester of school will be available on Skyward Family Access on Monday, June 15th. Please log in to your Skyward account to view your child's report card. Thank you for your continued partnership. If you have questions regarding your child's report card, please contact your child's teacher.

At this time yearbooks are not available. However, no worries, once yearbooks are delivered, we will be sure to get them distributed to every student. Thank you for your patience with this.

All students will receive a yearbook!

Please stop by Loon Lake Elementary, Mary Helen Guest Elementary, Walled Lake Elementary and/or Wixom Elementary and help yourself to the food/supplies in the Outdoor Food Pantries.

The pantries were filled by many other families from across the WLCSD. On behalf of all elementary schools, we cannot thank you enough for your generosity.

Please take what you need. If you would like to help fill the pantry, you can do that as well. We are all committed to taking good care of each other.

Once again our Dublin PTA will be selling school supply kits for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year. This is a great opportunity to purchase school supplies for your child and support our Dublin PTA.

Simply click on the SCHOOL SUPPLY BUTTON BELOW to place your order.

School supply kits will be delivered in late August and will be ready for pick up at our school.

Our PTA will receive a portion of the proceeds from your supply order.

The deadline to order supply kits is July 1st!

If you have any questions, please contact our school fundraising chairperson

Dawn Corby

dstan12@gmail.com or 248-895-4155.

Incoming kindergarten parents for the 2020-2021 school year are invited to enroll your child during our Virtual Kindergarten Orientation beginning on Monday, April 27, 2020.

Kindergarten students must be five-years-old on or before September 1, 2020.

Exception: According to Michigan Law, a child may be enrolled in kindergarten if he/she is not five years of age on September 1, 2020, but will be five years of age not later than December 1, 2020 and parent or legal guardian notifies the school district in writing (Kindergarten Waiver Form) that he or she intends to enroll the child in kindergarten.

• Building Connectedness and Belonging for Students While School Buildings are Closed:
  use tomorrow” strategies, as well as virtual systems that can help you to maintain and foster meaningful relationships virtually (Panorama Ed)
• CASEL: SEL resources during COVID Pandemic
• Comprehensive COVID Resources for Schools: Curated by educators all over Oakland County for the Teaching and Learning Council.
• EDUCATOR’S GUIDE TO SUPPORTING THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS: Michigan Department of Education and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services April 2020
• Guidance on Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Remote Education guidance /answers to questions/concerns related to high-leverage teaching and learning practices for equity-based remote education. (New York University Metro Center)
• Helping Students Cope: Gathered resources to help staff and parents support their children during the pandemic. National Association of School Psychologists
• Mental and Behavioral Health Resources in Oakland County: Local resources gathered by a variety of Oakland Schools consultants.
• Michigan Model for Health : Digital curriculum, include modules around SEL
• Moving Beyond the Packet: Creating More Culturally Responsive Distance Learning Experiences: Click on link to access webinar
  

• School SEL Resources: Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence is committed to helping all leaders, educators, students, and families in their effort to build and sustain positive emotional climates.

• Tools to Address Trauma Here you will find a number of recommendations for trauma screening and assessment tools and trauma-specific interventions (from Michigan Department of Health and Human Services).

The Student Pantry remains committed to serving Walled Lake families! If you have staff or families looking to help, please share the link below.

Each family is typically receiving the following each week:

milk

egg

bread

protein (ie canned meat, tuna, peanut butter)

2-3 canned veggies

2-3 canned fruit

cereal and/or pasta

various snacks

soups

The items do change a bit each week but milk, eggs and bread are always provided. Please let me know if you have questions! We delivered to 65 families each of the past two weeks...we have the capacity to provide for up to 100. If you know of families who are in need, please email or text Sydney the family name and address (and number of children):

surbaniak@studentpantry.org

248-205-9459

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/9040f4fadaf2da5fe3-student3

WLCSD FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVERY MONDAY!

Where:

• Walled Lake Western High School, 600 Beck Road, Walled Lake
• Pick-up at Western is outside the gym entrance in the parking lot and bus loop area near the athletic fields.
• Walled Lake Central High School, 1600 Oakley Park Road, Walled Lake
• Pick-up at Central is at the main entrance. Please follow those directing traffic.

Children will receive 7 days of breakfast and 7 days of lunch for all children 18 and under, and adults with disabilities 26 and under.

The meals distributed are provided by the Unanticipated School Closure Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), are available to all children at no cost.

Jeff Drewno

Principal jeffreydrewno@wlcsd.org

248-956-3832

Sarah Garcia

Principal's Secretary sarahgarcia@wlcsd.org

248-956-3829

Diane Yanalunas

Building Secretary dianeyanalunas@wlcsd.org

248-956-3800

Email: jeffreydrewno@wlcsd.org
Website: http://wlcsd.org/dublin.cfm
Location: 425 Farnsworth Street, White Lake, MI, United States
Phone: 248-956-3800
Twitter: @DublinWL