• February 6th - 2nd grade field trip to the Imagination Station
• February 7th - Future Chefs Recipe Entries are due!
• February 8th - Kids Against Hunger at the Woodhaven Upper Elementary School (WUE) starting at 9:00 a.m.
• February 11th - Elementary Schools to present at the Board of Education meeting at 5:30 p.m.
• February 14th - Half-Day of School to being Mid-Winter Break!
• February 17th - Yake Family Fun Night at Kalahari!
• February 17th & 18th - No School for Mid-Winter Break!
• February 26th - PTO meeting at 6:00 p.m.
• February 27th - Spring Pictures
• February 28th - 4th grade Lumber Jack & Jill breakfast!

Our food service provider, Sodexo selected Yake out of all of their schools to film a promotional video/commercial. They loved Yake and our Gators. Take a peek at the Sodexo Bright Bites Kitchen video! This will be a feature of Sodexo's national promotion.

Our Student Council continued their efforts to make sure all groups working with children at Yake Elementary School know how much they are appreciated. The initiative began with our bus drivers in October and continued with our lunch staff members last month. This month, we are proud to recognize our paraprofessionals. They help our Gators in so many ways each and every day. We love our paraprofessional family at Yake Elementary School!

Attention 3rd and 4th graders: Kids Against Hunger is fast approaching! If you are able to come and help us pack food at Woodhaven Upper Elementary on Saturday, February 8th please turn in your permission slip and 5 dollars to the office as soon as possible.

We have 17 spots for 3rd grade and 16 spots for 4th grade left to reach our goal of 25 students per grade! There are extra permission slips in the office. THANK YOU for your help Gators!

Hello Yake 3rd & 4th Grade Parents!

Third and fourth graders from Yake will once again have an opportunity to participate in this year’s Kids Against Hunger event scheduled for Saturday, February 8th taking place at Woodhaven Upper Elementary. Your child will be coming home with a paper for this in the next few days. We are looking to fill 25 spots for 3rd grade and 25 spots for 4th grade. The cost is $5 and the permission slips for each grade are included in this email. The times for each grade are on the permission slips. If you would like another paper copy sent home with your child please let me know and I will make sure they get one. Students can even show up on that Saturday with $5 and will be able to participate! This event provides a great opportunity for our Gators to help others in need and contribute to making a positive difference in the world!

With that said, we are looking for parent volunteers to stay and help with their children! Volunteers will stay with the students, sit with them during the presentation, help them rotate between the different production jobs, and be a cheerleader for the students. If you are interested in staying to help please email me so I can add your name to our volunteer list.

THANK YOU!

Mrs. Crane (cranem@wbsdweb.com)

2nd Grade Teacher

Yake Elementary School

3rd grade permission slip!

4th grade permission slip!

I am super excited to announce that Sodexo's Future Chefs 2025 Competition is now open! If you have a chef in your home, please take a peek at the Flyer, Entry Form and Tips below. By clicking on each image, you can get to a PDF with the full attachments. 4th grade teacher, Mr. Lees and I are judges in the competition and we are so excited to participate again this year.

We will hold the event at WHS Cafeteria on March 5th at 4:30pm. The deadline for recipe submission is February 7th. Sodexo will choose 1 student from each building as a finalist. The winner of our event will be in the running for the National Future Chef Competition! I

This competition is extra special at Yake as Isabelle Sarkody placed second in the nation back in 2016. She had lots of fun and won many prizes along the way.

Mr. Lees & I can't wait to taste some good Gator cooking on the 5th.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this wonderful opportunity for our kids.

Tim Podlewski

We are proud to announce that Yake Elementary School is ranked #131 out of 2,633 (Top 5%) elementary schools in the state of Michigan. We are the top ranked school in the district with the second closest school being ranked #346. Meridian on Grosse Ile is ranked #502. Anderson Elementary School in Trenton is #582. Hats off to the staff, students and parents who work together to make Yake Elementary School one of the top elementary schools in the state.

For the week of January 20th, we had 283 Gators (up from 231 last week) who had perfect attendance! Through our raffle, $10.00 Rev'D Up Fun arcade gift cards were awarded to Charlie & Eli! Our next raffle will take place on Monday morning where two more gift cards will be awarded to Gators who had perfect attendance this week.

Every Monday there will be a drawing based on attendance from the prior week. Two Gators with perfect attendance will receive $10 Rev'D Up Fun Arcade cards each week.

Take a peek at pictures of our Watch D.O.G.S. who joined us this past week!

More information about Watch D.O.G.S. can be found below.

Thank you, Jennifer Harold for sharing these quotes as we celebrate

Black History Month!

Our Watch D.O.G.S. Calendar is Full!

Click on the link below to view the calendar.

We have Watch D.O.G.S. t-shirts in stock to purchase! You can also click here or on the link below to check out a wider variety of items to order online.

If you are looking for Math Tutors, (click here) for a list of Woodhaven High School students who are available and ready to offer assistance.

Parents and visitors are asked to park in the Visitor's Parking lot, especially before 8:50 a.m. Staff members need to be able to park in order to get to their classrooms. Please assist us in keeping the spots in the staff parking lot open for staff, at least until 8:50 a.m. each morning.

Thank you for your cooperation!

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.

Birthday Celebrations!

Every child’s birthday is important. However, we must take more care when sending birthday treats to school. In addition to pandemic related precautions, we must also consider student food allergies, student diabetes, and our national push for healthy eating. If you wish to send a prepackaged birthday treat, you will need to either send the treats in with your child in the morning or pull into one of the parent parking spots and call the office to have us come out and pick up the treats from you. Please make sure that the pre-packaged treats have the ingredients listed on the packages. Please label the treats with your child’s name and classroom teacher. Parents will not be allowed to deliver treats into their child’s classroom.

As a reminder, no outside visitors will be allowed in our school unless they are volunteering or have an appointment. Any parent or visitor wishing to drop off or pick up a child, drop off a backpack or a lunch, etc. will need to call our office at (734)692-2230 for assistance. Staff members will welcome student in, escort students out and/or pick up backpacks, lunches and/or similar items as needed.

Yes, volunteers are welcome. However, they must be i-chat approved and the application is due one week prior to volunteering. To assess an IChat form, (Click here) and then click on the IChat form.

If parents wish to pick students up prior to dismissal, our office must be called before 3:20 p.m. Children will not be walked out to parents after 3:20 p.m.

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. All other Gators in grades 1-4 will enter their classes through the exterior classroom doors at 9:00 a.m. Young Fives & kindergarten Gators will be allowed to enter through the main doors at 8:50 a.m. and line up outside of their classrooms.

A flyer and a link to book your room can be found below! 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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