• January 17th - -Kalahari Reservations must be in if any rooms are still available! *We have booked 118 and are already over our limit. I don't know how many rooms will still be available.
• January 20th - No School for Students for MLK Day!
• January 29th - Yake Family Dinner Night at Francesca's Brick Oven Pizzeria from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.
• February 8th - Kids Against Hunger at the Woodhaven Upper Elementary School (WUE) starting at 9:00 a.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!

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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

Our Unified Program has worked closely with Rev'd Up Fun on some awesome events/promotions. Kristin, the owner, was open to ideas and has implemented a sensory friendly night! I am so excited for this wonderful opportunity for our students. Please see the below information and share with appropriate teachers/families!

We are excited to announce that Woodhaven Rev'd Up Fun will be hosting its inaugural Sensory Friendly Night on Monday, January 27th from 5-8pm, featuring a variety of great deals.

We encourage you to share this information, as it is an excellent inclusive event for students (and their families) who may find it beneficial.

For any inquiries, please feel free to reach out to Rev'd Up. We look forward to seeing you there!

Here is the link to purchase tickets in advance:

https://shop.revdupfun.com/retail/items/063470e4-05f0-4fc3-a979-0be8a64387ac

The cost will be $5 more if you purchase tickets at the event on the 27th.

Rooms for the Yake Family Night at Kalahari on President's Day (February 17, 2025) ate filling up fast! Remember, for the discount rate of $154, your family can enjoy a 2 queen bed room with waterpark passes. You can't get a room at this rate at any other time of the year and on the 17th, the park will be extra fun as it will be filled with Gators! My room is booked and I am excited to see many of our families there. Click on the link below to join me for a day (or two as you can use the park on the 18th as well) at Kalahari on President's Day 2025!

https://book.passkey.com/e/50882668

I'll see you there!

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 6th, we had 255 Gators (up from 244 last week) who had perfect attendance! Through our raffle, $10.00 Rev'D Up Fun arcade gift cards were awarded to Hannah & Emily! 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.

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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