The Weekly Update #4

We’re excited to announce that Talent Show auditions will take place this Wednesday, the 22nd, right after school.

Students must have a signed contract in order to audition. Please also plan for prompt pick-up at 5:00 PM.

We look forward to seeing our students share their amazing talents! ✨

M-STEP testing will begin shortly after Spring Break and continue through the end of April. During this time, our 3rd–5th grade students will be participating in the state assessment. We encourage families to help students be prepared by ensuring they get a good night’s sleep, eat a healthy breakfast, and arrive at school on time each day. We are proud of the hard work our students have put in this year and look forward to cheering them on during testing!

Dear Parents,

We will be hosting a community breakfast for students in grades 3–5 beginning at 8:50 a.m. in the cafeteria. This breakfast is intended to build community and cheer on our students as they prepare to take the M-STEP.

The breakfast will resume on Tuesday April 21th.

SOC, School of Choice,

Application window will be open from February 23, 2026

through March 20, 2026

Grades: K-12th

No Waiting List

ICSOC, Intra-County School of Choice,

Application window will be open from March 2, 2026

through August 28, 2026

Grades K-12th

We are asking for students not to bring cell phones to school or to keep them in their backpack. They are not to use them in school without administrative permission. Thank you for your support!

Office Drop-off Reminder
For the safety of all students, please remember to check in at the office any time you arrive at the school during the day. If you are dropping your child off after 9:10 AM, you must walk them into the building and sign them in at the office. Thank you for helping us keep our students safe and accounted for! If a student arrives late they may also be marked absent for the AM, depending upon their arrival time.

Office Pick-up Reminder

Please remember it is important your child is here for their full instructional day. For the safety and efficiency of our dismissal process, we kindly ask that families refrain from picking students up between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. If you must pick up early, please pick up prior to 3:30pm. If you are picking up early, please note that depending upon the pick-up time, your child may be marked absent for the PM.

• Please wait until 3:55 PM to gather by the Kindergarten & 1st grade dismissal doors. This allows all classes to re-enter the school from their playground recess safely.
• We love pets, especially dogs, but they cannot be on school grounds during arrival or pickup. Thank you for understanding!

• If your family needs additional food assistance, our Family Resource Center can connect you with community resources and local support programs. Please contact our Family Resource Center at (734) 419-2709 or FRC@wwcsd.net.

• For food assistance resources near you, please visit Gleaners Mobile Food Distribution at www.gcfb.org or pantrynet.org for locations and dates.

• Care Solace is available 24/7 and 365 days a year. They can help families locate food, housing, medical, dental and mental health resources. Contact them at 888-515-0595. They also have multilingual support.

Lunch Reminder

Families, we kindly ask that you do not send lunches that need to be heated up, as we do not have microwaves or the resources available to warm food. We appreciate your understanding and support in helping us ensure lunchtime runs smoothly for all students.

• We have introduced a brand new online menu portal for all schools. This link is on all webpages where menus are normally attached. Please use this link: https://wwcsd.nutrislice.com/menu. Menus will still be printed monthly to send home with students.

• Please fill out the Electronic Benefits Form online at: https://waynewestland.familyportal.cloud/benefits/onlyapplying - This information is collected for funding purposes and potential student benefits.

Although meals will be served free of charge for all students we still have snacks available for purchase. Families can pre load student accounts with money on the Meal Magic Family Portal at : https://waynewestland.familyportal.cloud/

• All student birthdays will be celebrated within classrooms but we no longer will allow food or non-food treats sent in from home. We have students with food allergies and we want to make sure that every student is recognized in the same way on their birthday.
• We ask that food treats and all other goodie bag treats be saved for home celebrations. Thank you for helping us with this!

• Our AKA Sports spiritwear store is open!
• You can order and pay directly via this link https://walkerwinterspiritwear.itemorder.com/shop/sale/ .
• All items can be shipped directly to you or you can choose to pick up at AKA Sports down the road at 34932 Michigan Ave (Michigan Ave & Wayne Rd).

• Below are links to important forms that must be filled out yearly. Paper copies will be sent home with students, also.
• If you do print and fill out, please return to our school office or your child's teacher.
• Each volunteer MUST fill out our district ICHAT volunteer form in order to volunteer either at our school or to chaperone on field trips. ICHAT forms MUST be done each school year.
• CLICK HERE ICHAT VOLUNTEER FORM
• We need our families to fill out the Educational Benefit Food Services Form in order for our entire school district to recieve FREE breakfast and lunch.
• CLICK HERE EDUCATIONAL BENEFIT FORM/FOOD SERVICES

• For the Educational Benefit Form, if you have students at multiple schools within the district they only need to fill out one form.

• Automated district-wide attendance calls for absent students have started.
• Help your child be successful at school by getting them to school on time each day.
• When students are late or unneccessarily miss days of school, it negatively impacts their learning and they miss out on socializing with friends and fall out of their daily rountine.
• We do understand that students get sick sometimes and need to stay home from school to rest and family emergencies do occur but if your child is healthy, we appreciate you sending your child to school on-time each and every day.
• Thank you for supporting your child's education!

• It's important to be on time every day for school. When students are late, they miss out on important learning time. Students who are late and arrive after the school day are marked absent.

• If your child is going to be absent, please call our attendance line OR enter your child's atbsence using your Parent Connection account. When calling the attendance line, please leave the date, your name, your child’s name, teacher and reason for absence on the line. We review these calls at the beginning of the school day by 9:30 AM.

• We cannot accommodate daily early pick ups after 3:30 PM unless you have an emergency or an appointment.

• Contact Champions for information or to enroll your child in before or after school care at 734-326-0980 or click the link below to start the enrollment process.

• http://www.discoverchampions.com/
  

• If you qualify for DHS, fees can be as low as $10 a week or FREE

Support your Family's Wellbeing

When you or your child needs help, it’s hard to know where to turn. In an effort to ease the burden of finding the mental health and substance use services you need, we’ve partnered with Care Solace, your central hub of care.

With a network of over 560,000 providers and services, Care Solace will help you find the right help at the right time, 24/7/365, at no cost to you. They will connect you with providers accepting all medical insurances, including Medicaid, Medicare, and sliding scale options for those without insurance.

You can access Care Solace services in three ways:

• Call 888-515-0595 at any time. Multilingual support is available 24/7/365. A dedicated Care Companion will help you every step of the way to research options, secure appointments, and follow up to make sure it is a good fit.
• Search anonymously to get matched with an extensive list of care providers at caresolace.com/wwcsd
• Contact your school health professional, and they will submit a referral on your behalf.

No matter what you're experiencing, there is hope and help. We are confident that our new partnership with Care Solace will help us build a healthier, more vibrant school community.

If you have a life-threatening emergency, please call 9-1-1 or The Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. Care Solace is not an emergency response service or mental health services provider.

39932 Michigan Ave., Canton, MI 48188

wwcsd.net

Main Office 734-419-2780

Attendance Line 734-419-2787

Office Hours 8:30 AM-4:30 PM

Bradley Smith, Principal smithbs@wwcsd.net

Nickie Honke, Secretary honken@wwcsd.net