• May 21st - Kindergarten & Young Fives field trip to the Detroit Zoo
• May 22nd - Fun Run Rewards!
• Chick-fil-A lunch with Mr. Crane & Mr. Podlewski at noon
• Dodgeball with Mr. Crane & Mr. Podlewski from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.
• May 23rd - Half-Day of school for Memorial Day weekend!
• May 26th - No School for Memorial Day!
• May 28th - Yake family Dinner Night at BW3's from noon until 10:00 p.m.
• June 3rd - Yake Family Night at Sweet Treats Station from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. w/ Yake staff members scooping ice cream cones!
• June 5th - 4th grade field trip to the Howell Nature Center - buses to depart at 8:00 a.m. and return closer to 5:30 p.m.
• June 6th - Field Day!
• June 9th - Super Mile!
• June 10th - 1/2 day of school for Record's Day with a noon dismissal
• June 10th - Excellent Attendance Family BBQ from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. - Invitations will be sent out to and Gators with 10 or fewer total absences, tardies and early dismissals.
• June 11th - 1/2 day of school for the last day of school with a noon dismissal
• June 11th - 4th grade breakfast at 9:30 a.m. in the cafeteria
• June 11th - 4th grade Graduation starting at 10:30 a.m. in the group room

Our 3rd graders enjoyed their first field trip to Lansing since 2019. Take a peek at a few great pictures from our State Capitol and the Michigan History Museum.

I want to give a huge "Congratulations!" to our Class of 2025 honors and awards recipients. Yake was well represented with many former Gators receiving awards and scholarships. Take a peek below at some of our honorees.

I want to give a big "Shout out!" to Mikaela Binder-Alexander, who was the recipient of the Yake PTO Scholarship and the Jacqueline Coates Memorial Scholarship. Everyone who read her essays were fighting back tears. We are collectively proud of Mikaela, who hopes to be a teacher one day. Mikaela and her Class of 2025 classmates make all of us proud!

We can't wait to honor all of you when you come back home for the Senior Walk on Tuesday morning!

Congratulations to Yake's Class of 2025 Senior Scholars, award recipients and scholarship winners who were honored last night. We are so proud of our soon-to-be graduates. We can't wait to cheer for you as you walk through our halls one last time on Tuesday morning.

Once a Gator...Always a Gator!

Our student council ran an amazingly successful can and bottle drive this week. The goal was to raise money to benefit Shelter to Home Animal Rescue

I will share final totals soon, but as of Friday morning, over $2,000 had been raised to assist our furry friends.

That's Gator Student Council Strong!

For those who like filling in their calendars, please take a first peek at Yake's 2025/26 building calendar. This calendar is subject to change and will be updated as we move closer to the start of the new school year.

I loved meeting our newest Gators on Thursday evening. For those families who missed the orientation or who would like to take a second peek at the presentation that was shared last night, please click on the link below to view. I am very excited to officially welcome the Classes of 2028 & 2039 when they start school on September 2nd!

Kindergarten Orientation 2025-2026

For the week of May 5th, we had 254 Gators (down from 256 last week) who had perfect attendance! Through our raffle, $10.00 Rev'D Up Fun arcade gift cards were awarded to E.J. & Hannah! 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.

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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