C.H.S. Chronicles

High School

9th Grade PSAT - April 9

11th Grade SAT - April 10

11th Grade Workkeys - April 11

10th Grade PSAT - April 11

M-Step - April 16-17

PSAT Makeup - April 23

SAT Makeup - April 24

Workkeys Makeup - April 25

PSAT Makeup - April 25

Middle School

8th Grade PSAT - April 17

M-Step - April 30 - May 3

On Tuesday, February 13th all Walled Lake Middle School Students will log into their Classlink account during their 1st Hour Class and be prompted to change their password.

This will update their password in both Google and Classlink. In the future, students will be able to click on “forgot password”, answer their security questions, and then reset a new password as needed.

The Walled Lake Middle School Dance Team took 6th Place in the Nation at the UDA National Dance Team Championship in Orlando this past weekend! Our JV team took 2nd Place and our Varsity Team took 5th!!

Congratulations!

We are looking for landscaping companies to provide us with an estimate on transforming our 2 school courtyards into spaces our students and staff can utilize for teaching and learning. We have blueprints and plans, but now need to connect with contractors and landscapers that can make it a reality for our children and school community.

Please contact me at NayalMaktari@wlcsd.org if you are interested and/or would like to recommend a business.

Thank you,

Nayal Maktari

This February the Kindness Crew club is celebrating our school’s theme of Kindness by finding ways to Make Kindness Visible. We are encouraging students and staff to find ways to make kindness visible through several means. These include:

• · The “Acts of Care and Kindness” calendar for February suggests some simple ways to spread some “sunshine” at home, school and the community. The calendar was shared with us through the Religious Diversity Journeys Program.
• · Many students participate in groups that require service hours—Scotus, NJHS, etc., and we can offer hours to help! The Kindness Crew will be sponsoring and assisting with several service projects students can participate in for fun or a service hour after school until 4:30pm each Tuesday this month, or working on one at home—see Mrs. Tranchida for “at home” participation.
• · The last week of the month will be Kindness Week. We will have “Kindness Grams” students can send to friends or someone they see that needs a little “sunshine.” Staff members will be looking for students to catch in the act of kindness, and reward them with a candy raffle drawing ticket. Students will have the opportunity to send kind messages to staff that we collect and distribute on that Friday in special gift bags decorated, filled and shared to thank a staff member for their kindness. We will send out a link for parents/guardians to be able to send a message, too!
• · Plus we’ll have bulletin boards, posters and announcements to remind us of all the positivity we can bring to each other.

If you have questions about the Kindness Crew club, your student participating in the festivities, how you can come volunteer, or if you have a great idea for us to add to our plans, contact Mrs. Tranchida tinatranchida@wlcsd.org. We hope it’s a great month and thank you for your support!

It is not too late to join now! After attending 1 concert, your student membership will have paid for itself. We welcome any interested student and their families to join us for any of our concert talks and experience the wonderful music at the various concerts we will be attending, even if they can only join for the one concert.

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Are you curious about Classical / Pops / Jazz music or just enjoy listening to music? Do you like going to concerts? Then come join the Music Appreciation Club. We will be learning more about the music, the performances, the artists and attend concerts with:

Yuja Wang, Vanessa Williams, The Music of Pink Floyd, Disney & Broadway Favorites, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi, Dvořák and many more!

Cost: $25 per student membership unlocks one free ticket to almost every Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) 2023-2024 concert series, and up to two companion tickets (bring your parents/sibling/friend) for $5 each, access to the best seats, access to DSO Replay and online Live streaming performances.

See attached flyer and Music Appreciation Club Details Document and link to Google form for registration.

https://forms.gle/3eAmCFB4Vf9FCP626

For more information please contact Monique Levu: monique.levu@gmail.com

Please click on the tab below and join our CHS Middle School Remind 101 text group. You will receive helpful reminders, time sensitive information along with other pertinent texts.

*Reply @LEAVE to the number you are receiving messages from if you'd like to leave the text group at anytime.

Wednesday, February 14-Count Day. Please make sure your child is in school and on time.

Thursday, February 15-CHS PTSA Meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Learning Commons

February 19-23 NO SCHOOL FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS (CHS WILL BE CLOSED)

February 26-School Resumes

February 27-NO SCHOOL FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS]

February 28-School Resumes

Welcome to the new school year! Don't forget our GAP program- you or your student may have already received a packet at Smart Start. This Goal Achievement Program, or GAP, provides students with the opportunity to work towards and meet objectives throughout their middle school years in four main areas: Citizenship, GPA, Reading Hours, and Community Service.

All students are enrolled in the program from the start of the school year, and will be rewarded for completing their milestones. Please click on the tab below for further information. If you have any queries on this subject, please do not hesitate to reach out to Andi Parel at AndiParel@gmail.com.

As you know, the Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency has ended and all remaining state epidemic orders have been rescinded. This, however, does not change the recommendation to take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, such as isolation and masks. The expectation is that staff, students, and family members will follow the recommended guidelines regarding COVID-19. With that said, at this time, for the 2023-24 school year, COVID-19 positive cases will no longer be monitored at the District level and timelines will not be provided. Please see below for next steps when a positive case is reported to you:

· Report absence and subsequent absences in Skyward as Ill-Excused.

· Report the number of positive cases to the Oakland County Health Division as part of the your building’s weekly aggregate counts via their online portal.

· Advise families to follow recommended guidance from their physician, the Centers for Disease Control, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and/or the Oakland County Health Division.

· COVID cases no longer need to be reported on the WLCSD COVID Report Form, nor do they need to be reported to the corresponding teacher(s)/class(es).

· Building office staff will not be required to track and monitor COVID isolation timelines, nor should they give COVID-19 guidance.

· COVID-19 questions or concerns should be directed to their physician or the Oakland County Nurse On Call Line at 800-848-5533.

· Questions regarding protocol within the District should be directed to Ms. Kelly Baier - Human Resources or Mrs. Tacoma Corbin - District Nurse.

This form below is for any student who is borrowing a district chromebook this year. You will fill this out when you need tech support for your chromebook. Please make sure to check your gmail after submitting for an email response from Mrs. Stasak or one of her interns within 24 hours of your submission. Thank you.

DROP OFF 8:00 A.M.

SCHOOL STARTS 8:10 A.M.

DISMISSAL 3:00 P.M.

1/2 DAY DISMISSAL 11:40 A.M.

Please feel free to call our main office with any questions at 248.956.3500. You can also email us.

Counseling Secretary: JulieSmith@wlcsd.org

Principal's Secretary: TerriSzymanski@wlcsd.org

Building/Attendance Secretary: TonyaGray@wlcsd.org

6th Grade Counselor: JulieBraley@wlcsd.org

7th Grade Counselor: KathleenHoover@wlcsd.org

8th Grade Counselor: MaureenBratke@wlcsd.org

Nayal Maktari, Principal

Dan Holland, Assistant Principal

Steve Spickard, Dean of Students

Please contact us with positive or constructive feedback, questions, and/or concerns.

Website: www.wlcsd.org/smart
Location: 8500 Commerce Road, Commerce Charter Township, MI, United States
Phone: 248-956-3500
Twitter: @CliffordSmart