Wayland Weekly Good News
January 3-6, 2017
Happy New Year!
High School students sing their way to State Honors Choir
Congratulations to Wayland Union High School Choir students, Shawn Sutherby, David Huynh and Nick Wnuk, for achieving a position in the MSVMA State Honors Choir. They will be performing at Devos Performance Hall in Grand Rapids on January 31st at 3:00pm. Tickets are $10 at the door.
Wayland BPA Students Excel at Regionals
Nineteen members of the WUHS Chapter of Business Professionals of America did very well at the Regional Conference held at Lake Michigan College on Jan. 4 where over 300 students competed to demonstrate skills in business management, marketing, technology and networking. Twelve students placed 1st - 4th in various categories and will advance to the State Leadership Conference on March 17-19, 2017 at the Amway Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids. Top performers were Hailey Carpenter, Trenton Moore, Ashlyn Schafer, Kaitlyn Good, Anna Gesink, Samantha Sager, Amber Beggs, Mackenzie Banas, Logan Bishop, Robert Mucci, Chad Stoepker, and Julianna Muscarella.
Dorr 2nd Grader Visits Author/Illustrator
Reilyn Heppe, 2nd grader at Dorr Elementary, was able to meet children’s author and illustrator Jan Brett. A few years ago, Reilyn's Young Fives teacher Mrs. Sondra Raab did an author study when Reilyn was in her class and Reilyn decided she wanted to be an author/illustrator when she grew up and hopefully get a chance to work with Jan Brett. In December, Reilyn’s parents took her to see the author at Western Michigan University during a recent book signing. Reilyn was very excited to have books signed, pictures taken with Jan, and tell her how much she admires her work.
Baker Aides Retire
Two aides from Baker Elementary are retiring at the end of this week. Val Kuhtic ( 28.5 years) and Julie Lowe (21 years) have both worked only at Baker while at Wayland Union Schools. The staff held a farewell party for them this week. Their last day is January 6, 2017. Thank you Val and Julie for all your years of service to WUS!
Wayland Union Schools
Director of Community Relations
Email: lauriez@waylandunion.org
Website: waylandunion.org
Location: 850 E Superior St, Wayland, MI, United States
Phone: (269) 792-2281
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