WBSD Weekly Update - October 29
We hope you'll review this week's Weekly Update filled with news and notes from across the West Bloomfield School District. Stay up to date with District updates by visiting www.wbsd.org and connecting with the District on social media - Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Have a safe and FUN weekend!
Durham BusTracker - Parent Communication Tool
Download the app today and contact the Transportation Department with any questions you may have.
WBHS presents "Radium Girls" - Tickets on sale NOW!
The cast consists of 31 ensemble members, with 40 students working behind the scenes participating in necessary work such as set and costume design, technical work and more.
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court.
Showtime for each performance is 7 p.m. all three dates (Nov. 11-13) Tickets are $15 and are on sale now at www.showtix4u.com. Tickets will also be on sale at the school’s box office prior to each performance.
Blessings in a Backpack Trivia Night - Nov. 5!
FINAL CALL! This fundraiser for Blessings in a Backpack will be held on Friday, November 5 at St. George Church , 43816 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills. Blessings in a Backpack is a program, run entirely by volunteers, that sends six non-perishable meals home with needy West Bloomfield School children for each of the 40 weekends of the school year.
Please see the flyer and sponsorship form below for more information. It should be great
fun for a great cause!!
We are limiting our participants to 250 this year, so get your tickets now!! We have SOLD OUT
the last two years!!
Throwback Thursday Submissions
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Blessings in a Backpack Application - 2021-22
If your child qualified for the Free and Reduced Meal Program last year or this year, s/he can also participate in the Blessings in a Backpack program. This program sends six non-perishable meals home each Friday of the school year. Its goal is to make sure that no child goes hungry on the weekend. Run by volunteers, there is NO cost to you.
If your child is going to school Face to Face, s/he will get his/her bag of food at his/her local school. If your child is enrolled in Lakers on Line, please indicate that on the form and we will contact you on food pickup arrangements.
WBSD STAR CERTIFICATE NOMINATION FORM
The purpose of the West Bloomfield School District Board of Education Star Certificate award is to recognize outstanding achievements by the students, staff and community members of the West Bloomfield School District. Honorees are also recognized for service to the district above and beyond the call of duty.
In order to be recognized, nominees must be a member of the district as a student, staff member or community member in West Bloomfield. Student groups and teams are also eligible for nomination.
EMERGENCY BROADBAND BENEFIT Information
Enrollment in the program is through broadband providers, in this area primarily Comcast or AT&T. All details are available at http://gwbcable.org/ebb/.
Open Hands Food Pantry
Saturdays from 9:00am - 11:00am at St. John's Episcopal Church, 26998 WoodwardAve. (Royal Oak, corner of 11 Mile and Woodward - enter at 11 Mile)
For the safety of the mobile pantry guests and our volunteers, food will be placed in the trunk / back hatch of a vehicle.
Visit openhandspantry.org for more information
WB Township Library Information
Book Lists
· The Making of Monsters (Kids)
Marketing Survey
We want to hear from you! Complete our marketing survey online or pick up a print copy of the survey from an information desk, available now through October 31st.
Friends Children’s Used Book Sale
Saturday, October 30, 9 AM-6 PM
Saturday, October 31, Noon-5 PM
The Friends of the Library are having a children’s used book sale under the canopy at the Main Library’s east entrance. A bag of books is $5. Cash/check only.
RPG One-Shot: The Haunting of Fuller House
Saturday, October 30, 10:30 AM-Noon via Zoom
Go beyond D&D and try one of the many other role playing games available. The Haunting of Fuller House: The Pip System is an easy-to-learn RPG about a paranormal investigation team. It only uses six-sided dice. Characters will be provided. For 6-12 grade. Registration required.
Writing in a Flash
Saturday, November 6, 10:30 AM-11:30 AM via Zoom
Six word stories and drabbles, stories told in 100 words, are part of flash fiction, which are short, concise stories. Like longer fiction, flash fiction stories have a beginning, middle and end, but with flash fiction, every word counts. For 6-12 grade. Registration required.
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