

WBSD Weekly Update

District Weekly Update - January 14, 2022
Dear West Bloomfield Families,
We hope that you received the WBSD communication about the Oakland County Health Department's updated COVID Quarantine and Isolation guidance. If not, please see the graphics below for further details.
On January 13 and 14, our staff came together at the elementary and the secondary level for safety and security training with Secure Education Consultants. In the afternoon on both days, our staff worked through safety and security training at the building level with their administrators. WBSD will be sharing some tips on what parents can do at home to support their children regarding their own mental health and safety and the safety of others. WBSD would like to thank you for making other arrangements for your children so that we could come together and complete this with our staff. We are grateful!
We hope you enjoy the long weekend with your family!




United We Walk Community Service Activities have been CANCELED for Sunday, January 16.
Due to the escalation of COVID cases, the United We Walk Community Service Activities have been canceled for Sunday, January 16. We apologize for the cancelation. In lieu of our event, please consider making a donation to one or more of the agencies listed below. Please click the links below to learn more about each organization and how you can give back. Thank you for your support of United We Walk!
Blessings In A Backpack
• http://www.blessingsinabackpackmi.org/west-bloomfield/.Temple Israel
• https://www.temple-israel.org/giving
Be The Match - Bone Marrow Registry Information
• Be The Match - Bone Marrow Registry Drive
Focus Hope
• How to Help
• Volunteer Opportunities - 759 Inkster Road, Inkster, Michigan - Monday-Thursday 8-4 pm & Friday 8-12 noon
Hospitality House
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Food Donations opportunities
Michigan Community Service Commission
• Volunteer Michigan
Michigan Humane Society Pet Pantry Program
• Donate food for pets
Grace Centers of Hope
• Buy a meal ticket for the homeless $2.17
Interested in Kindergarten?
Join the Webinar on January 20 - Link - https://bit.ly/WBSDKinder
Please fill out the following survey if you attend Virtual Kindergarten Round Up - https://forms.gle/G2Ti9rZkHRBpoEzf7
Learn More - https://www.wbsd.org/parents/kindergarten
Learn more about Kindergarten from Jennifer Bennett & Daniel Spitzley
Please note that this video was recorded on January 10, 2022, prior to the OCHD COVID Quarantine/Isolation Updates.

National Day of Racial Healing
Join us on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. The virtual event begins at 3 p.m. EST/noon PST. We’re excited to share that award-winning documentarian, journalist, speaker, author, and philanthropist Soledad O’Brien will serve as the host! This year’s program will build upon the insights and solutions uncovered over the past five years of gathering in this space we have created together — including real-time examples of how we can catalyze the process of racial healing and create opportunities to reimagine systems to promote racial equity.
Visit www.dayofracialhealing.org to RSVP, download updated resources, and submit your own local virtual event to be featured on the interactive map.
#HowWeHeal

WB Boys Lacrosse Team started preseason training - New players welcome!
New Players Welcome and No Experience Necessary! Website: www.lakerslax.com, Twitter: @WBBoysLax, Facebook: West Bloomfield High School Boys Lacrosse Team Group
West Bloomfield Township Public Library
Book Lists
Library on the Go Kits: Paper Plate Snowman
MLK Day Events
Monday, January 17
Join the library for a virtual MLK Day celebration including two events for all ages. At 10:30 a.m., listen to stories embracing MLK’s dreams at the “I Have a Dream Storytime.” At 1 p.m., join storyteller Miz Rosie for an “African American Storytelling Journey” as she takes the audience through the Civil Rights Movement and the life of Rosa Parks. Registration is required.
January 17 - 23
Request a take-and-make craft kit from the library for your toddler-preschool children. Each week, enjoy a new kit with all the materials necessary to complete a project at home. Limited to residents of West Bloomfield and contract communities. Limit of 5 projects per kit per library card. Funded by the Friends of the West Bloomfield Township Public Library. Next up: Mitten Matching
Library Card Application & Renewal
Library cards may be requested or renewed on our website.
Peek inside the NEW West Bloomfield Middle School!
Thank you WBHS Mentors!
We would like to thank all of our WBHS Mentors! Thank you for guiding our 11th and 12th-grade Professional Apprenticeship students. This program continues to be a wonderful opportunity for students to engage with professionals in a field that they are passionate about pursuing in the future. Your dedication and willingness to ensure our students engaged in meaningful experiences will help them make informed career choices. Thank you to the following individuals:
- Hayle Aisner - Integrated Marketing and PR Consultant
- Angela Bates - Director of Finance, The Probate Pro
- Joe Berden - Player Prints
- Debbie Binder - West Bloomfield Township Clerk
- Marianne Bloomberg - Associate Director, Philanthropic Engagement at Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
- Noelle Borst - West Bloomfield Middle School
- Sean Boughton - File Clerk, The Probate Pro
- Markwei Boye - Smart Business Tax Solutions, PLLC
- Jack Bullo - HED Design
- Genevieve Caffelli - Snaptivities
- Hunter Campbell - Chief Business Officer at Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Nicole Collins - Lakers Online
- Kris D’arcy - Execute Assistant, for Township Supervisor
- Thomas DeGrand - West Bloomfield Middle School
- John Deierlein - West Bloomfield Middle School
- Lindsay Dershem - West Bloomfield Middle School
- Candace Dochtermann - Executive Assistant, Hunter Campbell at Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Julie Feldman - MPH RDN Registered Dietician, Thrive Nutrition and Wellness LLC
- Rukshan Fernando - Controller, Flexible Plan Investments
- Darren Findling - Founder, The Probate Pro
- Roman Frenkel - Magna
- Heather Green - Office Manager, The Probate Pro
- Napoleon Harrington - Ambassador Counselling & Resource Group
- Sherril Heinrichs - Northbrook Presbyterian Church
- Sanika Ingle - Director of Constituent Relations, State Representative Steckloff
- Jordan Jaborri - CMP Real Estate Group
- Alicia Jones - Coleman 36th District Court
- Steven Kaplan - West Bloomfield Township Supervisor
- Lisa Kirsch Satawa - Head Litigator, Kirsch Daskas Law Group
- Brandon Kizy - B. Kizy Law Firm
- Channelle Kizy-White - B. Kizy Law Firm
- Lisa Kuhn - Owner, JL Gardel
- Benjamin Larson - Wolbrink Northbrook Presbyterian Church
- Lila Lazarus - Lila Productions
- Miriam Leary - Mark L. Menczer, PLLC
- Shayna Levin - Levin Insurance Agency
- Adrienna Martin - Property Manager, JL Gardel
- Liz McHalphine - Mark L. Menczer, PLLC
- Sarah McCrumb - Paralegal, Kizy Law Firm
- Blaine Mcdowell - West Bloomfield Middle School
- Mark Menczer - Mark L. Menczer, PLLC
- Julie Page - Lakers Online
- Lina Perchonak - Michigan Court Services Inc. Compliance Drug and Alcohol Testing
- George Pitchford - The Allen Law Group, PC
- Michael Poris - Mcintosh Poris Associates
- Laura Poxon - West Bloomfield Middle School
- Dennis Rapal - Our Lady of Refuge
- Carol Richmond - Flexible Plan Investments
- Rebecca Rubin - Lash Rubin Orthodontics
- Sanford Schulman - Schulman Sanford Law Offices
- Dmitriy Selektor - Home One Realty, LLC
- Jenifer Schrader - Operations Manager, Kirsch Daskas Law Group
- Christine Soper-Neill - The JRT Agency
- Samantha Steckloff - Michigan House of Representatives 37th district
- Krissy VanOyen - Contract 2 Closings
- Rob Winkworth - The I Group Model and Talent Management
- Rochelle Wodowski - Gino’s Pizzeria & Restaurant
Thank you,
Jenifer Rosenwasser
West Bloomfield High School Social Studies Teacher