Family & Community Engagement
Engaging families to improve the health and welfare of our community.
Intentionally connecting community partners to support our schools, staff, students and their families.
How You Can Help
Financial Support
- Fund a "buddy bench”
- Staff appreciation
- Beautification project at school (maintain green space, plant flowers around the school and in courtyards)
- Provide sweatpants, underwear, and socks
- Sponsor a class field trip
- Provide tissue, sanitizing wipes and hand sanitizer for classrooms
- Adopt a new teacher
- Purchase electric pencil sharpeners for teachers
- Adopt families during the holidays
- Purchase games and equipment for recess
- Sponsor a student to participate in after-school activities
People Support
- Read to kids (Literacy Corps)
- Mentor kids - meet with students on a regular basis to check-in and provide guidance
- Help students during lunchtime
- Help monitor students during recess
- Be a guest speaker
- Host/sponsor a family event
- Serve on an advisory board
- Help students with their homework
- Facilitate an after-school club
- Classroom volunteer
- Hallway/lunch monitor
- Become a Watch D.O.G.
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Thank you to Rhonda Silcox and family for collecting goodies this weekend for our Snacks for Success Program. A cash donation too! We could not be successful without you.
Thanks for kicking off our Snacks for Success drive Laura Rowland. You are a great partner to WWCS and the Family Resource Center!
Thank you to Amy Hoch and the member of Kappa Delta Pi, Epsilon Zeta chapter at Central Michigan University. They are an international honors fraternity for future educators! Amy is a graduate of WMHS and continues to support her school district!
Thank you to Canton Charter Academy for the impressive toiletry, socks and underwear drive by the 5th grade class. All of these items were donated by just 84 students and families. We appreciate your generosity and supporting the Family Resource Center.
Families from the Sunshine & Rainbows Preschool along with the Early Childhood/Teacher Education high school students donated hats, gloves and hygiene items for families in need. Please contact the Wayne-Westland Family Resource Center if you are in need before we leave for the holiday break at (734) 419-2709.
Thank you to the Wayne/Westland Women of the Moose #2158! They donated assorted hats, gloves, socks, shoes and clothing for students in need to our Family Resource Center. We appreciate your support!
Resources
Community Resources
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