Welcome ToGraham Elementary

I hope everyone was able to enjoy the weekend.

Reading month has begun! Our theme this year is "Reading Makes My Heart Sing!" We have been having so much fun with our reading month theme this year. It has been really fun dressing up for the different decades. I hope you will all join in this week for the BEST decade....the 80's!!!! Come to school on Wednesday the 15th with your neon, big bows, lace gloves, parachute pants, and big hair!!!

Thank you so much to those parents that are following our drop-off procedures. I feel like this week we have seen an improvement with the drop-off lane and people moving along after they let their students out to line up. Adults will not be outside until 8:45 to supervise students. Students should not be dropped off earlier than that. What we have noticed lately is during PICK-UP time, there are SEVERAL cars blocking the buses in the front loop. Please remember that the front loop is for buses and staff only. Please park in the parking lot or on John Hix Street and walk over to pick up your kindergartener. Lastly, please be KIND to others!! School parking lots can be very stressful but if we use patience and kindness AND follow procedures, things will work out much better for everyone.

This week in the Positivity Project our school community will be focusing on the character strength of OPM: Identifying and Appreciating the Good in Others. Here is the parent letter that goes with this trait so that you can discuss it with your child.

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me.

Mrs. Sheppard
Principal

NEWSLETTER: Husky Happenings - March 13, 2023

Spring Recess is here! The district will be on Spring Recess from March 27- 31, 2023. School will resume on Monday, April 3, 2023.

I hope our students, staff and families enjoy this welcome pause as we prepare for a very busy end of the school year. Take some time to relax and enjoy yourself so you can return refreshed and ready to end the school year positively. Here are some brief reminders.

Games start mid-April through the end of May. Location will be at Wayne Memorial or John Glenn High School. Register at www.MichiganYouthFlagFootball.com

Play for FREE using discount code 92679.  For more information call 248-454-9700.

Westland, Michigan - The Board of Education of Wayne-Westland Community Schools is proud to announce the successful sale of its 2023 School Building and Site Bonds (the Bonds) in the amount of $36,760,000 as authorized by the voters of the School District in November of 2018. The Bonds represent the third and final series of bonds pursuant to such voter authorization. The Bonds will be used for the purpose of remodeling, equipping, re-equipping, furnishing, re-furnishing school buildings, athletic fields and other facilities; acquiring and installing instructional technology equipment and infrastructure in school buildings and other facilities; construction of additions to existing school buildings and athletic field houses at both high school sites; preparing, developing and improving sites at school buildings, playgrounds, athletic fields and other facilities and the purchase of school buses, and paying the costs of issuing the Bonds.

This week, Wayne-Westland Community Schools staff supported each other and the students as we processed another senseless tragedy on the campus of our educational partner, Michigan State University. We then came together again after experiencing the loss of one of our students in a tragic accident. This loss has raised many emotions, concerns, and questions for our district.