Waterford School District Wire Fall 2018

Waterford Pool & Fitness Fall 2018
Centers Provide Training
for First Responders Sweet Reads Bookmobile Huge Success

The Waterford Pool and Fitness The Waterford School District launched this summer its first-ever Sweet
Center (PFC) staff had the opportunity to Reads Bookmobile, made possible with $14,375 grant funding from
partner with Lieutenant Jeremy Grundy
and a handful of the many top-notch the Waterford Foundation for Public Education and the Mary Lou
fire fighters from the Waterford Simmons Legacy Endowment. The Sweet Reads Bookmobile
Township Fire Department to make provided endless opportunities to read this summer and lessen
our community even safer! summer reading loss. The Sweet Reads Bookmobile visited
designated neighborhoods surrounding the District’s nine
Did you know that Waterford elementary schools and distributed free books to children.
has THIRTY FOUR named During these visits, children exchanged books for new books and
lakes? With so much water could purchase ice cream for $1. Over 1,200 children shopped for
around, it’s essential that our first books this summer. The Sweet Reads Bookmobile was staffed by
responders know how to rescue Waterford School District employees.
victims from the water and get them The Waterford Foundation, established in 1984, has an
to land safely!
endowment just over $2 million dollars. Foundation trustees, volunteers,
The PFC staff worked with our sponsors, and patrons have raised or donated money for many worthy projects
first responders to get them Red Cross with the Waterford School District. To learn more visit www.wsdmi.org/wfpe.
Lifeguarding certified at the Kettering pool
and then it was off to the lake where they New App tracks Waterford School District Buses
completed the Waterfront Lifeguarding
certification. The Waterford School District has partnered with SafeStop to launch a new app for
parents to keep track of their child’s school bus as they make their way along daily routes.
It was an intense week of 40+ hours of With the SafeStop App, parents and students alike will be able to see the exact location of the
rigorous training. The PFC staff is happy bus and when it’s expected to arrive at their stop. The software updates the expected arrival
to report that this team of first responders time every 30 seconds. Parents can also click on a button and see where the bus is physically
are now trained to keep the community on a map, eliminating guesswork. These features are available 30 minutes before a scheduled
safe in and around water. stop.

Thank you to the Waterford Township A “Slow Launch” is underway and parents may begin the registration process. Parents
Fire Department, Lieutenant Grundy, must use their child’s student ID to register for SafeStop. Parents can find their student’s
and the rest of the team, and our amazing ID in Parent Portal, located under the Demographics Module listed as “Local ID”. Only
Lifeguarding Instructors- Diana, Val, one account per student ID can be created, so parents with babysitters or other caregivers
Mary, Kirk, and Mitchell! will need to share that login information if they want multiple people to have access to the
app. However, log in information is kept confidential by SafeStop and not shared with other
students and/or parents.

The SafeStop App is available through the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.
You can also view the web version of the App at www.safestopapp.com/web. The SafeStop
App is expected to be fully “live” at the end of October, allowing time to work through
unexpected details that may arise.

The Waterford School District Transportation Department transports approximately 4,500
(50% of the student population) students per day, 170 routes/shuttles per day, utilizing 50
buses.

Fall. It’s my favorite time of the year. I prefer the cooler Waterford Pool & Fitness
temperatures. I enjoy the changing color of the leaves. Refer a Friend Program
I’ll also admit to loving those greasy doughnuts at the
cider mill. The Waterford Pool & Fitness Centers
are your recreation and fitness community
I also love Fall because it’s a new beginning for our centers. We offer a welcoming, supportive
schools. The anticipation of what a new school year has in environment, with people who are interested
store is exciting. Watching as kindergarten students enter in recreation, fitness, and enjoyment. Our
elementary school, sixth graders enter middle school and ninth two locations offer convenience, so there’s
graders enter high school – all with a sense of tremendous anticipation. New beginnings. always a facility available for use.
New goals and aspirations. New opportunities. New accomplishments.
When you become a member of our
Fall means new high school Seniors finally get to occupy the coveted Senior area in Pool & Fitness Centers you have exclusive
the hallway. And we welcome back our former Seniors at Homecoming games and access to a variety of amenities including
events. complimentary land & water group fitness
classes, wellness classes, access to our
Yet, as I watch the beauty of the changing Fall leaves, I also realize I’ll be raking wellness coordinator who will provide
them up soon. Fall is work. It’s also work in our schools. For the 2018-19 school
year, we have several major goal areas including Social Emotional Learning, support and instruction, &
Restorative Practices, a continued emphasis on early literacy, an expansion of our our Kids Swim Club
technical/robotic/computer opportunities, and sustaining the tremendous growth we’ve which allows you
seen in academic achievement the past several years. to enjoy your
workout while
We’d like to invite you to learn more about what we’re doing this Fall. Please join us on your kids are
October 16th at Pierce Middle School, 6:00 PM, for Parent Engagement Night. You’ll get supervised
to choose from a wide selection of informative sessions on topics that impact your children. in the pool,
You’ll find more information on our website under Latest News and Information at free of
www.wsdmi.org. Hope to see you there! charge!
By
Sincerely, joining the
Waterford
Keith Wunderlich, Ed.D. Pool & Fitness
Superintendent of Schools Centers, you’ve
given yourself all

the tools to get healthy
and stay healthy. But don’t stop there!
Encourage your friends to join you. For
every friend that joins, you’ll be rewarded
with a two-month extension on your
active annual membership or a one-
month extension on your active 3-month
membership. Just pick up a Refer a Friend
Card at either Pool & Fitness Center
locations or the Waterford Fitness Studio.
Your friend will receive an email or phone
call with our special additional one month
membership extension offer on a purchase
of an annual membership!

Learn more at www.wsdmi.org/pfc.

No person on the basis of race, color, religion,
national origin or ancestry, age, sex, disability,
height and weight, or marital status shall
be discriminated against, excluded from
participation in, denied the benefits of, or
otherwise be subjected to discrimination
in any program, activity, or event.

Waterford Foundation for Public Education Performing Arts

Impact on Waterford School District Center Events

The Waterford Foundation exists solely to promote and recognize excellence in teaching Lend Me a Tenor
and learning. Private funding for projects, ranging from district-wide music and arts programs Mott Performing Arts Center
to modestly budgeted classroom literacy activities, are provided by the Waterford Foundation. October 18-20
All funds are derived from donations and/or fundraising activities. The Board of Directors Big Star
are former educators, parents, business owners, and other community leaders who are Kettering Performing Arts Center
conscientious stewards of the Waterford Foundation’s assets and are committed to adhering to November 16-17
the mission and founding principles of the organization. Learn more at www.wsdmi.org/wfpe. Kettering Holiday Collage Concert
Kettering Performing Arts Center
GRANTS SCHOLARSHIPS December 6-8
Mott Holiday Showcase Concert
Eighty (80) classroom, school, and $12,000 Mott Performing Arts Center
district-wide grants awarded in 2018 December 19-20
Seven (7) education scholarships Ticket Information
to support innovative and creative awarded to high school students who www.waterfordpac.com
instructional ideas and programs. possess social talents and gifts and have facebook.com/wsdpac

$68,000 an eagerness to learn and succeed.

HIGH SCHOOL LEGACY
SENIORS ENDOWMENT

50 Mary Lou Simmons Legacy Endowment
created for literacy and arts enrichment
Outstanding high school seniors
were recognized based on academic and the Waterford Promise for post-
achievement, leadership, and citizenship. secondary education.

$500,000

B Eoard of ducation
Mary Barghahn

Heather Halls

John Himmelspach

Robert Petrusha, Jr.

Bob Piggott

Joan Sutherland

John Paul Torres

Keith Wunderlich, Ed.D, Superintendent

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Mott Alum Flies F-18 Kindergarten Orientation Gives Parents a
Super Hornet to
Waterford Look at a Day in the Life of a Kindergartner

Michigan native and U.S. Navy pilot Calling all parents, who will be part of Children must be five years old by
Lieutenant James Alexander Land flew an the Class of 2031, to begin their academic September 1, 2019 to enroll in kindergarten.
F-18 Super Hornet jet into the Pentastar journey with their child. Parents are invited If your child turns five years old after
Aviation hangar at Oakland County to attend the District’s Kindergarten September 1, 2018, but on or before
International Airport last month. The flight Orientation and Expo on Tuesday,
was part of a routine exercise to maintain January 8, 2019, 6:00 p.m., December 1, 2018 they may still be
naval jets. Kettering High School enrolled in kindergarten with an
Performing Arts Center. Age Waiver. Students need a
An active duty naval aviator, Lt. Land District administrators will health appraisal and vision
has recently returned to the U.S. following provide an overview of screening prior to the start
an overseas deployment to Syria and Iraq the quality kindergarten of school.
as part of Operation Inherent Resolve. Lt. curriculum offered and Parents who
Land is a 2011 graduate of the University take parents on a journey attend the meeting will
of Michigan, where he earned a degree in through a typical day. receive a free gift for
aerospace engineering and 2007 graduate their child! Parents who
of Waterford Mott High School. The Kindergarten are unable to attend the
Orientation will also include Kindergarten Orientation
Gold Card Program a variety of informational may register their child at
stations for parents. In addition,
Because you are a valued resident, the District’s Central Enrollment staff will the Central Enrollment Office,
age 62 or older, we are pleased to offer be on hand to answer questions and enroll Crary Campus, 501 N. Cass Lake Road,
you our Gold Card that admits you students. Waterford between 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.,
and a guest to all home athletic games Monday – Friday. Call 248.681.2076 for
(excluding district playoffs), concerts more information.
and plays. Present your Gold Card
at the entrance of our school district Waterford School District
events and you and a guest will be Board of Education Election
given complimentary admission. Call
248.682.7800. Tuesday, November 6