Will all school communities offer access to the COVID-19 vaccine?
On Monday the FDA expanded who can get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Before it was available to people age sixteen and older. Now it is available to everyone age twelve and older.
and last updated 2021-05-12 10:55:33-04
WALLED LAKE, Mich. (WXYZ) â On Monday the FDA expanded who can get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Before it was available to people age sixteen and older. Now it is available to everyone age twelve and older.
On Tuesday some schools are taking action in response.
âWalmart reached out to me today and we do know one local hospital reached out as well,â said Kenneth Gutman, Superintendent of the Walled Lake Consolidated School District.
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West Bloomfield, Walled Lake school districts return to in-person instruction
Kristina Metzenthin leads instruction at Doherty Elementary School in West Bloomfield. The West Bloomfield School District and Walled Lake Consolidated School District have returned to in-person instruction, with students separated into cohorts in order to limit the number of people in schools at one time.
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WEST BLOOMFIELD/WALLED LAKE Both the West Bloomfield and the Walled Lake Consolidated school districts have returned to offering in-person instruction.
Using a hybrid model, WBSD K-8 students returned Jan. 19, followed by high school students Jan. 28.
Walled Lake Schools touts Schools of Choice
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WALLED LAKE Since 1996, parents in Michigan have had more flexibility as to where their children attend school.
That is when the state’s Schools of Choice program began, and it allows for parents to move their children from one school to another within a given district, as well as to a district in which they don’t reside.
Each district decides whether or not it will accept Schools of Choice students.
A local one that did opt to allow for the program is the Walled Lake Consolidated School District.
According to Judy Evola, the director of community relations and marketing for the WLCSD, Schools of Choice began in the district 19 years ago.
These are the Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in metro Detroit
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced several changes to annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in metro Detroit, but they are still happening.
Posted at 5:54 AM, Jan 18, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-18 17:28:40-05
(WXYZ) â The COVID-19 pandemic has forced several changes to annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in metro Detroit, but they are still happening.
Check out some of the events below.
Driving for Justice Peace Parade in Southfield. Begins at 9 a.m. at Hope United Methodist Church
Virtual Keynote Address with White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor from the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Clifford Smart Middle School
⢠Clifford Smart s Social Justice League made 35 packages of handmade/decorated ornaments, bags, notes and candy for residents at Canterbury-on-the-Lake Retirement Community, particularly those who have been so isolated during the pandemic.
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⢠The student PTSA created cards and letters to send to frontline workers to say thank you and to let them know we are thankful and thinking of the hard work they are doing over the holiday season.
Commerce Elementary
⢠With support from the Commerce PTA, the annual Giving Tree tradition continued. Although this year s tree was virtual, families selected and donated items to support families in-need in the Walled Lake community.