Dear WLPS Families, Our schools have made it through the first month of the year without a positive COVID-19 case. However, the region is experiencing an increase in cases per million and WLPS is preparing by implementing a district-wide remote learning day on Thursday, October 15. Students in grades K-6 can expect to have a blend of … Continued
Our schools had another safe week. Thank you to parents who are reinforcing our safety policies. Our teachers and staff greatly appreciate the manner in which students are navigating the new rules. Next week, both buildings will be in session for a full week. We’ll continue to maintain 5 day weeks as long as staff … Continued
WLPS was saddened to learn that one of our bus drivers passed away over the weekend. John Westover, “purple bus”, died unexpectedly in his sleep while at home. Staff substitutes were placed on the buses and students were informed of Mr. Westover’s passing. Professional staff was also made available to work with any student who … Continued
Good afternoon, We are ready, Trojans! We look forward to welcoming our in-person students back to our buildings on Monday, August 31, 2020. The first week will be half days for all in-person students. You can find half day dismissal times on our academic calendar. For those using busing this school year, the bus routes are posted on our Back to School site. … Continued
If you were unable to attend the Return to Learn Zoom Q and A with Superintendent Tom DeKeyser, you can check it out below. Still have a question you would like answered? Email Tom DeKeyser at Tom.DeKeyser@wlps.net.
Good Evening, In-Person Instruction begins August 31 for grades K-12. As previously announced, the first week of school for students K-12 will be half days through September 3. The district will start the year utilizing half days at all levels through September 3. Last week, WLPS opened its online enrollment program, Schoolmint. As part of enrollment, … Continued
Good Evening, This week I hosted another Q and A session with parents via Zoom. Attached is a link to that session if you would like to view it in its entirety. (Zoom Q&A) Many of the questions were associated with the WLPS Virtual Academy. The questions and responses were added to our FAQ … Continued
If you were unable to attend the Return to Learn Zoom Q and A with Superintendent Tom DeKeyser, you can check it out below. Still have a question you would like answered? Email Tom DeKeyser at Tom.DeKeyser@wlps.net.
Good Morning, Whitmore Lake Public Schools is preparing two options for students to begin the 2020-2021 school year. In-person instruction all week (during Phase 4) or the WLPS Virtual Academy. In an effort to best prepare our schools, we are interested in knowing how many students will be attending in-person or virtually. Please complete this … Continued
Last week I hosted a Zoom meeting to answer parent questions about Phase 4 opening plans. My staff and I prepared a document of frequently asked questions (FAQ) which shares answers from that meeting as well as addressing other pieces of information we think are important as WLPS prepares to open on August 31. Within this … Continued