✨ Kindness is Growing at Wegienka Elementary! ✨
In Mrs. Markwort’s kindergarten classroom, kindness isn’t just encouraged - it’s celebrated! A beautiful Kindness Tree was set up, and students have been adding ornaments each time they’re “caught” being kind.
From helping a friend to sharing supplies or offering a warm smile, these small acts have quickly filled the branches with reminders of just how thoughtful our youngest Warriors can be. 💜
We love seeing kindness take root and grow - one ornament at a time! 🌟💜
In Mrs. Markwort’s kindergarten classroom, kindness isn’t just encouraged - it’s celebrated! A beautiful Kindness Tree was set up, and students have been adding ornaments each time they’re “caught” being kind.
From helping a friend to sharing supplies or offering a warm smile, these small acts have quickly filled the branches with reminders of just how thoughtful our youngest Warriors can be. 💜
We love seeing kindness take root and grow - one ornament at a time! 🌟💜
🦉 Science in Action at WUE!
Mrs. Palovich’s fifth graders recently rolled up their sleeves for an exciting hands-on science investigation—dissecting owl pellets!
Owl pellets are compact, oval masses of indigestible material—like bones, fur, feathers, and teeth—that owls regurgitate after eating their prey. Because owls swallow their food whole or in large pieces, these pellets become a fascinating “record” of their diet.
By dissecting them, students explored food webs, ecosystems, avian anatomy, and the role owls play in maintaining healthy environments. They loved uncovering tiny bones and identifying what their owl might have eaten!
We love seeing our Warriors dive into real scientific discovery! 🧪🔍🦉
Mrs. Palovich’s fifth graders recently rolled up their sleeves for an exciting hands-on science investigation—dissecting owl pellets!
Owl pellets are compact, oval masses of indigestible material—like bones, fur, feathers, and teeth—that owls regurgitate after eating their prey. Because owls swallow their food whole or in large pieces, these pellets become a fascinating “record” of their diet.
By dissecting them, students explored food webs, ecosystems, avian anatomy, and the role owls play in maintaining healthy environments. They loved uncovering tiny bones and identifying what their owl might have eaten!
We love seeing our Warriors dive into real scientific discovery! 🧪🔍🦉
📚 WBSD + Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library 🌟
We’re proud to partner with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to ensure every child in the Woodhaven-Brownstown School District—from birth to age five—has access to books at home.
Ensuring early access to high-quality books is one of our top priorities. By strengthening community partnerships, we’re making literacy more accessible and helping every child build a brighter, more successful future.
Families can enroll their children and begin receiving free books delivered right to their home. ❤️
👉 Click here to sign up: https://imaginationlibrary.com/check-availability/
#WBSD #ImaginationLibrary #EarlyLiteracy #FutureWarriors
Check out the Weekly Athletic Events during Winter Break!
✨ Spreading Holiday Cheer at Erving Elementary! 🎄
Tara Miller’s 4th graders at Erving Elementary helped make the season brighter for local veterans by creating handwritten Christmas cards for Stockings 4 Soldiers, a nonprofit run by Army veteran Milt Bryant and his family in Carleton.
Each year, the Bryants collect and hand-deliver over 1,100 stuffed stockings to VA hospitals across Michigan and into Ohio - and the cards from our students are always a favorite! ❤️
Mrs. Miller has partnered with the organization for more than five years. “I’m happy to give back and hopefully make someone’s day a little brighter,” she said. “Teaching kids to serve others is so important.”
Thank you to our students for sharing kindness - and to Stockings 4 Soldiers for their incredible work supporting veterans. ✨
📖 Read the full story: https://www.mywbsd.org/article/2594501
Tara Miller’s 4th graders at Erving Elementary helped make the season brighter for local veterans by creating handwritten Christmas cards for Stockings 4 Soldiers, a nonprofit run by Army veteran Milt Bryant and his family in Carleton.
Each year, the Bryants collect and hand-deliver over 1,100 stuffed stockings to VA hospitals across Michigan and into Ohio - and the cards from our students are always a favorite! ❤️
Mrs. Miller has partnered with the organization for more than five years. “I’m happy to give back and hopefully make someone’s day a little brighter,” she said. “Teaching kids to serve others is so important.”
Thank you to our students for sharing kindness - and to Stockings 4 Soldiers for their incredible work supporting veterans. ✨
📖 Read the full story: https://www.mywbsd.org/article/2594501
Our kindergarteners in Mrs. Machlik’s class at Gudith Elementary wrapped up a week of reading and comparing different gingerbread stories with the most exciting activity of all—baking their very own gingerbread cookies!
Students rolled out dough, cut out their cookies, and proudly walked them down to the kitchen to give them to Ms. Lisa. They made sure to remind her to “lock the oven,” just like in the stories they’d read. But when they returned eight minutes later… the cookies were gone!
Just like the gingerbread characters in their books, the cookies had “run away”— but thankfully they left behind a clue. With their amazing riddle-solving skills, our kindergarten detectives followed a scavenger hunt around the school until they finally found their cookies waiting for them back at their seats.
Good thing, too — they were hungry and ready for a treat! Students decorated their cookies and then enjoyed a delicious, hands-on ending to a fun week of learning.
Students rolled out dough, cut out their cookies, and proudly walked them down to the kitchen to give them to Ms. Lisa. They made sure to remind her to “lock the oven,” just like in the stories they’d read. But when they returned eight minutes later… the cookies were gone!
Just like the gingerbread characters in their books, the cookies had “run away”— but thankfully they left behind a clue. With their amazing riddle-solving skills, our kindergarten detectives followed a scavenger hunt around the school until they finally found their cookies waiting for them back at their seats.
Good thing, too — they were hungry and ready for a treat! Students decorated their cookies and then enjoyed a delicious, hands-on ending to a fun week of learning.
The competition is fierce and maybe even a little STRANGE as WUE houses chose different themes for the Door Decorating Contest at Woodhaven Upper Elementary! Can you spot all the different themes throughout the school? The students were so creative with their ideas and how they brought them to life!
There’s a Choir for YOU at WHS
At Woodhaven High School, there are five choirs: Concert Choir, Warrior Chorus, Elora, Chamber Ensemble, and Bella Voce.
Contrary to popular belief, there is no experience required for any of them, but an audition is required to be in Elora, Chamber Ensemble, or Bella Voce. This is because these choirs perform more difficult music that splits into more parts. The more lines/parts that a choir sings in, the fewer people are singing each line, so confidence and independence are key qualities in the students who are in Elora, Chamber Ensemble, and Bella Voce because they have fewer other students to help them sing the correct parts.
Concert Choir and Warrior Chorus are open to any student as long as they want to sing once they sign up! We teach everything you need to know - how to read music, how to use all of your different voice types to produce the sound needed to sing in a choir - if you want to sing, there is a place for you in Woodhaven Choirs!
- Concert Choir is for Sopranos and Altos only, and they sing music with two or three lines.
- Warrior Chorus is for Tenors and Basses only, and they sing music with two or three lines.
- Elora is for Sopranos and Altos only, and they sing music with three or four lines.
- Chamber Ensemble is for all voice types, and they sing music with a minimum of four lines and have sung up to sixteen different lines at one time!
- Bella Voce is for Sopranos and Altos only, and they sing music with a minimum of three lines and have sung up to twelve different lines at one time!
Did You Know these things about PERFORMING ARTS?
Brownstown Middle School is proud to spotlight our NJHS students. Since June, they have been collecting and returning pop cans, knowing that all the money raised would go toward helping families in need during Christmas, as well as supporting children at the hospital. It is important to serve our local community and to extend kindness beyond the Woodhaven-Brownstown borders.
These students went above and beyond, raising over $1,600. Combined with the funds raised during the recent Read-a-Thon, they were able to purchase not only the gifts the families requested, but also stocking stuffers and items for a holiday breakfast. Each family received pancakes, syrup, and cereal.
After the event, many students reflected on how good it felt to help others in need. They also shared how grateful they are for all they have. Their work is a wonderful reminder that giving forward creates a ripple of kindness that reaches far beyond our school and teaches lessons that go beyond what we cover in the classroom.
These students went above and beyond, raising over $1,600. Combined with the funds raised during the recent Read-a-Thon, they were able to purchase not only the gifts the families requested, but also stocking stuffers and items for a holiday breakfast. Each family received pancakes, syrup, and cereal.
After the event, many students reflected on how good it felt to help others in need. They also shared how grateful they are for all they have. Their work is a wonderful reminder that giving forward creates a ripple of kindness that reaches far beyond our school and teaches lessons that go beyond what we cover in the classroom.
Band Spotlight - James Mobley, BMS Band Director “Why is performing arts education important for students?”
“From a philosophical standpoint, while all cultures rely upon science, math etc., in order to build and supply basic needs, society, in any definition, also requires culture. And culture's foundation is in the arts. From a real world standpoint, I, for one, would never argue against the importance of our core subjects. Kids need to be able to navigate the world and have skills that make them able to care for themselves and (perhaps) a family. But I would be one that would argue that we (as adults) tend to put the ability of a student to succeed as an adult in a very small box, predicated on their ability to do well only in core subjects. I believe that we all have gifts and talents, and we should grow those gifts and talents so that we can use them to better ourselves and our community. As a district we should strive to create the next great physicist, the next successful surgeon. But we also need to foster those who may become the next great playwright, the next great pop vocalist, or the next great musician. And, I would be remiss if I did not mention that far too many times I have heard parents say to arts teachers, if it wasn't for your class my child would not come to school. We need places where kids can BELONG, BELIEVE, and BECOME.”
“From a philosophical standpoint, while all cultures rely upon science, math etc., in order to build and supply basic needs, society, in any definition, also requires culture. And culture's foundation is in the arts. From a real world standpoint, I, for one, would never argue against the importance of our core subjects. Kids need to be able to navigate the world and have skills that make them able to care for themselves and (perhaps) a family. But I would be one that would argue that we (as adults) tend to put the ability of a student to succeed as an adult in a very small box, predicated on their ability to do well only in core subjects. I believe that we all have gifts and talents, and we should grow those gifts and talents so that we can use them to better ourselves and our community. As a district we should strive to create the next great physicist, the next successful surgeon. But we also need to foster those who may become the next great playwright, the next great pop vocalist, or the next great musician. And, I would be remiss if I did not mention that far too many times I have heard parents say to arts teachers, if it wasn't for your class my child would not come to school. We need places where kids can BELONG, BELIEVE, and BECOME.”
Reminder: Winter Break begins after school on Friday! Have a safe Winter Recess!
Check out the Weekly Athletic Events!
Woodhaven High School's Choirs Performed last night during their Winter Concert. Just in case you missed it, or you want to see it again, here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/2qPbtj2cMfk?si=2jDJ9vxW0UTS3vZa
Pay special attention to the finale as Alumni join the choirs on stage!
https://www.youtube.com/live/2qPbtj2cMfk?si=2jDJ9vxW0UTS3vZa
Pay special attention to the finale as Alumni join the choirs on stage!
Tote and WBSD Early On Families! We look forward to seeing you tonight at the 40th Annual TOTE Holiday Party! #WBSDCares #WhyWBSD #WarriorStrong
Mrs. Regan and Mrs. Palovich’s students had an action-packed week of hands-on learning at Woodhaven Upper Elementary!
Creativity took over as they engineered toothpick and cranberry towers and boats, testing their designs and teamwork.
Inspired by the book Cranberry Thanksgiving, students whipped up cranberry-orange muffins from “Grandma’s” recipe. They even made their own homemade butter to enjoy with it.
And for the bravest learners… they tasted raw cranberries. Let’s just say the reactions were priceless! 😂
It was a week filled with discovery, creativity, and LOTS of laughter — the Warrior Way! 💜📚🥣
Creativity took over as they engineered toothpick and cranberry towers and boats, testing their designs and teamwork.
Inspired by the book Cranberry Thanksgiving, students whipped up cranberry-orange muffins from “Grandma’s” recipe. They even made their own homemade butter to enjoy with it.
And for the bravest learners… they tasted raw cranberries. Let’s just say the reactions were priceless! 😂
It was a week filled with discovery, creativity, and LOTS of laughter — the Warrior Way! 💜📚🥣
After 15 years of dedicated leadership, Superintendent Mark Greathead has announced his retirement, effective June 30, 2026.
Under his guidance, WBSD has grown academically, expanded opportunities for students, enhanced facilities, and strengthened its financial foundation. We are deeply appreciative of his service and look forward to celebrating his impact with our community.
Click to read the full announcement: https://www.mywbsd.org/article/2590769
Under his guidance, WBSD has grown academically, expanded opportunities for students, enhanced facilities, and strengthened its financial foundation. We are deeply appreciative of his service and look forward to celebrating his impact with our community.
Click to read the full announcement: https://www.mywbsd.org/article/2590769
✨ Thank You, Woodhaven-Brownstown Education Foundation! ✨
We are so grateful to the Woodhaven-Brownstown Education Foundation for supporting our youngest learners with a classroom grant for brand-new cubbies in the Erving Elementary GSRP classroom!
Teacher Jennifer Danosky shared that the new cubbies have already made a big difference—helping students build independence, stay organized, and manage their belongings with ease, especially as winter gear starts piling up. ❄️🧤🧣
Thank you, WBEF, for continuing to invest in our classrooms and create meaningful learning environments for all students. 💜📚
We are so grateful to the Woodhaven-Brownstown Education Foundation for supporting our youngest learners with a classroom grant for brand-new cubbies in the Erving Elementary GSRP classroom!
Teacher Jennifer Danosky shared that the new cubbies have already made a big difference—helping students build independence, stay organized, and manage their belongings with ease, especially as winter gear starts piling up. ❄️🧤🧣
Thank you, WBEF, for continuing to invest in our classrooms and create meaningful learning environments for all students. 💜📚
Congratulations, Coach Mifsud! 🏈💜
Woodhaven Warrior Varsity Football Coach David Mifsud has been voted by his peers as the 2025 Division 1, Region 3 Coach of the Year — an incredible honor he is receiving for the sixth time in his distinguished coaching career.
This recognition follows another major milestone: Coach Mifsud’s 2024 induction into the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
This season, he led the Woodhaven Warriors to an outstanding 8–3 record, continuing a legacy of excellence built over decades.
Coach Mifsud shared his gratitude for the honor, emphasizing the collective effort behind it:
“It’s awesome to be recognized this season — but this is TRULY a TEAM award. This award just reflects the hard work and the success the team had this year. I am so happy and so proud of this team and am honored to receive it on behalf of the coaching staff and all the players on the team. ‘Team Above Me.’ Go Warriors.”
Career Highlights Include:
🏆 Four Conference Championships
🏆 One Undefeated Regular Season (Dearborn, 2010)
🏆 17 State Playoff Qualifications
🏆 Four District Championships
🏆 Two Regional Championships
🏆 Two State Semi-Final Appearances
🏆 Detroit Lions Coach of the Week (2010)
🏆 East All-Star Game Coach (2008)
🏆 Six-Time MHSFCA Regional Coach of the Year (2001, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2025)
Please join us in congratulating Coach Mifsud on this well-earned recognition and for his continued leadership of our Warriors! 💜🏈
Woodhaven Warrior Varsity Football Coach David Mifsud has been voted by his peers as the 2025 Division 1, Region 3 Coach of the Year — an incredible honor he is receiving for the sixth time in his distinguished coaching career.
This recognition follows another major milestone: Coach Mifsud’s 2024 induction into the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
This season, he led the Woodhaven Warriors to an outstanding 8–3 record, continuing a legacy of excellence built over decades.
Coach Mifsud shared his gratitude for the honor, emphasizing the collective effort behind it:
“It’s awesome to be recognized this season — but this is TRULY a TEAM award. This award just reflects the hard work and the success the team had this year. I am so happy and so proud of this team and am honored to receive it on behalf of the coaching staff and all the players on the team. ‘Team Above Me.’ Go Warriors.”
Career Highlights Include:
🏆 Four Conference Championships
🏆 One Undefeated Regular Season (Dearborn, 2010)
🏆 17 State Playoff Qualifications
🏆 Four District Championships
🏆 Two Regional Championships
🏆 Two State Semi-Final Appearances
🏆 Detroit Lions Coach of the Week (2010)
🏆 East All-Star Game Coach (2008)
🏆 Six-Time MHSFCA Regional Coach of the Year (2001, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2025)
Please join us in congratulating Coach Mifsud on this well-earned recognition and for his continued leadership of our Warriors! 💜🏈
✨ Warrior Pride! ✨
Please join us in congratulating Woodhaven High School seniors Michael Owens, Marquez McAdoo, and Isaiah Ibrahim on being selected as MHSFCA All-Region honorees for Division 1!
These outstanding student-athletes have shown incredible dedication, leadership, and heart throughout the season, and we’re proud to see their hard work recognized at the state level.
🏈 Congratulations, Warriors!
Your school and community are cheering you on—today and always. 💜🤍
#WarriorPride #AllRegion #WBSD #WarriorNation #WoodhavenFootball
Please join us in congratulating Woodhaven High School seniors Michael Owens, Marquez McAdoo, and Isaiah Ibrahim on being selected as MHSFCA All-Region honorees for Division 1!
These outstanding student-athletes have shown incredible dedication, leadership, and heart throughout the season, and we’re proud to see their hard work recognized at the state level.
🏈 Congratulations, Warriors!
Your school and community are cheering you on—today and always. 💜🤍
#WarriorPride #AllRegion #WBSD #WarriorNation #WoodhavenFootball
