Families

The State of Michigan recently approved free breakfast and free lunch for all public school students. Visit Food Service's Elementary Menus webpage for the full menu.

Breakfast

Walled Lake Elementary offers a host of breakfast items each morning school is in session.

Lunch

Each day, students may select from the lunch listed on the posted lunch menu or light lunch. Light lunch, available daily, consists of yogurt, cheese stick, grains, fruit, vegetable and milk. Children may also purchase milk, water or juice.

Forms for free and reduced lunch, as well as information about prepaying a la carte breakfast and lunch items, are available in the main office and the Food Service webpage. Students may also bring lunch from home. 

• Authorization to Administer Medication
• Criminal History Background Check

An Authorization to Administer Medication Form, which can be found under Important Forms or in the main office, is required for your child to receive any type of medicine at school. This form must be signed by you and your child’s doctor and is retained in the school office. Board Policy prohibits school personnel from administering any medication without physician approval. This includes cough medicine, cough drops, aspirin and all other over-the-counter products.

• Kindergarten
• First Grade
• Second Grade
• Third Grade
• Fourth Grade
• Fifth Grade

• Mrs. Kirkpatrick and Mrs. Shanahan

Morning drop off and afternoon pickup can be a smooth, safe, and efficient process if we all work together. In order for a safe and efficient process, it is critical that parents/guardians do the following:

1. Read through these instructions very carefully.
2. Confirm that any person picking up their child is listed as an emergency contact.
3. Share the drive through process, including instructions and map, with any person picking up their child(ren).
4. Display Tiger Pickup sign in window before arriving at Walled Lake Elementary.
   • To register for a Tiger Pick Up sign, please complete the Tiger Pick Up Form.
   • Tiger Pickup signs ordered before the Teacher Meet and Greet in August can be picked up on that day. Those not picked up will be distributed to the oldest child of the family on the first day of school.

Arrival

Parents/Guardians dropping of their child(ren) at school should:

• Stay in their car at all times in the drive-thru lane. Children need to be able to exit the car independently. If you have concerns about your child’s ability to do this, please practice at home.

• Pull all the way up to the top of the drive-thru lane or to the vehicle in front of them. This allows for more vehicles to unload at one time, making the process quicker for all.
• Not leave the drop off line early. Please wait patiently for the car in front of you to pull forward.
• Practice buckling/unbuckling with younger children. It is important that children can do this independently for the flow of the drive-thru lane.
• Keep children in the car until a staff member is present at 8:50 a.m. Staff will be available to assist with unloading children, ensuring safety and supervision of students.

Students arriving by private vehicle will:

• Wait in their vehicle until 8:50 a.m. or a staff member is present to supervise students.
• Have their belongings ready to efficiently exit the vehicle when it is their turn.
• Exit on the passenger side of the vehicle only.
• Follow the sidewalk to the back door on the South side of the building.
• School doors open at 8:50 a.m. Class will begin at 8:55 a.m.

Dismissal

• Students will wait inside the gymnasium or nearby hallway, on an assigned spot, with members of the same household.
• WLE will post a staff member at the beginning of the drive, near Maple Road. This staff member will look at the Tiger Pickup Car Signs, call out the number via radio to a staff member waiting within the gymnasium, so that students will be ready when their parent/guardian arrive to the pickup section of the drive-thru lane.
• It is preferred and most efficient if parents/guardians arriving to WLE by vehicle use the drive-thru lane. Parents/guardians may park in the interior parking spots and escort their child across the crosswalk, if absolutely necessary.
• A Tiger Pick Up Car Sign must be presented in order for a child to be released to a parent/guardian. Adults without a Tiger Pickup Car Sign must go to the main office and present identification before a child can be released.

Parents/Guardians picking up their child(ren) from school should:

• Stay in their car at all times in the drive-thru lane.
• Pull all the way up to the top of the drive-thru lane or to the vehicle in front of them. This allows for more vehicles to load at one time, making the process quicker for all.
• Not leave the pick-up line early. Please wait patiently for the car in front of you to pull forward.
• Practice buckling/unbuckling with younger children. It is important that children can do this independently for the flow of the drive-thru lane.

Students leaving by private vehicle will:

• Wait in the gymnasium or nearby hallway with members of the same household.
• Wait for his/her number to be called.
• Exit the gymnasium and use the sidewalk to get to their parent/guardian's vehicle.
• Only enter their vehicle on the passenger side. This keeps all of our students safe.