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By Sarah Shurge – According to Priority Health, one in five kids struggle with mental health. This is why Priority Health partnered with Canines for Change to launch Priority Pups – a program sponsoring trained facility dogs to be placed in selected school districts to ease...

By Sarah Shurge – As summer vacation comes to an end, Back-to-School events were hosted to send kids back to the classrooms on the right foot. On Tuesday, August 18th, Wayne-Westland families attended the Back-to-School Fair at John Glenn High School. The event had...

Wayne Memorial High School has 12 valedictorians and salutatorians this year. Both categories of achievement are determined strictly by cumulative GPA. Valedictorians have GPAs 4.0 and above. Salutatorians have GPAs between 3.93 and 3.99. Meet the Class of 2026 Valedictorians:...

Valedictorians (4.0 and above cumulative GPA) Yusra Akintande Aldo Hernandez Alexandria Macko Perla Morales Guerrero Tracy Phan Victoria Thurmand Treasure Young Salutatorian (3.9 – 3.99 cumulative GPA) Ibraheem Adeyemi Cyrus Goins Maria Herrera-Ibarra Jacob Letourneau Jourdan...

Abney, Da’Vontae Aburajouh, Nora Adams, Jershanne Adkins, Tatum Alexander, James Ali, Zahra Anderson, Joshua Armstrong, Danae Attard, Vincent Baldwin, Darnell Bass, Katelynn Bates, Valarie Bazzi, Aya Bennett, Jayeda Billosillo, Alyssa Blunt, Jas’n Brisky, Zachery...

By Sarah Shurge – For the first time this year, Wayne Memorial High School has a girls Flag Football team “It’s so exciting because that’s one of the fastest growing sports right now,” said Mark Woodson, Wayne Memorial athletic director. The team is sponsored by the...

Congratulations to the Wayne-Westland Community Schools for being selected as a recipient of Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators Impact. Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators (MASA) is a new initiative designed to directly support...

By Sarah Shurge – On Wednesday, March 25th, the Wayne-Westland Community Schools Board of Education conducted final interviews with three outstanding candidates for our next Superintendent. Following those interviews, the Board voted to appoint Dr. Catherine Cost as the...

By Sarah Shurge – Congratulations to Wayne Memorial High School’s boys basketball, girls basketball, boys bowling, and wrestling teams for dominating athletics this season. “It’s an amazing time this time of year,” said Mark Woodson, Wayne Memorial athletic director. “It’s...

By Sarah Shurge – On Saturday, December 20, 2025, five former student-athletes were inducted into the Wayne Memorial Athletic Hall of Fame. There was a dinner for the inductees prior to the basketball game and then the induction ceremony was held at halftime. “We looked at...