Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

November 2022 Update

Annual MLK Celebration 2023

The entire Walled Lake Consolidated Schools community is invited to attend the District's 24th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration on Monday, January 16, 2023. This year's celebration will be returning to Walled Lake Northern High School with a tour of student exhibits starting at 5 p.m. and a formal program starting at 6:15 p.m.

The event's keynote address will be a group of speakers from the InterFaith Leadership Council of Metro Detroit.

Annual Diversity Week

Diversity week will be celebrated November 28 thru December 2. This year’s theme, “Listen your way to kindness”, is also the theme of our 24th annual MLK Day Celebration.

You can see potential ways buildings and classrooms may explore this year’s theme at this ideas link. Schools are encouraged to start planning/creating their MLK Celebration school display.

Annual Express Yourself Contest

Students of WLCSD are welcomed to submit an Express Yourself project. The theme for this year’s project is “Listen your way to kindness”. Students should create a project that expresses what this theme means to them. Projects can be a speech, an essay, a picture, a poem, a drawing, a video, a musical piece or any other format to express “Listen your way to kindness”.

The winner(s) of this contest will share their projects, on stage, at the 24th annual WLCSD MLK Day Celebration. This is a great opportunity to recognize students, their creativity, and engagement in Diversity Week. It is by far the crowd’s favorite part of the MLK Celebration. Check out the project details and entry form. 

All entries must be submitted to a school office by Wednesday, December 14.

Annual Friend of Diversity Award

Walled Lake Consolidated Schools is seeking nominations for the 2023 Alec Bender Friend of Diversity Award. This award honors individuals who are true friends of multicultural diversity in our school district and community. This honor will be bestowed on the recipient(s) WLCSD 24th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration on January 16, 2023.

Any student, staff, community member, local business, or local organization is eligible to be nominated. Any member of the Walled Lake Schools community may submit a nomination.

Nominations must be submitted through the nomination form by Friday, December 9, 2022.