District plans remainder of the school year due to snow days

By Elise DeYoung With wind chills in the negatives and excessive amounts of snow, it’s no surprise that this winter, Walled Lake Schools has already used all available snow days provided by the district. Although snow days are much appreciated by the students, if the school exceeds the maximum amount of six extra days, which…

Students connect through the creation of “The Giving Tree Club”

By Kennedy Werner Derived from the success of WLC’s Blanket Drive, the newly formed Giving Tree Clubwelcomes all students eager to impact the community. Created by Spanish teachers Nancy Kattoula and Laura Griffin and their Spanish students, the club’s mission is to help the community and spread good cheer to WLC families and beyond. “My…

Girls Lacrosse prepares to unite and conquer this season

By Kennedy Werner Walled Lake’s Lady Gladiators lacrosse team, which draws its members from WLC, WLN, and WLW, is “all in” this season. They are ready to give the competition all they’ve got, strengthen internally, and WIN. With their first game March 31 against Northville, the JV and varsity teams are focused on improvement and…

Passion for Life run to benefit Sydney Balzer

By Nevada Leslie The 7th annual Passion For Life Run/Walk and 5 Mile Run benefiting Sydney Balzer, a nine-year-old battling leukemia, will occur Saturday March 29th, 2014 in downtown Walled Lake. Balzer, the 2014 Inspiration Family, was diagnosed with ALL- Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia in 2010. The event will benefit U of M C.S. Mott Children’s…

WLC Skaters achieve epically at States

By: Kennedy Werner Central junior figure skaters Paige Bremner, Carly Burwell, and Hanna Baldrica competed in States this past weekend. Bremner won second place in Pre-Gold Dance and third place in Intermediate Freestyle and Juvenile/Senior Duet. Burwell won third place in Silver Dance and Juvenile/Senior Duet. Baldrica won seventh place in Juvenile/Senior Duet. “We are…

Annual Kaitlin’s cause to support Kirk Pedersen

By Taylor Peterman Walled Lake Central’s Student Council will be hosting the 6th annual Kaitlin’s Cause on May 14. Music and food can be enjoyedin support of Viking Kirk Pedersen at Uptown Grille. “It was a hard decision because we want to choose everyone, but Pedersen has a personal connection to many at Central,” said…

Grandville loses High School hero

By Erika Greco On Friday, March 7, the world lost a 17-year old hero.  Ryan Fischer, of Grandville High School, died in his sleep due to an enlarged heart.  He was a brother, son, student, teammate and friend whose goal in life was to serve his country. Fischer was a dedicated athlete and leader to…

The Call staffer experiments with poetry

Little Girl Lost By Dominique Tyus A little girl lost, Lost in her mind, lost in her thoughts, and lost in her inability to speak. She can`t seem to speak her mind or coincide with her reality. She can`t seem to fathom what her purpose is in this life, She is a lost girl after…

Believe, Dream, Inspire

By Emily Money The results are in! Fourteen students from WLC have won at the District Level of the National PTA’s Reflections Program, where the theme was “Believe, Dream, Inspire”.  Seven of these artistic students were announced to move on to the State Level in December. The fourteen District winners were Seth Weinstein for Dance…