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![Region Spelling Bee March 2024]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1726777121/oaklandk12mius/wi6x94jva9uftlthiw9o/Spelling-Bee-03-02-2024-1191.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1726777121/oaklandk12mius/wi6x94jva9uftlthiw9o/Spelling-Bee-03-02-2024-1191.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1726777121/oaklandk12mius/wi6x94jva9uftlthiw9o/Spelling-Bee-03-02-2024-1191.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1726777121/oaklandk12mius/wi6x94jva9uftlthiw9o/Spelling-Bee-03-02-2024-1191.jpg","width":1080}])
Oakland Schools and the Oakland Schools Education Foundation are thrilled to announce their official partnership as the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee regional partner for Oakland County.
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Oakland Schools and the Oakland Schools Education Foundation are thrilled to announce their official partnership as the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee regional partner for Oakland County.
![a group of preschool kids are drawing]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1726172221/oaklandk12mius/neh01psvamnalau3i3ww/GSRP-enrollment.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1726172221/oaklandk12mius/neh01psvamnalau3i3ww/GSRP-enrollment.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1726172221/oaklandk12mius/neh01psvamnalau3i3ww/GSRP-enrollment.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1726172221/oaklandk12mius/neh01psvamnalau3i3ww/GSRP-enrollment.jpg","width":1000}])
In a significant expansion, all children with birthdates between September 2, 2019, and December 1, 2020, are now eligible for the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP), regardless of household income.
![Molly Mellema, Associate Executive Director at SET SEG, Tony Spisak, Risk Control Consultant at SET SEG, Bill Chatfield Executive Director of Auxiliary Services at Oakland Schools, Tim Averill, Executive Director of SET SEG]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1725973870/oaklandk12mius/petelod1zgwc0ysb8drs/Chatfield-Award1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1725973870/oaklandk12mius/petelod1zgwc0ysb8drs/Chatfield-Award1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1725973870/oaklandk12mius/petelod1zgwc0ysb8drs/Chatfield-Award1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1725973870/oaklandk12mius/petelod1zgwc0ysb8drs/Chatfield-Award1.jpg","width":1000}])
Oakland Schools’ Executive Director of Auxiliary Services, Maintenance, and Facilities Operations Bill Chatfield has received the Gus Kihlstrand Service Award for his dedication to the Michigan education community for over 30 years.