Baron Bits and Bytes

• August 18 : Chaldean Community Foundation Backpack and School Supplies Giveaway 5:3--6:30PM While Supplies last https://www.chaldeanfoundation.org/event/warren-consolidated-schools-wcs-back-to-school/
• August 25: 6th Grade Beer Baron Days (Class Schedules, Practice with Lockers, School Pictures, Find Your Classes, and Tour the School) 8:30-12:00. Please do your best to follow the schedule.
• August 26: 7th and 8th Grade Beer Baron Days (Class Schedules, Practice with Lockers, School Pictures, Find Your Classes, and Tour the School) 8:00-12:00. Please do your best to follow the schedule.
• September 02: 1st Day of School K-12 Half-Day with dismissal at 10:59. All Butcher classes will meet at Beer MS and students will go to all 6 of their classes.
• September 03: 2nd Day of School K-12 Half-Day with dismissal at 10:59. All Butcher classes will meet at Beer MS and students will go to all 6 of their classes.
• September 04-07: No School in observance of Labor Day
• September 08: 1st Full Day of School
• September 09: Beer MS Open House 6:00-8:00PM. Title 1 meeting will precede the Open House starting at 5:45PM

We are using SchoolPictures.com again this year for school pictures. Parents can use this link to order pictures https://shop.imagequix.com/g1001417217. Please note that the ordering site will not be available until after picture day. Parents will receive emails and/or text messages with direct links to students' galleries. Please also see the attached flyer.

During Beer Baron Days, parents will update all registration documents (contact info) and make sure they have an active Parent-Portal Account. Students will receive their schedules, practice with their lockers, have their school pictures taken (dress to impress), receive their school ID, find their classes, and tour the school. Aug 25 is for incoming 6th grade students and Aug 26 is for incoming 7th and 8th grade students. Please follow the schedule below which will help the with the flow of Beer Baron Days/Registration.

6th Grade Aug 25: Last Names: A-F 8:30-9:10, G-M 9:10-10:00, N-S 10:00-10:50, T-Z 10:50-12:00

7th Grade Aug 26: Last Names A-F 8:00-8:30, G-M 8:30-9:00, N-S 9:00-9:30, T-Z 9:30-10:00

8th Grade Aug 26: Last Names A-F 10:00-10:30, G-M 10:30-11:00, N-S 11:00-11:30, T-Z 11:30-12:00

Aug 25: 6th Grade Beer Baron Day

Aug 26: 7th and 8th Beer Baron Day

Sept 02: First day of school K-12 half day (BMS dismissal at 10:59 AM). All Butcher classes meet at Beer MS

Sept 03: K-12 half day (BMS dismissal at 10:59 AM). All Butcher Classes meet at Beer MS

Sept 04-Sept. 07: No School-Labor Day

Sept 08: Classes Resume, 1st Full Day of Schools. 7th and 8th Grade Football practice and Volleyball tryouts begin

Sept 09: Open House (Meet the Beer Middle School Staff) 6:00-8:00PM. Title 1 Meeting will precede the Open House starting at 5:45PM

2026-2027 are on sale for this school year, the base price is $25. New this year, 8th grade parents can purchase an ad for their 8th grade student. Use the link below to order your Yearbook:

https://yearbookforever.com/school-store/L0piQ9V6vyD0W2P9e1393UH7

Athletic Physicals, Fall Sports 2026-2027 School Year:

Every student-athlete must have an athletic physical dated on or after April 15, 2026 prior to the first day of practice/tryouts. The following is a link to the athletic forms. https://www.wcskids.net/documentdepot/View/View2.aspx?ID=100144

If you want to schedule an Athletic Physical with the Henry Ford Health Clinic that is at Warren Mott High School, please email ewiecze1@hfhs.org

We are very excited to announce that the Warren Consolidated Schools Athletic Department has partnered with FinalForms, an online forms and data management service. FinalForms allows you to complete and sign athletic participation forms for your students. The most exciting news is that FinalForms saves data from season-to-season and year-to-year, meaning that you will never need to enter the same information twice! FinalForms also pre-populates information wherever possible, for each of your students, saving you time.

You may review your data at any time to verify it is current. You will be required to sign your forms once per year and after any update.

Click on the Parent Playbook (attached) to get started in FinalForms. If you require any support during the process, scroll to the page bottom and click “Get Help”.

We are asking the parents/guardians of all students planning to play sports to create accounts in FinalForms and register your student(s).

Please register at: warrenconsolidated-mi.finalforms.com and follow the prompts to create your account, create your students and sign your forms.

Thank you for your assistance in streamlining our paperwork processes at Warren Consolidated Schools.

Dear Parent or Guardian:

We are pleased to inform you that we will be participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) as part of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.

The GREAT NEWS is that ALL students enrolled at our schools can receive a healthy breakfast and lunch at NO CHARGE to your household each day.

In place of the Free and Reduced-Price Meal Application, we still need your household to complete a Education Benefit Form https://warren.familyportal.cloud/. This report is critical in determining the amount of money that our school receives from a variety of State and Federal supplemental programs like Title I A, At-risk (31a), Title II A, E-Rate, etc.

These supplemental programs have the potential to offer supports and services for our students including, but not limited to:

• Instructional supports (staff, supplies & materials, etc.)
• Non-instructional services (counseling, social work, health services, etc.)
• Professional Learning for staff
• Parent and Community engagement supplies and activities
• Technology

We are asking that you please complete and submit the Education Benefit Form as soon as possible to ensure that additional funding for our school is available to meet the needs of our students. All information on the report submitted is confidential. Without your assistance in completing and returning the report, our school cannot maximize the use of available State and Federal funds.

If we can be of any further assistance, please call the Nutrition Services office at 586.698.4158.

The Beer Boosters decorate lockers for student birthdays and special events, the cost is only $15. Locker decorating includes a few snacks/treats, decorated locker, and a card from the Beer Boosters. To order a locker to be decorated, just click on this link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/Pk9YfD79Xn. To pay online, please use this link https://checkout.square.site/merchant/ML6CN19E3W08F/checkout/Z4DZQWGJACHBCMKKBCRQT7LC This is also a Beer Booster fundraiser and we appreciate your support. Birthday Lockers can also be paid for in the main office, but please use the link above to order the Birthday Locker.

• Detroit PBS on How social media may be affecting teen mental health and what many parents still don't see online: https://www.pbs.org/video/social-media-teens-mental-health-impact-michigan-opd7df/
• University of Michigan study says teens get hundreds of phone notifications daily: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIyyhq7Q17Y

• We are looking for new or gently used shoes, winter jackets, winter hats, winter gloves, pants, shirts, and socks for both boys and girls
• We are asking that all gently used clothing items be freshly washed
• Clothing items can be dropped off at the main office
• New clothing items with their tags still on are highly desirable
• All donated clothing items will be given to students who need them

Students in need of clothing should see their counselor Ms. Pudrith or Mr. Kay.

What does this graph mean?

This graph shows that when students have 10 or more absences, a higher percentage of them have below average grades in 1st hour compared to students with fewer absences.

Students with 10+ absences who are failing
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All students with 10+ absences

For example: 6th Grade 1st Hour

· 152 students have 0-9 absences. Of the 152, 5 have below average grades.

o 5/152= 3%

· 55 students have 10+ absences. Of the 55, 11 have below average grades.

o 11/55= 20%

Cross-Grade Takeaway

· The attendance achievement gap is present in all grade levels.

· Risk increases once students miss 10 class periods, especially in 6th and 7th grade.

· Consistent attendance in first hour is a key factor in preventing academic struggle

6th Grade

· 3% of students with 0–9 absences have below average grades.

· 20% of students with 10+ absences have below average grades.

· Students with 10+ absences are more than 6 times more likely to be performing below average.

7th Grade

· 6% of students with 0–9 absences have below average grades.

· 29% of students with 10+ absences have below average grades.

· 7th grade shows the largest impact of attendance on academic performance.

· Students with 10+ absences are nearly 5 times more likely to be performing below average.

8th Grade

· 19% of students with 0–9 absences have below average grades.

· 32% of students with 10+ absences have below average grades.

· Students with 10+ absences are nearly 2 times more likely to be performing below average.