Cougar Chronicle

Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a good, restful break.

"January is the perfect time to reset, recharge, and renew your focus on what truly matters".

New Year, Same Goals: RISE Up

As we welcome the new year, it is a great opportunity to pause, reflect, and reset. While the calendar has changed, our goals remain the same: supporting every student in doing their best academically, socially, and behaviorally. The start of a new year offers a natural restart and a chance for families and students to realign expectations and finish the semester strong.

We encourage you to take a few minutes to check in with your child. A brief conversation about routines, organization, effort, and accountability can help reset expectations and refocus priorities. This partnership between home and school plays a key role in helping students stay on track and continue to grow.

Next week is the final week of the semester, and many classes will be administering midterm assessments. These assessments provide an important snapshot of student learning. Please help your child prepare by ensuring they get enough rest, arrive to school on time, and have time set aside at home to review notes and study materials. Good opportunity to get any missing assignments as well.

Thank you for your continued support and collaboration. Together, we can help our students RISE up, stay focused on our shared goals, and finish the semester and year strong.

Welcome Back and Happy New Year! The first semester is coming to a close very quickly. Please talk to your student(s) about turning in any missing work and making up any missing assignments. If your child is taking a mid-term exam in any class, stress the importance of being prepared for those assessments. We will be starting second semester after Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It is possible your child's classes may change at this time. I encourage you to talk with them about any schedule changes they may experience.

Students who sold at least one box of candy bars and have a zero balance have received their Urban Air pass. Students who sold two (2) or four (4) boxes and earned the Game Trailer experience will enjoy their prize on Friday, January 9, 2026. Students will be called down in groups every 30 minutes to participate.

1. Sign up for text alerts by texting YES to 67587

2. Check our website or facebook

3. Make sure you are registered on our school notification system

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Just a reminder that 2nd semester does not begin until Tuesday, January 20th. At that time, students will report to their 1st hour class that they have been going to since August, they will then get their NEW semester schedules and be dismissed to head to their new classes for the second semester. It is very important that all students arrive on time on Tuesday, January 20th. Thank you for your help on this matter.

Quarter 2 report cards will only be available digitally through PowerSchool. There will be no paper copies sent home. Report cards will be available for viewing for parents in their Parent Portal accounts at the beginning of February.

Parents, our lost and found is over flowing! Missing books, missing water bottles, jackets, shoes, and clothing. Please encourage your student to look through the lost and found and claim anything that is theirs. All items not claimed by January 14, 2026 will be donated.

A parent must accompany their student to all athletic events within WCS. This is a district rule and any student that is not accompanied by their parent/guardian will not be allowed into the game.

Students must have their Student ID's in order to enter any game with their parent/guardian.

The State of Michigan requires students to have a completed sports physical BEFORE tryouts begin for any sport team. Forms are available in the school office and on the MHSAA website:

English: https://www.mhsaa.com/portals/0/Documents/health%20safety/physical2page.pdf

Arabic: https://www.mhsaa.com/sites/default/files/Administrators/arabic2page.pdf

Spanish: https://www.mhsaa.com/sites/default/files/Administrators/spanish2page.pdf?time=1754321970200

All physicals must be dated after April 15 of the current year.

Girls basketball try-outs will be Monday, January 12th and Tuesday, January 13th from 2:45PM-4:30PM for 7th Grade and 4:30PM-6PM for 8th Grade.

January 9 ~ Midterms

January 12 ~ Midterms

January 12 ~ Girls Basketball Try-outs

January 13 ~ Midterms

January 13 ~ Girls Basketball Try-outs

January 14 ~ Midterms

January 15 ~ Midterms

January 16 ~ Half Day

January 16 ~ Records Day

January 19 ~ No School

January 20 ~ Vision Screening

January 27 ~ Early Release

February 11 ~ Supplemental Count Day

February 13 ~ Half Day

February 16 ~ Mid Winter Break - No School

February 17 ~ Mid Winter Break - No School

February 18 ~ Mid Winter Break - No School

February 19 ~ Mid Winter Break - No School

February 20 ~ Mid Winter Break - No School

February 23 ~ School Resumes

March 3 ~ Early Release

March 12 ~ Half Day

March 12 ~ Parent Teacher Conferences

Next Booster Club meeting is Tuesday, January 20th at 3PM in the Media Center.

Thank you for supporting our students—we couldn’t do it without you! 💛

• Taki Tuesday is every week
• Volunteers are needed for Concessions, and Taki Tuesdays.

We NEED volunteers for concessions and Taki Tuesdays:

TT: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0849A8AE2CA2F9C61-58330768-taki#/

Any questions regarding Booster Club please contact via email. Thank you for your support!

CONTACT INFORMATION:

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Email: carterboosterpresident@gmail.com

Have a Kroger rewards card? Select the organization that you wish to support is as simple as updated the Kroger Community Rewards Selection on your digital account. Your organization earns money at no added cost to you! Sign up today to support our Carter Booster Club.

https://cartermscounseling.weebly.com/

Kristin Forsyth - students with last name (A-L)

(586) 698- 4297

Lisa Stabile - student with last name (M-Z)

(586) 698- 4798

Under Federal law, you as parents may request the following specific information about the professional qualifications of your children's teachers:

1. Whether the teacher has met the state qualifications/licensing for their grade level/subjects.
2. Whether the teacher is on a temporary permit or waiver.
3. The teacher's majors, graduate certificates/degrees, and discipline fields.
4. Paraprofessional services and qualifications.

Carter Middle School has been identified as a school-wide Title I, Part A building. This is a federally supplemented program designed to help children reach high academic standards. In receiving funds from this program the district has a requirement to inform you, as a parent of a child attending a Title I school, of information regarding the professional qualifications of your child's class.

In compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Americans with Disability Act of 1990, the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act of 1977, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, it is the policy of Warren Consolidated Schools that no person shall, on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, (including sexual orientation or transgender identity), disability, age, religion, height, weight, marital or family status, military status, ancestry, genetic information, or any other legally protected category, (collectively, "Protected Classes") be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to, discrimination during any program, activity, service or in employment. Inquiries should be addressed to the Chief Human Resource Officer, 31300 Anita, Warren, Michigan 48093, (586) 825-2400, ext 63110.