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Hour Glass—After School Activities and
the Test Scores
Programs Offered After
School
After School programs are
typically offered to provide
opportunities for students to
engage in extracurricular activities. Children love to play,
it is right in line with their
nature. They are exercising
and enjoying the social company of their playmates.
Warrendale offers basketball
for girls and boys, cheerleading, mentoring programs and
tutoring.
Each program is
designed to build and enhance
student skills on various level.
We primarily focus on Character Education, where we
reinforce the Moral Focus
component of our curriculum.
We teach students how to
properly interact and response to their peers and
adults. We truly believe the
old adage “to educate a man
in the mind and not teach
morals is to create a menace
to society.”
Recreation versus Education:
The Major Difference
In school, we educate the entire child. In other words, we
use different instructional approaches to get the best out of
the child. A child with good
social skill develop grows faster
than children without such development.
Children without
social development tend to face
more discipline problems in
school which in turn results in
the child missing school due to
out of school suspensions. Recreation tends to allow play and
social interaction with no criteria with regard to any educational components. Children are
usually left to their own resolve
to establish rules and interaction. This type of loose interaction has its place, however we
should not leave such rich opportunities for instruction in
the hands of children. Children
without the proper guidance is a
recipe for disaster. Most of
our children fail because of the
inability to communicate in a
productive fashion. Productive
communication ensures success.
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Motivation Opportunities to
Increase Test Scores
Motivation is a major factor in
student success. When students
are motivated, they can achieve
anything that they apply their
minds to. We use motivation to
increase our N.W.E.A scores, a
nationally normed test taken by
approximately 3 million students.
In order for our students to
participate in our after school
program, they have to qualify .
For the more popular programs
such as basketball and cheerleading, we are requiring our students to achieve a certain R.I.T.
score. Depending on the grade
level, we require them to come
within 3 to 5 R.I.T. points of
their goal. Three R.I.T. points is
equivalent to a grade level. We
want to motivate students to
grow academically.
Again, we
want to ensure success, children
have plenty of opportunities to
play, but they have limited opportunities to get involved in top
scholastic programs, school
and/or universities. We want to
turn their talents into college
opportunities.
Special points
of interest:
 Moral Focus Word
of the Month is
Respect
 Top Teachers of
the Month
 Mrs. Beaune
 Ms. Mizzi
 Mrs. Mann
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House Representatives Visit
House Representative Harvey Santana has become a voice for Warrendale
Charter Academy. He has made 3 tour
visits to WCA while bringing over 10
House Representatives the past two
visits. One of his goals is for everyone to understand how important it is
to help Detroit schools at this time as
well as in the future.
Red Ribbon Week
Congratulations to Mrs. Rosado’s
class for winning the door decorating
contest. They pledged to everyone
why it is important to be drug free!
Mrs. Maples’ Math Journals
Are you in Mrs. Maples class? Her
math journals are amazing. Her students are writing & having a deeper
knowledge of math concepts.
Warrendale Warrior Creed
I am a Warrendale student.
I strive to achieve academic excellence
Hybridge Math Lab
Students were excited to show parents their work from Mr. Suyama &
Mrs. Trbovic’s Hybridge Math Lab at
Parent Teacher Conferences.
I exemplify high moral character,
I strive to realize my potential,
Boys Basketball
We kicked off our annual spelling bee
competition during a
Friday assembly. Students received their
spelling packets to
start studying!
Competition begins
March 11.
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Go Warriors!
School Mission
Creating successful adults one child at a time.
Mojo in the Morning
Mojo in the Morning, Halloween Land
& Door to Door Organics blessed all
of our Kindergarteners with costumes & food for the harvest season.
Hopefully you were able to see it on
channel 7 action news!
WCA’s FIRST ANNUAL SPELLING BEE MARCH 11, 2016
Spelling bee
I work diligently to prepare for the future.
WCA’s basketball team is on fire!
Coach Butler & Balogh have the boys
persevering through challenging
games, and our boys are stepping up!
The energy from the gym is always
amped up as staff & families cheer
the boys on!
It's that time of year - time to gear
up for WCA's First Annual Spelling
Bee!

Friday, March 11th - Round 1: In-class

Friday, March 18th - Round 2: House
Friday, March 25th - Round 3: House
Final
Tips to help your Student prepare:
A Spelling Bee is a performance. Practice spelling in front of a mirror or to a
group of people to avoid being nervous.
Study word parts and patterns to help
you make the best possible guess.
For Further information, please
contact our Spelling Bee coordinators Mrs. Uchendu and Mrs. Perrini at
EXT 218.
Vondra Glass, Principal
Porshea Flowers, K-2 Dean
Kimberly Piccione 3-5 Dean
Alicia Reed, 6-8 Dean
Salwa Qasem, Dean of Intervention/SPED
Tanya Mims, Registrar
Deborah Kemp, Office Administrator
Marty Bulger, Achievement/Behavioral Specialist
Erica Saville, School Social Worker

Start wherever you are and build
from there. (We recommend your grade
level list, followed by house.) Cross out
the words on the list you already know
how to spell.
Warrendale Charter Academy
19400 Sawyer
Detroit, MI 48228-3330
313-240-4200 (office)
313-240-4203 (fax)

Read frequently to improve your
spelling.
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NEW VISITOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
We are excited to make you aware of a change in our visitor management system, which will be implemented within the
next few weeks.
We will be installing new equipment at our school to serve as our security screening system for all visitors. This system
will be replacing our LobbyGuard check in/out kiosk. A nice feature of this program is that after the initial registration, the check-in process is much faster for returning visitors.
The system will still be located in the front office. Once you have completed the initial registration, you will just need
to enter your first and last name into the system and your reason for visiting. Your badge will print upon completing
these two easy steps (no scanning your ID or taking your picture needed).
I would like to encourage parents to register their IDs into the new system, which will allow for smooth transition.
You will need your driver’s license for the first time you register. It will only take a minute of your time. The office
staff will be happy to guide you through the process if you need assistance.
The safety and security of our students and staff is a priority at Warrendale. We are proud to offer this new security
program and look forward to partnering with you to ensure our parents experience a smooth transition to the new
system.
If you have any questions, feel free to call the school office at 313-240-4200.
Is Your Child Here?....Erase Truancy at Warrendale!!!!
There is a strong correlation between student
success and truancy. When students are in
school on time they tend to get higher grades.
Student delinquency is taught to students at
a young age. Children tend to pick up the importance of school from their parents. The
message is usually subtle. Parents who consistently bring their children to school late
are implying that getting to school on time is
not important, because school is not important. I know that there is an occasional
emergency, but not everyday. We need to
establish and instill in our children a strong
sense of urgency as it relates to being in
school on time.
In order to see change, this
definitely has to change. When
we have children who can not
read and compute basic arithmetic, we can not afford to
take such a laxed approach to
educating our children. There
have been lives and sacrifices
Everyone should be held accountable for
made in the name of education.
the success of our children. For years,
schools are the only entities held accounta- We have statistics to prove
ble while parents are not. On average, we that there is a direct correlahave about 175 students late on a daily ba- tion to school attendance and
academic achievement. It does
sis. When it rains, it almost doubles to
in fact take a village to raise a
300 students. The excuses range from
over sleeping to missing a bus. Some chil- child. Everyone working togethChildren grow when they are surrounded by
er and that would mean everydren do not report until about 9:30 a.m.
professionals who have their best interest at School starts at 7:45 in the morning. Stu- one. So...please in the name of
heart.
education. We have statistics
dents are considered late at 8:01 a.m.
to prove that there is a direct
It is extremely stressful when a student encorrelation to school attendters a classroom and does not have a sense of
ance and academic achievement.
what is going on. The child tends to give up
It does in fact take a village to
before school starts. They typically do not
raise a child.
participate in class. When students fail to
actively participate in class in a positive manner they become behavior problems. Behavior
problems often result in missed instructional
It is law that students attend public school
on a regular basis on time. Failure to comply is a crime, law (MCL 380.1561). A
parent or guardian can be prosecuted and
if convicted can face up to 90 days in
jail, and/or fined or both.
Random Searches…..why?...why?....what are you looking for?
Dean’s & Teachers
Mrs. Flowers, K-2 Dean
Mrs. Piccione, 3-5 Dean
Mrs. Reed, 6-8 Dean
[email protected]
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Ms. Brenneman—Kindergarten
Ms. D’Amore—3rd Grade
Mr. Jeffries—6th Grade
Mrs. Beaune—Kindergarten
Mrs. Sparks—3rd Grade
Ms. Ruiz—6th Grade
Ms. Childress—Kindergarten
Ms. Toarmina—3rd Grade
Mrs. Tibai—6th Grade
Mrs. Richeson—Kindergarten
Mrs. Flowers –4th Grade
Ms. Herman—7th Grade
Mrs. Bannon—1st Grade
Mr. Garbutt-4th Grade
Mrs. Maples—7th Grade
Mrs. Sharpe—1st Grade
Mrs. McClendon-4th Grade
Mr. Riebe—7th Grade
Mrs. Thomas—1st Grade
Ms. Mizzi—5th Grade
Mr. Kopas = 8th Grade
Mrs. Fox—2nd Grade
Mrs. Rosado –5th Grade
Mrs. Mann—8th Grade
Ms. Mason—2nd Grade
Ms. Stager—5th Grade
Ms. Theisen—8th Grade
Mrs. Thormann—2nd Grade
Ms. Kelley—Art
Mrs. Rietz—Music
Mr. Balogh—Gym
Ms. Kelley—Library
A report was released by National
Center on Addiction and Substance
Abuse, found that 44% of all middle
school students interviewed have witnessed illegal drug use, dealing,
and/or possession at school. The researchers are finding that the population of students who are experimenting with drugs are getting younger and younger. We are also experiencing student who are bringing weapons to school. These weapons range
from razor blades to mace. This is
alarming. Students can not learn if
they are in an environment that they
feel unsafe.
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Children come to school to learn. It is
not an expectation that children come
to school to fight or to avoid being
beaten. We expect that children come
to school to learn free from any and all
distractions and this would include a
call from anyone on a cell phone. Warrendale Charter Academy has a policy
against cell phones. Students are to
check in cell phones in the office no
exceptions. Cell phones found on the
person and/or belongings of students
will be immediately confiscated.
distractions. Please note what is
found on students that is not in line
with school policy or state law could
lead to a suspension, expulsion,
and/or police intervention.
To ensure that our students are focused on instruction and are safe, we
will conduct random searches, confiscating any and all items that led to
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