Beaty-Warren Middle School

📢 Attention WCSD Parents! If your child will be enrolled in the Warren County School District for the 2025–2026 school year, you can avoid first-day paperwork by updating your student’s information electronically ahead of time! ✅ An email was sent this morning from noreplyenrollment@powerschool.com with quick and easy instructions. 📬 Letters with this information will also be mailed home soon. 💻 Get started now by clicking here: https://registration.powerschool.com/family/gosnap.aspx?action=43103&culture=en Thank you for helping us start the school year smoothly! #WCSD #BackToSchoolPrep #ParentReminder #20252026SchoolYear

Weekly Math Fun: Sidewalk Chalk Geometry! 🎨📐 This week, take math outside with a colorful twist! Use sidewalk chalk to explore shapes, angles, and patterns right on your driveway or sidewalk. It’s a creative and active way to build geometry skills—no worksheets required! Make Math Come to Life: 🔷 Draw Shapes & Name Them – Review sides and corners as your child draws polygons like triangles, squares, and hexagons. 🔺 Angle Practice – Teach acute, right, and obtuse angles by drawing them, then challenge your child to find real-life matches around the yard. 🦘 Play & Move – Create shape-based games like “Jump to the rectangle!” to get kids moving while learning math terms. 📏 Coordinate Grids (for older kids) – Practice plotting points and identifying patterns using a simple X-Y axis drawn on the sidewalk. This low-prep activity supports spatial reasoning, geometry vocabulary, and creativity, all while getting fresh air and sunshine. Stay tuned for next week’s post, where we’ll share another fun way to keep math meaningful and engaging at home! ☀️📊

Weekly Math Fun: Summer Reading = Math, Too! 📚➕ Summer reading can boost more than just literacy—it’s also a great way to build math understanding through stories! This week, try reading math-themed books that introduce number concepts, patterns, geometry, and measurement in creative, engaging ways. Ways to Make It Meaningful: 📖 Choose books that spark curiosity and include natural math connections. 💬 Pause to ask questions like, “How did the characters solve that problem?” or “Can we try that math activity at home?” 📝 Keep a simple math reading log to track titles and talk about what your child learned from each book. Why It Matters: ✔ Combines math and literacy in meaningful ways ✔ Encourages discussion and real-world application of math concepts ✔ Helps prevent summer learning loss in both subjects Books like The Grapes of Math and How Big Is a Foot? make math feel playful and approachable while encouraging discussion and real-world thinking. Whether you’re reading under a tree or curled up before bed, math-themed books can make summer reading even more impactful. Stay tuned for next week’s post with another fun way to support math at home! ☀️📏

Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Dates & Times

The Warren County School District is again offering the federally funded Summer Food Service Program this summer. Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered through the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the program provides free meals and snacks to all children 18 years of age and younger at approved sites across Warren County. No registration or income requirements are necessary.

Sites include:
– Beaty Warren Middle School, breakfast and lunch, Monday through Friday from June 9 through Aug. 8. Breakfast hours are 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. with lunch from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
– Warren Area Elementary Center, bagged breakfast and lunch, Monday through Friday from June 9 through Aug. 8. Breakfast is from 8 to 8:30 a.m. with lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
– Lacy Park & Playground, bagged lunch only, Monday through Friday from June 16 through Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to noon.
– Crescent Park, bagged lunch only, Monday through Friday from June 16 through Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to noon.
– Sheffield Township Park, bagged lunch only, Monday through Friday from June 16 through Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to noon.

All sites will be closed from June 30 through July 4 for the Fourth of July holiday.

Children are encouraged to arrive early at playground sites to help staff order the appropriate number of meals. All meals must be eaten on-site, and menus will be available online at www.wcsdpa.org under the “Summer Food Service Program” tab.. The district will announce any changes to dates, times, or sites via signage, its website, mobile app, and the Warren County School District Facebook page.

The program is a collaboration between the Warren County School District, city of Warren and Sheffield Township. Organizations offering summer programming and interested in becoming a Summer Food Service Program site can call Jones at 814-723-6900 or email jonesm@wcsdpa.org.

🧠 Guess My Number: A Fun Math Game for Anywhere! 🎲 Looking for a quick and engaging way to boost your child’s number sense and logical thinking? “Guess My Number” turns everyday moments—like car rides or dinner time—into a fun math challenge. One player picks a number, and others ask yes/no questions using math clues to figure it out. It's like 20 Questions—but with numbers! 💡 Try mixing it up: - Use multiplication or subtraction facts in your clues - Try ranges up to 100 or 1,000 for older kids - Challenge everyone to solve it in fewer questions each time It’s a simple, screen-free way to strengthen math reasoning as a family! ✨ Get ready to think strategically and talk math—no materials required!

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This Week’s Math Moment: Fractions with Dominoes! 🎲➗ Dominoes aren’t just for games—they’re perfect for exploring fractions in a way that’s hands-on and visual! Use the dots on each domino to build, compare, and simplify fractions in a fun and stress-free way. This activity can grow with your child: 🔸 Younger learners can practice identifying and simplifying fractions 🔸 Older students can add, subtract, or even write equations using the values they create 🔸 Try turning it into a fraction memory match or sorting challenge! All you need is a domino set and some curious math minds. Make fractions make sense—one dot at a time! 🌟 Stay tuned for next week’s activity for more hands-on math fun at home!

Reminder: Kindergarten Roundup is right around the corner for WAEC! The final WCSD Kindergarten Roundup session will be this Tuesday, May 27th, at Warren Area Elementary Center from 2:00-6:00 PM. Each elementary school will host a Kindergarten Roundup session so interested parents can meet with various people to learn more about kindergarten and complete helpful screenings. Please see the flyer below or the Registration tab on the district webpage: https://www.wcsdpa.org/o/wcsd/page/registration for more information. If you know someone else with a child ready for kindergarten, please share the information with them.

Weekly Math Fun: Measurement Mix! 📏🔍 This week, turn simple household items into math tools with a fun, hands-on activity that explores length, comparison, and units of measure! Whether your child is using crayons or measuring tape, they’ll build important math concepts through active exploration. Extend the Learning: 🧮 Estimation Practice – Before measuring, ask your child to guess how many objects long the line will be. Were they close? What might affect their estimate? 🔄 Try New Objects – Switch it up by using different non-standard units: LEGO bricks, spoons, toy cars—anything that fits the line! 📊 Record & Compare – Create a chart with the name of each object and how many it took to measure the line. Which item gave the most accurate result? 💬 Ask Thinking Questions – •“Why might your measurement change if you use different objects?” •“When might it be important to use a ruler instead of other items?” This activity builds number sense and introduces key concepts in estimation, measurement, and precision—all with tools you already have at home. Stay tuned for next week’s post, where we’ll explore another way to make math fun and meaningful in everyday moments! 🧠✨

Reminder: Kindergarten Roundup is right around the corner for YES! The next WCSD Kindergarten Roundup session will be this Tuesday, May 20th, at Youngsville Elementary School from 2:00-6:00 PM. Each elementary school will host a Kindergarten Roundup session so interested parents can meet with various people to learn more about kindergarten and complete helpful screenings. Please see the flyer below or the Registration tab on the district webpage: https://www.wcsdpa.org/o/wcsd/page/registration for more information and the schedule of the last session at WAEC If you know someone else with a child ready for kindergarten, please share the information with them.

Weekly Math Fun: Fractions with Homemade Playdough! 🧂➗🎨 This week, bring math into the kitchen with a hands-on fraction activity your child will love—making playdough! Measuring ingredients offers the perfect opportunity to explore whole, half, and quarter measurements in a real-world setting. Math Learning in the Kitchen: 🍴 Practice Equivalent Fractions – Use different measuring cups to build one whole. 🧠 Build Number Sense – Talk through what it means to double or halve a recipe. 🥣 Compare Quantities – Ask questions like, “Which ingredient do we use the most of?” or “How much more salt than cream of tartar?” 🖐 Reinforce Math Vocabulary – Use terms like cup, half, quarter, double, and equal parts while mixing and measuring. Once the playdough is ready, shape it into numbers, fractions, or math symbols to keep the learning going! Stay tuned for next week's post, where we’ll explore another creative and practical way to practice math at home! ✨📏

Reminder: Kindergarten Roundup is right around the corner for EES! The next WCSD Kindergarten Roundup session will be this Monday, May 12th, at Eisenhower Elementary School from 2:00-6:00 PM. Each elementary school will host a Kindergarten Roundup session so interested parents can meet with various people to learn more about kindergarten and complete helpful screenings. Please see the flyer below or the Registration tab on the district webpage: https://www.wcsdpa.org/o/wcsd/page/registration for more information and the schedule of sessions at YES and WAEC If you know someone else with a child ready for kindergarten, please share the information with them.

**Warren County School District 2025 Summer School Program – High School Credit** Warren County School District is offering its 2025 Summer School Program for high school students seeking either initial credit or credit recovery. This opportunity is open to any student who will be enrolled in high school for the 2025-2026 school year. * Earn initial credit for a course * Recover credit for a previously failed high school course **Please note:** This program is *not* available to students who failed a middle school class in the 2024–2025 school year. For full details and to register, please visit the link below: 👉 https://www.wcsdpa.org/o/wcsd/page/virtual-academy

The 2025-2026 fall marching band and sports registration will be from June 2 - July 6, 2025, using Arbiter Sports formally known as Family ID.

Weekly Math Fun: Fact Fluency Memory Match! 🧠🎲 This week, make math fun and interactive with Fact Fluency Memory Match! This game turns math fact practice into an engaging challenge that builds confidence and speed. Ways to Extend the Learning: ✔️ Make it multi-step – Match a problem to two cards (e.g., 6 × 7 = 42 and 42 ÷ 6 = 7).✔️ Incorporate word problems – Write a math fact on one card and a short word problem that matches on another.✔️ Try fractions & decimals – Match ½ to 0.5 or ¾ to 75% for an extra challenge.✔️ Increase the difficulty – Instead of direct answers, match a fact with an equivalent expression (e.g., 3 × 4 to 6 × 2). With endless variations, this game keeps math exciting for all ages! Stay tuned for next week’s post, where we’ll introduce another creative way to build math skills at home! 🔢✨

Reminder: Kindergarten Roundup is right around the corner for SAES! The first Kindergarten Roundup session will be this Monday, May 5th, at Sheffield Area Elementary School from 2:00-6:00 PM. Each elementary school will host a Kindergarten Roundup session so interested parents can meet with various people to learn more about kindergarten and complete helpful screenings. Please see the flyer below or the Registration tab on the district webpage: https://www.wcsdpa.org/o/wcsd/page/registration for more information and the schedule of sessions at EES, YES, and WAEC If you know someone else with a child ready for kindergarten, please share the information with them.

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Due to pending Severe Weather all after school activities have been cancelled for today, 4/29/2025.

Weekly Math Fun: Weather Graphing Fun! ☀️📊​ This week, turn weather observations into a hands-on graphing activity! Tracking the weather helps kids build skills in data collection, pattern recognition, and statistics while making learning fun and relevant.​ Math Connections:​ 🌦 Data Organization – Creating a chart reinforces how to categorize and track information over time.​ 📉 Graphing Skills – Recording daily weather builds an understanding of bar graphs, line plots, or pictographs.​ 🔎 Pattern Recognition – Discussing trends in the data helps develop critical thinking.​ 💡 Prediction & Probability – Kids can use their observations to make predictions about upcoming weather patterns.​ Try extending the activity by comparing temperatures, tracking wind speeds, or exploring seasonal weather trends. Stay tuned for next week's activity, where we'll bring more math into real-world experiences! 🌎📏✨​