Will Carleton Academy Charter School

Report cards are ready to be picked up! Stop by the office this week – today, Wednesday, or Thursday – between 8am and 3:30pm to pick up your child's report card. Be sure to check out the Lost and Found while you're here!

Each Spring Season in Mrs. Draper's preschool classroom, the children learn about hatching chicks and caring for them, germinating flowers from seed, and what earthworms need to survive and why they are important to our soil. Dramatic Play becomes a flower shop with cash registers, while activities around the classroom and outside alike are buzzing with life - all while the children are learning about the natural world around us! It's always a great day to be a little Cougar 💚💛

Calling all Little Cougars! 🏐
Be sure to register for our Little Cougars Volleyball Camp! Registration is open to all girls who are entering Kindergarten through 5th grade in the fall at WCA. Register by June 18th to guarantee a camp t-shirt. Please email [email protected] to register or if you have any questions 💛💚

The 2025-2026 school year is officially over!
And with that, we present our final senior spotlight for the graduating class of 2026: Brilynn Padget!
Years at WCA: K-12 Lifer!
Activities and leadership roles at WCA: Volleyball, basketball, trap shooting, Be Nice.
Community involvement: Youth group.
Advice for younger students: "Study hard and don't fall behind in your school work."
Plans after graduation: Finish the HCEMC fifth year and then enter the workforce.

🚨Attention WCA photographers🚨
The Yearbook Committee is looking for a photo of our 2026 homecoming king and queen together at the game! If you have this photo, please email [email protected] so that it can be included in the yearbook 💛💚

Our next senior spotlight is Brenna Schaerer!
Years at WCA: K-12 Lifer!
Activities and leadership roles at WCA: French Club, Be Nice, National Honor Society, Honor roll and Director’s List, Student of the Month, and WCA summer camp counselor.
Community involvement: Theater, choir, youth group, and 4-H.
Favorite memory at WCA: Going to see Hamilton.
Advice for younger students: "My advice is to challenge yourself, learn from your mistakes, and never give up."
Plans after graduation: Attend Belmont University to study Journalism.

Our next senior spotlight is Madison Recob!
Years at WCA: K-12 Lifer!
Activities and leadership roles at WCA: Volleyball (team captain, CAC tournament MVP, first team all conference), Basketball (team captain, first team all conference, Pat Patterson all-tournament team), Track and field, student council, National Honor Society, Be Nice, French Club, Athletic leadership council, Positive Athlete organization, Larry and Ezrah Memorial Scholarship.
Favorite memory at WCA: The senior trip to Tennessee.
Advice for younger students: "Participate in sports and hang out with your friends."
Plans after graduation: Hillsdale Beauty College

As the school year winds down, we still have a couple more seniors to honor. Our next senior spotlight is Brea Wallace!
Years at WCA: 9-12
Activities and leadership roles at WCA: Volleyball, Be Nice student leadership team, honor roll.
Community involvement: dance for 11 years.
Favorite memory at WCA: The senior trip to Tennessee.
Advice for younger students: "Enjoy those little moments with your classmates, because the years will go by fast."
Plans after graduation: Go to college to work towards her CDA degree in Early Childhood Education.
Final thoughts: "Keep pushing yourself when things get hard at school no matter what because things will get better."

With all of the beautiful weather lately, many classes have found ways to take their education outside. Here, second grade and sixth grade reading buddies spend time in the sun while sharing their love of literature. 💚📖💛

After a beautiful commencement ceremony this past Sunday, our first *graduate* spotlight is James Johnson!
Started at WCA in 1st grade.
Activities and leadership roles at WCA: French Club, Be Nice leadership team, football, basketball, track, baseball, honor roll/deans list.
Community involvement: Crossroads Ministries lead team, speaking at churches, Civil Air Patrol, various community service, and fishing.
Favorite memory at WCA: His four course meal in Business Math this year.
Advice for younger students: "Work on getting 1% better every day."
Plans after graduation: Complete the HCEMC with a fifth year, then apply to Michigan State University.