WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools recently announced that Abbi Richcreek, Project Lead The Way teacher at Edgewood Middle School, has successfully launched a school-community partnership for GoBabyGo! Richcreek promotes STEM education through her classroom curriculum, after-school clubs and special projects such as GoBabyGo! According to a WCS press release, Richcreek reached out to secure funding …read more.

WARSAW — AM Styling, Edgewood Middle School and Lakeview Middle School will host “The Give Back” event at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, inside the Lakeview auditorium. This is an event for women and girls of the community sponsored by Belove, EnPak and MudLOVE. “The Give Back” focuses on helping middle school girls at Lakeview …read more.

Basketball results for Monday, Feb. 17.

WARSAW — It’s a rapidly changing world with increasing automation, and students in one of Abbi Richcreek’s classes at Edgewood Middle School in Warsaw gathered around her as she brought “Rowdy,” a humanoid robot, to “life.” Richcreek let the students see some of the things Rowdy can do, including responding to touch commands. Rowdy was …read more.

WARSAW — Edgewood Middle School’s annual food drive ended Monday, Dec. 16. Edgewood Elves busied themselves distributing food boxes to many Edgewood families, as well as to families in other Warsaw schools. Additionally, a donation of $500 to both Our Father’s House and to Combined Community Services will help families in the community. Students, staff …read more.

WARSAW — Edgewood Middle School eighth-grader Haley Rodewald was recognized Wednesday, Nov. 13, for winning a $500 Patriot’s Pen scholarship. The scholarship was presented by Robert Dockery, representing the VFW James W. Sittler Post 1126. “I was surprised to hear that I won,” said Rodewald. “This was such a great opportunity. My essay was about …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — Abbi Richcreek from Edgewood Middle School received the highest honor given to Project Lead The Way teachers — PLTW Outstanding Teacher — at the Project Lead The Way national conference. PLTW recognized Richcreek in front of hundreds of attendees, including teachers from across the United States. “We are grateful to our teachers for …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Community High School orchestra department will present its fall orchestra concert on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in the WCHS Performing Arts Center. The concert features several WCS orchestra groups including the philharmonic, sinfonia, sixth-grade orchestra and the Lakeview Middle School and Edgewood Middle School orchestras, said a news release …read more.

Volleyball results for Wednesday, Aug. 28.

WARSAW — Due to mechanical issues at Warsaw Community High School, Warsaw Community Schools will be moving the second session of summer school for middle school through high school students to Edgewood Middle School effective Tuesday, July 9. The entire second session will take place at Edgewood Middle School. Parking for summer school will be …read more.

WARSAW — Tracey Akers, Warsaw Community Schools’ nurse coordinator and Edgewood Middle School nurse, was chosen to participate as one of the 48 school nurses to be a part of the first School Nurse Leadership Academy. The graduation ceremony occurred April 12, in Fishers. The Indiana Association of School Nurses shared Akers’ board report from last …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools would like to remind parents with future middle school students that both Edgewood and Lakeview middle schools are accepting transfer students. For parents of students looking to make the transition to a public school at the secondary level, NWEA testing will soon be taking place at both WCS middle schools, …read more.

WARSAW — Arrow Head Country Resource Conservation and Development Area has announced an award of $2,500 to Edgewood Middle School engineering teacher, Abbi Richcreek. The grant money will go toward a CNC router that will be used to produce durable educational signage for a local nature area. Arrow Head has given more than $270,000 in grants …read more.

WARSAW — Abbi Richcreek, an engineering teacher at Edgewood Middle School, was recently initiated into Epsilon Pi Tau, a Leading International Honor Society for Technology, during the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association Conference in Kansas City. Over the past year, Richcreek fulfilled the first of a two-year term with the board of directors for …read more.

WARSAW — Music departments in Warsaw Community Schools have announced instrument fitting schedules for band and orchestra students. Band Department Fittings The WCS band department is scheduling instrument fittings for next year’s sixth grade beginning band. The instrument fittings will be held at Edgewood Middle School from 4 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25. …read more.

[weaver_youtube d5hORg9vgI4 rel=0] WARSAW — Three tykes who needed a little help getting around got that helping hand, thanks to some innovative Warsaw Community Schools middle schoolers, an enterprising teacher and volunteers and a grant from the Kosciusko County Community Foundation. Entering into the design phase of a project called Go Baby Go, Edgewood Middle …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools announced that multiple schools within the district have been recognized by Project Lead the Way as Distinguished Schools for providing broad access to transformative learning opportunities for students through PLTW Launch. Warsaw’s distinguished schools included Edgewood Middle School, as well as Eisenhower, Harrison, Lincoln and Madison elementary schools. The PLTW …read more.

WARSAW — A grant-funded project at Warsaw Community Schools is being conceived with the purpose of providing the gift of mobility to area youngsters who are physically impaired, according to a WCS press release. Abbi Richcreek, and engineering and technology and Project Lead The Way teacher at Edgewood Middle School, reported Thursday, March 7, that …read more.

WARSAW — When Dr. Shu-Chun (Ginger) Tseng teaches Chinese to Warsaw Community High School students, it is more than just teaching the basics of a different language. Having grown up in Taiwan and with family still living there, she can also bring her own cultural experiences into the classroom. Ginger, who started the Chinese program …read more.

WARSAW — Faculty of Edgewood Middle School presented the results of that school’s annual food drive to the Warsaw Community Schools’ board of trustees at that panel’s regular board meeting Monday night, Feb. 18. The school began collecting food Dec. 1 and stopped accumulating on Dec. 17, scrambling to finish the distribution by the last …read more.

WARSAW — The meeting room in Warsaw Community Schools’ administration office was packed on Monday, Feb. 18, all for the adulation of Edgewood Middle School seventh-grader Milind Kumar. Family members, school faculty and a host of emergency services personnel, including Sheriff Kyle Dukes attended the regular meeting of the WCS board of trustees to honor …read more.

FORT WAYNE — The Indiana Historical Society announced 46 students from Edgewood Middle School, Lakeview Middle School and Warsaw Community High School were among the finalists of the National History Day in Indiana northeast region contest at Ivy Tech Community College in Fort Wayne. Approximately 260 students took part in the contest on Saturday, Feb. …read more.

WARSAW — The engineering and technology departments of Edgewood Middle School, Lakeview Middle School and Warsaw Area Career Center are proud to announce the joint hosting of the Warsaw Robotics Blended VEX VRC State Qualifier tournament. The event will take place on Feb. 23. Doors will open for the event at 7 a.m. with registration …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools is proud to honor an Edgewood Middle School Student for his continued dedication to raising awareness on the detriments of smoking cigarettes. Cayman Blake, son of Dan and Heidi Blake of Warsaw, has inspired many through his mission to advocate toward raising taxes on cigarettes as well as the legal …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools’ middle school band, choir and orchestra departments will present their Veterans Day concerts at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8, in the Lakeview Middle School gymnasium. The concerts will feature the Edgewood Middle School and Lakeview Middle School advanced bands, combined choirs and intermezzo orchestras. The bands …read more.

  SHIPSHEWANA — A group of students from Edgewood Middle School are attending events at the Michiana Event Center in Shipshewana this week to receive a valuable, hands-on education in a variety of subjects. “I was able to take 10 students from my Computer Science for Innovators & Makers course to help with the Masquerade …read more.

Volleyball results for Tuesday, Sept. 11.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools will welcome students and staff back to the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 14. In preparation for the start of school, each WCS building will host a time for parents and students to visit and tour the buildings and learn more about their child’s school. All WCS elementary schools will …read more.

WARSAW – Signups are now open for the first running of the Tiger Invite 5K cross country run.

WARSAW — For the second straight year, a group of Edgewood Middle School students won a special prize at the National Contest for National History Day. The prize was announced during a ceremony June 14 in Washington, D.C. Each year, The Civil War Trust sponsors the Civil War History Prize. This year, the honor went …read more.

TERRE HAUTE – A trio of Warsaw area middle school athletes won state titles at the Indiana Middle School Track and Field Championships.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community School Corporation recently hosted the sixth annual Warsaw Robotics Vex Exhibition Tournament on Friday, May 11, in the Warsaw Area Career Center gym. The tournament featured 26 teams from Edgewood and Lakeview middle schools, Washington STEM Academy, Warsaw Area Career Center and Urey Middle School from John Glenn School Corporation. Students …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Area Career Center hosted the sixth annual Vex Robotics Exhibition tournament Friday, May 11. Students participating in the event were given six weeks to build robots for the tournament. This year’s theme was “Splitting the Defense.” Teams of two to five students completed challenges with robots they designed and built based …read more.

WARSAW — The Indiana Historical Society proudly announced four students from Edgewood Middle School and five students from Lakeview Middle School took top honors at the 2018 National History Day in Indiana state contest, Saturday, April 14, at Ivy Tech’s campus in downtown Indianapolis. In the Junior Group Exhibit category, Kaylee Ochoa and Rachel Doyle …read more.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School 7th grade girls basketball team held its Awards Night Monday.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School 8th grade girls basketball team posted an undefeated season.

The Edgewood Middle School 7th grade girls basketball team lost in the title game of the conference tourney Saturday.

WARSAW — Edgewood Middle School announced it has been recognized as a Project Lead The Way Distinguished School for providing broad access to transformative learning opportunities for students through PLTW Gateway. Edgewood is one of 110 middle schools across the U.S. to receive this honor. PLTW is a nonprofit organization that serves millions of K-12 …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Education Foundation recently awarded over $7,800 in Red Apple Grant funds to 12 Warsaw Community Schools’ educators representing six different schools.  Their students are becoming expert mathematicians, gaining engineering skills, practicing yoga and using drones to design processes for real-world situations. Red Apple Grants are awarded to teachers for classroom materials …read more.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School 7th grade girls basketball team defeated Triton Thursday night.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School 7th grade girls basketball team topped Manchester Monday evening.

KOSCIUSKO — Kacey Anderson, early education specialist at The Beaman Home, spoke to Edgewood Middle School classes in Warsaw. Anderson described various forms of abuse and discussed aspects of healthy relationships. She shared true stories of those who survived, as well as those who did not survive, abuse.  Anderson engaged with students by drawing out …read more.

    WARSAW — In the world, there is one death by suicide every 40 seconds. Student Skylar Ashcraft lost her sister to suicide a couple of years ago. “We’ve had a lot of suicide attempts at our school in the past couple months,” Ashcraft said. Veronica Helser, an English honors teacher, created the school …read more.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School girls basketball team topped Wawasee Monday night.

BREMEN – The Edgewood Middle School boys basketball teams each won the NELMSC Tournament championship on Saturday.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School 7th grade girls basketball team defeated Bremen Tuesday night.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School boys basketball teams picked up a pair of wins Tuesday night.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School boys basketball teams picked up two wins.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School boys basketball teams notched a pair of wins over Bremen Wednesday night.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School boys basketball teams both topped Wawasee Tuesday night.

WARSAW — Edgewood Middle School took Warsaw by storm as it collected a record high 17,000 food items during its 15th annual food drive from Dec. 1 to Dec. 15. The Tigers managed to collect over $26,000 in food goods from Owens as well as an additional $1,000 in cash. Edgewood donated 70 family boxes …read more.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School boys basketball teams netted a pair of wins Thursday night.

FORT WAYNE – The Edgewood Middle School boys basketball teams won two games Tuesday night.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School boys basketball teams were both winners Monday night.

WARSAW — Edgewood Middle School kicked off its 15th annual food drive at Owens Wednesday, Dec. 6, and Thursday, Dec. 7, to collect non-perishable food items for Combined Community Services and Our Father’s House. The event will run 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, through Friday, Dec. 15 as well as 10 a.m. …read more.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School boys basketball teams picked up a pair of wins Tuesday night.

MIDDLEBURY – The Edgewood Middle School boys basketball teams both won titles at the Northridge Tournament on Saturday.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools is proud to announce Abbi Richcreek, a teacher at Edgewood Middle School, has been named the 2017 Middle School Teacher Excellence Award winner. The award was presented to Richcreek at the Marriott East Hotel in Indianapolis during the annual Association for Career and Technical Educators and Engineering & Technology Educators …read more.

WARSAW — The commons area at Edgewood Middle School has been a whirlwind of activity this week as the hurricane relief fundraiser organized by Edgewood Cares gets underway. Following a wave of recent hurricanes, including Harvey, Irma, Jose and Maria, members of the philanthropic club made the decision to arrange a hurricane relief fundraiser. Edgewood …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools is proud to announce Jason Culver as the new assistant principal of Edgewood Middle School. Culver graduated from Ball State University, Muncie, in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and health. He furthered his studies at Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne, where he received his master’s degree …read more.

WARSAW— Members of the community got a first-hand look at renovations to Edgewood Middle School and a student showcase during an open house held at Edgewood Middle School Tuesday, May 16. Guests were given the opportunity to view the recently completed renovations to the school. The major renovations were completed before students returned at the …read more.

PLAINFIELD – The Edgewood Middle School 8th grade girls basketball team concluded its fine season Saturday.

COLUMBIA CITY – The Edgewood Middle School 8th grade girls basketball team won the conference tournament title Saturday.

COLUMBIA CITY – The Edgewood Middle School 7th grade girls basketball team capped an undefeated season on Saturday with a championship.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School girls basketball teams both won their tourney openers Thursday night.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School girls basketball teams posted wins on Thursday night.

The Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club recently recognized the above students from Edgewood Middle School as Students of the Week. Join the Club as a guest on any Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. for the breakfast meeting at the Shrine Building in the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds. The Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club is the number one Optimist Club …read more.

WARSAW — Lakeview and Edgewood Middle Schools are celebrating their recent success at the NELMSC Geography Bee Competition. The event took place on Tuesday, Jan. 31, At Indian Springs Middle School in Columbia City. Both schools’ teams placed in the top three with Edgewood taking a second place victory and Lakeview earning third place. There …read more.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School girls basketball teams continued their undefeated seasons with wins Wednesday night.

PLYMOUTH – The Edgewood Middle School boys basketball teams picked up two wins in the conference tourney Thursday night.

HuNTINGTON – The Edgewood Middle School girls basketball teams remained undefeated with wins Wednesday night.

WARSAW — Growing up as a young man and getting into trouble as the class clown, Michael Casey was always fairly uncertain about his future career path. Little did he imagine he would one day become the assistant principal and athletic director at Edgewood Middle School, Warsaw.

MILFORD – The Edgewood Middle School girls basketball teams each remained undefeated with wins Monday night.

PLYMOUTH – The Edgewood Middle School boys basketball teams posted a pair of wins Tuesday night.

WARSAW – The Edgewood Middle School middle school girls basketball team defeated Bremen Monday night.

HUNTINGTON – The Edgewood Middle School boys basketball teams posted a pair of wins Monday night.

COLUMBIA CITY – The Edgewood Middle School girls basketball teams both won tourney championships on Saturday.

WARSAW — On Wednesday, Dec. 14, two Warsaw Community School’s bus drivers assisted in saving the life of an Edgewood Middle School student. Julie Goon was on her way to school when a student who had been eating a piece of candy began to signal he was choking. Goon, who had lost her own voice …read more.

WARSAW — The Lakeview and Edgewood Middle schools’ band concert has been cancelled for tonight, Monday, Dec. 12. It has been re-scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, at PAC Auditorium at Warsaw Community High School.

WARSAW — Edgewood Middle School has been selected to be featured as a “Cool School” feature. Edgewood has been engaging students in life saving skills every Friday for the past month during their lunch time. Warsaw Police Department, Warsaw-Wayne Fire and Lutheran EMS all partnered together to teach the students skills, varying from AED use and …read more.

WARSAW — Shortly before 9 a.m., Edgewood Middle School employees got a scare when a deer jumped into and shattered a window near the main entrance. The window next to entrance two, was completely shattered, but the deer did not make it inside. It was initially thought the deer was badly injured and Warsaw Police …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Education Foundation recently awarded more than $6,500 in Red Apple Grant funds to five Warsaw Community Schools teachers. Their students are beginning the 2016-2017 school year engaged in creating and experimenting in the arts and sciences, programming robots, studying local waterways, engineering design and modeling and creative writing. Red Apple Grants …read more.

WARSAW — Despite ongoing construction, the Warsaw Community School Board learned Tuesday evening, Aug. 9, Washington STEM Academy and Edgewood Middle School will be move-in ready next Monday, Aug. 15. During a brief design-build update, the board was told that the main focus over the past few weeks has been on making the buildings safe and …read more.

WARSAW — Martin Becker, former Director of Bands at Warsaw Community High School, and current Director of Bands at Grace College, will be the guest conductor for 500 middle schoolers at the INpact Band performance at Lucas Oil Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 13. In addition to conducting kids from all over the country, Becker will also …read more.

WARSAW — As upgrades continue on two Warsaw Community School Corporation buildings, hopes are high that things will be ready by the time classes start. The two buildings are Washington STEM Academy and Edgewood Middle School. Both are receiving significant upgrades, including new classrooms and new STEM lab additions. A third WCS building, Lincoln Elementary School, …read more.

WARSAW — Three Warsaw Community School building projects are taking shape quickly, as the WCS Board of Trustees learned during its regular work session Monday, July 12. Washington Elementary and Edgewood Middle School are still slated to be ready in time for school to start. With the projects rapidly nearing completion, the main focus will be …read more.

WARSAW — Tuesday afternoon, June 14, was busy for the Warsaw Community School Board as members toured the three construction sites, then met for their regular work session. Those driving by the new Lincoln Elementary School will notice exterior block work is done. All structural steel, joists and decking are also completed. In the less …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Community School Board is wrapping up one school year and looking forward to the next following its regular work session held Tuesday evening, May 10. Design-build is the hot topic going into the summer months, with major components of all three buildings — Washington and Lincoln Elementary Schools and Edgewood Middle …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw middle school bands will present their spring concert, “See You at the Movies,” at 7 p.m. Monday, May 9, in the PAC auditorium. The concert will include favorites such as, “Mission Impossible,” selections from “Harry Potter,” “Circle of Life” and highlights from “The Hunger Games.” The combined Edgewood/Lakeview Middle School jazz …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Community School Board saw firsthand the progress on the design build project coming to fruition. Project supervisor Jim LeMasters took board members on a location-by-location tour, explaining each step of the project so far and describing what will happen next. Donning hard hats, the board first stopped at Lincoln Elementary School, where a new …read more.

WARSAW — Unseasonably cold weather and snow have not halted work on three Warsaw school buildings that are receiving major renovations this spring, summer and fall. While all three projects are happening simultaneously, each building has its particular set of needs. Edgewood Middle School is being completely gutted section by section. Work is currently underway on the …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Warsaw Community Schools WARSAW — WCS Middle Schools are celebrating to the tune of success following outstanding performances at the recent Indiana Schools State Music Organization Competition. A total of 43 students attended the competition from Edgewood and Lakeview Middle schoolsSaturday, March 19, at Goshen Middle School, Goshen. Edgewood orchestra, comprised of …read more.

By ALYSSA RICHARDSON Communications Associate, Warsaw Community Schools WARSAW — Last weekend, chess teams from Warsaw brought home five trophies at the Indiana Chess Team State Finals. The competition took place in Hammond. In the third and under division Eisenhower placed eighth, Lincoln placed seventh and Washington placed sixth. In the sixth and under division, Washington …read more.

WARSAW — The third and final ground breaking ceremony for the Warsaw Community Schools design build project took place Tuesday afternoon, March 8, at Edgewood Middle School. Students, teachers and school officials gathered in front of the building, where freshly-dug soil was ready for the occasion. Donning hard hats, students picked up their ceremonial shovels …read more.

SOUTH BEND — Equipped with a love of history and a little creativity, 19 groups of Edgewood Middle School eighth-grade students recently participated in the regional National History Day competition in South Bend. According to Michael Howard, eighth-grade history teacher at EMS, the history department has been involved in project based learning for quite some …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Warsaw Community Schools WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools is celebrating national “Music In Our Schools” by the Music Education National Association. WCS is taking the opportunity to celebrate the many musical programs offered within the district. In honor of this celebration, the Lakeview and Edgewood Middle School bands, Lakeview choir and the …read more.

WARSAW — It has been an exciting season thus far for Warsaw Community School Corporation chess clubs. Teams from Madison, Washington, Eisenhower and Lincoln elementary schools, as well as Edgewood Middle School, recently battled their wits against opponents at the Regional Chess Tournament in Goshen on Saturday, Feb. 27.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community School Corporation is one step closer to fulfilling a dream for three of its buildings. Last evening, Monday, Feb. 29, volunteers and school board members gathered as Jamie Lake, project architect, and Jerry Rolfson, design-build team leader, Performance Services, revealed plans for upgrades to Edgewood Middle School and Washington STEM Academy. …read more.

WARSAW — With a relatively brief agenda, the Warsaw Community Schools Board of Trustees met in regular session Monday evening, Feb. 22. The board heard from teachers and participants in the Edgewood Middle School National History Day project, a project-based learning initiative all eighth-graders are a part of. Students and teachers took turns describing how …read more.

Site renovations for Washington Elementary WARSAW — The Warsaw School Corporation has started making the dream of a new Lincoln Elementary and renovated Washington Elementary and Edgewood Middle School a reality. Monday, Feb. 15, the construction began with trees being removed from the front of the WCS administration building to make a new road to …read more.