WARSAW — Because the YMCA believes in supporting the hopes and dreams of youth in our community and encouraging them to pursue their dreams through education, our county is in year two of the Kosciusko County Promise pilot program. The Promise program is providing new tools to kindergarten through second grade students and their families. …read more.

WARSAW — Kosciusko County is in year two of the Kosciusko County Promise pilot program, providing new tools to K-2 students and their families. One of these tools is offering families the opportunity to enroll their student in a free CollegeChoice 529 savings account during school registration. Parents will need both their Social Security number and their …read more.

By TRINA HOY Warsaw Optimist Club WARSAW — Through various fundraising activities during the year, the Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club raises over $28,000 to donate to youth oriented activities. Recently, the club donated $2,500 to Kosciusko County Promise, $500 to CASA, $500 to Big Brothers Big Sisters and $100 to Warsaw Tigers Basketball. Join the club as a …read more.

[weaver_youtube MXBtDMl16JI rel=0]   WARSAW — While it is common for college campuses to swarm with students who are thinking about their futures, it is not so common for those students to be elementary school age. Friday morning, Sept. 25, Warsaw’s Ivy Tech campus hosted kindergarten through second-grade students from throughout Kosciusko County for “Walk Into My …read more.

By SUMMER ZIMMER Director of Communications, Kosciusko Community YMCA WARSAW — For the youngest students in Kosciusko County, college will be something they no longer have to just imagine — it will be a place they have visited and seen for themselves. Friday, Sept. 25, and Friday, Oct. 2, Kosciusko County students in kindergarten through second grade …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Kosciusko County Promise is offering a savings plan for children that is proven to help students attend the colleges they want to. Through KCP, students can enroll in a 529 savings plan at school registration in order to begin saving for college, and can even start saving as early as kindergarten.

“For the past several years, the Community Foundation has been looking at ways to support education, and in particular to help meet some of education’s most pressing needs in our county,” said Suzie Light, executive director of the Kosciusko County Community Foundation. “We learned from bringing both Dr. Ruby Payne and Dr. Eric Jensen to the community, the importance of all children having a future story.”