LEESBURG — Students at Leesburg Elementary recently began discovering the world of the Eastern Woodland Native Americans, through both in class and out of class educational experiences.  Students were given the opportunity to measure a longhouse – a traditional Eastern Woodland Native American home. In addition, the children discovered the history of the False Face Society, …read more.

  WARSAW — The 2018 Kosciusko County Easter coloring contest sponsored by The Papers Inc. was a busy affair as several hundred children submitted entries at the 17 businesses who participated in the event. Judges had a tough time this year selecting winners. The contest was open to students from kindergarten through fourth grade. One …read more.

LEESBURG — Guten morgen, dobre rano, buenos dias, bonjour and good morning in American Sign Language are all ways Treleen Cox’s second grade students greet each other in the morning. These multi-cultural greetings began after several students expressed a curiosity about how to communicate in various languages. Due to the diverse backgrounds of students in …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools looks to be expanding its specialized schools in the area. Madison Principal Ben Barkey and Leesburg Principal Nathan Polston presented their schools future plans for a STEM Academy and dual language immersion program respectively, Wednesday night, Dec. 13, at the school board’s combined work session and regular board meeting. Polston …read more.

WARSAW — On Wednesday, Nov. 22, Leesburg Elementary fourth, fifth and sixth grade went to see the movie “Wonder.” This trip was made possible through the help of incredible donations from Maple Leaf Farms, Plain Township Fire Department and North Pointe Cinemas. Recently, students at Leesburg read the book “Wonder,” which deals with a student …read more.

LEESBURG — Leesburg Elementary recently returned from visiting multiple dual language immersion schools in Salt Lake City, Utah. This trip, which was paid for by the Indiana Department of Education’s DLI grant Leesburg received, allowed the principal and a group of teachers to observe different programs and collaborate with teachers, principals and Utah’s Department of …read more.

LEESBURG — On Tuesday, April 18, Leesburg Elementary sixth grade students were offered the opportunity to Skype with Holocaust survivor Simone Liebster, who lives in the Swiss Alps. To prepare the students for this event, Leesburg sixth grade teachers invited William and Kristi Keller, who represent the Arnold/Liebster Foundation, to inform the kids about Liebster …read more.

LEESBURG —  Town garage sale days and clean up days were scheduled at the Leesburg town council meeting held Monday, April 10. Scheduled garage sale days for the town of Leesburg are Friday, June 9, and Saturday, June 10. The following week town clean up days have been scheduled for Friday, June 16, and Saturday, …read more.

LEESBURG — Sixth graders at Leesburg Elementary were given the opportunity to encourage Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer to bring new restaurants and businesses in to the area. As students were learning about the genre of persuasive writing, they were given an assignment to write letters to the mayor with the purpose of persuading him to …read more.

WARSAW — On Friday, Feb. 10, fifth graders at Leesburg Elementary headed out of the classroom and into the community. The students were able to spend time with residents at Grace Village as well as Lake City Place. Students entered the nursing homes feeling nervous and unsure of themselves and left feeling confident and happy …read more.

LEESBURG — Leesburg Elementary students and their families were invited to attend Science Central Family Fun Night from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19. This is the first time the school has offered this event. Leesburg Elementary Principal Nathan Polston said part of the purpose of the event was to help promote parent-child interaction. …read more.

LEESBURG — Leesburg Elementary second graders took a moment to enrich the lives of others during a special day before break. Students encouraged their school to collect hats, gloves, scarves and new or gently used boots to give to Fellowship Missions for families who benefit from the services offered there. This year second graders are …read more.

LEESBURG — Miss Roberts has many skills that enable her to inspire and equip the English Language Learners at Leesburg Elementary. Recently, she shared her unique talent of spinning wool with the entire fifth grade to help them better understand colonist life. Students learned all of the work required for colonists to create clothing, beginning …read more.

LEESBURG — Third grade students at Leesburg Elementary celebrated their third annual book character parade. The third grade team uses this fun time of the year to teach its students how to write a summary. This includes finding a book’s problem, solution and important events. Each student chooses a favorite book, writes a summary about the book then …read more.

LEESBURG — Former students and teachers at Leesburg Elementary and High School will be sharing a special occasion at the May 14 Leesburg/Oswego School banquet: It is the 100th anniversary of the first four-year graduating class and the 50th anniversary of the Class of 1966, the last to graduate from LHS before consolidating with Warsaw …read more.

By ALYSSA RICHARDSON Communications Associate, Warsaw Community Schools LEESBURG — Leesburg Elementary PTO members are looking to make a difference for students in a colorful way. At 9 a.m. Saturday, May 14, the community is invited to join in on the first ever Leesburg Family Color Run, taking place in Winona Lake on the Heritage Greenway …read more.