LEESBURG — Fifth grade students at Leesburg Elementary School recently completed a science unit about matter. Topics the students studied included: how to measure matter, what is matter made of and how matter changes states. They participated in a variety of activities in the unit. These included multiple experiments. The students enjoyed getting “hands-on” with …read more.

LEESBURG — Students in kindergarten at Leesburg Elementary School have recently been learning coding. The students use Bee-Bots, a computerized robot that looks like a bee, and an app called Scratch Jr. to learn the basics of coding. Coding with five and six-year-olds looks different. It isn’t a series of 0s and 1s. Instead, it …read more.

LEESBURG — Third graders at Leesburg Elementary School gathered for the twelfth annual Turkey Read Day on Nov. 26. Special guest readers included the coaching team of Warsaw Community Schools, with volunteers from Grace College and Combined Community Services. Students read in their pajamas throughout the day and celebrated with a Thanksgiving feast. Organizers would …read more.

LEESBURG — On Friday, Oct. 4, Leesburg Elementary School hosted its fifth annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration. Leesburg families with Hispanic roots brought in a wide variety of traditional foods, drinks and desserts to share together in a lively convivio (fellowship) in the school cafeteria to celebrate their heritage with other parents, students and staff members. …read more.

LEESBURG — Dual Language Immersion students have moved up to first grade at Leesburg Elementary School. This year, DLI is being taught both in the kindergarten and first grade levels. Many students are continuing to spend half of their day receiving lessons in English and half of their day receiving instruction in Spanish. This month, …read more.

  [weaver_youtube KIwh6TzYc70 rel=0]   The following is the first of two stories about Little Free Libraries in Kosciusko County. This story focuses on locals’ experiences with establishing the stands, how the Little Free Libraries work and where they can be found. Part two will be posted Friday. WARSAW — There are six public libraries in …read more.

LEESBURG —  During the NCCAA Tournament at Grace College, Virginia’s Bluefield College women’s basketball team came to visit third graders at Leesburg Elementary School for their service project. The students were busy measuring sharks, learning shark vocabulary and playing “Buzz” with the help of the basketball team. The next day, students from Leesburg went to the …read more.

LEESBURG — Third graders at Leesburg Elementary School recently had the opportunity to learn about the life and anatomy of sharks. This annual learning unit, which has been taught for the past nine years during the month of March, is a cross-curricular lesson plan that allows students the opportunity to experience the world of a shark. …read more.

LEESBURG — Kindergartners at Leesburg Elementary School are taking social and emotional learning and STEM to the next level in the traditional classroom. Recently students engaged in Kid Spark Education with digital learning specialist Connie Watters, they have built cameras, semi-trucks, telephones and have engineered many of their own designs. The traditional kindergarten classrooms are …read more.

WINONA LAKE — Recently, a fifth-grade class from Leesburg Elementary School took the day to spread love throughout the community, specifically at Grace Village Retirement Community. The students wanted to enrich the lives of others on a holiday that is oftentimes reserved specifically for their significant others. Students and residents were delighted to have the …read more.

LEESBURG — Second-grade students in Leesburg Elementary School’s English language learners program have been exploring the need for and delivery of clean water. As students read about countries that do not have access to clean water, they gained a greater appreciation for the water that comes out of their faucet every day. The highlight of …read more.

LEESBURG — Leesburg Elementary School second-graders reached out to Head Start Preschool and spent time reading one on one with preschool students who are learning to read. Treleen Cox’s class was given this opportunity in December with Evan Overman’s class and Barb Marose’s class looking forward to the same opportunity in the new year. Cox started this …read more.

FORT WAYNE — On Friday, Oct. 19, Leesburg Elementary School fifth-grade students visited the Junior Achievement BizTown in Fort Wayne. JA BizTown is an indoor mini-city, complete with a bank, city hall and multiple businesses. Students undergo a simulation experience in which they work a job, earn a salary, and purchase goods. Students must interact …read more.

LEESBURG — During the month of October, Leesburg Elementary School kindergarten and first graders were invited to the Plain Township Fire Station. The volunteer fire fighters volunteered to teach Leesburg students about fire safety. During the presentation, students learned about smoke detectors, the importance of a safe meeting place and what to do in the …read more.

WARSAW — Exciting things are happening in the kindergarten hallway at Leesburg Elementary School. This school year marks the first year the Spanish Dual Language Immersion Program is being implemented into the building. Visitors who would walk down the hallway, couldn’t help but hear students counting and singing not just in English, but in Spanish …read more.

LEESBURG — Nothing says welcome back to school like a bus full of teachers, popsicles and celebratory music. That’s exactly what the Leesburg Elementary School teachers did on Wednesday evening, Aug. 8. Around 25 teachers and Leesburg Principal Nathan Polston traveled by bus into the community to welcome students back into the school year. They made a total of eight stops. At …read more.

LEESBURG — Leesburg Elementary School teachers are excited to welcome students and their families to the 2018-2019 school year. Although the first day of school is not until Tuesday, Aug. 14, Leesburg teachers will be greeting the community through a bus tour of local neighborhoods. Popsicle treats will be given to Leesburg students who visit …read more.

LEESBURG — The Leesburg Lions Club recently donated a Little Free Library House to Leesburg Elementary School. Club Treasurer Mike Webb contacted Connie Watters, the librarian at Leesburg Elementary School and asked if the school would be interested in hosting a site for the Little Free library House for the students of Leesburg. Watters was …read more.

LEESBURG — Students at Leesburg Elementary School had the opportunity on Friday, April 27, to learn and experiment with a fun game called Spikeball. Spikeball is most popular with males between the ages of 18 and 30. Students were able to learn about the rewards of teamwork and coordination through playing the game, while helping …read more.

LEESBURG — Recently Katey Walls and Gage Lind, students from Warsaw Community High School, underwent a project with Leesburg Elementary School in order to provide books to some of the classrooms and students at the school, along with doing presentations that illustrate why reading is important at a young age. Walls and Lind both decided …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.

LEESBURG — Lake City Bank recently hosted an event at Leesburg Elementary School designed to teach students lessons in economics that aren’t often learned until adulthood.  Through the program called the Reality Store, the employees from the local bank introduced Leesburg 6th-grade students at various stations to life scenarios designed to make the participants think about …read more.

LEESBURG — Last week, Leesburg Elementary School’s fourth grade classes worked together to provide supplies for the victims of Hurricane Harvey. On Wednesday, Sept. 6, students watched some of the footage of the devastation and learned about the needs of the people in southeastern Texas. Students brought in food, hygiene supplies and baby food. All …read more.

WARSAW — A new school year means a fresh start for kids, a chance to start new routines and habits, build new friendships and discover new possibilities and interests. As children transition from summer to fall, Kosciusko Community YMCA offers programs to school-aged children throughout Kosciusko County to keep them active, busy and engaged during out-of-school …read more.

LEESBURG — Survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, Ray Emory, 95, awarded Leesburg student Brooklyn Gilstrap for her historical essay. Emory was born in Peoria, Ill., and was stationed aboard the USS Honolulu during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Surviving the attack, he went on to serve honorably in multiple engagements …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Community Schools Board of Trustees learned about sharks and shark dissection from Leesburg Elementary School third-graders during its regular meeting Monday, May 16. The students and their teachers showed off their Shark Week projects and told the board how they were able to fit sharks into their curriculum, including math to learn the area …read more.

[weaver_youtube m7A8iGeyPMs rel=0] WARSAW — Retro Bill, lip-synching cops and a laser light spectacular all marked the end of this year’s DARE program as sixth-graders from nine area elementary schools gathered to celebrate their graduation. Students from Madison, Claypool, Sacred Heart, Leesburg, Harrison, Washington, Jefferson, Eisenhower and Lincoln, along with their families, teachers and DARE …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools recently announced the closing of two of its HighScope preschools and parents are not happy. The announcement came earlier this spring that WCS will close its high-scope preschools at Leesburg Elementary School and Claypool Elementary School and replace them with Head Start programs. WCS Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert cites lack of state …read more.

Dear Editor, Warsaw Community School Board recently made a decision to close the Claypool and Leesburg preschool classes. Many parents are questioning, is early childhood education a priority for the area’s public school corporation? With full understanding how funding cuts play a major role in the decision, I believe that all possible funding sources were …read more.

Recently, the Warsaw School System announced that they would be closing the high-scope preschool programs at Claypool and Leesburg Elementary. The school system stated that they were closing them for lack of funding. One thing that was very upsetting to me and to a lot of the other parents was that they waited till after …read more.

By ALYSSA RICHARDSON Communications Associate, Warsaw Community Schools LEESBURG — Leesburg Elementary School is proud to announce the “Champions of the Month” for February 2016. These students showed exemplary behavior in and out of the classroom. They learn like a champion, listen like a champion and work hard like a champion. They are respectful, responsible …read more.

LEESBURG — Students in sixth grade at Leesburg Elementary had the opportunity to use real world examples to see if they could make their money grow. Each student followed their own stock on NASDAQ over the course of eight weeks. They were in charge of calculating the amount gained or lost per one share for …read more.

LEESBURG — This fall, Kosciusko County Recycling challenged the community to collect gently worn shoes.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools LEESBURG — Leesburg Elementary School second-graders learned last week about making paper. Sarah Fruit from KC Recycling visited the school and talked to students about the importance of recycling. She taught them how paper is recycled and then each child had the opportunity to make his or her own piece …read more.

LEESBURG — Leesburg Elementary students held a fundraiser for Feed My Starving Children. The students raised $1,000 and earned the prize of their principal dressing up as the character Elsa in “Frozen” and giving his rendition of the hit song “Let it Go.” This school wide celebration event took place on Oct. 19, and the students were …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Al’s Pals is a comprehensive curriculum and teacher training program that develops social-emotional skills, self-control, problem-solving abilities and healthy decision-making in children ages 3-8 years old. The program is nationally recognized as an evidence-based model prevention program. Through fun lessons, engaging puppets, original music and effective teaching approaches, Al’s Pals: Helps young children regulate their own …read more.

Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert is pleased to announce the appointment of Nathan W. Polston as the principal of Leesburg Elementary School, effective Monday, July 27. The appointment was approved by the Warsaw Board of School Trustees at a special meeting on Friday, July 24. Polston most recently served as principal at Pierceton Elementary and also …read more.

Yesterday evening’s Warsaw Community School Board monthly meeting was a fanfare filled with both recognitions and celebration of work done by students and staff. Numerous demonstrations were brought before the board recognizing the work of students at Lincoln, Leesburg, the Warsaw Area Career Center and the Warsaw Community High School Jr. ROTC program. Recognitions began …read more.

By SAIDA HEMSOTH Administrative Assistant, Leesburg Elementary Leesburg Elementary is proud to announce the champions of the month for March. These students showed exemplary behavior in and out of the classroom. They learn like a champion, listen like a champion and work hard like a champion. They are respectful, responsible and safe. The champions for …read more.

Leesburg Elementary would like to congratulate Cameron Wood as the school’s 2014-2015 Spelling Bee Champion. Wood is in sixth grade in Teresa Jordan’s class and won by spelling the word “bounce.” Cameron will compete in the county spelling bee at Lakeview Middle School on Feb. 3. The second-place winner was Chloe Tomlonson in Treleen Cox’s …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Warsaw Community Schools Leesburg Elementary fourth grade students demonstrated an example of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), project-based learning during the month of December. Fourth grade teachers prepared an application process for the students to apply for a roller coaster engineering team. The students were …read more.

Leesburg Elementary School will be holding their PTO Holiday Craft Show and Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29. This event will be held in the Leesburg Elementary School gymnasium, located at 6250 N. Old SR 15. Finish the holiday shopping with home business and craft vendors. Concessions will be available. More …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Leesburg Elementary welcomed Sgt. Beer, Sgt. Lawson and Sgt. First Class Murphy this morning. The sergeants greeted students as they entered the building in honor of Veterans Day. Leesburg students, faculty and staff would like to thank them for coming to school today and for their …read more.

On Friday, Oct. 3, Leesburg Elementary School was honored as Wal-Mart’s School of the Year. Brock Heyneman, store manager of Wal-Mart’s Warsaw location, says it’s the company’s way of giving back to the local community. This is the third year the local Wal-Mart has honored a local school. Heyneman says the school of the year …read more.

Warsaw Community School Corporation is working to take it’s mission statement to all new levels. Through the support of the Kosciusko County Community Foundation and the Bowen Center, the school will feature guest speaker and holocaust survivor Eva Kor of Terre Haute. Students from area schools, as well as members of the community, are invited …read more.

LEESBURG, Ind. – Maple Leaf Farms was recently presented with a plaque in appreciation for the company’s annual support of the Boomerang Backpack program at Leesburg Elementary School. This is the second year that Maple Leaf Farms has supported the program at the $5,000 level. The Boomerang Backpack program distributes free, healthy weekend meals for …read more.

The Leesburg Elementary School fourth graders and the third- and fourth-grade Drama Club will present a Veterans Day Program at 7 p.m. Nov. 7, in the Leesburg Elementary School gymnasium. Leesburg Elementary invites the community and veterans to join in this celebration of the sacrifices many Veterans have made for our country.

Second-grade astronomers of Leesburg Elementary School were given the chance to venture into space as they participated in a grade-level exploration in the Star Lab. They were given the opportunity to put their knowledge and skills to the test as they investigated constellations and the lunar cycle.

Late registration will take place on on the following dates: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 31; 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1; and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2. This is a time for parents new to our corporation or families with a kindergarten student to enroll their children. …read more.

“I’ve read forever,” said Ann McConnell, School Street, Leesburg. And when she finishes her books she shares and exchanges books with family and friends. So when she saw an item in the AARP newsletter about individuals setting up lending libraries at their homes, also known as “Little Free Library,” she thought, “what a clever idea.” …read more.

Following news of a new preschool program that will be hosted at the Leesburg Elementary Early Learning Center for the upcoming school year, Warsaw Community Schools announced that due to an overwhelming interest from parents and limited spots, a lottery drawing will be hosted at WCS Educational Services Center to determine placement into the program. …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKaLvMl8eP0]   On Tuesday, sixth grade students at Leesburg Elementary School gathered to talk face to face with a Holocaust survivor from France. Simone Arnold Liebster, a Jehovah’s Witness who faced persecution during the Holocaust, was able to connect with students via Skype to answer their questions about her experiences. According to Jason Roler, one …read more.

The Baker Youth Club may be 86 years old this year, but that doesn’t mean the Kosciusko County organization is stuck in its ways. The BYC, which offers after-school homework help, mentoring, activities and supervision in a safe and fun environment, continues to offer new opportunities for the county’s youth each year. That safe and …read more.