WINONA LAKE — Area leaders gathered at the cafetorium of Lakeland Christian Academy to continue local discussions on strengthening bonds and partnerships between academia and industry. In what was dubbed the Workforce Education Summit, held Tuesday morning, Nov. 27, key players from local schools and businesses met to discuss better ways to prepare today’s students …read more.

WARSAW — Textbook rental and related fees for educational materials pinches the wallets of public school parents each fall. The Warsaw Community School Corporation is doing everything it can to have that pinch leave as small a mark as possible. The corporation’s Board of School Trustees were presented with the proposed text book rental fees …read more.

WARSAW — The board of trustees for Warsaw Community School Corporation heard a presentation regarding the Warsaw Area Career Center, which placed first out of 51 such facilities in the Indiana Career and Technical Education districts. The WACC represented District 12 and earned the ranking for the 2015-16 school year. Warsaw Community School Corporation Superintendent …read more.

  WARSAW — For anyone who has ever hired an employee who “just didn’t work out,” one organization connected to local school corporations is trying to do something to build a better core of job candidates to keep the substandard workers to a minimum. The Warsaw Area Career Center, housed in Warsaw Community High School …read more.

WARSAW — Local teens who are aspiring stylists may rejoice over a recent announcement during Warsaw Community School Corporation’s monthly board work session. According to Chief Academic Officer David Robertson the Warsaw Area Career Center will soon offer a cosmetology course to students. A two-year cosmetology course will begin to be offered during the 2016-2017 …read more.

  WARSAW — Though many people may think of machining as a “dirty” factory job, according to students in the WACC Machining Academy, nothing could be further from the truth. Instead, students are learning to navigate industry grade machines in a lean, clean workshop while working toward receiving a national certification. Students at the Warsaw …read more.

Yesterday evening during the Warsaw Community School Board board work session, Chief Academic Officer David Robertson presented the board with an overview of new, deleted and revised course offerings for the 2015-2016 school year. The updates to the WCS curriculum were decided upon by the WCS curriculum counsel. Recommendations began in the fall and Robertson …read more.

During Monday evening’s Warsaw Community School Board meeting Ronna Kawsky, director of the Warsaw Area Career Center revealed that WACC was the recipient of a large grant that would revolutionize the machine and welding program at the career center. According to Kawsky, the grant was given by the Indiana Center for Education and Career Innovation in …read more.