By CHELSEA CHALK Assistant Professor of Communication/Institutional Advancement Associate, Ancilla College Jennifer Weinert, Center at Donaldson, presented a lecture entitled “A Sage-ing Circle Experience: Making a Difference” as a part of the college’s Lampen Lecture series. Weinert is a certified Sage-ing Circle Facilitator for Memorial Brainworks Heart of Aging with Wisdom and Vitality, a program …read more.

By TRINA HOY Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club The Warsaw Breakfast Optimist club has recognized the following students from Edgewood Middle School as Students of the Week. Braxton Stewart, Ethan Moore, Sophia Schlitt, Liza Lippe, Maryking Jackson, Katie Benedict, Cami Dahms, Caleb Beam, Kayla Allison. Through various fundraising activities during the year, the Warsaw Breakfast Optimist …read more.

By MICKEY RATLIFF Warsaw Community High School Band Director The Warsaw Community High School Winter Percussion Ensemble placed first in their class at the recent Carroll High School Percussion Invitational that was held on Saturday, Feb. 21. Warsaw won the Concert Open class with a performance of their show “Dance on a Volcano”, based on …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation The libraries at Triton Community Schools have undergone a change in the last several years. Many electronic items have been added to make these library true media centers. One of the most popular items added is the electronic learning table that works like a giant iPad. …read more.

Grace College and Seminary will be holding a applied learning career fair from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 27. The fair will be located in the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center. Connect with over 100 local businesses, organizations and agencies for applied learning experiences and job opportunities. Lunch will be served for all students. …read more.

By BRETT R. BOGGS Superintendent, Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation Tippecanoe Valley community adult education classes start Tuesday, March 3. You can pre-register for classes or have questions answered by contacting staff at (574) 353-7031 ext. 2304 or by emailing Debbie Johnston at [email protected] or Jeff Shriver at [email protected]. Schedule of upcoming classes: Drawing 101 Explore …read more.

Altrusa International of Warsaw has adopted Linda Jacko’s class at Lincoln Elementary School. Members collected items Jacko suggested for use in the classroom like pencils, tissues and hand sanitizer. The items were delivered on Thursday, Feb. 12 by Service Committee members Jeanine Knowles and Martie Lennane. Altrusans are also reading to the class of 15 …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation Students in third grade at Triton Elementary School have been learning about fossils. You know, those amazing leftovers from the past that can tell us so many things about what once lived in a particular area. Finding dinosaur bones can help us discover if the animals …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation Third graders at Triton Elementary School have been working for over a month at learning how to do research and write an informative story from what we have discovered. Students were planning a trip to the Shrine Circus, so they were already reading about the circus. …read more.

Students in Andrew Layman’s sixth grade social studies classes at Whitko Middle School got the chance to Skype with Whitko High School junior, Hannah Bredikhn, who is currently an exchange student living in Denmark. As a culminating event of the sixth grades studies of Europe, Skype sessions were arranged between the students and Bredikhn. Skyping …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Warsaw Community Schools has postponed the Kindergarten Round-Up scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 19, due to the temperature and wind chill. WCS rescheduled the Kindergarten Round-Up for all incoming 2015-2016 Kindergarten students and parents for 6 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at all elementary schools in the district. …read more.

By SCOTT WILEY Lakeland Christian Academy Lakeland Christian Academy will be hosting Wild West Night at the boys Basketball senior night. The JV game starts at 6:15 p.m. and the varsity game starts at 7:30 on Friday, Feb. 27. Come dressed in your best western gear, eat some chili dogs from our concession area and …read more.

By BLAINE CONLEY Assistant Superintendent, Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation Tippecanoe Valley High School Weight Room will be open to the public free of charge from 6:30 a.m. until 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The facility will also be open from 6  p.m. to 8  p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. Participants should use door …read more.

By MICKEY RATLIFF Band Director, Warsaw Community High School Band Drew Tomasik, a senior member of the Warsaw Community High School Band, has been selected to participate in the Indiana All-State Honor Band sponsored by the Indiana Bandmasters Association. Over 600 high school musicians auditioned at nine sites located across the state. Tomasik was one …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation Triton Elementary School announces and congratulates their STAR students — those students who made the greatest improvement in their composite reading scores from the beginning of the year to the middle of the year. Those students include Austin Kanczuzewski, Raven Irwin, Race Baldwin, Kayla Miller, Nic …read more.

By DANIEL ALTMAN Media Contact, Indiana Superintendent’s Office Indiana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz has announced that the Indiana Department of Education has reduced the length of the 2015 spring ISTEP+ by over three hours for all Indiana students in all grades. In addition, Superintendent Ritz announced that the Department of Education would seek …read more.

Franklin College has announced David Dwight Johnson, a junior, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson of Warsaw, was named to the president’s list for the fall 2014 semester. Students named to the president’s list have achieved academic distinction by earning a 4.0 grade point average. Founded in 1834, Franklin College is a residential four …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Third grade students at Lincoln Elementary have experienced many hands-on STEM activities in the classroom this year. The students were able to implement the design process by thinking like an engineer during our simple machines unit. After learning about all the simple machines, the students were …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Every year, the top high school and middle level youth volunteers in each state and the District of Columbia are selected as State Honorees for the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. Each honoree receives a $1,000 award, an engraved silver medallion, and an all-expense-paid trip to …read more.

By EMILY COWAN Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy The Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy held their Wednesday, Jan. 14 meeting at the Kosciusko Community Foundation building. KYLA moderator, Tony Ciriello, welcomed the students and introduced Ann Lash-Branson who is the Human Resource Manager at R.R. Donnelley. Lash-Branson gave an overview of the responsibilities of a Human Resource …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation Triton Elementary School held it’s annual Science Fair on Friday, Feb. 6. Students were judged by a Bethel College professor and Bethel education students. Triton Elementary Science Fair is for students in fourth, fifth and sixth grades. Science fair projects were required to be grounded in …read more.

By MICKEY RATLIFF Warsaw Community High School Band Director The Warsaw Community High School Band had a very successful day at District Solo and Ensemble contest on Saturday, Feb. 7. Eleven solos received Gold ratings. Students earning Gold ratings for their solo performances were: Brad Christenberry (for 2 solos), Liam Eagan (for 2 solos), Ben …read more.

By KIM CLEMENTS-JOHNSON Manager of Communications, Indiana State Teachers Association The Indiana State Teachers Association commissioned a statewide poll to gauge the public’s view of traditional public schools, educators and the issues surrounding public education in Indiana. The results show a majority of Hoosiers support their public schools, value teachers and believe there is too …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Office, Warsaw Community Schools Warsaw Community Schools invites all incoming 2015-2016 Kindergarten students and parents to a Round-Up Celebration at your neighborhood elementary school from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19. At the Round-Up Celebrations, students and parents will: Meet your principals and teachers Learn about our highly …read more.

By KARA BROOKS Office of Governor Mike Pence Governor Mike Pence signed Executive Order 15-04 to shorten the length of the 2015 ISTEP test, which will be administered in March. “Doubling the length of the 2015 ISTEP test is unacceptable and requires an immediate solution,” said Governor Pence. “As soon as I learned of this issue, I …read more.

By CASEY HOYE Greater Warsaw Cooperative Preschool Children from the Greater Warsaw Cooperative Preschool collected winter coats, mittens and hats during the annual GWCP Mitten Drive. These items were donated to Combined Community Services to be distributed to families in need. Also, from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. the GWCP is hosting an open house …read more.

By AMANDA PETRUCELLI Ancilla College When it comes to ‘interim’ appointments some organizations bring in a temporary person to fill a job, but Ancilla College has taken the step of making Dr. Ken Zirkle a more permanent fixture on campus. During an executive session by the Board of Trustees at Ancilla College at the December …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Jefferson Elementary second grade students have been making seasonal place mats for residents at Grace Village for three years now. The initial idea was born out of a conversation between second grade teacher Tami Williamson and her friend, who is a nurse at Grace Village. The …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Warsaw Community High School is currently offering three different physics courses: a regular yearlong high school physics course, AP physics 1, and AP physics c: mechanics. Both AP courses give the students the opportunity to obtain college credit by passing the AP exam at the end …read more.

By SCOTT BACKUS Principal, Tippecanoe Valley Middle School Let me begin by stating openly and honestly that I was the student that I’m going to speak about in this article! I also believe many of the adults I’m speaking to here were just like me. Let me explain. I played “school” really well. I went …read more.

The Tippecanoe Valley American Studies Class will be hosting a community chili dinner to help preserve the history of Prill School, a one room schoolhouse in Fulton County. This will be held from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6 at the Tippecanoe Valley High School commons during the Valley vs. Wabash boys’ basketball …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Five Lakeview Middle School students participated in the Indiana Music Education All-State Honor Choir in Ft. Wayne last week. Maren Andrews, Annalise Harstine, Abigail Seese, Ethan Thompson and Kayla Wentz joined 145 other elite singers to form the Middle School All-State Honor Choir. The ensemble graced …read more.

By BRETT R. BOGGS, EdS Superintendent, Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation Tippecanoe Valley High School was recently presented a check for $1,000 from Martin’s Super Markets as a recipient of a “One School at a Time” grant. The grant will be used to cover costs associated with bringing youth suicide prevention speaker, Jeff Yalden, to Tippecanoe …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools The Scholastic Art Competition turned out well for Warsaw High School art students. Warsaw received 14 awards in the individual entry categories and three more awards in the senior portfolio category. The Gold Key winners go on for the next round of judging at the national …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Gena Kendall’s class at Lincoln Elementary celebrated 100 days of school on Tuesday, Jan. 27, with all things 100. The day began with singing the 100 song while wearing their homemade crowns. All day students worked on projects such as writing 100 words, making necklaces with …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation The criminal justice class at Triton Junior Senior High School learned from the South Bend Metro Homicide Unit during Wednesday’s class at the school. Metro Officers Cook and Andrews brought their homicide movable lab/investigative vehicle to the school for the presentation. The presentation was arranged by …read more.

Sacred Heart Church in Warsaw recently welcomed a very special visitor, Father Raynould, principal of John Paul II School also Sacred Heart’s Twinning Sister Parish St. Nicholas in Kenscoff, Haiti. Father Phil DeVolder pastor of Sacred Heart Church introduced Father Raynould at the beginning of each mass and stated that Sacred Heart Church was the …read more.

By KAREN KAUFFMAN Warsaw Christian Schools The Warsaw Christian Schools third graders are reading “The Little House in the Big Woods” by Laura Ingalls Wilder. They recently read a poem about Ma’s chores, and then made literary connections by churning cream to butter just like the poem states. Then students finished out their reading block …read more.

By CINDY BRADY School Services Coordinator, Syracuse Elementary School Syracuse Elementary School will be hosting award winning children’s author Julia Cook Monday, Feb. 2. Cook will be meeting with students and staff during the day and a parent night beginning at 6 p.m. The evening will last about an hour and refreshments will be served. …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation Students in Jill Finley’s kindergarten class at Triton Elementary school enjoyed showing off their funny hats this week. The students wore hats while studying the letter “H”, which they call “Mr. H”. They have a good time learning all about their letters.

By NOLAN SPONSELLER Tippecanoe Valley High School Graduate “Valley didn’t prepare me at all for college.” This has been the statement I have heard from numerous of my past classmates and from others that had graduated before me. The question I had to ask myself was: Is this an excuse or a valid statement? Shifting …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Lakeview Middle School students in the Gateway to Technology Robotics program integrate S.T.E.M. concepts every day. Working as a team, students apply math and science knowledge as they brainstorm ideas to create a robot that will help them understand the many uses of technology. Students have …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation New business teacher at Triton Junior-Senior High School, Tracie Vermillion, has introduced Triton business students to the world of DECA competition. DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe. The Triton students …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation Triton Junior-Senior High School will be hosting Freshman Orientation for eighth graders and their parents at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the High School Auditorium. At this meeting, the Guidance Counselors will be providing a broad overview of the academic program at Triton High School. …read more.

By KELLY GOODE Whitko Middle School On Wednesday, Jan. 21, Whitko Middle School held a R.O.A.R. Reward celebration after school for students as part of our Positive Behavior Intervention and Support program. Students who demonstrated Respect, being On Task, Advocacy, and Responsibility during the first semester of this school year were eligible to attend. The …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Warsaw Community High School and Warsaw Area Career Center would like to invite you to the Academic Showcase Featuring the Class of 2019 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28. Current and future students along with their families will have the opportunity to walk …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Warsaw Community Schools has announced the following snow make up days. School will be in session Friday, March 20, Monday, May 11 and Monday, May 18 as snow make up days according to the 2014-2015 school calendar.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation Third graders at Triton Elementary School are beginning a new unit of study in science about earth materials. Students will be learning about minerals, rocks, fossils, and renewable and nonrenewable resources during their studies. As an introduction to minerals and rocks, they are reading about how …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation Motivated Triton Elementary School students spend time each Tuesday afternoon learning a new language at the Triton Elementary Tech Spot. Triton students spend about 45 minutes working on a core lesson, grammar, speaking, and vocabulary. At the end of each session students are given the opportunity …read more.

By SCOTT WILEY Director of Development, Lakeland Christian Academy All are invited to join Lakeland Christian Academy’s Hawaiian Beach themed night on Thursday, Jan. 29. All three girls basketball teams will be playing and it is senior night for the varsity team. Junior high girls play at 4:30 p.m., junior varsity at 6 p.m. and …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation Students in Cathy Stryker’s third grade classroom at Triton Elementary have been learning about being healthy this semester. In class students had a chance to see just how effective hand washing can be in fighting germs that can make us sick. Students were sprinkled with glitter …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation It may be cold outside, but it certainly is not cold in third grade at Triton Elementary School. Students have been learning about energy by working with light and heat. Students tested out how different materials react with light and heat by testing bottles of cold …read more.