WARSAW — Lydia Campbell, a teacher at Washington STEM Academy, is the recipient of a 2019 Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship. According to a WCS press release, the “$12,000 fellowship enables educators to pursue their dreams and passions, explore new areas of interest, plus expand and develop new and existing talents. Renewal times are opportunities …read more.

WARSAW — Washington STEM Academy is proud to announce Mark Mills as this year’s spelling bee champion. Mills is the son of Nicole Lewis, Warsaw, and Mark Mills, Colorado.  Mills competed against 28 other students, making it to round 24 with the winning word “fulcrum.” The spelling bee runner up was Ipshita Singh, daughter of …read more.

WARSAW — Unlike some school administrators who became interested in education at a very young age, Tom Ray didn’t decide until his senior year of college. Ray, the principal of Washington STEM Academy in Warsaw, grew up in Grant County and graduated from Mississinewa High School in 1983. Then it was on to Ball State …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community School Corporation’s Washington STEM Academy announced the winners of the 2017-2018 Sixth Grade Awards in a press release Monday, May 18. The winner of the Moose Award was Bryce McNees, while Bhumika Sansuddi won the spelling bee and Ava Wetzel placed second. Winners of the Principal Scholarship were Marissa Howett, Var Bobba, Mia Blocher, Karina Dagner and Melaina Hawblitzel. …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community School Corporation recently hosted the sixth annual Warsaw Robotics Vex Exhibition Tournament on Friday, May 11, in the Warsaw Area Career Center gym. The tournament featured 26 teams from Edgewood and Lakeview middle schools, Washington STEM Academy, Warsaw Area Career Center and Urey Middle School from John Glenn School Corporation. Students …read more.

WARSAW — Youngsters at Washington STEM Academy were given a challenge — figure out what to do with all this trash that humans accumulate. For more than 100 students in the school’s first, second and third grades, the problem involved using Legos and robotics to engage in the ultimate garbage recycling program. “The big idea …read more.

Washington STEM Academy will host a blood drive from noon to 6 p.m. Friday, May 18, in support of the American Red Cross blood drive program. The need for blood is constant and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients and the community. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every two to …read more.

WARSAW — It’s a phrase being used much more commonly in local schools and, likely, will continue to become even more common. Project based learning, or PBL, is taking root as learning is being geared toward developing employability skills in the 21st century. PBL involves the elements of a driving question, in-depth inquiry, a public …read more.

By David Burden, STEM teacher at Washington STEM Academy WARSAW — First grade teacher, Mr. Bailey, has had an indoor beehive for the past four years at Washington STEM Academy. The introduction of the hive was awarded through the Red Apple Grant with the Warsaw Education Foundation. Mr. Bailey has used the bees as a …read more.

KOSCIUSKO — Students from Washington STEM Academy and Tippecanoe Valley High School traded their books and pencils for life vests and paddles to venture through Grassy Creek as part of the tenth annual student rafting program.    The program, which is made possible by the Kosciusko County Soil and Water Conservation District, The Watershed Foundation, …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Water is a valuable resource worth protecting. But monitoring water quality and involving the public in water related issues just doesn’t happen automatically and that’s where the Hoosier Riverwatch program helps.

WARSAW — A third grade class at Washington STEM Academy showcased the video games they’ve spent the last several weeks designing. For the past three weeks, Kandi Kelser’s class of 22 students used the app Hopscotch to create original video games. Students worked in groups of two or three students to create a total of …read more.

WARSAW — The Arrow Head Country Resource Conservation and Development Council announced Feb. 28, that Washington STEM Academy will be a recipient of a grant award of $3,200.00. The Arrow Head Country RC and D represent ten counties including Kosciusko County. The Council received 22 applications from nine of the counties they represent. Representatives from …read more.

WARSAW — Washington STEM Academy’s two CyberPatriot teams received second and third place in the state of Indiana. CyberPatriot is a cyber security competition that teaches students how to make a computer and network more secure. They do this by learning how a computer functions along with digital citizenship that will keep them and the …read more.

WARSAW — Fifth grade students worked with LEGO robotics at the STEM Lab at Washington STEM Academy on Thursday, Jan. 26. Students programed the robotics to simulate missions that scientists are currently doing on Mars. In teams consisting of two or three students, kids have to design, create a program and complete the missions with …read more.

WARSAW — On Friday, Jan. 20, third and fifth grade students and staff filled the STEM lab at Washington STEM Academy to watch the Inauguration of President Donald Trump. Principal Tom Ray explained watching the Inauguration was a culmination of things students have been learning since the beginning of the school year. Teachers at Washington …read more.

WARSAW — The Indiana Department of Education has recognized three Kosciusko County schools for implementing “Promising Practices.” They include Washington STEM Academy, Lakeview Middle School and Milford Schools. Washington STEM Academy, part of Warsaw Community Schools, was among 20 added to the list earlier this month. IDOE chose Washington for, “authentic learning through STEM.” This is just one of 200 …read more.

WARSAW — Despite ongoing construction, the Warsaw Community School Board learned Tuesday evening, Aug. 9, Washington STEM Academy and Edgewood Middle School will be move-in ready next Monday, Aug. 15. During a brief design-build update, the board was told that the main focus over the past few weeks has been on making the buildings safe and …read more.

WARSAW — As upgrades continue on two Warsaw Community School Corporation buildings, hopes are high that things will be ready by the time classes start. The two buildings are Washington STEM Academy and Edgewood Middle School. Both are receiving significant upgrades, including new classrooms and new STEM lab additions. A third WCS building, Lincoln Elementary School, …read more.

WARSAW — Three Warsaw Community School building projects are taking shape quickly, as the WCS Board of Trustees learned during its regular work session Monday, July 12. Washington Elementary and Edgewood Middle School are still slated to be ready in time for school to start. With the projects rapidly nearing completion, the main focus will be …read more.

WARSAW — Tuesday afternoon, June 14, was busy for the Warsaw Community School Board as members toured the three construction sites, then met for their regular work session. Those driving by the new Lincoln Elementary School will notice exterior block work is done. All structural steel, joists and decking are also completed. In the less …read more.

WARSAW — As the Warsaw Community Schools design-build program progresses, Washington STEM Academy is taking on a whole different look. Design-build supervisor Jim Lemasters described some of the changes taking place at Washington. The most visible is the new addition to the side of the building facing SR 15. Already, framework for the new STEM …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Community School Board saw firsthand the progress on the design build project coming to fruition. Project supervisor Jim LeMasters took board members on a location-by-location tour, explaining each step of the project so far and describing what will happen next. Donning hard hats, the board first stopped at Lincoln Elementary School, where a new …read more.

By ALYSSA RICHARDSON Communications Associate, Warsaw Community Schools WARSAW — A Washington STEM Academy student noticed the school didn’t have a hornet mascot during school events and came up with a plan. Fifth grade student Graham Hoyle researched what it would take to bring a mascot back to Washington and formulated a proposal for Principal …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community School Corporation is one step closer to fulfilling a dream for three of its buildings. Last evening, Monday, Feb. 29, volunteers and school board members gathered as Jamie Lake, project architect, and Jerry Rolfson, design-build team leader, Performance Services, revealed plans for upgrades to Edgewood Middle School and Washington STEM Academy. …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Recently, 35 people, including educators, nonprofit leaders, two sisters and a warden, opened their mail expecting bills and junk mail. Instead, they found a new pair of shoes. Four were from Kosciusko County. The surprise was in honor of the Dekko Foundation’s 35th birthday. “Stepping back to consider young people’s developmental needs …read more.