BOURBON — Due to directives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discouraging gatherings, the Triton School Board will not meet in person for its meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, April 13.  There will be a link on the school website and other social media for patrons to attend the live meeting.

BOURBON — Triton Scholars participated in a holiday-themed service day, Sunday, Dec. 22. Teachers planned a service day where Trojan wrestlers wrapped presents for the seniors at Miller’s Senior Living Community in Plymouth, said a news release from Triton School Corporation. Scholars had the opportunity to visit residents and give them little treat bags that …read more.

BOURBON — Triton School Corporation sixth-graders, FFA members and the Senior Squad members recently packed mini pack meals for under-resourced children around the world. According to a press release, in just two hours, 130 Triton Scholars packed 336 boxes that totaled 72,576 meals that will feed 198 children for a year.

BOURBON — Over 1,000 individuals mobilized for Triton Gives Back Day on Friday, Sept. 20, according to a news release from Triton School Corporation. Triton Gives Back Day is an annual day of service where Triton scholars are encouraged to think of others over self. “Mission accomplished,” said Jeremy Riffle, superintendent of Triton School Corporation …read more.

BOURBON — Triton School Corporation color guard and music students, along with their director, spent Aug, 9-10th in Indianapolis at the DCI world championships. Last school year students were nominated by their director for a position with the 2019 INpact band. This is a group of up to 500 jr. high students from around the …read more.

BOURBON — Triton School Corporation (Etna Green, Tippecanoe, and Bourbon) is holding a public meeting from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, to discuss the future of the Bourbon Community Center “Old Gym” now that the new Triton Activity Center is complete. The meeting will be held in the “Old Gym.” Following the meeting …read more.

BOURBON — Triton School Corporation is extremely excited for the new teachers that will be joining the school’s team and family this school year. A new teacher induction was held Tuesday, July 30, and this group of passionate individuals are ready to invest in Triton School Corporation scholars. The corporation will soon be doing a …read more.

The prospect of sub-freezing temperatures and debilitating winds have area schools taking action. The following are schedules for area schools over the next several days. Warsaw, Wawasee and Triton Warsaw Community Schools, Wawasee Community School Corporation and Triton School Corporation all announced on Tuesday, Jan. 29, that they will close their doors and not reopen …read more.

BOURBON — Triton School Corporation coordinated with Lutheran Health Network to help educate the corporation’s students on health-related issues. The school corporation hosted a health fair at Triton Elementary School on Wednesday, Oct. 24. “Triton Elementary Kindergarten Scholars from Mrs. Melling’s classroom (learned) more about healthy after-school snacks, CPR/First Aid, proper exercise, and proper hand …read more.

BOURBON — The election Nov. 6 for school board in the Triton School Corporation will feature one contested race and one re-election of an unopposed incumbent. Incumbent Kenneth Miller will seek a second term and runs without opposition in the District 4 race. Miller, and his wife Nancy, have been Bourbon residents for 27 years, …read more.

BOURBON — Triton School Corporation joins several dozen other school systems in Indiana in being acknowledged for stellar accomplishments in educating students in the age of technology. The Indiana Department of Education announced last week that 27 school systems are recipients of the state’s Office of eLearning’s 2018 Digital Learning Grants. This year’s grants offer …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation BOURBON — Students in Mrs. Cindy Stichter’s Algebra 2 class at Triton Jr.-Sr. High School rolled dice  to play ‘war’ and predict probability.

By DONNA BURROUGHS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation BOURBON — The Triton chapter of the National Honor Society held its induction of new members Tuesday, March 22. NHS officers for 2015-2016 conducted the ceremony, including Brooklyn Bitting, Alexis Miller, Brianna Nolin, Heather Stichter and Brooklyn Beatty. Current members in attendance were: Seniors: Cody Anderson, Dalton …read more.

BOURBON —Tom McFarland, business official for Triton School Corporation, has been named the District Two School Business Official of the Year. McFarland received the award from the Indiana Association of School Business Officials. He has served schools in this capacity for 12 years.

DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation BOURBON — Started in 2012, Digital Learning Day has provided a powerful venue for education leaders to highlight great teaching practice and showcase innovative teachers, leaders, and instructional technology programs that are improving student outcomes. Digital learning is any instructional practice that effectively uses technology to strengthen …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent John Sadler, from the Shriners, visited Triton third graders as they prepare for their upcoming trip to the circus in Fort Wayne Friday, Jan. 22.   Sadler told the students that he has gone to the circus for 30 years now, and he shared how the Shriner Organization …read more.

BOURBON — Students and staff of Triton Elementary School celebrated with an all school assembly the last day of school before vacation. Several of the highlights are pictured.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent Eighth grade science students in Mrs. Willsey’s classroom at Triton Jr.-Sr. high School are wrapping up their semester long chemistry unit by designing a lab and graphing energy differences in endothermic and exothermic reactions.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent BOURBON — Nano technology how does it effect our Agricultural Community? Honor Biology students at Triton Jr.-Sr. High School presented their Nano projects to community members. Big Thank you to Jayne Ganshorn, Roger Terry, Ken Miller, Sue Jones, plus Paul and Carol Nye for listening to the presentations …read more.

BY DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent BOURBON — Students in Mrs. Strycker’s third grade class at Triton Elementary School have been learning about how light moves, creates heat, reflects and refracts. These science concepts were tied to reading about Antarctica and penguins, along with socials studies, as we discussed “rookeries” or communities of penguins and the …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent Monday evening before Thanksgiving, The Triton Elementary School PTO sponsored a free movie and popcorn night at the school. There was a great turnout for this evening of entertainment at the school. Guests watched “The Polar Express” and enjoyed popcorn.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent This is week three of “Art After School” at Triton. Thirty Triton Elementary School students worked hard to create their masterpieces. The event was a hit. Triton has some talented artists.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Triton Elementary School honored several veterans at their special program the morning of Nov. 11

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent Sixth grade science students in Teresa Watkins class at Triton Elementary School shared their design journals, states of matter models and completed a density answer page with their VIP visitors. They also enjoyed the book store, lunch and recess.  

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent Triton Jr.-Sr. High School will observe a special Grandparent’s Day on Friday, Oct. 9.  We will again invite grandparents’ to visit classes and have lunch with their grandchildren. Students will welcome their grandparents at 10 a.m. in front of the office. The grandparents who have attended in previous years have expressed …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent Eric Day, a two time cancer survivor and the author of the book “Stay Positive,” joined Triton Elementary School Monday, Sept. 28, at the annual Trojan PRIDE kickoff. Eric explained to students how he uses and has used PRIDE to spread his “Stay Positive” message. Each student from …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent BOURBON — Football Homecoming at Triton Jr. Sr. High School will be celebrated Friday, Oct. 2, at halftime of the varsity football game vs. North Judson. Students will celebrate a special “spirit” week Sept. 28, through Oct. 2. Pictured are the homecoming candidates.  

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent Students in Mrs. Watkins’s sixth grade classroom learned about cuneiform writing in social studies and what Sumerian cuneiform is.  Students integrated art in their lesson, studying the ancient Mesopotamian people and the earliest forms of writing. To get the full experience of what it was like to be a …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent BOURBON — Beth Styers, from Teachers Credit Union, is shown presenting a check for $1,000 to Triton Jr.-Sr. High School Principal, Bob Ross.  The money is used to purchase incentives (like ereaders, t-shirts, etc.) for the reading club program at Triton Jr.-Sr. High School.

By DONNA BURROUGHS Superintendent, Triton School Corporation BOURBON — Third-graders at Triton Elementary have recently constructed life guard chairs to help them compare the scientific method to the engineering design process. Students also created two-column notes in their science notebooks to help them make connections between these two methods. As learners progressed, they were able …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent The second grade students and parents from Triton Elementary School had a great time at the Indiana Dunes on Sept. 1. The students were part of several practical learning activities throughout the day and had a wonderful time with one another. A huge thank you to all of …read more.

By DONNA Burroughs, Triton School Corporation Superintendent BOURBON — The winner of the second Oliver Ford and Drew Westafer drawing  at the Triton football game last Friday evening is Stan Leedy. Stan was the winner of $150. The Triton Athletic Department also relieved $150! Thanks to Oliver Ford and Drew Westafer for sponsoring this drawing!

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent BOURBON — Students in Cathy Strycker’s third grade class at Triton Elementary School held races with the vehicles that they designed using the scientific method. Jack Carpenter, Triton’s elementary physical education teacher, conducted the experimentation phase of this project by setting up race brackets for students. Each person …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent Third graders in Strycker’s class at Triton Elementary School have been learning about the scientific method where scientists begin with a purpose or question, research, put together a hypothesis; or a guess about what they think will happen, experiment, analyze and then draw conclusions. Students created mini scientific …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent Third graders in Strycker’s class at Triton Elementary School have been learning about the scientific method where scientists begin with a purpose or question, research, put together a hypothesis; or a guess about what they think will happen, experiment, analyze and then draw conclusions. Students created mini scientific …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Superintendent Mrs. Cathy Strycker’s third grade class at Triton Elementary School.  Mrs. Strycker shared the following: “Our class was very fortunate to be given an opportunity for a grant with an organization our Triton School Superintendent, Mrs. Donna Burroughs, shared with us called DonorsChoose.org.  “This summer I (Cathy Strycker) wrote …read more.

[weaver_youtube V5lADz08_6s rel=0] Local schools are back in session and teachers and staff are gearing up for a great year. Triton School Corporation, Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation, Wawasee School Corporation and Warsaw Community School Corporation are all currently welcoming the class of 2028 and preparing the class of 2016 for their futures. Check out a few snapshots …read more.

The new teachers at Triton School Corporation spent the day of July 30th at an induction/training program to prepare them for their new assignments. All of the new teachers will be at Triton Jr.-Sr. High School. Pictured above are Colleen Perrin, Spanish teacher; Ashli Faulkner, social studies; Liska Shilling, guidance counselor; Cindy Stichter, math; Lynn Fischer, Ag/FFA; David Seel, band …read more.

By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation The Triton High School Boys’ Baseball Team is celebrating their sectional championship after their game on Tuesday evening! The boys will play in the regional contest this Saturday.

The final nine week drawing for the Trojan Reader Book Club was recently held. A total of 45 winners were selected. Photographed are winners. Connor Yoder, winner of the E-Reader is not pictured.  

By Donna Burroughs, Triton School Corporation Superintendent End Of Year STARS Award were given to those STARS students at Triton Elementary School who have the most improved Composite Reading Scores.

By Donna Burroughs, Triton School Corporation Superintendent All third graders at Triton Elementary School were visited by Mandy Feehman and Joelle Schrader from the IAB Bank. The bank offers a program to help elementary children learn about saving money. During the program students were introduced to several terms such as income, delayed gratification, personal identification number …read more.

BY DONNA BURROUGHS Triton School Corporation Superintendent Triton eighth grade students Maddy Hurt and Carter Kuntz, have enjoyed Mr. Matt Arvesen’s class on robotics. They are shown with the car they designed and programmed. They had it ready for the end of year competition!

Shaffer’s seventh grade honors class at Triton Jr./Sr. High School made a banner to honor veterans. Pictured: (front) Jon Conley, Connor Pitney, Amy Miller, Maria Chupp, Maria Schwartz and Jessica Gladieau. (Back) Madison Stetzel, Caitlyn Ihnen, Briana Wilhite, Gavin Greer, Tiffaney Hughes, Tiana Yoder, Jared Bules, Whytnie Miller, Zach Berger, Susan Shaffer and Samantha Wolf.

(Photo provided) Triton School Corporation will close early Wednesday, Nov. 12, in honor of the passing of a beloved staff member, Kenny Klotz. Schools will be dismissed at 1 p.m. to allow for the Triton staff and students who had known Klotz for many years to honor his memory and attend his funeral. Klotz, 61, …read more.

Triton Elementary School fourth graders had a wonderful time learning about the history of Indiana on their field trip to Forks of the Wabash! All fourth graders in Indiana study Indiana History.

The Triton Jr.-Sr. High School 2015 yearbook staff visited the Jostens workshop in Valparaiso on Friday, Sept. 26. Photographed (from front to back) are Gabby Cretcher, Meli Follmer, Ana Miles, Montana Golden, Connor Yoder, Brooke Overmyer, Kezia Scherer-Berry, Kayla Hall and Quinn Downing. The yearbook sponsor is teacher, Diana Westphal.  Also pictured is the 2015 …read more.

On Wednesday night the Triton Jr/Sr High School’s Spanish Club had it’s very first culinary experience making churros, a delicious Hispanic pastry. These dedicated students came for a taste of another culture and got exactly that! There were over 50 churros made –with none leftover. The students are celebrating National Hispanic Month.    

These are a few of the Triton High School freshmen who dressed up for their class’ novel The Outsiders  “rumble” activity. Pictured above are (from left): Allie Ogle, Matthew Long, Jingle Grigsby, Jade Kieninger, Cortney Sherow (the Greasers); and Breanna Campbeill, Taylor Shepherd, Madisyn Watson (the Socs).

Triton High School students (pictured above) Emma Young, tenth grade; Shelby Rahe, ninth grade; and Montana Golden, ninth grade, hold up their art club shirts that were printed at an after school workshop at Triton. The students designed and printed these shirts and will wear them for art club activities throughout the year.

Next Friday, Oct. 3, Triton Elementary School and Triton High School will be celebrating GrandPersons’ Day at School and grandparents, or other special people, are invited to visit our schools with their special child. Below are a few lines written by Ms. Finley’s 2014 kindergarten class. “What is a Grandparent?” It’s somebody that loves you …read more.

Triton Elementary second grade students enjoyed a field trip to the dunes as part of their studies. The students conducted a variety of learning activities while at the dunes.  All of the second grade students are pictured on the beach. The second picture features good friends, Sami Middaugh, Dante Workman and Travis Barnhart.

Triton Elementary School sixth grade students: Brandon Kitch, AJ Austin, Hunter McIntyre and Ryan Farmwald are busy working on research projects in the school library. The computers come in handy for this type of project.

Twice a year, all Triton bus drivers practice an emergency evacuation bus drill at the school. This drill helps the students and drivers to be prepared in case a situation would arise that requires them to exit the bus quickly. This drill was held on Friday, Sept. 12.

Triton Jr. Sr. High School Ag students in Mrs. April Leeper’s Plant/Soil Science class are trying to form soil ribbons. They also are feeling the dirt to determine the type of soil each sample is.

Sixth grade students in Mrs. Watkins class at Triton Elementary School enjoy working on their first science lab, measuring distance. As they completed their lab they learned the correct way to do scientific notebooking. Pictured in the photo, from left, are Alitza Stoner (on the floor), Jaelyn Bules, Molly McFarland and Ashley Kaufman.

Beth Styers, representing Teachers Credit Union, presented a check to Amy Middaugh, president of the School Board for Triton School Corporation. The check will be used to purchased incentives for the reading program at Triton Jr.-Sr. High School. The program is entering its third year at Triton and has seen improvement in student reading achievement. Triton …read more.

Kindergarten students at Triton Elementary School give a “thumbs up” to the first day of school and the start of their school career!

The Early College program at Triton Jr.-Sr. High School has begun with the first freshmen to have the opportunity to participate in the program for all four years of high school. The program began on Saturday, Aug. 9, when the students and their parents visited Ivy Tech College in Warsaw for a special program and …read more.

The ice cream social at Triton Elementary School during the Bourbon Summerfest was a major success with more than 250 ice cream cones being served and enjoyed. The band “Sentimental Journey” also entertained during the evening with Sousa marches and “God Bless America” during the fabulous fireworks display put on by the Bourbon Fire Department. …read more.

Triton School Corporation will host a free ice cream social at 8 p.m. this Saturday, Aug. 9, in front of Triton Elementary School. This ice cream social will be followed by the Summerfest fireworks on the school grounds.

Triton School Corporation would like to welcome the following new teachers for the 2014-2015 school year. Pictured in front, from left, are Samantha Willsey, math, science and Project Lead the Way instructor; Kaley Bickel Alber, first grade teacher; and Jenny Mevis, fourth grade teacher. In the back row are Sean McPherson, chemistry, physics and junior …read more.

The last week of June several members of the Triton School Corporation staff, along with staff from Culver Schools, John Glenn Schools and Plymouth Schools attended a training at Triton High School on how to respond to the presence of an active shooter at school. The ALICE model was presented to these area educators by …read more.

Be advised that Triton School Corporation will be sponsoring a community meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 26, in the old Bourbon gym to gather community input on the restoration of the old gym or the potential building of a new gym.

School is out for the summer at Triton Jr.-Sr. High School, but the teachers were hard at work developing curriculum for the next school year!

The annual sixth grade graduation was held at Triton Elementary School the evening of May 28. Several awards were given out to the sixth graders by the teachers. The Presidential Award is a national award presented to the top students at the “graduating” level in each school. To earn this award, students must have an “A” …read more.

Triton Jr.-Sr. High School recently held a drawing to give away reading prizes for the fourth and final grading period of the 2013-2014 school year. The prizes awarded include T-shirts, gift cards, books and e-readers. The winner of the eReader for this grading period is Greg Music. The monies for the prizes was donated by …read more.

Triton Elementary School students met today at the Triton football field to engage in a unique blend of mental and physical challenges during Triton Elementary School’s first annual Family Field Day. Students of all ages were mixed into teams and given matching team shirts to wear during the numerous fun and stimulating challenges the day …read more.

Triton Elementary School’s first grade classes participated in a 4-H in the classroom unit about bugs. The unit was presented by Angela Smith from the Marshall County Extension Office. For the culminating activity, the students made posters about bugs. Some of the posters will be on display at the Marshall County 4-H Fair this summer. …read more.

  On Saturday, May 17, the Triton FFA Dairy Judging team competed at the state contest held at Purdue University. The team members were Brooklyn Bitting, Jarred Watson and James Eyrich. According to their advisor, they did an outstanding job, especially for their first year, by placing 13th as a team out of 25 participating …read more.

Triton Jr.-Sr. High School Science teacher, Mrs. Jackson, recently held a seventh grade cell project contest. There were a lot of great projects.

Triton Jr.-Sr. High School presented the musical “Willy Wonka” on Saturday, May 10, to the delight of the Triton community. Pictured above is Willy Wonka (Brent Motz) warning the “golden ticket” winners about the choices they make. Also pictured are ticket winners: Lexee Miller as Violet; Lyda Scarberry as Veruca Salt; Junki Park as Mike …read more.

On Monday, May 12, Mr. Mark Schwartz shared with Triton Elementary first graders in Mrs. Smith’s class and second graders in Mrs. Phenix’s classes about brass instruments, how sound is produced, tone color, and comparisons of the trumpet, mellophone, marching mellophone and French horn. The students enjoyed hearing Willy Wonka songs played on the instruments …read more.

The Board of School Trustees of the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation was honored as an Outstanding Board during the recent Regional Meeting of the Indiana School Boards Association. The designation as an Outstanding Board resulted from the Board’s participation in the ISBA’s Certification Awards Program which recognizes individual board members and school boards for their …read more.

“Girls Night Out” was held at Triton Elementary School the evening of Friday, May 2. There were 60 girls in attendance from fourth, fifth and sixth grades. The girls enjoyed a treasure hunt, a demonstration on skin care, exhibited by a “Mary Kay” representative and nail glam. They also took part in a video and …read more.

Triton Elementary School fourth graders Katelyn Kaufman, Sarah Weber, Emma Lemler and Karah Nelson were on an adventure with the Little Hoosiers Club to a local graveyard. They had a  graveyard scavenger hunt and then followed that up by making tombstone rubbings. This fourth grade club conducts activities related to Indiana history and is sponsored …read more.

Triton School Corporation extends a thank you to the Triton High School science group that shared their knowledge about Earth Day with the sixth grade science students at Triton Elementary School. Earth day posters were created and several are on displayed in the high school.

Students from Mrs. Mullin’s reading class at Triton Elementary School wrote a book entitled, “The Triton Alphabet” and then visited the superintendent’s office to read their book aloud. The special presentation was in honor of Administrative Professionals’ Day. Pictured are the authors/readers: Jaime Torres, Sara Gomez, Casey Kemp, Alejandro Gonzalez, Jeremy Hochstedler, Alex Sarabia and Bryan …read more.

Don’t these things look good enough to eat? Would you be surprised to know that these art ceramic projects that Triton High School students made in Ms. Westphal’s art class?

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Reporter Tim Ashley contributed to this article.) The Indiana Department of Education released educator effectiveness data for the 2012-13 school year today. Today’s release marks the first time this type of data has been gathered or released in Indiana history. On a state level, the data show that over 87 percent of public …read more.

The NAMM Foundation awards school music education programs with the announcement of 2014’s Best Communities for Music Education. This year, the NAMM Foundation designated 376 districts throughout the United States as “Best Communities for Music Education” and 96 individual schools as “Support Music Merit Award winners. These districts and schools set the bar in offering students …read more.

A Bourbon woman is hoping to have her dreams take root –literally. Ashley Fink, project leader of Food Warriors, is hoping to share her vision of a community garden with the public through the creation of a garden located on Triton School Corporation property. “This is an ongoing project within our community,” States Fink on …read more.