Warsaw Community High School and the Warsaw Area Career Center will host two meetings for parents and students entering high school as freshmen in the fall of 2014. The first session will be held Wednesday, Jan. 15, at Lakeview Middle School from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. with a bilingual meeting available in Spanish. The …read more.

All Warsaw Community High School freshmen who participated in the Water Drop river rafting experience on Grassy Creek and Lake Tippecanoe in August participated in a writing contest to share what they learned on their field trip. The directive was to use facts about the watershed to write an essay that informs people on what …read more.

Five student athletes from Warsaw recently attended a workshop in Indianapolis to learn about the importance of including students with disabilities into their everyday activities. Through the Champions Together workshop, the students decided to bring back a message to the entire Warsaw Community High School study body. That message was to lead a campaign “Spread …read more.

The Warsaw Community High School instrumental music department will present “The Sounds of the Season” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, in the WCHS Performing Arts Center Auditorium. The concert will feature the WCHS Concert Band and Wind Ensemble. The WCHS Jazz Band, Clarinet Choir, Saxophone Ensemble, Brass Quintet, Low Brass Ensemble, and the state-championship …read more.

The first of what is to be an annual Winter Dance Concert will occur Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m., in the Performing Arts Center Auditorium at Warsaw Community High School. The public can support friends and family in Dance Performance I and II classes as the students demonstrate grace and style from Hip Hop …read more.

Warsaw Community Schools collected over 2,500 powdered drink packets for bottles of water and wrote over 900 Christmas cards to send to our soldiers. The Dream Council at Warsaw Community High School in collaboration with Amanda Scroggs (senior class principal) organized the school-wide project to collect the cards and drink packets. Teachers and students gave …read more.

The Performing Arts Department of WCHS will present their fifth annual GALA at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, in the WCHS Performing Arts Center. The GALA will feature performances by the choir, theater, orchestra, and dance classes. The band department will be represented by the jazz band, percussion ensemble, clarinet choir, saxophone ensemble, brass quintet, …read more.

The Warsaw Community High School Choral Department will present their December Holiday Concert “NOEL” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, in the WCHS Performing Arts Center. The concert will feature all four high school choirs performing a wide variety of seasonal favorites as well as fresh new arrangements of classic Christmas pieces. Guest instrumentalists will …read more.

The Kosciusko County Chapter of the American Red Cross is teaming up with local fire departments to canvass neighborhoods throughout the county on Saturday to distribute fire safety information. The 3rd Annual Project S.A.F.E. (Smoke Alarms for Everyone) campaign will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday when Red Cross volunteers will go out …read more.

[weaver_youtube dpiNcIVc1jQ rel=0] During the Warsaw Community School’s October regular board meeting, members of the board were given a presentation by the Warsaw Community High School Junior ROTC program explaining the new program’s growth and future goals. Maj. Fred Josellis and Sgt. Maj. Mark Whitford were in attendance with cadets from the program to display some …read more.

Warsaw Area Career Center and McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapels are offering a distracted and drunken driving education program for students. The Arrive Alive Tour from UNITE will visit Quaker Haven Camp, 111 EMS D16C Ln., Syracuse, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31; and Warsaw Community High School, 1 Tiger Ln., Warsaw, from 7:40 …read more.

Known for luminous oil and pastel paintings, award-winning artist Susan Russell works directly from life whenever possible, producing plein-air landscapes, still- lifes, and portraits. Her studio is located on Main Street in Milford, where she also completes commissioned paintings. Through both formal and informal education, academic training and fieldwork, Susan has spent many years studying …read more.

Educational leaders in Warsaw say students find their passion earlier than many would expect — often in elementary school when they are first exposed to the basic building blocks of a subject area. A recent $300,000 grant from the state’s orthopedic initiative, OrthoWorx, aims to spark young students’ interest in areas critical to continuing Warsaw’s …read more.

The “W” football game (Warsaw vs. Wawasee) will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4. WCHS is officially announcing this game as “Pink out” night at the Tiger Athletic Complex. The Athletic Department will be selling “Touchdowns 4 a Cure” t-shirts this week for $10 each. T- shirts will go on sale Tuesday morning …read more.

Warsaw Community High School Principal Troy Akers announced today that Samuel B. Carter, Ellis Coon, Caleb J. DeBoest, John D. French, Douglas L. Powell and James E. Wynn have been named Commended Students in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the …read more.

A portion of the Warsaw Community Schools’ mission statement, “… to enrich the lives of others …,” was exemplified this week at Warsaw Community High School, as Tiger Football players organized a collection for a Columbia City player that recently suffered a terrible injury and condition. During the season-opening game between the two schools, Columbia …read more.

The Warsaw Community High School Choral Department will present a choral celebration at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, in the WCHS Performing Arts Center. The hour-long concert will be the debut of the concert season and will feature all four high school choirs in a varied collection of musical styles ranging from classical works to …read more.

Warsaw Community High School invites students and parents to join us them Wednesday, Oct. 9, for the WCHS Annual College Night. There will be over 50 technical schools, colleges, universities and U.S. Military represented. The College Fair will run from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Career Center Gymnasium, with a financial aid meeting …read more.

Warsaw Community High School Principal Troy Akers is proud to announce that Christopher Hastings and Zachary Stichter have been named semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarship. In early September, about 16,000 students, or approximately one-third of the 50,000 high scorers, are notified that they have qualified as semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarship. To ensure …read more.

The Indiana CPA Society has named Warsaw Community High School student Sandra Granda as an Indiana Certified Public Accountant Society Scholar. The highly competitive INCPAS Scholars program was designed to promote the CPA profession to minority high school students with high potential and an interest in accounting/business. The goal is for them to become INCPAS …read more.

Warsaw Community High School recently received the Indiana Gold Star School Counseling Award which exhibits the highest level of school counseling professionalism in Indiana by meeting or exceeding the Indiana School Counseling Program Standards. The Gold Star designation is also recognized nationally through the American School Counselor Association’s highest award – the R.A.M.P. Award for …read more.

ACT reports that Warsaw Community Schools’ students outscored the state averages in all areas of math, science, English and reading. ACT also reports that on the national level, only 20 percent of students are ready for college-level coursework. At the state level, the number rises to 31 percent and, at the local level, Warsaw Community …read more.

A week after the filing an injunction against Warsaw Community Schools attorney David Kolbe, the parents of a local Warsaw Community High School Student and soccer player, school officials and the family met in Kosciusko Superior Court 1 today before Judge Duane Huffer. According to Kolbe, the injunction was filed as a result of an …read more.

On Wednesday, David Kolbe, acting attorney for the parents of a local Warsaw Community High School student, filed an injunction against Warsaw Community School Corporation. The injunction was filed due the alleged disregard for the student’s right to due process following a drug-related suspension from the WCHS varsity soccer team. The student, whose name will …read more.

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.

WARSAW – The Warsaw Adult Tiger Booster Club is issuing a reminder that any parties wishing to advertise in the upcoming all-sports program for Warsaw Community High School’s 2013-14 athletic season need to inquire by July 19. Questions regarding advertising in the program can be directed to WCHS Athletic Director Dave Anson (574) 267-3162 or …read more.

Warsaw Community High School Class of 1988 will hold a 25th Class Reunion starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 5, at Spikes Beach Grill, 310 Eastlake Dr., Warsaw. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served and a cash bar will be available. The band “Goldroom” will be playing on the Spike’s stage. Reunion cost is $15 …read more.

[weaver_youtube 2umtLKCVxHc rel=0] Over the past two days, over 600 educators gathered to participate in the All Write Summer Institute conference hosted by Warsaw Community High School. The event, which featured some of the best minds in educational practices, began this morning and will continue throughout the day tomorrow. According to WCS Chief Academic Officer Dave …read more.

The Warsaw Community High School Booster Club was bilked out of nearly $3,000 and the woman accused of the crime has confessed to the theft. Warsaw Police Detective Joe Hawn was first made aware of the missing funds on May 31 when booster club board member Garry Himes reported $2,950 missing. The theft occurred sometime …read more.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmpXLwSiQFo] Warsaw Community High School’s commencement was held Friday night in the Tiger Den. Photos of graduates are now available from Blosser’s.

The following Warsaw Community High School students achieved perfect attendance for the 2013-2014 school year. Many students listed have received this achievement multiple times on a consecutive basis. According to the school’s website, students with perfect attendance are eligible for entry in a drawing for a free car at the school assembly Friday, May 24. …read more.

An amazing celebration of the visual and performing arts in Warsaw will be held in the Performing Arts Center at Warsaw Community High School from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 16. Activities for the evening include the 5th Annual Student Film Festival, performances by the WCHS Jazz Band, WCS Strings Ensemble, individual musical …read more.

Warsaw Community High School will holds its 2013 Fine Arts Festival from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. this Thursday, May 16. The celebration of the visual and performing arts in Warsaw will be held in The Performing Arts Center at Warsaw Community High School, 1 Tiger Lane. The 34th annual Tri Kappa Art Exhibit in …read more.

A recent controversial proposal to Senate Bill 1 that will require schools to employ an armed security person known as a “school protection officer” during school hours, has been solidified. The new amendments to the bill, which was softened in early April during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing, provides that public schools must …read more.

On Friday, students of Warsaw Community High School traveled to Indianapolis for the SADD Celebration 2013. They heard a keynote speaker and then broke into different sessions dealing with a topic important to the Students Against Destructive Decisions club members. In the afternoon, they participated in the Quick Click Challenge. During the contest, four participants …read more.

Warsaw Community High School continues efforts in community service today with the school’s annual BLITZ (Bringing Light Into the Tiger Zone). The annual event will begin today at 2 p.m. as students leave from the high school to six separate locations in Warsaw and Winona Lake. Students will be visiting Our Father’s Home, Grace Village, …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui6g5F-_cEc] In conjunction with Earth Day, which was Monday, The city of Warsaw is celebrating “Community Clean Up Week.” The week features several clean up efforts in the downtown area of Warsaw including sidewalk sweeping and picking up litter along the streets and flower beds. Community Clean Up Week began on Sunday, April 20, and …read more.

Rice Ford Lincoln Mercury Inc. in Warsaw is teaming up with Warsaw Community High School to make a difference in students lives. The company will be hosting the “Drive-4-Ur School Program” from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday to help raise up to $6,000 for the school corporation. The event, which will take place at …read more.

Two students have been named recipients of four-year, full-tuition scholarships as the Kosciusko County Community Foundation 2013 Lilly Endowment Community Scholars. Barbara Kimmel and Rebecca Ailes will receive full tuition to the Indiana colleges of their choice and $900 yearly stipends for required books and equipment. Barbara Kimmel is ranked first in her class at …read more.

After 10 years with the same look, Warsaw Community High School’s Tiger Den may soon be receiving a more modern makeover. According to WCHS Athletic Director Dave Anson, the implementation of a new court design that features tiger claw marks through the center of the stadium as well as new phrases and logo options may occur …read more.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1tuioWUqY4] Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory established a landing zone for Lutheran Air ambulance at Warsaw Community High School Tuesday afternoon for an Etna Green man injured in a motorcycle crash. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department deputies and emergency personnel responded at 2:21 p.m. yesterday to the crash on SR 25 at the intersection of County Road …read more.

Two Warsaw Community High School students are facing drug charges after an unannounced random K-9 search was held at the school. On Thursday morning the Warsaw Police Department and the Warsaw Community School system coordinated a random K-9 drug search at WCHS. Police narcotic K-9’s were used to sniff lockers, classrooms and vehicles on the …read more.

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the country’s longest-running and most prestigious award and recognition program for creative teenagers, has announced its 2013 National Award recipients. The Northwest Indiana and Lower Southwest Michigan Region had 17 students awarded national medals from a panel of distinguished judges. Among those honored were Nikki Abel and Lauren Snodgrass of …read more.

Students at Warsaw Community High School spent Thursday afternoon celebrating foreign cultures at the World Language Extravaganza as part of World Languages Week. They had refreshments and learned to make foods, dance and learned about fun things in new languages and cultures. Jacqueline Schram, professor of French at Grace College, who lived in France for …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs8iCU2FS_c] “You can laugh at me, a lot of people have, but I want to become the future United States President,” said Warsaw Community High School’s newly appointed Indiana Association of Student Council’s State President Cody Shafer when asked about his future plans. Shafer, who served last year as the Northeast District Representative for the …read more.

Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club would like to recognize the students from Warsaw Community High  School who were nominated as Students of the Week. Warsaw Morning Optimist recognizes student for their outstanding accomplishments in academics and as role models for other students. These students display a hardworking and positive attitude at school, and we will look …read more.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Allison Vanosdol is a student at Warsaw Community High School who is interested in journalism. We, at StaceyPageOnline.com, encourage young, budding journalists to explore their interests and submit their writings to us for consideration for publication.) By ALLISON VANOSDOL WCHS Student After graduation, special needs students will not know how to communicate with …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Statehouse hosted 120 students from eight Indiana counties during the seventh annual Latino Page Day yesterday. State Representative Rebecca Kubacki (R-Syracuse) welcomed 11 students from Warsaw Community High School. “I am so proud to see so many students participating in Latino Page Day here at the Statehouse,” said Rep. Kubacki. “I …read more.

Youth motivational speaker Jeff Yalden spoke to the entire student body of Wawasee High School Thursday, March 31, in the main spectator gym. (Photo by Tim Ashley) At 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21, two local high school rivals will showdown in the “Riley Dodgeball Challenge.” The event, a dodgeball tournament benefiting Riley Children’s Hospital in …read more.

The annual juried art exhibit in the Warsaw Performing Art Center Gallery in Warsaw will run the month of May. Submissions are due April 5. The show judging will be directed by artist and instructor emeritus Sara Robbins. Artist must be willing to drop off the artwork at the WCHS Performing Art Center and pick …read more.

Warsaw Community Schools Music Department is observing Music in Our Schools month. Lakeview and Edgewood Middle School Bands will be presenting the Music in Our Schools concert, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, in the Lakeview Middle School Gymnasium. This is in conjunction with the Lakeview Fine Arts Festival. The Lakeview Choirs will perform in …read more.

According to Warsaw Community High School Principal Troy Akers, WCHS may soon be offering students access to a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program. According to Akers, for the past two to three years the school has been investigating the possibility of improving curriculum by offering the JROTC program to students. Though there was interest from the …read more.

  Warsaw Community High School freshmen who participated in the Water Drop river rafting experience on Grassy Creek and Lake Tippecanoe last fall participated in a writing contest to share what they learned on their field trip. Their directive was: “Using the facts you have learned about the threats and dangers to our watershed, create …read more.

Warsaw Community High School announces the winners of the school contest for Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest.The student winners are first place, Audrey Rich; second place, Vanessa Malagon; and third place, Luca Cone. Audrey’s winning poem was Revenge by Letitia Elizabeth Landon. Vanessa recited The End of Science Fiction by Lisel Mueller, and Lucas …read more.

The Kosciusko County Community Foundation recently received two gifts totaling $4,660 for the Margaret Ann Voirol Memorial Endowment Fund. The fund was established in memory of Margarent Ann Voirol, who was a longtime vocal music teacher at Warsaw Community High School. The fund provides support to the WCHS Choral Department. Supporters of the fund encourage …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yGIzYWt0Y8]   Students of Warsaw Community High School and Gateway Education came together to plan, prepare and serve a meal at the Community Kitchen located at the United Methodist Church in downtown Warsaw. The meal, which consisted of an entree, dessert and beverage, was prepared in order to teach students of Gateway Education valuable job …read more.

  Warsaw High School Students recently celebrated their success on the reading program Achieve 3000. Students were able to enter drawings for a variety prizes for successfully completing reading activities. As a whole, students completed over 5,000 individual stories and corresponding quizzes. The prizes were made available through a state grant. Pictured with their prizes …read more.

The Warsaw Community High School Instrumental Music Department will present “Christmas at the Pops” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, in the WCHS Performing Arts Center Auditorium. The concert will feature the WCHS Concert Band and Wind Ensemble. The WCHS Jazz Band and state- championship Percussion Ensemble will also perform. The bands are under the …read more.

By JULIA SMITH Sophomore Warsaw Community High School Computer and printer-free students find school difficult without them. Many students struggle to complete technology-based homework required by teachers without these resources. Several teachers assign projects that require a computer or printer, and many students suffer without availability to these necessities. Students without access to computers or …read more.

Students Against Destructive Decisions took time Wednesday afternoon to set up the Christmas Tree at Warsaw Community High School. They put a garland chain around the tree, made of Red Ribbons, to remind students to make good choices. SADD club also decorated part of the upstairs hallway with the Chain of Life. Students at WCHS …read more.

Students of the Warsaw Area Career Center were joined by the mayor of Warsaw and members of the Warsaw-Kosciusko County Chamber of Commerce today in a ribbon cutting ceremony for Blue Apron. Blue Apron is a tapas style restaurant at the WACC operated by students of the advanced culinary arts program. Students work, operate and …read more.

A member of Warsaw Community School’s support staff was jailed today on sexual charges after Warsaw Police detectives investigated a complaint of inappropriate recording of underage girls at Warsaw Community High School. Last week, two 16-year-old girls and one 17-year-old girl complained to school staff that they were being photographed or videotaped from a cell …read more.

Principal Troy W. Akers of Warsaw Community High School announced today that Alek J. Jansen has been named as a semifinalist for the National Merit Scholarship. Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 58th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an …read more.

The Warsaw Community Pool at Warsaw Community High School will be closed for open/lap swim until Monday, Aug. 13.

By PAUL MORALES The Warsaw Board of School Trustees met Monday night for a nearly three hour session, during which Warsaw Community Schools’ Chief Accountability Officer Tom Kline revealed preliminary ISTEP scores for WCS. Every highlighted school and the corporation as a whole showed improvement in both language arts and mathematics. Representatives of Edgewood Middle …read more.

Anita (Folk) George will be among those inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame this coming Saturday. George, a 1978 Warsaw Community High School graduate, will be one of 11 inductees to be enshrined as part of the 11th Women’s Induction Class for the Hall. The ceremony will take place at the Primo South …read more.