Article by Lora Kuhneck, On The Edge Student Reporter Edgewood Middle School What are your plans for this summer? Will you be taking a vacation or “stay-cation”? Either way, you ought to have fun. Edgewood students have contributed what they’re doing this summer to have fun. One student said that they might be going to …read more.

Article by Meredith Phipps,  On The Edge Student Reporter Edgewood Middle School We’ve all heard of classic books such as To Kill a Mockingbird and A Tale of two Cities, but once in a blue moon, a book is written in our time that can only be compared to the works of Harper Lee and Charles …read more.

Article by Rachel Smith,  On The Edge Student Reporter Edgewood Middle School Recently, the Warsaw Planning Commission gave permission to allow chickens within the city limits. Only female chickens, or hens, would be permitted inside the city limits. Also, there would be a limit of five chickens per property, assuming that the owner has enough …read more.

The Warsaw Inquiry Learning Lab (Mobile STEM Lab) will officially roll into Warsaw this summer sporting an eye catching design. The design (see above) was created by students in Kelly Morrow’s Visual Communication class at Warsaw Community High School. Karisa Clark, Joelle Scram, Drew Tomasik and Noemi Lopez brainstormed an idea for the design and spent …read more.

Warsaw Community School Corporation will host  commencement at 7 p.m. Friday, June 6. Doors open at 6 p.m. and attendees must have a ticket to enter. Entrances are located through the Performing Arts Door and the west side of the Tiger Den. Handicap seating must be arranged prior to the ceremony and may be arranged …read more.

Preregistration for all Warsaw Community Schools has been extended until June 20, 2014. Families that currently attend WCS are encouraged to preregister their children for the 2014-2015 school year. Preregistration can be accomplished using the WCS PowerSchool system. Log-in information was sent to families prior to spring break. However, if parents and/or guardians are in …read more.

Students in Mr. Todd Braddock’s Social Studies classes at Lakeview Middle School have raised over $600 in a rice bowl’s campaign to provide meals for young people in Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Rwanda, India and South Africa. The students are committed to helping children who live in developing countries and are less fortunate than they are. …read more.

In a special board meeting on Tuesday, May 27, the Warsaw Community Schools Board of School Trustees announced Ms. Amy K. Sivley as the new director of human resources. Sivley began her career as a high school business teacher and coach at Central Noble High School. She then served Warsaw Community Schools as Lakeview Middle …read more.

The Hoffert family stands in front of the Warsaw Community School Corporation administration building. Hoffert is married to Rachael, who works as a professor at Grace College. The couple has three children: Ryan, third grade; Robinson, first grade; and Roosevelt, 2 years old. The Warsaw Community School Board met today for a special, public meeting …read more.

[weaver_youtube p9ITYBSa_5s rel=0] Guests young and old alike filed in yesterday evening at Lincoln Elementary to visit the bi-annual County Fair. A total of 19 students in the third and fourth grades gifted and talented program at Lincoln researched various counties in Indiana and prepared presentations, maps, poems, booths and treats for visitors to enjoy during …read more.

[weaver_youtube Ctmd7Ogv4f4 rel=0] When Harrison Elementary School second-grade teacher Rick Glass first began meeting with students during lunch in the fall, a total of 9 knowledge-hungry pupils comprised the Harrison Elementary Junior Astronomical Society. As word spread, the club grew in size tremendously. Today, over 40 students meet every other Monday after school to study the stars …read more.

Recently, students in Mrs. DeMuth’s second grade classroom at Jefferson wrapped up their inquiry unit about different birds by making a book containing the findings of their research. Each student in class studied a specific bird to learn about its habitat and specific features. Students shared their learning by creating a book they worked together …read more.

Community leaders, business leaders and Warsaw Community School administration, staff and even students met Wednesday at the Russell Center in Winona Lake to review the school corporation strategic plan and progress as well as to discuss the future of WCS and its leadership. The event, which ran from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. was lead …read more.

Warsaw Community Schools has announced plans to participate in the Summer Food Service Program. Free meals will be made available to all children, 18 years of age and under, and to persons over 18 years who are enrolled in a state-approved educational program for the mentally or physically disabled. Free meals will be provided to …read more.

Yesterday during the Warsaw Community School Corporation’s monthly board work session, the school board reviewed the the possible renovation of a human resources space located at the school corporation’s main office at 1 Administration Drive, Warsaw, as well as the purchase of a new entertainment system for the baseball field. Future WCS Superintendent and current Assistant Superintendent …read more.

Warsaw Community Schools announced 2 weeks ago that David Hoffert, current assistant superintendent and chief academic officer, will be the new Superintendent of Schools, effective July 1 (see related). Yesterday, during the WCS board work session, the board allowed the public the opportunity to offer any objections or supportive feedback for the proposed contract for Hoffert …read more.

Pierceton Elementary PTO hosted over 500 people at their Mornings for Mom event held Friday. Students and their guest were served a selection of breakfast items such as Danish, donut holes, yogurt, fruit, bagel breakfast pizza, juice and coffee. Moms that filled out surveys for the PTO were entered into a drawing to win a …read more.

The Warsaw Community Schools Board of School Trustees will hold a Special Board Meeting, which is open to the public, at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, at the Warsaw Community Schools Educational Services Center, 1 Administration Drive, Warsaw.

During Monday evening’s monthly Warsaw Community School Corporation’s regular board meeting Jennifer Tandy, WCS school board president, released a statement detailing the current status of the school corporation’s search for the next WCS superintendent. The search began after current WCS Superintendent Dr. Craig Hintz announced his departure in February effective June 30. (See related) Tandy announced last …read more.

[weaver_youtube LsuHf9aFfKg rel=0] Students and community members gathered at Jefferson Elementary this week to enjoy both history and entertainment during Jefferson’s sixth-grade classes fourth annual wax museum. Over 60 students selected and researched a historical character and many chose to dress in costumes and utilize props to create a more realistic presentation of their character. Every …read more.

During the week of March 17, 2014, Jefferson Elementary students participated in Jump Rope for Heart. Jump Rope for Heart is a program sponsored by the American Heart Association. Students from Jefferson Elementary jumped rope during physical education classes to raise money for the American Heart Association.  The money raised by the school helps fund …read more.

(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.

Two Kosciusko County students have been named recipients of four-year, full-tuition scholarships to the Indiana colleges of their choice as the Kosciusko County 2014 Lilly Endowment Community Scholars. The 2014 Kosciusko County Lilly Endowment Community Scholars are Sarah Boyle and Nolan Sponseller. Boyle is a senior at Warsaw Community High School. She is in the …read more.

Nearly 10 years after retiring as finance manager for Warsaw Community Schools, Rande Thorpe, 57, and his wife, Virginia, 59, currently face charges associated with the burglary and fraud of an Illinois casino. WSBT reports Thorpe was arrested for the same type of crime at a casino in Mississippi just before he suddenly resigned from LaPorte …read more.

Any student who will be 15 years of age by June 4 and would like to be in driver’s education classes this summer will need to attend a meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, in the Edgewood Middle School Commons.  At this meeting, Driver’s Education staff will explain the program and distribute information. Because …read more.

During Monday evening’s monthly Warsaw Community School Corporation regular board meeting, WCS Board President Jennifer Tandy announced efforts to find a replacement for WCS Superintendent Dr. Craig Hintz are underway. Dr. Hintz announced last month that he would be retiring following the close of this school year. According to Tandy, the board has contracted with …read more.

Article by Ella Knight, On The Edge Student Reporter, Edgewood Middle School The controversy over gun control is a very heated topic, especially since the 20th century. There are two sides to the matter: for and against guns. Many people argue that Americans have the right to bear arms, as it is stated in the …read more.

Article by Jason Schaefer, On The Edge Student Reporter, Edgewood Middle School Scattered Links, by local author Michelle Weidenbenner, is a book about a teenage girl named Oksana from Kazak, Russia. She lives with her mom and aunt Ludmila. They are very poor and must steal to survive. Oksana’s mother has a baby and names her …read more.

Article by Skyler Lampkin, On The Edge Student Reporter, Edgewood Middle School Are romantic movies the best movies ever made? Most females will say yes. On the other hand, some females will say no. Hey, some males might even agree with me! Either way, romantic movies are very popular. But it’s not just the movies …read more.

Edgewood Student Council has recently raised a total of $100 dollars in the past week. The council raised $50 from shootouts at the recent Lady Tiger basketball game as Edgewood faced Lakeview. The other $50 was raised as a competition between two different lunch shifts. The two shifts competed to see who could round up …read more.

Sherri Snow’s kindergarten class is “bouncing” their way to better learning. Mrs. Snow has replaced her students’ chairs with stability balls. Stability balls are found to promote learning through movement and to enhance attention and concentration.  Mrs. Snow said the balls took some getting used to because students do not have to be sitting still to …read more.

Warsaw Community School Corporation is working to take it’s mission statement to all new levels. Through the support of the Kosciusko County Community Foundation and the Bowen Center, the school will feature guest speaker and holocaust survivor Eva Kor of Terre Haute. Students from area schools, as well as members of the community, are invited …read more.

Mr. Jon Lippe, principal of Lakview Middle School in Warsaw, announced the winners of the 2014 Lakeview Spelling Bee. Nathan Freeman, grade 7 was the champion. Genevive Skeans, grade 8, was the runner-up.

The music departments from Lakeview and Edgewood Middle Schools invite all United States veterans, their families and the community to a Veterans’ Day Program at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11. The programs, “Honoring Those Who Serve,” will be held in the Lakeview gymnasium. Both programs are free and open to the public.  …read more.

Recently, several students at Jefferson Elementary School approached their principal, Mr. Robertson, about a dream they had for their school. These students wanted to find a way to serve the school and other students by keeping the playground and school clean and well kept. With the support of the staff at Jefferson, over 30 students …read more.

Second-grade astronomers of Leesburg Elementary School were given the chance to venture into space as they participated in a grade-level exploration in the Star Lab. They were given the opportunity to put their knowledge and skills to the test as they investigated constellations and the lunar cycle.

During the Warsaw Community School Board’s monthly Work Session that took place Tuesday evening, Chief Technology Officer Brad Haag discussed the possibility of a Memorandum of Understanding between the corporation and Warsaw Fiber to utilize an empty WCS fiber optic conduit for Warsaw’s new technology park. According to Haag, the school system utilizes its own …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.

The Indiana Department of Education says schools and parents will receive their spring ISTEP results today. According to Inside INdiana Business, nearly 1,400 scores will be invalidated because of computer problems while the tests were administered earlier this year (see related). Parents are expected to receive a code for online access to their children’s information. The …read more.

In a special board meeting last night, Warsaw Community School Corporation’s school board approved the Collective Bargaining Agreement between Warsaw Community Education Association and WCS. The contract, which will be effective from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, and outlines the details of teacher salaries, paid leaves, insurance benefits, grievance procedure and maintenance of …read more.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a 3-part series examining school enrollment numbers and student transfers in Kosciusko County schools.) On Aug. 26, Warsaw Community School Corporation reported a total of 7,282 students currently enrolled within the school corporation – an increase of 166 students from last year’s total. In addition to a rise …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.

In Monday night’s Warsaw Community School Corporation Regular School Board Meeting, Brad Bishop, executive director of OrthoWorx, announced the donation of funds to expand STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education in the region. OrthoWorx, which is partnering with the school on the initiative to further STEM education, has committed $300,000 toward the school corporation’s …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.

At 3 p.m. today, Riley Children’s Foundation, the fundraising organization supporting Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, granted $5,000 to Boomerang Backpacks at Warsaw Community School Corporation. The program was began by former students Alek Jansen and Connor Singrey for their Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy White Paper Project. The students, who were juniors at …read more.

Warsaw Community School Corporation hosted a Welcome Back to School and Employees of the Year Recognition Program today from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Three staff members were granted awards for their respective fields. The 2013 WCS Support Employee of the Year award was given to Don Ritter of the maintenance department. The Special Services …read more.

Following the statewide problems associated with the 2013 CTB McGraw-Hill’s administration of the ISTEP+ this past spring, the Indiana Department of Education has released findings as to the validity of the test results of schools affected by continual server interruptions. Though many schools systems, such as Warsaw Community School Corporation, reported a belief that the …read more.

On Monday, July 29, and Tuesday, July 30, 400 educators from throughout Indiana will meet at Warsaw Community High School to take part in the school’s new conference, the E3 Technology Conference. This summer has proved to be a productive and informational season for Warsaw Community School Corporation educators and staff. In an effort to …read more.

Two local principals will be participating in the Indiana Principal Leadership Institute. David Robertson, principal at Jefferson Elementary School in Winona Lake, and Lee Snider, principal of Harrison Elementary School in Warsaw, will both be attending the 2-year experience designed to address the professional needs of Indiana public school principals with an emphasis on student success. …read more.

When it comes to trying a different approach in educating struggling youth, Warsaw Community School’s Gateway Education Center is pulling out all the stops. With programs offered to all ages, Gateway is working to provide education centered around a student’s needs. From adult education and training to special education and alternative learning programs, Gateway is …read more.

WCS cordially invites you to attend the Summer Orchestra Concert from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Friday, June 28, in the Edgewood cafeteria/commons. Orchestra students in grades 6-8 will play the music they have learned during the three week summer session. The sixth grade students are brand new beginners, as are about 12 of the …read more.

The Indiana Senate Commission on Education will hold a public hearing Friday afternoon focusing on technical issues that arose during last month’s ISTEP test. It will feature executives from the test administrator, California-based CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC, plus members of the Indiana General Assembly and Legislative Services Agency. “It’s important we gain a complete understanding of what …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.

As employers across the country work to adapt their business practices in the wake of the Federal Health Care Reform Act, Warsaw Community School Corporation Chief Financial Officer Kevin Scott prepared a presentation for the school board in last night’s Board Work Session of what changes the school corporation will be making as a result …read more.

Warsaw Community Schools is among many school districts throughout the state of Indiana appealing to have student’s ISTEP results reviewed following a server problem that created delays during test taking this year. This year a total of 482,000 students completed the ISTEP examination. However, according to officials, 78,000 students were online taking the exam when …read more.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz joins the Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics and Lakeview Middle School in recognizing the efforts of WCS student recipients of the 2013 Outstanding Achievement Award for Excellence in mathematics. Seventh-grade recipients included Samuel Yeager and Clair Hubner. Eighth-grade recipients were Kyle Harter and Jubilee Stichter.

OrthoWorx Executive Director Brad Bishop announced Monday night at the Warsaw Community School Corporation’s regular board meeting, that the organization would continue its partnership with WCS to expand and enhance the planned second year of operation of Washington Elementary’s S.T.E.M. Academy. Washington S.T.E.M. – which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math – was launched …read more.

Lakeview Middle School received recognition from the Warsaw Community School Corporation school board Monday for the creation of two after school programs created to help engage students after hours. “Starbooks” and “Success Club” were created in order to provide students with an after school venue that would endorse learning, reading, and community service, as well …read more.

In Monday night’s Warsaw Community School Corporation’s School Board meeting Steve Long, a local man who describes himself as a “concerned citizen and father of a Warsaw Community High School student,” addressed the board about if and what safety measures the school system was taking to ensure student safety from acts of violence such as …read more.

At the Board of School Trustees meeting for the Warsaw Community School Corporation, there was a hushed sense of urgency Monday evening. It seemed a number of people wanted to be home in time to watch the final presidential debate. Everything on the school board’s agenda was accomplished in a timely fashion. Nick McLaughlin and …read more.

School’s out for summer and that means the Warsaw Community School Corporation’s free lunch program is back in session. Kids in the WCSC system, ages 1 year old to 18 years old, are invited to take part in the free lunches at Winona Lake Park, Center Lake-Bixler Park and Merrywood Mobile Home Park. The program …read more.