OrthoWorx announced today that it would partner with the Warsaw Community Schools Corporation to expand and enhance the planned second year of operation at the Washington Elementary STEM Academy. Washington STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), which was launched in 2012 with a State of Indiana Innovation Grant, will focus on topics and subjects related to orthopedics and the life sciences in the 2013-­‐2014 school year. In its first year, the Academy’s curriculum related to the region’s lakes and streams. OrthoWorx will provide $112,000 in funding to support the STEM Coach position, additional teacher professional development, and equipment and supplies acquisition.

An amazing celebration of the visual and performing arts in Warsaw will be held in the Performing Arts Center at Warsaw Community High School on Thursday, May 16, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.  Activities for the evening include the 5th Annual Student Film Festival, performances by the WCHS Jazz Band, WCS Strings Ensemble, individual musical performances, potter’s wheel, photography, paintings, cultural art and craft exhibitions, culinary art appetizers and desserts.  In addition, the 34th annual Tri Kappa Art Exhibit will be open to the public in the Black Box Theater.

Please join the WCHS performing and visual arts teachers and their talented students for this evening of fun and celebration of the arts.  All events are free and open to the public.

Photos and Video from 2012 Festival

Warsaw Community Schools is now registering all Kindergarten students. Kindergarten Round up was held on February 28, 2013.  If you were unable to attend this event, please visit your neighborhood school to register your student. Warsaw Community Schools provides a Full Day Kindergarten Program and with sufficient enrollment, will offer a Half Day Kindergarten Program. The deadline to register for Half Day Kindergarten is Friday, May 17, 2013.  For more information please contact your local school or the central office at 574-371-5098.

Warsaw Community Schools would like to update parents on the ISTEP+ issues that have resulted during the first two days of testing.  On Monday, April 29, 2013, CTB, the state-wide testing provider, experienced server problems resulting in state-wide interruptions to student testing sessions.  CTB worked overnight to correct these problems and testing resumed Tuesday morning.  Warsaw Community School students that began testing on Tuesday experienced little or no problems until approximately 11:15 a.m.  At that time, state-wide interruptions began again and CTB halted all testing until further notice.

WCS would like to recognize the efforts of our building level techs and our district technology department to help our students, teachers, and schools work through these issues.

Warsaw Community Schools will continue to monitor this situation and work with CTB and the Indiana Department of Education to ensure that all students have the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge on this assessment.
For more information, please feel free to contact Amy K. Sivley, Chief Accountability Officer, or Brad Hagg, Chief Technology Officer at 574-371-5098.

Warsaw Community Schools is pleased to announce that Mr. Tracy Horrell has been selected as the District 2 Secondary Assistant Principal of the Year by the Indiana Association of School Principals (IASP) and the Horace Mann Companies.  He will now be competing with the district winners from the twelve other Indiana Districts for the state Secondary Assistant Principal of the Year.  Mr. Horrell was selected based on his community involvement, school service and evidence of school leadership at Edgewood Middle School, in the district and at the state level.  Highlights included in his nomination were his work with Morning Optimists, PBIS, Core Strategic Planning Team for Warsaw Community Schools and leadership with middle school athletics IIAAA and school safety initiatives.  The state winner for the Secondary Assistant Principal of the Year will be announced in November of 2013.