Warsaw Community Schools’ purpose is our mission: to inspire and equip all students to continuously acquire and apply knowledge and skills while pursuing their dreams and enriching the lives of others.
To accomplish our mission, WCS educators are working together in our Professional Learning Community helping all of our students grow at high rates and learn at high levels.
As a Professional Learning Community, we are a focused on learning, collaboration, and results. Our vision is to be the best place for all students to grow, thrive, pursue dreams, and enrich lives.
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The following information is provided by the Literacy Coaches for Warsaw Community Schools. Feel free to print and use any of the forms you may need. If you have lesson plans you want to post please email them to kmeeks@warsawschools.org.
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Warsaw Community Schools Mission OUR MISSION is to inspire and equip all students to continuously acquire and apply knowledge and skills while pursuing their dreams and enriching the lives of others.
Indiana Definition (Article 36. IC 20-36-1 Sec. 3) “High ability student” means a student who:
Warsaw Community Schools recognizes that:
Please see this document for Warsaw Community Schools definitions and procedures for High Ability identification.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Indiana will create a plan to better align our local, state, and federal programs to help all students be successful. The Indiana Department of Education is committed to meaningfully engaging a diverse group of stakeholders through a variety of methods and opportunities to solicit thoughts, opinions, and recommendations concerning provisions in Indiana's state plan. In general, SEA's and LEA's must begin implementing the new McKinney-Vento Act requirements. As noted above, however, the ESSA amended section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Act, removing "awaiting foster care placement" from the definition of "homeless children and youths".
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act Who Is Homeless?
Homeless students are those who lack a fixed, regular, adequate nighttime residence. This includes students who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or campgrounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals. The definition includes migratory students who live in the aforementioned situations. Beginning December 10, 2016, "those awaiting foster care placement" are not included in the definition.
The education provisions of the McKinney-Vento Act, which are now incorporated within No Child Left Behind, ensure educational rights and protections for children and youth experiencing homelessness. The law directly applies to homeless unaccompanied youth who also receive some special attention within the Act.
The Act's Key Provisions:
The McKinney-Vento Act (Section 725) specifies and protects the rights of children and youth in homeless situations. Highlights include:
For More Information Contact:
Daisy Hollon, Liason
dhollon@warsawschools.org
Deepali Jani
McKinney-Vento Homeless Education State Coordinator
Indiana Department of Education
115 West Washington Street, Suite 600
Indianapolis, IN 46204
317-233-3372
djani@doe.in.gov
317-460-1340 (direct/text)
Additional Parent Resources Can Be Found At:
https://www.doe.in.gov/student-services/parents-resources and by clicking read more below.
The state has changed who supplies the high school equivalency test in Indiana, so that was known as the GED is now called the TASC (Test Assessing Secondary Completion™). It is a state-of-the-art, affordable national high school equivalency assessment that assesses five subject areas including Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. It measures examinees’ levels of achievement relative to that of graduating high school seniors, and career and college readiness, as outlined by the Common Core State Standards. We just call it the high school equivalency, since that is the diploma you will receive when you pass it.
The TASC, or HSE, test is given once a month at Warsaw. The test takes place at Gateway Educational Center on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. Beginning time is at 9:00. Each session could take up to 3 hours.
The tests are on-line and follow this schedule:
To sign up for the test, email Steve Ferber sferber@warsawschools.org
If you will need testing accommodations you may want to visit this website: http://www.tasctest.com/accommodations-for-disabilities-for-test-takers.html
for further information.
For more information about the test itself, go to:
http://www.tasctest.com/taking-tasc-test.html
The following consent forms have been provided to students to take home and are provided here for parent convenience. These forms are in relation to human sexuality instruction in accordance with Indiana state law.
The corporation’s curriculum educates students about reproductive science, reproductive health and wellness, human development, childhood development as well as abstinence from sexual activities outside of marriage and sexual transmitted diseases, as required by Indiana law.
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