FWCS News Headlines for 2008-2009 School Year
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2008-2009 News Headlines
Fort Wayne Community Schools mailed the 2009-10 Student-Parent Handbook to homes this week. (read full article)
The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees hired several new administrators at (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools and Old Navy are hosting a school supply drive to provide needed (read full article)
Applications for free and reduced-price meals were recently mailed out to families of the nearly (read full article)
Telephone and internet services at Fort Wayne Community Schools will be shut down from 5 p.m. (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools will reinstate 75 teaching positions cut earlier this year when (read full article)
The Blessings in a Backpack weekend food program offered in Fort Wayne Community Schools was (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools will receive two complimentary automated external defibrillators (read full article)
The Forest Park and Price elementary school PTAs were given the Phoebe Apperson Hearst (read full article)
Students at seven schools saved nearly a half-ton of clothing and school supplies from going (read full article)
The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees approved two administrative changes (read full article)
United Way of Allen County has successfully recruited 200 volunteers to work this summer with (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools raised $29,155 for Riley Children's Foundation, benefiting (read full article)
Snider High School science teacher Francis Mustapha will be honored Friday, June 12, as the 2009 (read full article)
The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees on Monday, June 8, approved several (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools and the Fort Wayne Education Association agreed this week to (read full article)
A team of Memorial Park Middle School students has received a first-place regional award in this (read full article)
Eight Fort Wayne Community Schools elementary schools will participate in the federal Fresh (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools is still accepting students for its summer driver education (read full article)
A group of Arlington Elementary School students wrote a book that has been published. The book, (read full article)
A North Side student will start summer break with a new set of wheels as a reward for outstanding (read full article)
Students, teachers and volunteers at five Fort Wayne Community School buildings will be planting (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools Adult & Continuing Education will celebrate the accomplishments (read full article)
Students across Fort Wayne Community Schools will be recognized over the next two weeks for (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools will again sponsor the Summer Food Service Program for Children (read full article)
Several Fort Wayne Community Schools PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) and PTSA (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools said good-bye to 72 retirees with a combined 2,000 years of (read full article)
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) Fort Wayne Task Force will host (read full article)
United Way of Allen County is looking for 200 volunteers to work with struggling readers this (read full article)
All 34 Fort Wayne Community Schools elementary schools, as well as the elementary grades at (read full article)
Irwin and Washington elementary schools were designated as Exemplary under Indiana's (read full article)
Layoff notices will be sent to 108 teachers Tuesday, April 28, as state funding remains (read full article)
Fairfield Elementary Principal Sherry Britt will take over as principal of Whitney Young Early (read full article)
Students from Elmhurst, South Side and Wayne high schools recently completed book drives for (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools' pools received the 2008 Platinum International Aquatic Safety (read full article)
Snider High School Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) is hosting a mock crash at 9:30 (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools is encouraging families to attend the YMCA Healthy Kids Day from 10 (read full article)
Students from the 11 middle schools in Fort Wayne Community Schools will compete in the annual (read full article)
Study Connection is racing to make a difference in students' lives with the Big Difference (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools is inviting parents and community members to learn more about the (read full article)
Four Fort Wayne Community schools made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) based on data from the (read full article)
Portage Middle School students were named among the top 20 nationally for their participation in (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools will have its kindergarten orientation and early registration (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools' Neighborhood Connection is offering summer camps for students (read full article)
Students at Maplewood and Waynedale elementary schools will rock out with the country's only (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools and the Fort Wayne Education Association, which represents the (read full article)
Seventy-two parents, students and Fort Wayne Community Schools staff members are traveling to (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools is seeking input from the public on the district's Web site and (read full article)
Jazz bands from North Side, Northrop and Snider high schools placed among the top of those (read full article)
All 34 Fort Wayne Community Schools elementary schools, as well as the elementary grades at (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools' two Montessori schools will host the annual United Montessori (read full article)
The Fort Wayne Ballet is teaming up with Bloomingdale Elementary School for a two-year program (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools will celebrate National School Breakfast Week March 2-6. This (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools and the Fort Wayne Education Association will celebrate Dr. (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools will celebrate six graduations the first weekend in June. Each (read full article)
Heartfelt stories from seven of the 344 students celebrating the completion of their continuing (read full article)
Students at L.C. Ward Education Center will have the opportunity to learn more about (read full article)
Schools throughout the Fort Wayne Community Schools district will celebrate Black History Month (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools students will raise money this month and through the end of the (read full article)
The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees hired Elizabeth Bryan to lead New Tech (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools is giving parents one more way to communicate with the district. (read full article)
All 34 Fort Wayne Community Schools elementary schools, as well as the elementary grades at (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools will host its annual School Choice Fair from 1-4 p.m. on Super (read full article)
The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees today approved hiring Steven M. Cobb (read full article)
The annual Fort Wayne Area PTA Council's Reflections and Citizenship Essay showcase will be (read full article)
The Fort Wayne Task Force for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) (read full article)
Northrop High School students planning to attend inauguration events in Washington, D.C., in (read full article)
The annual Anthis Career Center fruit sale begins Thursday, Dec. 11, at the Anthis Automotive (read full article)
All 34 Fort Wayne Community Schools elementary schools, as well as the elementary grades at (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools' teachers and administrators are using the results of the fall (read full article)
The Blessings in a Backpack program will expand to Fairfield Elementary School in January. When (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools students will celebrate Thanksgiving next week by hosting food (read full article)
Harris Elementary School Principal Renee Beaman and Shawnee Middle School Principal Matt (read full article)
Hundreds of parents are expected to attend the fall Title I Parents as Partners Conference from (read full article)
Northrop High School will host Faces of Hunger/Bowls of Change from 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools welcomes 50 community members into our schools Friday, Nov. 14, to (read full article)
All 34 Fort Wayne Community Schools elementary schools, as well as the elementary grades at (read full article)
Washington Center Elementary School second-grade teacher Sandra Nallenweg was named (read full article)
The city got a sneak peak of winter this week with snow flurries around, a stark reminder that (read full article)
Sixteen Fort Wayne Community Schools culinary arts students will have the opportunity to spend (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools is inviting parents to learn more about the high school redesign (read full article)
Several Fort Wayne Community Schools buildings will celebrate Halloween and the fall harvest (read full article)
Actress and singer Hilary Duff visited students South Wayne and Adams elementary schools (read full article)
Several Fort Wayne Community Schools will recognize Red Ribbon Week starting Oct. 20 with fun (read full article)
Northrop High School students and local artists will be working together to make art for Community (read full article)
Waynedale Elementary teacher Alanna Oatts, last year's FWCS Teacher of the Year, has received (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools' investment in full-day kindergarten is paying off in higher (read full article)
The Three Doctors who wrote the book "The Pact" will visit Fort Wayne Tuesday, Oct. (read full article)
A group of 46 Northrop High School seniors will to travel to Washington, D.C., in January to (read full article)
All 34 Fort Wayne Community Schools elementary schools, as well as the elementary grades at (read full article)
The 20th year of Study Connection will begin Wednesday, Oct. 1, when 14 students from Haley (read full article)
The Allen County School Safety Commission and the Allen County Air Quality Task Force unveiled a (read full article)
Over the next decade, the American workforce will be short millions of qualified workers for (read full article)
The Fort Wayne Area PTA Council will host a forum with the eight candidates running for the Fort (read full article)
Tom Houlihan, a national education expert known for his work in transforming educational (read full article)
The official count of students on Friday, Sept. 12, showed Fort Wayne Community Schools' (read full article)
Students who ride the bus to Fort Wayne Community Schools can now watch the required bus safety (read full article)
Schools are getting ready to make sure their students are prepared to take the ISTEP+ exams next (read full article)
Author Robert Fulghum will help Study Connection commemorate its 20th year by serving as the (read full article)
Brentwood Elementary School will celebrate its 50th birthday this year with a "Hog N (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools will have eight public meetings to gather input from parents and (read full article)
Six of Fort Wayne Community Schools' Title I preschools at Bloomingdale, Fairfield, (read full article)
Parents will get a chance to be the student as they visit their child's school during Fort (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools teacher Denise Oaks is one of 10 finalists selected for (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools got off to a great start Monday, Aug. 18, with more than 32,000 (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools is beginning a three to five year process to transform the way high (read full article)
At least 200 students will start the 2008-09 school year with a backpack full of new supplies (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools will begin the 2008-09 school year on Monday, Aug. 18. Each school (read full article)
The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees publicly presented the district's (read full article)
The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees approved promoting two administrators (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools teachers will be the students for a week before they welcome their (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools will welcome a new group of sixth-graders to middle school with a (read full article)
Students entering ninth grade at Fort Wayne Community Schools' six high schools will get a (read full article)
Hundreds of volunteers will clean, paint and spruce up the landscaping at 20 Fort Wayne (read full article)
Fort Wayne Community Schools will start the 2008-09 school year with a two-year extension of a (read full article)