Warsaw School Employees To Receive Pandemic Stipend
Warsaw Community Schools’ Board of Trustees approved a $1,000 CARES Act stipend for all school employees during a meeting on Monday, April 19.
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David Burden To Serve As Washington STEM Academy Principal
Warsaw Community Schools staff have selected David Burden as the principal of Washington STEM Academy pending school board approval.
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Burden Helps Teachers At Two Warsaw Schools
When growing up, David Burden said he “had a small scope of what I thought I could pursue as a career.” Public education in the 1990s had a different look to it.
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Warsaw Schools Receive Project Lead The Way Distinguished School Recognition
Press Release WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools recently announced that all WCS elementary schools and both middle schools have been recognized as Project Lead The Way Distinguished Schools for providing broad access to transformative learning opportunities for students through PLTW. PLTW is a nonprofit organization that serves millions … Read More
Washington STEM Academy Lauded For Robotics, Nature Studies
WARSAW — Students at Washington STEM Academy have been recognized in recent years for their robotics savvy and Tuesday night, March 12 was no exception. However, there appears to be more to a STEM education than just maneuvering LEGOs with remote controls. While the academy was once again … Read More
WCS Awards Four Of Its Own For Continuing Education
WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools has awarded much-needed funding to help with the continuing education of four of its own. At the regular meeting of the WCS board of trustees Monday night, Nov. 19, the board congratulated Joshua Wall, David Burden, April Fitterling and Brad Gutwein as recipients … Read More
Students Use Legos To Tackle Trouble With Trash
WARSAW — Youngsters at Washington STEM Academy were given a challenge — figure out what to do with all this trash that humans accumulate. For more than 100 students in the school’s first, second and third grades, the problem involved using Legos and robotics to engage in the … Read More
Learning Designed To Develop 21st Century Skills
WARSAW — It’s a phrase being used much more commonly in local schools and, likely, will continue to become even more common. Project based learning, or PBL, is taking root as learning is being geared toward developing employability skills in the 21st century. PBL involves the elements of … Read More
Warsaw Education Foundation Awards Red Apple Grants
WARSAW — The Warsaw Education Foundation recently awarded more than $6,500 in Red Apple Grant funds to five Warsaw Community Schools teachers. Their students are beginning the 2016-2017 school year engaged in creating and experimenting in the arts and sciences, programming robots, studying local waterways, engineering design and … Read More
WCS Teacher Awarded Lilly Endowment Grant
WARSAW — The Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program recognizes innovative Indiana educators with grants to pursue projects that may bring global awareness to their teaching. Washington STEM Academy’s David Burden was recently one of 100 Indiana teachers awarded with this grant. Burden’s project “Hawaii: Let’s See What … Read More