Retiring Warsaw Area Career Center Director Recognized
Warsaw Area Career Center Director and Principal Ronna Kawsky, who is retiring this year, was recognized at a March 21 Warsaw Community Schools’ Board of Trustees meeting.
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WACC Focuses On Teaching Marketable Skills To Students
Within especially the last five years or so, the mindset is changing in public education. “It’s way more important for a student to be on course for employment,” said Ronna Kawsky, principal/director of career and technical education at the Warsaw Area Career Center.
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Summit Geared Toward Preparing Tomorrow’s Workforce
WINONA LAKE — Area leaders gathered at the cafetorium of Lakeland Christian Academy to continue local discussions on strengthening bonds and partnerships between academia and industry. In what was dubbed the Workforce Education Summit, held Tuesday morning, Nov. 27, key players from local schools and businesses met to … Read More
Warsaw Schools Strive To Keep Textbook Costs Down
WARSAW — Textbook rental and related fees for educational materials pinches the wallets of public school parents each fall. The Warsaw Community School Corporation is doing everything it can to have that pinch leave as small a mark as possible. The corporation’s Board of School Trustees were presented … Read More
WACC Top Of The Heap — Again
WARSAW — The board of trustees for Warsaw Community School Corporation heard a presentation regarding the Warsaw Area Career Center, which placed first out of 51 such facilities in the Indiana Career and Technical Education districts. The WACC represented District 12 and earned the ranking for the 2015-16 … Read More
WACC Program Focusing Hard On Soft Skills
WARSAW — For anyone who has ever hired an employee who “just didn’t work out,” one organization connected to local school corporations is trying to do something to build a better core of job candidates to keep the substandard workers to a minimum. The Warsaw Area Career … Read More
WACC To Host Cosmetology Program
WARSAW — Local teens who are aspiring stylists may rejoice over a recent announcement during Warsaw Community School Corporation’s monthly board work session. According to Chief Academic Officer David Robertson the Warsaw Area Career Center will soon offer a cosmetology course to students. A two-year cosmetology course will … Read More
WACC Machining, Welding Programs Forging Bright Futures
WARSAW — Though many people may think of machining as a “dirty” factory job, according to students in the WACC Machining Academy, nothing could be further from the truth. Instead, students are learning to navigate industry grade machines in a lean, clean workshop while working toward receiving … Read More
WCS Reviews Course Offerings For 2015-2016
Yesterday evening during the Warsaw Community School Board board work session, Chief Academic Officer David Robertson presented the board with an overview of new, deleted and revised course offerings for the 2015-2016 school year. The updates to the WCS curriculum were decided upon by the WCS curriculum counsel. … Read More
WACC Welding, Machining Receives $350K Grant
During Monday evening’s Warsaw Community School Board meeting Ronna Kawsky, director of the Warsaw Area Career Center revealed that WACC was the recipient of a large grant that would revolutionize the machine and welding program at the career center. According to Kawsky, the grant was given by the Indiana … Read More