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At Fort Wayne Community Schools, we are committed to transforming education to ensure students are ready for life after graduation, whether they enroll in higher education, enlist in the military or enter the workforce as an employee or entrepreneur. Through our Schools of Success, students will have experiences connecting their core academic studies with real world relevancy. From the moment students enter FWCS, they will see themselves in the Portrait of an Explorer (elementary), Portrait of a Connector (middle school) and Portrait of a Graduate (high school). FWCS launches the Freshman Schools of Success at each of the district’s high schools in the fall of 2024.
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FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
welcomes all students
Students in FWCS are assigned to a school based on their residence. Families may also choose a school outside their attendance area by filling out a school choice lottery application.
Determine school eligibility
Address & Age
Determine which school your child is assigned to based on your home address in our online address lookup.
Students wishing to register for pre-K must be four years old by Aug. 1 or for full-day Kindergarten must be five years old by Aug. 1 of the upcoming school year in order to be eligible.
School choice opportunities
- Students have the opportunity to attend any FWCS school by taking part in the annual School Choice Lottery.
- To do so, you must complete an application during the annual lottery enrollment period in the myFWCS Parent Portal. Students are accepted based on space availability. Those students not selected will be put on a waiting list.
- Students inside and outside of the FWCS district boundaries are welcome to apply.
- Transportation is not provided for students who transfer to another school except for magnet schools.
Required registration information
Gather your documents.
- Student ID (Birth Certificate and the name and address of the last school the child attended)
- Parent ID (The parent must present a photo ID and the name of the parent must be on the child’s birth certificate. A guardian must provide custodial documentation)
- Official Immunization Records
- Proof of Residency
Complete registration
Register online through the myFWCS Parent Portal during the open enrollment period.
Please contact FACE with additional questions regarding registration at 260-467-2120.
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Fort Wayne Community Schools will honor and celebrate Veterans Day with activities and events throughout the District. Students will honor veterans in their families, perform patriotic music and celebrate careers in the military.
Fort Wayne Community Schools will honor and celebrate Veterans Day with activities and events throughout the District. Students will honor veterans in their families, perform patriotic music and celebrate careers in the military.
Monday, Nov. 11
Elementary Schools
• Arlington Elementary will host a Veterans Day program at 1:30 p.m. Students will sing and veterans will be recognized during a slideshow presentation.
• Croninger Elementary will host a Veterans Day assembly at 2 p.m. The event will include a parade through Croninger, musical and recognition of local veterans. Military careers will be presented and celebrated during the assembly.
• Franke Park Elementary is hosting a ceremony for veterans who are family members of Franke Park students at 9:30 a.m. Following the ceremony, there will be an honor walk through the school to allow students and staff to show appreciation for the veterans. Veterans' pictures will also be hung on the Honor Wall.
• Glenwood Park Elementary will honor veterans with a student led assembly at 10 a.m. Veterans who have personal connections to Glenwood Park have been invited to attend. Students will sing songs, share poems and read short letters they have written. A cookie reception will follow the program.
• Haley Elementary will honor veterans with music performances during a school assembly at 1:45 p.m. Military members of Haley families and staff have been invited. Veterans will be honored during a slideshow.
• Holland Elementary will host Veterans Day programs at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Students will wear red, white and blue and honor veterans during the two events.
• At Indian Village Elementary, students will lead a ceremony honoring veterans at 10 a.m. The event includes singing and presentations made by students.
• Irwin STEM Elementary will honor veterans in a program at 10 a.m. Veterans in attendance will also be recognized and presented gifts. Prior to the program, veterans will receive breakfast beginning at 9 a.m.
• Levan Scott Academy students will be joined by veterans during lunch. The veterans will share stories of their time in the military and eat lunch with the students.
• Maplewood Elementary will host a Veterans Day ceremony beginning at 10 a.m. Prior to the ceremony, veterans and active-duty officers will be served breakfast.
• South Wayne Elementary will host a Veterans Day program at 2 p.m. Students will sing patriot songs and honor the veterans.
• Washington Center Elementary is holding two assemblies to honor veterans at 9:30 a.m. and 10:20 a.m. During each assembly veterans will be honored by the singing of patriotic songs and student presentations. Students are also creating a memorial wall to honor veterans who are no longer with us.
• Weisser Park STEAM Elementary is hosting a celebration at 9:30 a.m. The Veterans Day program will honor Weisser Park loved ones who have served or are currently serving. A small reception will follow the musical performance.
Middle Schools
• Jefferson is hosting a celebration assembly at 8 a.m. to honor all who have served. Donuts and coffee will be served following the program. The Fort Wayne Police Department Honor Guard will present the United States flag.
Friday, Nov. 22
• Lane Middle School will honor veterans during a ceremony at 8 a.m. The event will include a national speaker from the Wounded Warrior Project.
Shambaugh Elementary invites the public to join in the celebration during an evening Open House from 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25. Community members will have the opportunity to view the contents of the time capsule and reminisce about life in 1994.
Shambaugh Elementary School will host two events to celebrate the opening of a time capsule sealed 30 years ago.
Students and staff will gather for a school assembly to witness the opening of the time capsule at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at Shambaugh Elementary, 5320 Rebecca Street. The event will not only showcase the time capsule's contents, but also highlight the spirit of the Shambaugh community.
Following the daytime assembly, Shambaugh Elementary invites the public to join in the celebration during an evening Open House from 6-7:30 p.m. Community members will have the opportunity to view the contents of the time capsule and reminisce about life in 1994.
Fort Wayne Community Schools welcomes more than 50 community members into its schools to serve as guest principals for the annual Principal for a Day event Oct. 16.
Fort Wayne Community Schools welcomes more than 50 community members into its schools to serve as guest principals for the annual Principal for a Day event. Guest principals, including city leaders, community service advocates, state lawmakers and even a hometown NFL player, will visit their assigned schools the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 16.
The guest principals will start their day greeting students and then spend the rest of the morning experiencing what a principal goes through in a day. At noon, the principals and their guests will gather at the Wendy Y. Robinson Family & Community Engagement Center for a lunch prepared and served by FWCS Career Academy Culinary Arts students.
Each year following the event, many guest principals find ways to continue partnering with their host school. The following is a list of the schools participating and their guest principals:
SCHOOL |
Name |
Affiliation |
Abbett |
Holly Christianson |
Director of People, Fort Wayne Metals |
Adams |
Kristen Farrell |
Vice President of Marketing Services, Ash Brokerage |
Amp Lab |
Rhonda Ladig |
Northeast Indiana Innovation Center |
Arlington |
James Kahn |
ObiCai Restaurant Group |
Blackhawk |
Thomas Summerville |
President of Operations, Easterseals Arc of Northeast Indiana |
Bloomingdale |
Dan Skinner |
President, Press Seal Corporation |
Brentwood |
Anne Duff |
FWCS Board of School Trustees |
Bunche |
Paul Smith |
Deputy Chief, Fort Wayne Police Department Northwest Quadrant |
CAS-Nebraska |
Travis Shuman |
Horace Mann Agency |
Croninger |
Brian Bauer |
President, IU Health Northeast Region |
Fairfield |
Jose Muniz |
Latinos Count |
Forest Park |
Beth Webber |
Magistrate, Allen Superior Court Family Relations Division |
Fort Wayne Virtual Academy |
Travis Shuman |
Horace Mann Agency |
Franke Park |
Jon Aichele |
VP Sales and Marketing, EPCO Products |
FWCS Career Academy |
Tonya Topp |
Career Academy Volunteer |
Glenwood Park |
Noah Smith |
President/CEO, BOD Financial Group & Vice President, FWCS Board of School Trustees |
Haley |
James Haley |
City of Fort Wayne Information Technology, School Named After Family Member |
Harris |
Shelly Meyer |
Vice President, Lake City Bank |
Harrison Hill |
Jennifer Young |
President, Harrison Hill Neighborhood Association |
Harrison Hill |
Phil GiaQuinta |
Indiana State Representative, District 80 |
Holland |
Juwan Turner |
Executive Director, Jackson R. Lehman Family YMCA |
Indian Village |
Janel Shaw |
Project Reads Volunteer, The Literacy Alliance |
Irwin |
Rohli Booker |
Fort Wayne City Council |
Jefferson |
Kerry Haywood |
Deputy Chief, Fort Wayne Police Department |
Kekionga |
Aaron Lane |
Founder, Courageous Healing |
Kekionga |
Janel Lane |
Founder, Courageous Healing |
Lakeside |
Molly Furman |
Parkview Physician’s Group - Family Medicine |
Lane |
Virgil Griffin |
Director, FWCS Student and Staff Relations |
Lincoln |
Steve Zacher |
President, The Zacher Company |
Lindley |
Angelo Mante |
Alive Community Outreach |
Lindley |
Marie Mante |
Alive Community Outreach |
Maplewood |
Nikki Quintana |
Executive Director, City of Fort Wayne Metro |
Memorial Park |
Willie Burton |
Captain, Fort Wayne Fire Department |
Miami |
Sharon Tucker |
Mayor, Fort Wayne |
New Tech Academy |
Michelle Schmidt |
Director of Client Services, Independent Sports and Entertainment |
North Side |
Jaylon Smith |
NFL Player, Entrepreneur |
Northcrest |
Antonette Payne |
FWCS Board of School Trustees |
Northrop |
Julian Teekaram |
Anchor, WPTA 21Alive |
Northwood |
Mike Brinker |
Human Resource Director, Avalign Technologies |
Portage |
Alisa Biggins |
HR Specialist - Employee Experience & Outreach, Brotherhood Mutual |
Price |
Kyle Miller |
Indiana State Representative, District 82 |
Scott |
Steve Corona |
FWCS Board of School Trustees |
Shambaugh |
Luke Rumple |
Pastor, Bethany United Methodist Church |
Shawnee |
Tamesha Fikes |
Community Development Manager, Midwest America Federal Credit Union |
Snider |
Heather Schoegler |
Parkview Health, Director of Strategic Educational Partnerships |
South Side |
Daniel Boylan |
Purdue Fort Wayne Assistant Professor of Accounting, Archer Alumni |
South Wayne |
Wes Jackson |
Executive Director, New Hope Farms |
St. Joseph Central |
Todd Nash |
Yoder Tree Service |
Study |
George Guy |
CEO/Executive Director, Fort Wayne Housing Authority & President, NAHRO |
Towles |
Laurie Black |
VP of Marketing and Corporate Communications, Midwest America Federal Credit Union |
Washington |
Ryan Neff |
Coldwell Banker Real Estate Group |
Washington Center |
Andy Miller |
Pastor, Destiny Chapel |
Wayne |
Maria Norman |
President, FWCS Board of School Trustees |
Waynedale |
Jeff Raatz |
Indiana State Senator, District 27 |
Weisser Park |
Travis Holdman |
Indiana State Senator, District 19 |
Whitney Young |
Jennifer Matthias |
Secretary, FWCS Board of School Trustees |
Fort Wayne Community Schools will celebrate National Walk & Roll to School Day.
Fort Wayne Community Schools will celebrate National Walk & Roll to School Day Wednesday, Oct. 9, with seven schools participating.
Students and staff will gather at designated locations and walk together to school. The event aims to highlight the importance of safe and active travel for students, while reminding motorists of their role in ensuring the safety of those heading to school on streets and sidewalks.
The Walk to School Day events are supported by the Fort Wayne Active Transportation Coalition, which encourages making transportation safe and accessible in all forms.
The FWCS event is one of more than 3,700 events taking place in 47 states across the country under the guidance of the National Center for Safe Routes to School.
FWCS schools participating are:
• Abbett Elementary School
• Adams Elementary School
• Franke Park Elementary School
• Indian Village Elementary School
• Memorial Park Middle School
• South Wayne Elementary School
• St. Joseph Central Elementary School
Adams Elementary is also hosting its first Peace Walk, following Walk & Roll to School Day. The event will begin in the gym with a rally. The Peace Family from Alive Community Outreach along with Adams students and staff will then head outside for the Peace Walk in the neighborhood near the school.
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What’s going on at FWCS?
2023-24
by the numbers
28,629
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
- 13,920 Pre-K - 5
- 6,289 Middle School
- 8,436 High School
52
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
- 30 Elementary (K-5)
- 10 Middle Schools (6-8)
- 5 High Schools (9-12)
- 2 Early Childhood Ctr.
- Alternative School
- CTE School
- Innovation Lab
- Intermediate School
- Virtual Academy
88.9%
GRADUATION RATE
Fort Wayne Community Schools exceeds national graduation rates
14,014
STUDENTS RIDING THE BUS
10,487 miles per day
Nearly 2 million miles traveled per year
34,603
MEALS SERVED DAILY
All FWCS students are offered free meals (breakfast & lunch)
66% eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals
4,003
EMPLOYEES
1,939 Teachers
972 Full-time Employees
1,139 Part-time Employees
4,200
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STUDENTS
There are more than 70 languages spoken by our ELL students from more than 70 countries
3rd most diverse schools district in the state of Indiana
5,500
SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS
Special Education students including non-public school students served
TESTIMONIALS
Voices of FWCS
JADA-NICOLE
Being at the FWCS Career Academy at Anthis helped me greatly because I earned college credits, and it gave me an internship at a really good preschool. It gave me a chance to
start working in my career at a young age.
KIMBERLY
FWCS is a great place to work because there are so many opportunities to learn and grow as an educator. Our staff truly love what they do!
KYRA
I am pleased with the opportunities FWCS creates for my daughter now and the seeds that are being sown for her future success. I adore the great spirit of community that exists among our school families. My daughter is learning so much and most importantly, she is excited about learning!
DEREK
I have worked my entire career in FWCS and my child attends FWCS because this is our community. As a principal, I have the opportunity to make our community better by supporting our staff, students and families. As a parent, I know my daughter receives engaging, rigorous learning experiences as she continues to thrive.
JASMINE
The Vincennes Early College Program (at North Side) along with other rigorous classes have allowed me to get an early start on my college education. By the time I graduate, I’ll have a year’s worth of college credits because of the classes I’ve been able to take. Knowing this definitely makes my goals for the future more obtainable.