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WELCOME TO

Fort Wayne Community Schools

Welcome to the new FWCS website! We are excited to launch this improved resource. As we fully transition to this site, you may run into missing content or broken links. Please be patient as we upgrade all of our pages. If you find something that needs to be fixed, please send a message to our webmaster.

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FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

welcomes all children

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

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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

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  • 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. 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 and Programs of Study.

Required registration information

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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

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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

News & Announcements

Principal for a Day at Brentwood Elementary.

Fort Wayne Community Schools welcome 54 community members into its schools to serve as guest principals for the annual Principal for a Day event.

Fort Wayne Community Schools welcome 54 community members into its schools to serve as guest principals for the annual Principal for a Day event. Guests representing local businesses, churches, service organizations, real estate agencies and community groups will visit their assigned schools the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 4. 

The guest principals will visit the schools from the beginning of the school day until noon, experiencing what a principal goes through in a day. From welcoming students into a building to dealing with concerned parents to working directly with teachers to improve academic achievement, principals do it all. 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  

Mike Daling 

Pastor, Christ Community Church 

Adams  

Geoff King 

CEO, Love Fort Wayne 

Amp Lab  

Leslie Hill 

Director, Women’s Entrepreneurial Opportunity Center at NIIC 

Arlington  

Craig Martin 

Owner, Biggby Coffee at Georgetown Square 

Blackhawk  

Dr. Phil Downs 

Director of Graduate Education and Accreditation, Trine University  

Bloomingdale  

Derek Miles Taylor 

Owner, Simple Nature Soy Wax Candles 

Brentwood  

Kyle Miller 

Indiana State Representative, District 82 

Bunche  

Rachel Sebastian 

Curriculum & Assessment Specialist, YMCA Child Care Services 

CAS-Nebraska  

Tabitha Ervin 

Chief Operating Officer, YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne 

Croninger  

Croninger Student 

Croninger Student 

Fairfield  

Kelly Frahm 

Vice President, Fairfield Neighborhood Association 

Forest Park  

Erin Bean 

Director of Community Engagement, Fort Wayne Philharmonic 

Fort Wayne Virtual Academy  

Tabitha Ervin 

Chief Operating Officer, YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne 

Franke Park  

Major Anthony Casto 

Indiana State Police 

FWCS Career Academy  

Joe Jordan 

President and CEO, Boys and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne 

Glenwood Park  

John Suciu 

Senior Pastor, Headwaters Church 

Haley  

Ben Stuby 

Senior Project Manager, Hagerman 

Harris  

Allison Vanzandt 

Owner, Simply Socks Yarn Company 

Harrison Hill  

Stephanie Crandall 

Director, Intergovernmental Affairs 

City of Fort Wayne 

 

Holland  

Debra Meuter 

Pastor, Gethsemane Lutheran Church 

Indian Village  

Raymond Kusisto 

Retired CEO, Ortho Northeast 

Irwin  

Kody Tinnel 

FWCS Talent Acquisition and Onboarding 

Jefferson  

Sgt. 1st Class Robert Szkutnik 

384th Military Police Battalion 

Kekionga  

Alex Ortiz 

Pastor, Iglesia Avalon 

Lakeside  

Mitch McKinney 

FWPD Deputy Chief,  
Southeast Quadrant 

Lane  

Anthony Ponds 

Remedy Live 

Lincoln  

Anne Duff 

FWCS Board of School Trustees 

Lindley 

Jennifer Matthias 

FWCS Board of School Trustees 

Maplewood  

Nikole Miller 

Financial Advisor, 
Reimbold & Miller 

Memorial Park 

Maria Norman 

President, FWCS Board of School  
Trustees 

Miami  

Grace Kelly May 

Founder/Co-owner, GK Baked Goods 

Miami 

Katie Jo Dilling 

GK Baked Goods 

New Tech Academy 

Bernie Beier 

Director of Homeland Security, Allen County 

North Side  

Dr. Alan McGee 

Orthopedic Surgeon, Ortho Northeast;  

Northcrest  

Pat Hoffmann 

WANE, Morning Anchor 

Northrop  

Nicholas Gray 

VP of Strategic Partnerships & Workforce Development, Boys and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne 

Northwood  

Mark Heller 

Owner, Heller Homes 

Portage  

Kim Curry 

Pastor, Unity Fellowship Church 

Price  

Joel Essex 

Owner, Schrader Real Estate & Auction of Fort Wayne 

Scott  

Shelly Meyer 

Vice President, Lake City Bank 

Shambaugh  

Nathan Cheviron 

Owner, The Cheviron Group 

Shawnee  

Shan Gunawardena 

Director, Fort Wayne Public Works 

Snider  

James Haley 

Chief Information Officer, City of Fort Wayne 

South Side  

Tim Ryan 

Owner, Simply Decks and Stuff 

South Wayne  

Ron Dick 

Founding Partner, Design Collaborative 

St. Joseph Central  

Alice Bowers 

Director of Accounting & Finance, Fort Wayne Metals 

Study  

Lauren Wilson 

Merchandising, Pricing & Training Manager, Do it Best 

Towles  

Cydney Bridges 

Miss Indiana 

Washington  

Todd Kabisch 

Captain, Fort Wayne Fire Department 

Washington Center  

David Van Gilder 

Attorney, Fletcher Van Gilder 

Wayne  

Amy Binkley 

City Life Coordinator 

Waynedale  

Noah Smith 

Secretary, FWCS Board of School Trustees  

Weisser Park 

Julia Carsten 

Anthony Realtors 

Whitney Young  

Travis Holdman 

State Senator, District 19 

  

 

Students walking to school on Walk & Roll to School Day.

Fort Wayne Community Schools will celebrate National Walk & Roll to School Day Wednesday, Oct. 4, with eight schools participating. 

Fort Wayne Community Schools will celebrate National Walk & Roll to School Day Wednesday, Oct. 4, with eight schools participating. 

Students and staff will gather at designated spots and walk together to school to remind the community that each day thousands of students throughout Fort Wayne walk to school – some out of necessity and some as a healthy life choice. The event also shows students who do not typically walk to school that there are safe routes to walk to school. This year, FWCS welcomes its first middle school participant – Memorial Park Middle School. Walk & Roll to School Day coincides with FWCS’ Principal for a Day, which means those walking may have a special guest participating. 

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 nearly 2,500 events taking place 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 

·        Memorial Park Middle School 

·        St. Joseph Central Elementary School 

·        South Wayne Elementary School 

·        Weisser Park Elementary/Whitney Young Early Childhood Center 

         

ACC HVAC Lab

The FWCS Career Academy Construction Trades program will celebrate the completion of the new Sheet Metal/HVAC Lab at noon Thursday, Sept. 28.

The FWCS Career Academy Construction Trades program will celebrate the completion of the new Sheet Metal/HVAC Lab at noon Thursday, Sept. 28, at Construction Trades, 125 Murray St. 

The new space gives students a better opportunity to learn about sheet metal, HVAC and furnace installations, air purification, ductwork fabrication, furnace troubleshooting and more. 

Construction Trades Instructor Chris Roberts said he is excited to see the program expand again. 

“This expansion allows us to serve students in Allen County with an opportunity to find a passion that leads them into a successful career,” he said.  

The renovation was made possible by community sponsors who helped raise the $500,000 needed to complete the project. 
 
“Sheet metal and HVAC work is a specialty area that we felt most needed support in our local region, and we are honored with all of the donations to make this become a reality,” Roberts said. 

Disc golf course installation at Weisser Park

Students at Weisser Park Elementary School took an idea and then used project-based learning methods to create a new disc golf course at Weisser Park.

Students at Weisser Park Elementary School took an idea and then used project-based learning methods to create a new attraction for Weisser Park. The attraction is a disc golf course. Teachers and students will start the installation process Monday, Sept. 25, at Weisser Park, which is just behind Weisser Park Elementary School. 

For the STEAM project, fourth graders worked with Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation. The students designed the course, revised it with the assistance of city planners and raised the money needed to complete the project by writing letters to community and business leaders. In total, $5,000 was raised, which was then matched by the Surack Family Foundation. 

Students will learn how to play disc golf during PE and will be able to use the course at recess. 

Upcoming Events

What’s going on at FWCS?

2022-23

by the numbers

28,664

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 

88.6%

GRADUATION RATE

Fort Wayne Community Schools exceeds national graduation rates

12,231

STUDENTS RIDING THE BUS

10,487 miles per day 
Nearly 2 million miles traveled per year

32,526

MEALS SERVED DAILY

All FWCS students are offered free meals (breakfast & lunch)
66% eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals

4,050

EMPLOYEES

1,939 Teachers
972 Full-time Employees
1,139 Part-time Employees

3,600

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

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.

Class of 2023

KIMBERLY

Kimberly Swain

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!

 

Early Childhood Education Instructor
FWCS Career Academy

KYRA

Kyra Nolan

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!

Parent
Croninger Elementary School

DEREK

Derek Leininger

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.

Principal
Glenwood Park Elementary

JASMINE

Jasmine_Burton

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.

Class of 2023

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