FWCS - News Headlines for Current School Year

Fort Wayne Community Schools is inviting parents and community members to participate in a community engagement project designed to determine what measures should be used to gauge school success and to identify what FWCS is already doing well and where the district has opportunities to improve.

Members of the FWCS Board of School Trustees (read full article)

Students and teachers from Snider High School are among an elite group selected to present to more than 2,000 attendees at the national Project Lead The Way (PLTW) conference – PLTW Summit 2017 – in Orlando later this month. Snider was selected because PLTW students developed the Biomedical Science Charity Council to help organize community (read full article)

The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees approved a principal appointment for Study Elementary at the Sept. 25, 2017, Board meeting.

Elizabeth Kleber, Study Elementary Principal
Elizabeth Kleber is the new principal at Study Elementary after serving as assistant principal at St. Joseph (read full article)

Dr. Wendy Robinson, superintendent of Fort Wayne Community Schools, has been named the Indiana Superintendent of the Year for 2018 by the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents (IAPSS).

She becomes Indiana’s representative in the American Association of School Administrators National Superintendent of the Year program.

“Dr. (read full article)

The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees was presented a budget for 2018 on Monday that is 1.9 percent higher than the 2017 budget.

The 2018 budget anticipates an increase in student enrollment, which would mean an increase in state funding. As of the official count day, FWCS enrollment was up more than 150 students. The (read full article)

Enrollment at Fort Wayne Community Schools is up 156 students for the 2017-18 school year as of Friday, Sept. 15, the state’s official count day.

The district’s tentative official enrollment is 29,628, up from 29,472 last year. Schools now have two weeks after the count day to clean up data and make sure all students are accounted (read full article)

The new Center for Academic Success at Nebraska will be open to Nebraska Neighborhood residents and families of students attending the Center from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14.

The Center for Academic Success at Nebraska opened last month in the former Nebraska Elementary School building at 1525 Boone St. The building now houses an alternative (read full article)

Study Connection will celebrate its 29^th year of helping students with the Annual Celebration and Recognition Breakfast Thursday, Aug. 31. The event honors volunteers and students for their accomplishments and will feature keynote speaker Carmen Agra Deedy, author of 11 children’s books, including “14 Cows for America” (read full article)

Students at Fort Wayne Community Schools will have the opportunity to witness the solar eclipse in a variety of ways on Monday, Aug. 21. In allowing the viewing of this rare event, schools will take steps to ensure student safety, including keeping students indoors, requiring students who will view the eclipse directly to wear NASA-approved eclipse (read full article)

The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees approved a three-year contract with Discovery Education to provide professional learning services and the development of an enhanced STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) curriculum for Irwin Elementary.

Irwin has been the District’s science and math magnet school (read full article)

    Students are heading back to school, which means schools are hosting Back-to-School Nights for families. The events give families the opportunity to meet teachers, visit classrooms and kick off the 2017-18 school year. Some schools open their doors before the first day of school to allow students to bring in their supplies and (read full article)

Fort Wayne Community Schools staff members from every school and every department will gather to kick off the 2017-18 school year at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11, at the Memorial Coliseum. Teachers, administrators, support personnel and other staff members will gather to hear a beginning of the year message from Superintendent Dr. Wendy Robinson, State (read full article)

Fort Wayne Community Schools’ employees will pack 300 backpacks Thursday, Aug. 10, with supplies, books and other items. The bags will be given to elementary school students who otherwise might not have new supplies to start the 2017-18 school year. 

This is the 24^th year the employees in the Grile Administrative Center, (read full article)

Students entering sixth and ninth grades in Fort Wayne Community Schools will get a jump on the new school year when they visit their schools for Transition Day on Tuesday, Aug. 8.

Sixth-graders entering middle school will participate in orientation from 8 a.m. to noon at their school. The same day, ninth-graders will get a taste of high (read full article)

Fort Wayne Community Schools' Homeless Assistance Program will kick off the 2017-18 school year with its third annual Back to School Celebration at the Bill C. Anthis Center, 1200 S. Barr St.

Families in need of assistance are invited to the event on Saturday to get ready for the new school year, which begins Tuesday, Aug. 15. Students (read full article)

In-school registration for the 2017-18 school year will be held Friday, July 28, and Monday, July 31, at all 48 Fort Wayne Community Schools elementary, middle and high schools. Parents can visit their child’s school from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday or from noon to 7 p.m. Monday to get ready for the new school year. In addition, new families can visit (read full article)

The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees approved principal appointments for the 2017-18 school year at the July 24, 2017, Board meeting.

Nicholas Kirby, Arlington Elementary Principal
Nicholas Kirby will be the new principal at Arlington Elementary after serving as assistant principal (read full article)

Fort Wayne Community Schools’ fleet of nearly 300 buses are getting checked from top to bottom this week to make sure they are ready for the first day of school Tuesday, Aug. 15.

Each year, the Indiana State Police inspect each school bus to make sure they are in shape to transport students. The buses will be poked and prodded with doors (read full article)

Volunteers will clean, paint and spruce up the landscaping at nine Fort Wayne Community Schools buildings Thursday, July 20, as part of a special Day of Caring sponsored by United Way of Allen County.

Employees from six local businesses will spend the day getting the schools in shape for the new school year, which begins Tuesday, Aug. 15.

The (read full article)

Fort Wayne Community Schools' convenient online pre-registration opens today, allowing current families to fill out routine registration forms online prior to in-school registration next month.

FWCS launched its parent portal, called MyFWCS, last year to streamline the registration process for parents. The portal can be accessed from (read full article)

Fort Wayne Community Schools staff members will be covering the city Wednesday, June 21, visiting homes throughout the district from 4:30-7:30 p.m. The door-to-door campaign is designed to reach out to families during the summer to say hello and to remind them to complete online pre-registration.

This is the sixth year FWCS staff has visited (read full article)

Fort Wayne Community Schools will again sponsor the Summer Food Service Program for Children (SFSPC) providing free meals to all children ages 18 and younger and to adults who are enrolled in a state-approved educational program for the mentally or physically disabled.

The meal program was created to serve nutritious meals to children when (read full article)