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WARSAW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FALL ORCHESTRA CONCERT Do you love all-things Disney? Do you wish you could hear live music at an in-person concert? Your wish will be granted at the Warsaw Community Schools Fall Orchestra Concert! Bring your friends and family for an evening of enchanting music! Performing groups are the Beginning Orchestra, Edgewood and Lakeview Orchestra, Obbligato String Orchestra, and Philharmonic Orchestra. Enjoy music from Beauty and the Beast, the Lion King, Coco, Aladdin, and other classics. And if you've ever wondered how an orchestra can use lightsabers while playing Star Wars music, this is your chance! Will the violas play for the Jedi? Or will they join the Dark Side? Find out at our FREE concert on October 7th, 7pm at the WCHS Performing Arts Center (masks required).

WCS has a new notification system for 2021-2022. If a parent would like to be removed from school & district notifications, please complete the DO NOT CONTACT form. Please check that Powerschool has the correct contact info. Link: https://bit.ly/wcsoptout #wcsmission

Warsaw Girls Basketball proudly presents: Elementary/Middle School Team Camps. Get full details and REGISTRATION FORM here: https://bit.ly/WGBTeamCamps #wcsmission #togetherwearewarsaw

Warsaw Basketball Tiger Academy proudly presents: Team Camp; Holiday Hoopla; TBA Travel Team Tryouts. Get full details and REGISTRATION FORM here: https://bit.ly/TBAFALL21 #wcsmission #togetherwearewarsaw

We are partnering with KREMC to get an important survey out. Please consider completing this survey to help bring higher internet speeds to more homes. LINK: https://bit.ly/KREMCsurvey @kosciuskoconnect @GetFiberKos #wcsmission #togetherwearewarsaw

Dear Warsaw Schools Community, We all long for normality during this continued time of COVID.  As exemplified during the 2020-21 school year, our local schools are the bedrock of the community.  During a year of abnormality, we were able to provide a stable environment.  In-person instruction is needed for student academic and social well-being along with economic and community health. Our number one priority must be a safe in-person educational environment. Within the first four weeks of the 2021-22 school year, COVID-19 numbers have spiked due to the highly contagious Delta variant.  These numbers reflect positive cases experienced during the height of the 2020-21 school year.  Our local health department has noted substantial community spread that led to the creation of new recommendations for additional mitigation strategies.  Due to this similar spread throughout Indiana, Governor Eric Holcomb issued a new Executive Order 21-24 on September 1 for all K-12 schools.  On Tuesday, September 7, our school board met to review the executive order and local health department recommendations. Beginning Friday, September 10, 2021, in an effort to maintain high-quality in-person instruction in a safe and healthy environment for our students while minimizing the disruption caused by mandatory quarantine rules, Warsaw Community Schools will require masks for all students, staff, and visitors during the school day regardless of vaccination status in all of our school buildings. What does this mean for our WCS school community? During the school day, masks will be required regardless of vaccination status for all students, staff, and visitors in all indoor WCS school buildings and on buses.  By wearing masks, WCS expects to reduce quarantines significantly, which will increase the likelihood of maintaining full-time in-person learning as well as continued opportunities for co and extra-curricular activities.  Our number one priority is to provide our students and community a safe in-person educational environment. A compelling benefit of the mask mandate (per Governor’s executive order) is that instructional and social activities may return to pre-COVID conditions; a 3-foot or 6-foot radius is required between students when masked is no longer required. Healthy students will now be able to engage in more interactive instructional strategies with their peers without the risk of being quarantined. Staff will provide students with opportunities, as allowed by state health protocols, to remove masks at appropriate times when eating, engaged in physical activity, outdoor learning, and when 6-feet of physical distance is possible. Quarantines from outside of the school settings, as well as those close contacts from non-classroom settings, extracurricular activities. and athletics may still be subject to quarantine. In accordance with the Indiana State Health Department vaccinated (asymptomatic) students and staff remain exempt from contact-traced quarantines. WCS will continue to encourage social distancing and frequent hand washing/sanitizing in addition to our other layered mitigation protocols. The masking requirement will be deployed whenever Kosciusko County is in the orange or red zone according to the Indiana State Department of Health.  When Kosciusko County is in the yellow zone for two consecutive weeks, masks will return to recommended, but optional.   Thank you for your continued support to make our number one priority a reality.  #TogetherWeAreWarsaw Reopening Plan UPDATED: https://www.warsawschools.org/browse/158668 David Hoffert, PhD Superintendent, Warsaw Community Schools

Check out the Warsaw Community Pool Calendar for September https://bit.ly/swimseptember #wcsmission #togetherwearewarsaw

Mark your Calendars: Secondary Picture Day is Coming Soon! WCHS/WACC: Sept. 15 & Sept. 16 Lakeview: Sept. 17 Edgewood: Sept. 24 Gateway: TBD #wcsmission #togetherwearewarsaw

Warsaw Community Schools is excited to announce our next JOB FAIR. WCS will join community partners and assist with applications. We have openings for full-time and part-time jobs. We offer flexible schedules, benefits, and full or partial-year employment opportunities. Screenshot this: DATE: FRIDAY, September 10, 2021 TIME: 11 am - 5 pm LOCATION: Goodwill, 751 Anchorage Drive, Warsaw, IN 46580 (We’ll have a marquee outside/on site) APPLICATIONS: wcsjobs.com Download/ Print the Flier: https://bit.ly/wcsjobfair Tell a friend. We look forward to meeting you! #wcsmission #togetherwearewarsaw

PSA: August 28 COVID-19 Vaccine Drive-thru Clinic A Community Collaboration A drive-thru Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held on Saturday, August 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe parish, 225 Gilliam Drive, in Warsaw. The drive-thru clinic is a collaboration between the Northern Indiana Hispanic Health Coalition, Kosciusko County Health Department, City of Warsaw, Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory, Bowen Center, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, and Warsaw Community Schools. The Pfizer vaccine is FDA approved and available for ages 12 and older. Those ages 12 and older must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. No ID is required. No pre-registration is required. Those who are not pre-registered are still welcome and encouraged to get a vaccine. Attendees will be able to remain in their cars for the entire process. Second doses are scheduled for September 18 at the same location, so attendees will already be registered for the next step before they leave. To pre-register or for questions, call (574) 206-3938. #wcmission #togetherwearewarsaw

PSA: Covid-19 Pfizer Vaccine Drive Thru Saturday, August 28 10 am - 2 pm Our Lady of Guadalupe 225 Gilliam Dr. Warsaw, IN 46580 Age 12+ REGISTER: 574.206.3938, 1-877-21-salud (72583) Or Walk-IN 2nd Dose: Sept 18, 10 am - 2 pm (Same Location) https://bit.ly/vaccine828

LINK: https://www.warsawschools.org/page/technology 1405 students have purchased Accidental Damage Protection (ADP) for their Ipads for just $25 per device! Without ADP, a typical repair is upward of $200! The last day to purchase ADP is August 31 - just 13 days away.

Warsaw Community Schools Human Resource Department will Offer: WALK IN INTERVIEWS When: Thursday August 19 Time: 8 am - 4 pm wcsjobs.com Phone: 574.371.5098 Save the Date/ Share with a Friend #wcsmission #ForwardTogether

Welding classes are starting again for Warsaw Adult Education students! Have you wanted to explore a career in welding? This is a great way to earn a welding certificate in a short program at little to no cost to you. Classes fill up very quickly and space is limited.

Warsaw Community Schools has ten (10) eLearning days scheduled for the 2021-22 school year. Baker Youth Club is the place for your child on those days! We can help your child complete their eLearning assignments in a safe and fun environment! Daily structured activities including: • eLearning Support • STEM Projects • Art Projects • Physical Activities Light breakfast, lunch and light afternoon snack provided. 6:30 am – 5:30 pm $25 per day Contact Tracy at BYC for more information. Phone: (574) 267-8771

Sign Up for Powerschool ALERTS (PLEASE NOTE: New System this Year - Everyone Will Need to Submit their Info, Alert Preferences, and OPT-IN.) Go to PowerSchool. Scroll down to OTHER (Left margin). Choose FORMS. Scroll to Ecollect Communications. Choose Thrillshare Communications. Opt-In for school notifications. Update contact info and preferences (Email/Mobile Text/Phone Call) OR - Opt-Out: Choose I do NOT wish to receive notifications. https://warsawschools.powerschool.com/public/home.html School Returns Friday, August 13th, 2021 Please SHARE #wcsmission #ForwardTogether

Warsaw Community Schools Human Resource Department will Offer: WALK IN INTERVIEWS When: Tuesday July 13 / Thursday August 19 Time: 8 am - 4 pm wcsjobs.com Phone: 574.371.5098 Save the Date/ Share with a Friend #wcsmission #ForwardTogether

Everything you need to get your child ready for 2021-2022. Register a New Student; Register a Returning Student; Purchase Accidental Damage Protection; Apply for Free & Reduced Meals; Apply for Textbook Assistance; Find School Supply Lists. https://www.warsawschools.org/page/enroll-register #wcsmission

BREAKING NEWS: Abigail Rahn just won 3rd Place at NATIONALS! Her Senior Paper was titled, "Shackling Sermons: How the Pseudo-Christian Communication of Proslavery Preachers Fueled the South’s Defense of Slavery."#wcsmission #NHD

BREAKING NEWS: Finley Bailey, Robinson Hoffert, Wyatt Stapleton, & Caleb Deuel just won 2ND Place at NATIONALS! Their Junior Group Documentary was titled " Singing for Change: The Power of Music in the Civil Rights Movement." #wcsmission #NHD