WCS Community Stakeholder Bulletin

This month, the WCS Strategic Planning Lead Team has a lot of exciting new updates and stories of impact from each of the four pillar teams. This newsletter is a great place to find out what is going on within the Warsaw Schools and how you can get involved!

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Pillar teams continue making progress on their implementation plans. Updates, celebrations, and roadblocks are shared through this newsletter to keep internal and external stakeholders informed.

Stay tuned for the exciting work ahead!

Lots of exciting events are in the works from the Empathy pillar team!

A recent highlight to celebrate is a partnership with Anderson Florist and Sources of Strength.

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Another recent event was IMPACT DAY.

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Coming up: Sources of Strength students are working on creating a poster campaign based on what makes them unique and the power of "I Belong."

#wcsempathy

The Adaptability Team is working on reviewing life-skills curriculum.

A recent highlight was Western Welding Academy's (WWA) visits. At WWA spoke about how they have the most elite, highest skilled welders in the world teaching students how to weld pipe. Western Welding Academy helps students to become successful welders. They focused on how important it is to learn how to be adaptable to navigate higher education, career pathways, and life in general. They brought drones to the presentation and shared their Youtube Channel so students could continue to explore this opportunity.

#wcsadaptability

The Inclusivity Team continues to make progress through their Action Teams to achieve the goals of:

1. Designing & Creating Building Welcome Poles;
2. Increasing Inclusivity Signage;
3. Developing a Rubric to Review Materials;
4. Developing a Process for Feedback and Input at Each Building.

The first item on the agenda has led to the team looking into designing "We are all TIGERS" flags for WCHS, Edgewood, Central Office, and Washington STEM - with more school flags coming.

The Inclusivity Team are excited to report that they have recently engaged with the Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage group at Zimmer Biomet.

#wcsinclusivity

The Experience Team shared that 60 selected sophomore WCHS/WACC students partner with Depuy mentors several times per month. WCS is grateful for the 30 Depuy J&J mentors who support the BRIDGES TO EMPLOYMENT (BTE) program that partners students with a mentor to engage collaboratively in STEM activities during the enrichment periods (90 Mins).

Other highlights include BPA and FCCLA advancing through regional, state, and national contests! These experiencing truly set up students for life-long success!

BPA is the leading Career Technical Student Organization for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, information technology and other related career fields. Indiana BPA has close to 2,500 members in 87 chapters.

FCCLA's mission is to promote personal growth and leadership development through Family and Consumer Sciences education.

Thanks go out to club sponsors, students, families, and community for supporting these opportunities for WCS students.

#experiencewcs

Our mission is to inspire and equip all students to continuously acquire and apply knowledge and skills while pursuing their dreams and enriching the lives of others.

Amanda J. Scroggs, Director of Communications

Email: ascroggs@warsawschools.org
Website: warsawschools.org
Location: 1 Administration Drive, Warsaw IN 46580
Phone: (574)371-5098
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WarsawSchools/
Twitter: @dahoffert