The East Allen County Schools Board of School Trustees recognized Dirk Herschberger for being appointed by Congressman Jim Bank to the United States Military Academy. Dirk Herschberger will be attending the United States Military Academy at West Point, following his graduation from Woodlan Junior-Senior High School. In addition to his strong academic performance, Dirk has…
The Woodlan High School Sports complex is getting a major overhaul right now from the new field house being built, switching the home field side, to getting artificial turf on the football field. The new field should be ready for the 2018 football season. All of the high schools in East Allen County Schools are…
Since 2011, Prince Chapman Academy has worked closely with the B.F. Goodrich Corporation to enhance academic achievement by way of one on one tutoring with students. Also, the donation of application licensure of programs such as, IXL Math & IXL Language Arts has been a tremendous help to teachers. Over the past 6 years, salary…
“My name is Steve Snodgrass. I am originally from western PA where my fondest memories revolve around becoming an Eagle Scout and playing Football. I initially attended Maine Maritime Academy and spent time in the Naval Reserve before arriving at Taylor University on a football scholarship to pursue a degree in education. The highlight of…
“My name is Teresa Knoblauch, the new Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education. I grew up in Woodburn and graduated from Woodlan High School. I have spent all of my professional career in East Allen County Schools, except my first year of teaching in North Carolina. I have taught grades kindergarten through 6th grade (except for…
Recently, the AWS Foundation donated a buddy bench to Heritage Elementary School as they celebrate its 10th Year Anniversary. The buddy bench was painted by a local artist to place at the school as they partner with AWS to enhance the education of students with disabilities. The buddy bench is a simple idea to eliminate…
The EACS Board recently recognized the EACS Technology Department. The technology team shut down the entire network: phone systems, computer systems, copier systems, and district Internet for 9 days, from July 2 to the afternoon of July 10 while they moved from Park Hill over to New Haven Elementary. A combination of 179 virtual servers and…
Spirit of Woodlan and band director Robert Slattery worked extremely hard preparing for and marching in the Independence Day Parade in Washington DC during the July 4th holiday. Each student paid almost $800 each to take this trip and the Boosters raised over 30,000 for new uniforms, so they could look their best while representing Indiana and their…
Mrs. Gayle Etzler is a newly appointed EACS board member. She was appointed to serve out the last two years of her husband, Leland Etzler’s term. Mr. Etzler resigned from the board on January 3. Mrs. Etzler has been in education well over 30 years. She taught 31 years for EACS, most of those years…
Mr. Scott Welch, EACS teacher and his students volunteer at least once each week at the Community Harvest Food Bank. They usually help at the south location where the students learn employable skills and gain valuable volunteer work experiences. In the warehouse area they sort incoming donations into the various food categories. When they work…
Several Woodlan FFA members recently attended the SOAR conference held at the Indiana FFA Leadership Center. SOAR is an acronym for Seeking Opportunities and Achieving Results. The conference theme was “Soaring To New Heights”, that was paired with a roller coaster setting. The students attended the three day conference to receive training on setting goals,…
Fort Wayne’s Voices of Unity Choir left for their European Tour Wednesday, June 29 and returned July 14. They arrived in Rome for the Musica Eterna Roma festival and competition. One of the highlights was the July 3 performance at The Vatican. They sang several pieces that were written by gospel artists and composers. They…
The Indiana Department of Education announced the 2014-15 Four Star Schools. East Allen County Schools’ – Cedarville Elementary, Leo Elementary and Leo Junior/Senior High School were named 2014-15 Four Star Schools! Local and State celebrated with each of those schools on today, September 15! The Local and State officials in attendance were: Ms. Danielle Shockey,…
