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EACS BOARD HONORS WOODLAN STUDENT; APPOINTED TO UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY

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…

New Turf at Woodlan!

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…

Board Of School Trustees Recognize Technology Team

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…

EACS Newly Appointed Board Member: Gayle Etzler

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…

East Allen Alternative Students Named Community Harvest Food Bank ‘Volunteers Of The Month’

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…

Woodlan FFA Members SOAR

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,…

Voices Of Unity Choir Members Honored By EACS Board

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…

Four Star Schools Celebrated And Honored By Local And State Officials

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,…