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EDUCATION
Levan Scott Academy unveils $17M expansion
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) -- Fort Wayne Community Schools unveiled a $17 million elementary school expansion Wednesday. Levan Scott Academy is double its previous size, allowing the district to welcome more students to its classrooms. The expansion includes 19 new classrooms, collaboration spaces, a cafeteria, a parking lot and pick-up...
Snider football players, coaches excited about possible new stadium
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Instead of traveling more than five miles to Northrop High School for home football games, Snider High School may soon be getting their own stadium. Monday night, the Fort Wayne Community Schools (FWCS) board of school trustees introduced a $30 million project to bring a new football stadium to Snider High School.
SACS holds public meeting to discuss new superintendent contract
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Southwest Allen County Schools board (SACS) held a public meeting Tuesday evening to discuss the proposed contract for the district’s choice for the next superintendent. At the public meeting, only one person was present. The district believes it’s a positive sign.
North Side, Garrett win OPS 7v7 Shootout
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – North Side claimed the Big Schools Division Title for the third year in a row while Garrett claimed the Small Schools Division Title at the ninth annual Optimum Performance Sports 7v7 Shootout at Homestead High School on Thursday. North Side nipped Yorktown 8-6 in the title game – a title […]
Lehman receives Allman scholarship
The Community Foundation of Huntington County announces that Lucas Lehman is the recipient of the 2024 Vincent M. Allman Art Scholarship totaling $500. Lehman is a member of the 2024 graduating class of Huntington North High School. He is the son of Sharon and Jeffrey Lehman of Huntington. While at Huntington North, Lehman was a member of the Marching Band, Varsity Brass, Jazz Band, and Jazz Combo earning All-State Jazz Band accolades. He plans to attend Ball State University and study Jazz Studies and Data Analytics.
Hathaway getting valuable experience leading Bishop Luers girls in off-season competition
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Mary Hathaway has been on the Bishop Luers sidelines for a long time, but now she’s seeing things from a new perspective. The former Luers player spent a decade as an assistant coach under Mark Pixley, and recently assumed the head coaching role when Pixley stepped away from the program.
LOCAL ACADEMIC MERITS
BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — Kimber Cobbs of Warren, Ind., and Halle Briner of Silver lake, Ind., were named to the dean's list at Olivet Nazarene University during the recently completed spring 2024 semester. To qualify for inclusion on the dean's list, a student must have been enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student and must have attained a semester grade point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.00 grading scale.
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