News Briefs 8.1.2018Riley Children’s Endowment Donates To Beaman Home’s SYNC Up! Program
Riley Children’s Endowment Fund recently donated more than $3,000 to the Beaman Home to be used for its SYNC Up! Program.
The SYNC Up! Program promotes healing, safety and resilience in the lives of children, youth and adolescents who have experienced trauma through domestic violence. Each year, nearly 50 percent of the victims served at the Beaman Home are children who entered Beaman Home programs with their abused parent.
Beaman Home has provided services to Kosciusko, Fulton and Marshall counties’ victims of domestic violence and their children since 1985. For more information, visit www.thebeamanhome.com or find it on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheBeamanHome, Twitter @Hope4DVVictims, LinkedIn or Instagram.
If you, or someone you know, are a victim of assault or abuse, there is help. Contact Beaman Home’s toll-free 24/7 crisis hotline at 877-725-9363.
Banks Speaking In Warsaw Friday
U.S. Rep. Jim Banks will speak at Friday’s Warsaw Rotary Club meeting.
Banks represents the 3rd District.
The meeting will be at noon Friday at the Shrine Building at the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds in Warsaw.
‘Beach Bash’ Pushed Back To Tuesday
A “Beach Bash” scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed until next week.
The event, organized by Warsaw Parks and Recreation and scheduled for Center Lake Pavilion, was canceled due to the rain and cool temps. The event has been rescheduled to 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Fire Territory Board Meetings Will Be Live Streamed
The city of Warsaw will begin live streaming the monthly meetings of the Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory Board.
The city already live streams and records meetings of several boards, including city council.
The fire territory board will be streamed beginning Tuesday when the panel meets at 4 p.m.
The Warsaw Wayne Fire Territory meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 4 p.m. at City Hall.
Nisly: Apply For A Statehouse Internship
Indiana House Republicans are accepting internship applications for the 2019 legislative session, which begins in January, according to State Rep. Curt Nisly.
Nisly said the House Republican Internship Program is a unique opportunity for college students and graduates to participate in state government and gain hands-on experience. This paid internship at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis takes place during the spring semester and gives students the chance to work one-on-one with state legislators.
“Just over half of all internship positions are paid, and this opportunity provides compensation and college credit,” Nisly said.
Internships are open to college sophomores, juniors and seniors, graduate students, and recent graduates of all majors. Students can apply for internships in a variety of areas, focusing on legislative, communications and media relations, policy or fiscal policy.
These are full-time positions, Monday through Friday, lasting from January through April. In addition to biweekly compensation of $750, interns can earn academic credit through their college or university, and are eligible to apply for a competitive $3,000 scholarship to use toward undergraduate or graduate expenses.
More information about the House internship program and the application can be found at www.indianahouserepublicans.com/internship. Nisly said the application deadline is Oct. 31.
WCS Hosts Open House Events
Warsaw Community Schools will welcome students and staff back to the first day of school Aug. 14.
In preparation for the start of school, each WCS building will host a time for parents and students to visit and tour the buildings and learn more about their child’s school.
All WCS elementary schools will host an open house from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 13. Students attending the event are able to drop off their school supplies, see their classrooms, and meet elementary administrative staff and teachers.
Middle school students will have opportunities to visit their schools prior to the start of the school year.
Lakeview Middle School will be open to families from 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. The school will host a back to school night at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 16. Students wanting to tour their schedule are able to visit the building from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday to Aug. 9.
Edgewood Middle School will be open to families from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. Edgewood will host a parent and student meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 22.
Warsaw Community High School invites parents and students to a back-to-school event from 3:10 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 23. In addition, students are invited to visit from anytime between 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 9 to walk their schedule, find their lockers and learn more about the layout of the building before the start of school.
In addition to these events, WCHS will hold freshman orientation from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 7 in the Performing Arts Center.
To provide added flexibility for parents and students, there will be two presentation time slots at 5:15 and 7:15 p.m. Parents need only to attend one of these sessions as the same information will be covered each time. These presentations allow parents to hear important information regarding the school year and meet and hear from key school figures, including the freshman grade-level principal Matt Barrett. All incoming freshmen and their parents are invited to attend. Other class-level meetings will take place during enrichment periods Aug. 16 to provide further information for students in each grade level.
