Warsaw Education Foundation Gets Set For Annual Quiz Bowl
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The Warsaw Education Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that champions academic innovation and excellence in Warsaw Community Schools, is hosting the Annual Community Quiz Bowl fundraiser Tuesday. It is from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Warsaw Community High School Tiger Den. There will be 55 teams from area businesses and organizations that have registered to compete in the Quiz Bowl. Each five-person team will cooperatively formulate one answer to each question from this year’s Quiz Bowl categories: Academics, 2015 Year In Review, Indiana History – Celebrating Our State’s Bicentennial, and The Award Goes To ... Lake City Bank will sponsor “halftime” refreshments. Maple Leaf Farms and DePuy Synthes are Valedictorian Level sponsors. Honor Roll level sponsors include Citadel Structural Mechanics, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Esther Pfleiderer Charitable Trust/1st Source Bank, Silveus Insurance Group/Hall Marose Silveus, Warsaw Morning Optimist Club, Todd & Pam Weingart and Zimmer Biomet. All attendees at this year’s Quiz Bowl will have an opportunity to support WEF. Individual donations will be solicited for one Red Apple Grant request, a Camera Stabilization System for the Radio, TV, Videography and Film classes at the Warsaw Area Career Center. Visit the WEF website, www.WarsawEducationFoundation.org, to donate to this challenge. The WEF provides funding, through community support, to advance enrichment opportunities, innovative and inventive teaching, and academic exploration in WCS, according to a provided press release. Through the Red Apple Grants program, the Foundation awards grants to WCS teachers for creative classroom projects. The Foundation also provides funds for annual chess tournaments, NEW Opportunities Workshop for Women, WCS Summer Enrichment program scholarships and Partners in Education business/school partnership. Visit the website at www.WarsawEducationFoundation.org for information about the Foundation and the Community Quiz Bowl; or contact it via email at Edfoundation@warsaw.k12.in.us or Executive Director Barb Smolen by telephone at 574-371-5098, Ext. 2410.
