Warsaw Education Foundation Hosts Community Quiz Bowl Tuesday
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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 fund-raiser Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the WCHS Tiger Den. Forty-nine teams from area businesses and organizations 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, 2014 Year in Review, Presidential History and Luck of the Irish. Lake City Bank will sponsor halftime refreshments and Maple Leaf Farms is the Valedictorian Level sponsor. Honor Roll level sponsors include Biomet, Louis Dreyfus, Esther Pfleiderer Charitable Trust, Warsaw Morning Optimist Club and Todd & Pam Weingart, according to a press release from WEF. 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, math materials for first-graders at Madison Elementary School. Visit the WEF websiteat www.warsaweducationfoundation.org to donate to this challenge. The Warsaw Education Foundation provides funding, through community support, to advance enrichment opportunities, innovative and inventive teaching, and academic exploration in Warsaw Community Schools, the release states. 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. The Foundation recognizes academic excellence through programs such as the annual High School Academic Reception and Teacher of the Year community billboards. The release states, “We invite the community to join us at this year’s Community Quiz Bowl. Visit our website at www.WarsawEducationFoundation.org for information about the Foundation and the Community Quiz Bowl. You may also contact us via email at Edfoundation@warsaw.k12.in.us or call Executive Director Barb Smolen at 574-371-5098, extension 2410.”
