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 fundraiser tomorrow. The event is from 7 to 9 p.m. at the WCHS Tiger Den. More than 50 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; 2012 year in review; I write the songs – american composers; and health and wellness. Lake City Bank will sponsor halftime refreshments and Maple Leaf Farms, DePuy Synthes and Esther Pfleiderer Charitable Trust/1st Source Bank are valedictorian level sponsors. Honor Roll level sponsors include Hall & Marose Silveus, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Warsaw Morning Optimist Club, Pam and Todd Weingart, and Zimmer. The Warsaw Education Foundation provides funding, through community support, to advance enrichment opportunities, innovative and inventive teaching, and academic exploration in Warsaw Community Schools. 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, N.E.W. Opportunities Workshop for Women, WCS Summer Enrichment program scholarships and Partners in Education business and school partnership. The foundation recognizes academic excellence through programs such as the annual High School Academic Reception and Teacher of the Year community billboards. Visit www.WarsawEducationFoundation.org for information about the foundation and the Community Quiz Bowl. People also can email Edfoundation@warsaw.k12.in.us or call Executive Director Barb Smolen at 574-371-5098, extension 2410.
