School News
Tears of joy and sorrow
Norwell honors students’ academic achievement — and commemorates an absence in their ranks
Class will teach skills needed for manufacturing
And when it’s done, they’ll own a guitar
County’s graduation rates top state average
The 2011-2012 graduate rates at Wells County’s public high schools surpassed the state average for the sixth year in a row, according to data the Indiana Department of Education released Monday.
Southern Wells’ digital learning plan advances
Southern Wells Junior-Senior High School could be the next Wells County school to put the Internet’s educational resources into each student’s hands.
Crowe, Miller will lead BHS Class of 2013
Corinne Crowe is the valedictorian and Benjamin Miller is the salutatorian of Bluffton High School’s Class of 2013.
Southern Wells honors seniors for academic excellence
Southern Wells High School took time out Wednesday to recognize some very special seniors at Senior Academic Awards night in the cafetorium.
NHS choirs to perform once more
There is still one more opportunity to see the third-best women’s show choir in the nation. The Norwell High School music department will present its annual...
Norwell alters Academic Hall of Fame qualification
Norwell Middle School will expand the ranks of its Academic Hall of Fame for this year’s students, after Northern Wells school board members approved new qualifications within the school’s handbook Tuesday.
New principal hired for Bluffton Middle School
Claire Paul, who currently coordinates professional development for Huntington County Community Schools, will replace Tom Gibson as Bluffton Middle School principal, school board members unanimously decided...
NHS choir picked third best in the nation
Norwell’s women’s show choir was named third-best in the nation and senior Addy Johnson was named Most Outstanding Performer in the Women’s Show Choir...
More ISTEP woes
Taking the test is a test of its own
Norwell show choirs to appear in national finals Saturday
Early Friday morning, a small caravan will depart from Norwell High School, headed for the Show Choir National Finals in Chicago’s Arie Crown Theater.
Caley chosen as Wells’ 2013 Lilly Scholar
Brooks Caley, a senior at Norwell High School, is the Wells County Foundation’s 2013 Lilly Endowment Community Scholar.
Superintendents leery of any plan to arm staffers
Legislators say they want to keep students safe, and though they’ll study the topic this summer, Wells County’s three public school superintendents already unanimously say: Don’t arm the teachers.
Thank you very much
Southern Wells sixth-grader James Mounsey thanks his fellow students after the afternoon production of the school’s annual Spring Fling Thursday.
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