School News
NWCS board encouraged to save for health care reform
Start budgeting now, an insurance company representative warned Northern Wells school board members Tuesday.
BHS sends its seniors out in style
Bluffton High School seniors spent their last day at school Tuesday celebrating 12 years of accomplishments.
B-H school lunch prices will go up next school year
Lunch prices will rise at Bluffton-Harrison schools, but only because the federal government requires it, district administrators lamented during Monday’s school board meeting.
BHS and SWHS scholars benefit from ‘investment’
Eighty-four seniors from Bluffton and Southern Wells high schools were honored with scholarships Sunday afternoon, seed money for continuing education.
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.
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