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Dec. 4 – NACS secondary students return to remote learning

Middle and high school students at Northwest Allen County Schools will learn remotely for the remainder of the year.NACS Superintendent Chris Himsel notified families of the change in a letter Dec. 3, after students were back in their school buildings for just four days following Thanksgiving ...

Dec. 3 – Two Carroll students national finalists in photography competition

Two senior photography students at Carroll High School, Sabine Croy and Alyvia Luong, have been selected as finalists in the photography division of this year’s National YoungArts Competition. The awarding organization, National YoungArts Foundation, is a nonprofit that identifies and ...

Dec. 2 – Former NACS treasurer has lifelong connection to community

Julie Striggle, Northwest Allen County Schools’ former treasurer, capped off 28 years with the district last year, but her retirement follows a lifetime membership to the NACS community.“Julie was great with people and also was outstanding with handling the financial details for the ...

Nov. 27 – Carroll alumna joins Fort Wayne law firm

Fletcher Van Gilder LLP recently announced that Audrey Van Gilder has joined the firm as an attorney.Van Gilder is a Fort Wayne native and the daughter of law partner David Van Gilder. After graduating from Carroll High School, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in international studies from ...

Nov. 12 – Veterans honored with drive-by parade

With waving flags and colorful banners, more than 1,000 students lined the drive between Oak View and Perry Hill elementary schools Nov. 11. The Northwest Allen County School students, accompanied by patriotic music, waved and cheered at cars bearing veterans that participated in a drive-by ...

Nov. 12 – NACS going remote at middle schools, high school

Northwest Allen County Schools announced Thursday it would shift all onsite students at Carroll High School, Carroll Middle School and Maple Creek Middle School to remote learning beginning Friday, Nov. 13.In a letter to parents Thursday, NACS Superintendent Chris Himsel said the decision was ...

Nov. 10 – Students to honor vets in new way

Jamie Wilkins, principal of Oak View Elementary School, has a favorite day of the school year. It is not the first day of school, or class party days, or even the last day of school. Wilkins, who is in his seventh year as principal at Oak View, looks forward every year to Veteran’s Day. His ...

Nov. 10 – NACS COVID situation ‘has been rough’ past two weeks

“The last two weeks have been rough,” Northwest Allen County Schools Superintendent Chris Himsel said in a COVID-19 update at the school board’s Nov. 9 meeting at Perry Hill Elementary School.Although the district is seeing relatively low COVID-19 case numbers in terms of percentage of ...

Nov. 6 – MCMS students deliver positive messages at Parkview

Maple Creek Middle School students left uplifting messages for patients and employees Oct. 30 at Parkview Regional Medical Center.Tammy Etter, a current Teacher of the Year at Northwest Allen County Schools, led the group to PRMC to chalk messages. Students chalked on the sidewalk near two ...