Valparaiso Community Schools

Written by Andrew Melin, Superintendent Last week, I had the opportunity to share information related to the Indiana Department of Education’s recently released rankings of school corporations. This week, we want to inform our community of our …

Written by Andrew Melin, Superintendent The Indiana Department of Education earlier this year revised the way in which it tells Hoosiers about the performance of its schools under the state’s Public Law 221 accountability system. As recently released …

Written by Andrew Melin, Superintendent The start of school last week went very well thanks to the efforts of our entire VCS staff as well as the cooperation and support of our VCS parents and students. The first day of school was on a late-start schedule …

Written by Andrew Melin, Superintendent The Valparaiso Community Schools board recently approved offering students a full-day kindergarten opportunity beginning with the 2011-12 school year. This is exciting for our educational staff and our parents as we …

Written by Vida Choucalas, District Director of Special Education Every year, parents are faced with the same question: How do I make the summer both fun and constructive for my children? With this in mind, there are many issues to consider when planning …

Written by Angela Gutierrez, Beth Aguayo, Carrie DeLaney, Becky Kirkpatrick, and Jackie Gasparovic, social workers Valparaiso Community School social workers are part of the complete educational team. The elementary schools employ three full time and two …

From Superintendent Andrew Melin, Ph.D. for the week of April 25, 2011: Response to Instruction (RtI) helps VCS meet the needs of individual students Response to Instruction (RtI) is a federal and state-level initiative all school systems are implementing in …

Written by Joy Sunday, Health Services Coordinator Valparaiso Community Schools are fortunate to employ an experienced and dedicated team of school nurses. Our nurses play diverse roles as they serve the needs of students, faculty and support staff. The …

From Superintendent Andrew Melin, Ph.D. for the week of April 18, 2011: Dual credit partnership with Purdue North Central benefitting many VHS students Dual credit is a program that gives high school students an opportunity to take courses for both high …

The VCS annual Kindergarten Round-Up takes place today, April 14, from 9 a.m. – 12 noon or from 4-7 p.m. at Flint Lake Elementary. It is very important all families with children eligible to attend kindergarten next school year attend this event. Families …