Westchester Intermediate School fifth graders, left to right, Rosie Portelli and Drew Engels, pictured with Principal Shawn Longacre, were the winners of the school level spelling bee. Drew Engels will represent WIS and Rosie Portelli will be his...
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Students Decorate Rain Barrels
Westchester Intermediate School (WIS) participated in a rain barrel contest through the Recycling & Waste Reduction District of Porter County. Schools were invited to participate in decorating a rain barrel for Earth Day. Sharon Darnell,...
Westchester Young Citizen Presented to Sam Houghteling
The Duneland Exchange Club recently presented Westchester Intermediate sixth grade student Sam Houghteling, center, with the Young Citizenship Award. Also pictured, left to right, teachers Don Justak, Candi Kautz and Cara Ellerthorpe; Duneland...
Westchester Students Learn from Autism Awareness Presentation
Aaron Likens, center, author of Finding Kansas: Living and Decoding Asperger's Syndrome, recently spoke to students in grades five through 12 to raise awareness of Autism Spectrum Distorders. Likens was diagnosed at 20 wil Asperger's Syndrome. To...
Westchester Spell Bowl Takes First Place
Westchester Intermediate School students placed first in its division recently at the Purdue Academic Spell Bowl competition hosted at Washington Township School. The team placed first with a score of 46 and placed 24th in the state...
Haunted Indiana Author Presents Ghost Stories to Westchester Students
Haunted Indiana author at Westchester: Author Mark Marimen visited Westchester Intermediate School this week to present Haunted Indiana ghost stories to the fifth grade in Gym followed by writing workshops in their classrooms. Merriman wrote the...
Westchester Students Create Pinwheels for Peace
Students at Westchester Intermediate School recently participated in an activity called Pinwheels for Peace for International Peace Day on Sept 21. All of the kids made pinwheels with messages of peace and anti-bullying and "planted" them on Friday,...
Chesterton Intermediate Schools Battle with Books
This week, Westchester Intermediate School played host to the seventh annual Liberty Intermediate vs. Westchester Intermediate Book Battle. The book battle is based upon the familiar Jeopardy format and features a single, double and final round. Both...
Sofia DesCamp Awarded Young Citizenship
The Duneland Exchange Club recently presented Westchester Intermediate sixth grade student Sofia DesCamp, center, with the Young Citizenship Award. This award is given to a sixth grade student who is an all around good citizen. The club presents...