Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation
The 2025 high school football season was back under the lights on Friday nights across Indiana. Locally, the annual battle for the Tomahawk between West Central and Winamac was the primary concern for residents of Pulaski County. After coming close to winning last season in Winamac, the Trojans of...
Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation Superintendent Dara Chezem stated that she sent out a message to families regarding the school handbooks for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. At a July 14 school board meeting, she explained that the previous week there was a lot of discussion on...
The Eastern Pulaski Community School Board took some time during their May 12 meeting to review some of the impacts of recently passed legislation, such as Senate Bill 1. SB 1 aims to bring property tax relief to homeowners. The bill’s property tax cuts could lead to a reduction for school...
Nine eighth graders in Mr. Jeff Beach's Intro to Education class had a blast showing the Eastern Pulaski school board what they do in class everyday. Mr. Beach and his students presented information about the course and hosted an interactive activity for school members to do during the Spotlight on...
The musical "Fiddler on the Roof" originally opened in 1964. Based on stories by Sholem Aleichem, the musical tells the story of a dairyman (Tevye) who lives with his wife and five daughters in the village of Anatevka in Imperial Russia circa 1905.
The Winamac Town Council granted permission for the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation to be signed during a regular meeting on Monday, March 10. For some background, Marcus Record was recently sworn-in as a reserve officer for the Winamac Police...
Winamac Community High School Principal Cody Hook and Academic Advisor Emma Myers introduced the new diploma requirements from the state to the school board on Monday, March 10 during the Spotlight on Excellence. The new requirements were officially finalized by the state in December. Hook and...
At the end of the 2019 – 2020 school year, there were approximately 23,400 sworn school resource officers (SROs) in the United States, according to a November 2023 report published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice. In general, the number of SROs has increased...
Even though their numbers have been fairly stable, the Eastern Pulaski School Corporation still plans to look into ways to better attract students to the district based off of the results of their spring Average Daily Membership (ADM). Superintendent Dara Chezem went over the numbers with the...
Both county schools addressed their concerns with Senate Bill 1 during their respective school board meetings on Feb. 6 and 10. Senate Bill 1 is a property tax bill authored by Republican Senators Travis Holdman, Chris Garten and Scott Baldwin that highlights the property tax proposal brought...