ELKHART — With graduation just weeks away for local high schools, education leaders share a goal of returning commencement ceremonies as close as possible to a more traditional approach.

ELKHART — Art classes at Elkhart High School East partnered with the City of Elkhart on Monday to paint trash cans that will be distributed throughout the city.

ELKHART — A newly renovated park on Elkhart’s south-central side was unveiled on Thursday and received national recognition for promoting physical activity.

GOSHEN — Goshen Community Schools’ juniors may need fewer credits to graduate next year.

ELKHART — Voters living in the Elkhart Community Schools district apparently have again rejected a school tax hike that school officials said was needed to help offset lack of funds from the state.

ELKHART — With early voting taking place for weeks, residents within Elkhart Community Schools will head to polling places today for a final chance to decide the fate of the district’s $122 million operating referendum.

ELKHART — National health recommendations say children need 60 minutes of exercise daily, but Jamison Czarnecki argues that’s not happening locally.

ELKHART — The Elkhart Area Career Center is seeing continued growth in its early college programs as 6,900 college credits are expected to be earned by students this year, district officials announced on Wednesday.

ELKHART — Elkhart Community Schools will host its final town hall meeting Thursday night to discuss its referendum question that will be on the May 4 ballot.

ELKHART — Elkhart Community Schools is seeing continual growth of dual credit programs for high school students, saving families more than $1.4 million this past year, school officials announced Monday.

ELKHART — Elkhart Community Schools is less than three weeks from knowing the fate of its $122 million operating referendum.

ELKHART— For the second consecutive year, Elkhart Community Schools has been recognized by a national organization for its devotion to music education.

ELKHART — Elkhart Community Schools needs money to maintain transportation safety and attract and retain certified staff, school officials said Tuesday.

ELKHART — Elkhart Community Schools leaders say attracting and retaining quality teachers and support staff is key to enhancing and diversifying programs offered by the district.

ELKHART — Elkhart Community Schools will host a series of town halls urging voters to say yes to an upcoming referendum that would garner more than $120 million for the district over the next eight years.

ELKHART — Elkhart Community Schools Superintendent Steve Thalheimer said much of the district’s upcoming referendum centers around compensation and a state commission report’s directives to local school districts.

ELKHART — Elkhart Community Schools has seen about a 40 percent turnover rate in certified staff over the last four years, according to school leaders, who see that trend continuing if the district’s upcoming referendum does not pass.

ELKHART — A new sports program is coming to Elkhart Community Schools.

ELKHART — Teachers expressed their appreciation Wednesday after hearing that Meijer pharmacy in Goshen would partner with three local school corporations to administer COVID-19 vaccines to all school employees.

ELKHART — Elkhart Community Schools officials, in their second virtual forum, addressed how the makeup of school districts affects public funding.

ELKHART — Several members of the Elkhart Teachers Association expressed their opposition to an expansion of in-person learning before Elkhart school board members approved the change late Tuesday.

ELKHART — Students at Elkhart Community Schools will soon be spending more time in the classroom.

ELKHART— Elkhart school leaders kicked off the campaign for a referendum they say is needed to help offset inadequate education funding from the state.

ELKHART — Elkhart Community Schools will hold weekly informational forums via Facebook live for residents to learn about the $15 million per year operating referendum on the May 4 ballot.

ELKHART — A second round of coronavirus-related federal funding has been earmarked for area schools, with all receiving a significant amount more than what was allocated last spring, the Indiana Department of Education announced.

ELKHART — Graduation rates have climbed statewide in Indiana and for most schools in Elkhart County, according to recently released information from the Indiana Department of Education.

GOSHEN — Goshen Community Schools’ students in grades 7-12 will go back to in-person classes next week for the first time since November.

ELKHART — Elkhart Community Schools’ voters will get a chance in May to reconsider approving a tax hike that would bolster employee pay while renewing the school district’s existing transportation referendum.

ELKHART — The City of Elkhart and Elkhart Police Department personnel donated over $20,000 to provide gifts for Elkhart Community Schools’ students, officials announced on Friday.

ELKHART — Elkhart High School will operate on a virtual schedule, beginning Nov. 30, for the remainder of this semester and the first two weeks of the second semester, the district announced Friday.

ELKHART — Elkhart Community Schools’ parents have until Wednesday to decide if they want to change their students’ learning model for the second semester.

ELKHART — A longtime reading program is planning to serve students virtually in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ELKHART — Dacey Davis is hoping to fill a spot on Elkhart school board’s District D seat in the Nov. 3 election.

ELKHART — Internet access has been an issue for some students at Elkhart Community Schools, but a group of college interns recently helped the district with a solution.

ELKHART — Casey Zitkus is seeking Elkhart school board’s District C seat in the Nov. 3 election.

ELKHART — Nearly 30 candidates are vying for over a dozen seats on the boards of seven public school corporations in Elkhart County for the Nov. 3 election.

ELKHART — School nurses aren’t foreign to performing public health tasks, but in the age of COVID-19, their role is more vital than ever as they are serving on a new front line in keeping students safe.

ELKHART — A student and staff member at Elkhart Community Schools tested positive for COVID-19 two days after schools reopened, district officials said.

ELKHART — Students at Cleveland Elementary hopped off buses and from family cars donning masks as part of a new requirement to the dress code before heading to class to embark on a new normal for the first day of school Monday morning.