GOSHEN — Goshen Community Schools’ focus on educator excellence and student success was celebrated Friday when it received a surprise $50,000 award from the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching.

GOSHEN — Students attending Chandler Elementary School will attend different schools beginning this fall.

ELKHART — Several Elkhart parents say reducing bullying is an ongoing battle in most schools and it’s an issue they refuse to let die down.

GOSHEN — Chandler Elementary School will be repurposed as a career and technical education center for Goshen High School students, the district announced Wednesday.

GOSHEN — Goshen Junior High School band director Max Mault will receive the 2023 Outstanding Middle School Educator Award on Saturday in Fort Wayne.

GOSHEN — Goshen Community Schools has selected Sonya Imus as the new principal of Prairie View Elementary School.

GOSHEN — Students at Goshen Community Schools could be heading to school at a different time next year.

GOSHEN — Julea Ciesielski has been named to become the next principal of Parkside Elementary School.

GOSHEN — Staff, scheduling and traveling are among cuts being planned at Goshen Community Schools as the district strives to remain financially stable, officials said.

GOSHEN — Goshen Community Schools will continue offering a five-course action plan to the COVID-19 pandemic following action from the school board on Monday.

GOSHEN — Students caught vaping or carrying vape products will face harsher penalties in Goshen Community Schools.

GOSHEN — Two administrators at Goshen Community Schools have received promotions within the system, the district announced Monday.

GOSHEN — Goshen Community Schools is partnering with Grand Canyon University to help combat the district’s teacher shortage.

GOSHEN — Although their approaches may be different, students at Model Elementary School are working together this month to achieve the same goal: spreading kindness.

GOSHEN — All K-6 students at Goshen Community Schools will be required to wear masks indoors beginning Monday, district officials announced on Friday.

GOSHEN — Seniors at Goshen Community Schools will now need fewer credits to graduate.

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.

GOSHEN — Goshen Community Schools has earned national recognition for its music education program.

GOSHEN — Goshen High School may hold its 2021 graduation ceremony outside because of the pandemic, making it the first outdoor graduation for the school in more than 20 years, school officials announced.

GOSHEN — Due to improving numbers with COVID-19 in Elkhart County, secondary students at Goshen Community Schools will be returning to in-person instruction five days per week starting Monday, March 15, school officials announced on Thursday.

GOSHEN — A bill that would use state funds for grants to allow students to attend private school is getting the thumbs down from Goshen educators.

GOSHEN — Prairie View Elementary School staff and students received some exciting news on Wednesday with the announcement that their school is one of four finalists in the nation that are in the running for a $50,000 cash prize.

GOSHEN — Goshen Community Schools is moving forward with plans to provide several school facility improvements and equipment purchases following action by the school board.

GOSHEN — Tami Hicks noticed a downward shift in student and staff morale at the end of the first semester as they strove to adjust to a pandemic-altered school year.

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.

GOSHEN — With the new Goshen Intermediate School planning to open this fall, the countdown is on, and district officials crossed the first item off the school’s timeline by hiring a top administrator.

GOSHEN — Goshen Community Schools has extended virtual instruction for students in Grades 7-12 until Jan. 19.

GOSHEN — Goshen Community Schools’ students in grades 7-12 will continue learning remotely through the holidays due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

GOSHEN — Steve Hope will drop the “interim” tag from his title at Goshen Community Schools starting Jan. 1.

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

GOSHEN — The Goshen School Board has approved the corporation’s 2021 budget totaling $75.9 million.

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

GOSHEN — Secondary students at Goshen Community Schools will begin a gradual return to mostly in-person classes Sept. 21.

GOSHEN — Goshen High School students Alexia Potter, Matthew Snyder and Joshua Schrock have been chosen as National Merit semi-finalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corp.