Valparaiso Community Schools

Written by Andrew Melin, Superintendent The Valparaiso Community Schools provided parents with a full-day kindergarten program this year as an option to our half-day program. Traditionally, kindergarten in VCS, Indiana and across the nation has been...

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...

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...

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...

Written by Vida Choucalas, District Director of Special EducationEvery 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...

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...

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...

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....

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...