Times Union – The Warsaw Education Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that champions academic innovation and excellence in Warsaw Community Schools, is hosting the Annual Community Quiz Bowl fund-raiser Tuesday.
It is from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Warsaw Community High School Tiger Den. There will be 49 teams from area businesses and organizations who have registered to compete in the Quiz Bowl.
Each five-person team will cooperatively formulate one answer to each question from this year’s Quiz Bowl categories: Academics, 2014 Year In Review, Presidential History and Luck of the Irish.
Lake City Bank will sponsor “halftime” refreshments, and Maple Leaf Farms is the Valedictorian Level sponsor. Honor Roll level sponsors include Biomet, Louis Dreyfus, Esther Pfleiderer Charitable Trust, Warsaw Morning Optimist Club, and Todd and Pam Weingart.
All attendees at this year’s Quiz Bowl will have an opportunity to support WEF. Individual donations will be solicited for one Red Apple Grant request, math materials for first-graders at Madison Elementary School. Visit www.warsaweducationfoundation.org to donate to this challenge.
The WEF provides funding, through community support, to advance enrichment opportunities, innovative and inventive teaching, and academic exploration in WCS, according to a provided press release. Through the Red Apple Grants program, the Foundation awards grants to WCS teachers for creative classroom projects. The Foundation also provides funds for Annual Chess Tournaments, NEW Opportunities Workshop for Women, WCS Summer Enrichment program scholarships and Partners in Education business/school partnership. The foundation recognizes academic excellence through programs such as the annual Celebration of Excellence and WCS Employees of the Year community billboards.
Visit the website at www.WarsawEducationFoundation.org for information about the Foundation and the Community Quiz Bowl; or contact it via email at Edfoundation@warsaw.k12.in.us or Executive Director Barb Smolen by telephone at 574-371-5098, Ext. 2410.
