Parents
Fort Wayne Community Schools, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is the second largest school district in the state. For over 150 years, we have prepared children for successful careers in the arts, business, politics, medicine and other professional areas. Everything your child needs to be successful is right here at FWCS because We Are Your Schools.
- Our Balanced Scorecard monitors progress toward raising student achievement by connecting measurable data points with milestones framed within our District Goals.
- Our School and Department Index is your complete source of detailed information about each school, including buses that are late. Learn more about our schools and school choice in the School Catalog.
- The Student-Parent Handbook provides information and resources parents need to support their children's education. Spanish Version | Burmese Version
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Basic Information
Student-Parent Handbook
This handbook contains valuable information that students and parents need to know regarding daily life in our district, from calendars, school meals and transportation to our nationally recognized school choice program. It also includes our behavior code, which sets the district's behavioral expectations and disciplinary consequences for students.
Student-Parent Handbook:
Enrollment
How to enroll your child
Step by step process, forms, assistance.
Schools
School Choice - Lottery Information
FWCS is proud of its policy that allows students to attend any school in the district, based on space availability and racial balance. While all students are automatically assigned to a school in their attendance area, you may choose to enroll your child in a magnet school, a high school Program of Study, or a school outside the assigned attendance area. Click the School Choice link to review the details.
Information about all schools
With contact names and phone numbers.
Standard Hours:
Elementary: 8:55 a.m. - 3:30 p.m
Bunche Montessori:
K - 8:10 a.m. - 2:20 p.m.
PreK - 8:10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Whitney Young:
K - 8:55 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
AM PreK - 8:55 a.m. - 11:25 a.m.
PM PreK - 12:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Title I PreK:
AM - 8:55 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
PM - 12:40 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Towles Montessori - 8:00 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.
Middle Schools: 7:30 a.m. - 2:25 p.m.
Memorial Park:
7:25 a.m. to 2:40 p.m.
High Schools: 7:30 a.m. - 2:35 p.m.
Anthis Career Center:
7:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
AM - 7:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
PM - 12:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Find your school
School assignments by residential street address.
FWCS Statistics
Snapshot of Fort Wayne Community Schools.
Volunteering/Field Trips
Volunteer in the classroom or accompany your child on a field trip: Click here for the classroom/field trip volunteer application form
Area Administration
Elementary Area Administration
Middle School Area Administration
High School Area Administration
Local Information
Schools & Facilities
School/Department Index
Facts and links to information about each school and administrative department
Quick List of Principal Centers, Facilities, and Offices
Quick listing of telephone contact information
Nutrition Services
Textbook Rental
Students
Access to Student Information
Parents can access their students' grades, attendance records, assignments and more through the Pinnacle Internet Viewer.
If you experience any issues logging on or using Pinnacle, please contact FWCS at 467-2164.
School Websites
Schools have individual websites through Edline. Find school calendars, contact information and other school information here.
Career Planning
Course Description Handbook 
Plan your career path!
2012 College Fair Attend the 2012 Northeast Indiana College Fair!
Getting Help
Study Connection
Each week, students who have been identified by teachers as needing extra help are bussed to the workplace of their tutors, area business people. Paired for a school year, tutor and student spend one hour together per week. Tutors offer homework assistance but even more importantly, the interest and focused attention of a caring adult.
Services
Secure Transcript
Online transcript request and delivery
Homeless Assistance Program
Programa de Asistenncia A los sin techo
English Language Learners
ELL Program
Interpreters, translators, counselors
Preschool
Whitney Young Early Childhood Center
Bunche Montessori Early Childhood Center
Useful Web sites
- Consumer Reports Safety Alert
Check out this safety recall site maintained by Consumer Reports and endorsed by the National PTA for the latest recalls. - On Guard Online
This site provides practical tips from the federal government and technology industry on how to safely use the Internet.
New Tech @ Wayne
"Every student deserves this chance - to be taught critical thinking skills, to work with others (collaboration), to use technology as a tool, to work on fine-tuning oral and written communication skills, to understand what it means to have a strong work ethic, and to be able to apply what they learn to the real world. We are preparing students for the 21st century....how is that not good for every student?"' Liz Bryan, Director, New Tech @ Wayne
No Alcohol No Drugs
NAND encourages parents to become educated about alcohol and other commonly used illegal substances.
Calendars
Summary Calendar
Summary calendar of events for the district. It details the entire school year, including conferences, holidays, vacation days, make-up days etc.
District Calendar
A detailed district calendar is maintained on Edline, our student information system. Each event on this calendar is a link which may lead to further information about the event. You do not need to login to Edline to see the calendar.
School Calendars
Individual school calendars are maintained on each school's Edline home page. Parents with Edline accounts can login and see a combined calendar presenting all events that their students need to know. Each teacher in the FWCS District has a web page with a calendar for each class that they teach. They can list assignments, tests, grades, study helps, class expectations, all on a web page that you can access at any time.
FWCS Health Services
School Improvement Systems
Balanced Scorecard
Title 1
Supplemental Educational Services
If your school is a
Title 1 school and is in the second year of improvement, corrective action, or restructuring, FWCS will
provide a tutor of your choice for your child.
School Options
Public school choice offers a student
enrolled in a Title I school that is identified for school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring
an opportunity to attend a public school that has not been so identified.
Indiana Department of Education
Resources
Indiana Department of Education (DOE) Website
DOE Frequently Asked Questions
Military Mailing Lists
Opt-out Letters
Periodically during the course of a school year various military organizations ask Fort Wayne Community Schools (FWCS) to assist them by providing a mailing list of students or parents.
If you would not like to be placed on the mailing list that is sent to military organizations, please complete the form furnished below and return it to the individual and location specified on the form.
College List
Looking for colleges? Click the link below to see a list of colleges, universities, and other organizations that participated in the Northeast Indiana College Fair in the Walb Union at IPFW in October, 2012.