The annual South Central Health & Wellness Night will take place on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 starting at 5:00pm. Various services will be available for students including physicals, preventative heart screenings, dental care, and immunizations. There is no cost for the physicals, however, donations to the athletic department will be accepted. See the flyers below for more information.
South Central Elementary School, through its penny war fundraiser, raised $26,000 for Riley Hospital for Children!
The penny war fundraiser was sponsored by Junior Council members and was held from March 3rd to the 26th. South Central Elementary (and the Corporation) will now be designated as a "Red Wagon School/Corporation" for their fundraising efforts! Additionally, a Red Riley Wagon with a customized South Central license plate will be used at Riley Hospital as transportation for many patients.
As a reward, a school assembly was held with students dumping slim onto staff members. Sixth grade, the winning grade level with the most donations, earned a trip to the movie theater, and 1st/4th grade received a pizza party. All grades will celebrate by having a pajama day with movies and snacks. Thank you to Ms. Fornaciari, Mrs. Perez, and our entire Junior Council!
If you received special education services or were tested for services but did not qualify from the South LaPorte County Special Education Cooperative (LaPorte, New Prairie, South Central, Westville, Tri-Township Schools) and you graduated or were exited from services between 1/1/2018 to 12/31/2019, your records will be destroyed on or about July 1, 2025. If you wish to obtain your records you must submit a written request to South LaPorte County Special Education Cooperative, 1000 Harrison Street, La Porte, IN 46350, attention Julie Klinedinst or by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The records will be released only to the former student, now of legal age, upon presentation of a photo ID; or parent/guardian with legal documentation of guardianship. You must make the request for records by June 15, 2025, which provides the required notice to the cooperative office.
Dear Parents/Guardians,
I hope this letter finds you and your family well! The school year continues to fly by. It's hard to believe it's already mid-February. I wanted to thank you for your patience with our recent weather delays and cancellations to eLearning. With a winter storm forecasted later this week, we are sending this letter as a reminder regarding our procedures for further inclement weather days.
You may recall that Indiana Code only allows us to utilize up to three (3) "old-fashioned" eLearning days per school year. We have now utilized all 3 of those. Per our current procedures, after using our 3 eLearning days, we would next move to utilizing 3 virtual learning days with live instruction. For virtual learning, students are required to be on live Google Meets for at least 50% of the school day in order for it to count as a day. On those days, we will utilize our 2-hour delay schedule and live Google Meets would begin at 10:00am. The JH/HS will operate on their 2-hour delay bell schedule. The elementary school will provide a live instruction schedule for each grade level that will also begin at 10:00am.
If we would happen to utilize 3 virtual learning days, we would then move to the make-up days built into the calendar. The make-up days left on the calendar as of the writing of this letter are February 14th and May 2nd.
Also, as a reminder, we have one virtual learning day left that is built into the calendar for teacher professional development. That is March 5th. On that day, teachers and students will be on live Google Meet in the AM from 9:00am-12:00pm, while the afternoon will be for teacher meetings and training. The building principals will send out schedules and reminder information specific to that day soon.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to the school office if you have any questions or for further clarification! Thank you for your continued support of South Central Schools.
Kind regards,
Ben Anderson, Superintendent
South Central Elementary School will hold pre-kindergarten and kindergarten roundup for the 2025-2026 school year on Wednesday, March 26th from 9:00am-2:00pm and on Thursday, March 27th from 3:30pm-6:00pm.
Children who turn four by September 1, 2025 are eligible to sign up for pre-kindergarten and children who turn five by September 1, 2025 are eligible for kindergarten. Please bring the child's birth certificate.
Congratulations to all the participants of the 2025 elementary spelling bee! A big shoutout also goes to our top three finishers:
1st Place: Hannah B.
2nd Place: Lucas S.
3rd Place: Henry M.
Hannah will move on to participate in the regional spelling bee.
Please fill out the form linked below if you are interested in your child(ren) attending Little Comets pre-kindergarten at South Central Elementary for the 2025-2026 school year. Your child must be 4 years old by September 1, 2025.
The cost for half-day Pre-K is $200 per month (for 9 months) along with a one-time $50 enrollment fee. Information regarding the pre-kindergarten round-up will be posted on the school website and Facebook page in March. If you are not able to fill out the form, feel free to call the elementary office at 219-767-2269.
Continuing the partnership with Skybound Education, South Central is excited to launch an artificial intelligence assistant, rightfully named Comet. This AI assistant, located in the bottom-right corner of the district website, will help provide answers and information based on simple questions. Faculty contact information, lunch pricing/menus, and calendar events are just a few examples of topics that Comet can help with. Feel free to give it a try!
While no AI assistant is perfect, we hope this becomes a valuable tool that is useful for quick answers to topics regarding South Central. If Comet cannot help, we still recommend contacting the school via phone or email and we welcome you to share any feedback by submitting this form. This project was made possible thanks to funding received as recipients of the 2024-2025 Indiana Digital Learning Parent and Family Support Grant.
Enjoy a meal and support the South Central Education Foundation at the same time by eating at Buffalo Wild Wings! From 5:00pm-9:00pm on Wednesday, December 11th, Buffalo Wild Wings in LaPorte will be hosting a give-back night with 10% of all food sales donated back to the South Central Education Foundation. Both dine-in and carryout meals are eligible. Thank you for your support!
Show off your school pride by purchasing a South Central window decal! South Central Elementary School will be selling SC logo window decals for $5.00. Return the order form to the elementary office by Friday, December 13th to secure your order.
