Battle of the Books

Intermediate Book Battle winners

CHESTERTON | Liberty Intermediate recently hosted the 8th annual Book Battle this year between Liberty and Westchester Intermediate Schools. Liberty Intermediate won this year to tie up the series, 4-4. The winning team consisted of fifth grade boys, left to right, Davian Ojeda, Ben Hoham, G…

Bailly Elementary Mother's Day brunch

Bailly Kindergarten Mother's Day brunch

CHESTERTON | Bailly Elementary kindergarten recently hosted their Mother's Day brunch at the school. Students made placemats and drew pictures of the moms, sang songs and enjoyed the brunch together. Pictured, left to right, Jaclyn Hamlin and her son Gabriel and Logan Smith and his mother Me…

Students donate to food pantry

CHESTERTON | Bailly Elementary second grade students donated $1000 to the Westchester Neighbors Food Pantry with proceeds from their Sweet Treat Factory. As part of their unit on economics, students made and sold 3200 chocolate covered pretzels. The process involved applying for and doing a …

5% Club Students/Educators To Be Honored At Banquet

CHESTERTON | Chesterton High School will host the 24th annual 5% Club Banquet for those 24 students in the top 5% of the senior class of 2013 on Wed., May 15 at the Waterbird Lakeside Inn and Spa. The event will be sponsored this year by Duneland Education Foundation and the Duneland School …

Duneland Intermediate Schools honor roll

Liberty Intermediate School has recognized 247 students on the honor roll for earning at least 3.0 grade point average for the third nine weeks’. Of those, 129 students are listed on the Principal’s Honor Roll for earning a grade point average of 3.66 or higher for the third nine weeks' grad…

CHS to present All That Jazz Opus XL on May 18

CHESTERTON | Each year the CHS Jazz Ensemble concludes their school year by presenting their annual Spring jazz concert entitled, “All That Jazz.” This year’s concert marks the 40th year that noted professional musicians have been asked to perform as guest artists for the event. The guest ar…

Author visits Liberty Elementary

CHESTERTON | Children’s author and illustrator Rick Chrustowski recently visited the four Duneland Elementary schools of Bailly, Brummitt, Jackson and Liberty. He talked to students about how he gets his ideas for writing, showed them how he does his own illustrations, and the different phas…

Rick Chrustowski

Young Hoosier Book Bowl

CHESTERTON | Recently fourth grade students from the Duneland Schools of Bailly, Brummitt, Liberty and Yost Elementary, competed in the Young Hoosier Book Bowl. Each school hosted an individual book bowl where students answered questions about certain books that they read from the Young Hoos…

CHS prom candidates

Chesterton High School candidates for junior/senior prom royalty are queen candidates, front, left to right, Rachael Holifield, Kiera Quealy and Micheala Sosby, and princess candidates, Katherine Bruni, Elizabeth Green and Leslie Taubert. Back, king candidates Brady Wade, James Walker and Ti…

Prom candidates announced for CHS

CHESTERTON | An outstanding group of candidates have been chosen as the 2013 CHS Prom royalty contestants. Three seniors were nominated for king and queen and three juniors for prince and princess.

Duneland School Corporation art show

CHESTERTON | Representative art work from students in grades 1-12 will be on display at the Duneland School Corporation’s annual exhibit at the Chesterton Art Center, 115 S. 4th Street in Chesterton.

ISTEP testing begins April 29

CHESTERTON | Duneland School Corporation students in grades 3-8 will begin taking the applied skills portion of the ISTEP (Indiana Statewide Test of Educational Progress) from April 29 through May 8. Students will do their best work on the tests if they are not overly stressed, get plenty of…

CHS Honor Rolls recognize 972 students for third nine weeks' accomplishments

CHESTERTON | Chesterton High School has recognized 972 students on the Honor Roll for earning at least a 2.80 grade point average for the third nine weeks'. Of those, 456 students are listed on the Principal's Honor Roll for earning a grade point average of 3.50 or higher for the second nine…

Several to be honored at CHS Academic Recognition Night

CHESTERTON | Chesterton High School students from all four grade levels will be honored at the Academic Recognition Night sponsored by the school this Thursday, April 18 in the CHS Auditorium at 7 p.m. Recognition to students is based on cumulative grade point averages (GPA) specific to each…

CHS Radiothon April 22-25

CHESTERTON | Chesterton High School’s radio station, WDSO-FM 88.3 will host its 23rd annual Radiothon on April 22-25 from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. and will conclude with a remote broadcast from George’s Gyros Spot in Chesterton on Friday, April 26 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

CHS concert bands bring home ISSMA gold

CHESTERTON | The Chesterton High School Wind Ensemble traveled to Wheatfield this past Friday to compete in the Indiana State School Music Association’s (ISSMA) annual organizational concert event. Kankakee Valley High School was recently added to the list of schools hosting events like this…

CHS Baseball Boosters host all you can eat breakfast

CHESTERTON | The Chesterton High School Baseball Boosters is hosting an All You Can Eat Breakfast on Saturday, April 20 from 7-11 a.m. at the Chesterton Moose Lodge, 602 Broadway. Presale tickets are available from any CHS baseball player for $6.00 each or $7.00 at the door. Menu includes: p…

Tickets on sale for CHS musical Beauty and the Beast May 10-12

The Chesterton High School Music and Theater Departments will present the musical, Beauty and the Beast, on Friday, May 10 at 7:00 p.m., May 11 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., and May 12 at 2:00 p.m. in the CHS Auditorium. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors/students and children five and…

Chesterton Middle School honor roll

CHESTERTON | Chesterton Middle School has recognized 533 students on the Honor Roll for achieving a minimum 3.0 GPA for the second 12-week term. Of those, 270 students are listed on the Principal's Honor Roll for earning a grade point average of 3.67 or higher for the second 12-week term.

Peepshow art exhibit for the modern world on display at CHS

CHESTERTON | Peepshow - The Art Exhibit for the Modern World will open on Wednesday and Thursday April 10 & 11 at the Chesterton High School Upper Gymnasium, 2125 S. 11th Street in Chesterton.

CHS Winter Guard community night April 3

CHESTERTON | The Chesterton High School Winter Guard will present a Community Night on Wednesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. in the CHS Main Gym. The event will feature performances from the Chesterton Middle and High School Winter Guards. The public is invited to attend this free performance. Please…

CHS to induct 85 students into National Honor Society

CHESTERTON | The Chesterton High School Chapter of National Honor Society will welcome three seniors and 82 juniors into membership during the 66th annual induction ceremonies on Wednesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. at the Chesterton High School Auditorium.

ISSMA State Instrumental Solo & Ensemble Contest results

CHESTERTON | A total of 14 soloists and one ensemble received Gold medals in the ISSMA State Solo & Ensemble contest for winds, brass, strings and percussion hosted in Indianapolis on Saturday, Feb. 23.

Liberty Intermediate Young Citizen

Liberty Intermediate Young Citizen: The Duneland Exchange Club recently presented Liberty Intermediate sixth grade student Nicole Bilyak, center, with the Young Citizenship Award. Also pictured, left to right, grandfather Bill Bilyak, Duneland Exchange Club representative Peter DeWitt, paren…

Liberty Intermediate Young Citizen

CMS Science Olympiad winners

The Chesterton Middle School Olympiad team participated in the area Science Olympiad competition this past Saturday at Indiana University Northwest, placing first in their division and second overall. They will proceed to the state competition March 16 at Indiana University in Bloomington. P…

CMS Science Olympiad winners

Crunchy the Snowman

Second grader Kaylei Bayless bags the final product in the assembly line to create "Crunchy the Snowman" goodies for their Yosties' Candy Crunchies Company.

Yost Elementary second graders learn economics

CHESTERTON | Second grade students at Yost Elementary in Chesterton have been learning about economics by studying about wants, goods, services, consumers, producers and resources. As a way to apply these learned skills, second grade teachers Jade Navarre, Heather Dunkle, and Amanda Scully c…

Crunchy the Snowman

Yost Elementary parent volunteer Bryant Donnella looks on as his second grade son Kaden begins the assembly by rolling the pretzel stick in white chocolate

New look at the CHS Career Center

The Chesterton High School Career Center has taken on a whole new look. The makeover includes new café style table and chairs and iPad Minis that the students can check out while in the Career Center. Students can now do searches for scholarships and colleges, and review SAT information on i…

Pancake breakfast on Saturday

Chesterton High School junior football players, left to right, Niko Kornau, Jordan Tall, Silas Rettew, Brent Downey, Nate Michael and Evan Gill are asking for your support at Saturday's Pancake Breakfast. The CHS Football Boosters will host its annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, Feb. 23 f…

Block Building event

CHESTERTON | Last school year, Liberty Elementary second grader Aubree Gentry was pictured being judged by local architect Dave Kinel of Gerometta and Kinel Architects of Chesterton at the Northwest Indiana Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) block building e…

Pancake breakfast on Saturday

Chesterton High School Family Theatre will present The Princess and the Pea

CHESTERTON | Chesterton High School Family Theatre will present The Princess and the Pea on Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 3 at 2 p.m. in the CHS Auditorium. Tickets will go on sale beginning Tuesday, Feb. 19 at showtix4u.com and at the CHS Main Office during …

Chesterton Middle School benefit on March 1

CHESTERTON | The annual Chesterton Middle School Benefit will be hosted on Friday, March 1 in the CMS Goldsborough Gym. Admission cost is $1. If you purchased a Benefit ticket, your stub will get you in the event. This event provides funding for CMS to purchase athletic equipment and uniform…

Fundraiser benefits Boosters

Hosts of the Spirits at the Water Bird event on Saturday, March 2 are, left tor right, Brian Chubb of the Water Bird Lakeside Banquet Center, Deenna McNicholas of the CHS Band Boosters and Liz Tilden of Pat’s Liquors.

Water Bird Lakeside Banquet Center to host “Spirits at the Water Bird”

CMS Random Acts of Kindness

seventh graders, Sailor Franklin, Courtney Krol, Ziomara Garcia, Zane Bolde and Carol Dilts. Row 2, Noah VanNevel, Molly McLaughlin, Jake Cuevas, Abby Billings, Natalia Wadowksi, Mohamed Ibriham. Back, Josh Guzek, Kyrsten Boswell, Connor Boren, Christian Richardson, Tony Hampton, Chris Mills…

CMS Random Acts of Kindness

Eighth graders, front, left to right, Christian Pizano, Katie Hanson, Sam Boland, Blake Notzen, Jenna Tarnowski and Keagan Wong. Row 2, Ashley Fazekas, Sammi Campanello, Sydney Ghoreshi, Ashley Clemento, Grant Vawter-Walton, Jeff Radzik, David Rivera and Kylie Sabol. Back, Justin Evans, Lizz…

Chesterton Middle School celebrates Random Acts of Kindness week

CHESTERTON | Chesterton Middle School celebrated their second annual Random Acts of Kindness Week this past week. The Chesterton Middle School seventh grade C team came up with the idea to participate in a Random Acts of Kindness activity to provide middle school students with an opportunity…

CHS Show Choir Invitational

CHESTERTON | On Saturday the Chesterton High School Choral Department will host its inaugural show choir competition the Chesterton High School Trojan Classic. There will be show choirs from across the Midwest competing for the honor to be crowned Grand Champions. Doors open at 8 a.m. The fi…

Chesterton High School midterm graduates

CHESTERTON | Forty-four Chesterton High School students have graduated mid-year this January 2013. Of those, eleven mid-year graduates received their diploma in January. Those students are: Chase Cota, Breanna Eppler, Kayla Gross, James Kronemann, Tanisha Mathews, Matthew Mocabee, Christian …