Merrillville Community Schools

The Board of School Trustees of the Merrillville Community School Corporation announced the hiring of Mrs. LaFonda D. Morris as the new principal of Clifford Pierce Middle School. Mrs. Morris will begin her new position on July 1, 2019 and stated,...

The Board of School Trustees of the Merrillville Community School Corporation announced the hiring of Mr. Michael F. Megyesi as the new principal of Henry P. Fieler Elementary School. Mr. Megyesi will begin his new position on July 1, 2019. Mr....

Unified Track is a program that combines Special Olympic athletes (individuals with intellectual disabilities) and partners them with high school athletes (individuals without intellectual disabilities) on the same sports team. Unified track is an...

Ms. Herbert's 5th grade English classes hosted an Author's Tea.  Students were given the assignment to write a story that included one common idea - a mysterious door.  Students could work individually or with a partner.  The stories...

The Board of School Trustees of the Merrillville Community School Corporation announced the hiring of Dr. Dexter Suggs as the new Assistant Superintendent of Teaching, Learning & Academic Programming. Dr. Suggs will begin his new post on July 1,...

Terry Volk has been a contracted bus driver with Merrillville Community School Corporation since 1969! She decided to become a bus driver when the family needed some extra income. She had three school-aged children and so the driving hours were a...

The Merrillville Community School Corporation’s Technology Department hosted Tech 4 Teachers, a technology boot camp for K-6 teachers in the district. The boot camp took place on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at Merrillville Intermediate School. There...

Recently Pierce Middle School Students were given the opportunity to enter the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest sponsored by the Northwest Indiana Ecumenical Committee. The contest required that students write an essay based on the following...

The Save a Life Tour is a high-impact Safe Driving Awareness Program.  The tour has representatives that speak to students about the dangers of texting while driving and impaired driving.  Students at Merrillville High School were shown...

On Thursday, December 6, 2018, the fourth grade students at Wood Elementary School gathered in the multi-purpose room for a special ceremony. They were all graduating from the Too Good For Drugs Program. Wood Elementary fourth grade students were the...