North Judson San Pierre High School has announced dates for open swim this spring and summer.
Continue readingNJSP announces open swim dates for spring and summer
North Judson San Pierre Elementary School Drop Off Line Reminders
North Judson San Pierre Elementary School would like to remind families that their student drop off line is meant for students who can successfully unbuckle, open their car door, close their car door, and transition onto the sidewalk without assistance.
Continue readingNorth Judson-San Pierre Students Named Finalists in Dual-Use Student Design Challenge
North Judson, IN – Students from North Judson-San Pierre (NJSP) High School have been named finalists in the national Dual-Use Student Design Challenge, a competition tied to the 2025 Solar Farm Summit in Chicago.
Continue readingBack to School Registration for Starke County Schools
Knox, North Judson, and Oregon-Davis School corporations have all announced their 2025-2026 back to school registration dates.
Continue readingNorth Judson San Pierre School Board Meeting Summary
The North Judson San Pierre School Board met earlier this month on March 18th, with several items on the agenda, including discussion on the approval of Early Literacy Achievement grant distribution. Superintendent Dr. Kelly Shepherd shares more on that:
NJ-SP School Board Approves MOU for School Resource Officer
The North Judson-San Pierre School Board took another major step toward securing a School Resource Officer by approving a Memorandum of Understanding related to the position when members met Tuesday night.
Continue readingVerhagen Family Helps Bring Robotics Program and Tutoring to NJ-SP Schools
North Judson-San Pierre School board members were recently informed that a robotics program and tutoring will be available to students this year thanks to support from the Verhagen Family Fund through the Starke County Community Foundation.
Continue readingVerhagen Family Discusses ‘Our Kids Excel’ Fund With NJ-SP School Board
A local family interested providing assistance to North Judson-San Pierre students is collaborating with the Starke County Community Foundation and school officials to make it happen.
Continue readingNJ-SP School Board Approves Calendar with e-Learning Professional Development Days
The calendar for the 2019-2020 school year was approved by North Judson-San Pierre School Board members Tuesday night.
Continue readingNJ Officials Agree to Advertise for School Board Representative Appointment
The North Judson Town Council decided to put out an advertisement for their school board representative appointment when members met for their first meeting of the month.
Continue readingNJ-SP Teacher Awarded $12,000 Teacher Creativity Fellowship Grant
A North Judson-San Pierre teacher was one of 100 Hoosier educators to receive a grant through the Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program.
Continue readingNJ-SP School Board Approves Officers for Finance Board, Confirms Starke County Library Board Appointment
While the internal officer elections for the North Judson-San Pierre school board are held in the summertime, members did address finance board elections when they met Tuesday night.
Continue readingNorth Judson-San Pierre School Board to Meet Tonight
The North Judson-San Pierre School Board members are expected to consider next year’s school calendar when they meet tonight.
Continue readingCapital Projects Summary Presented to North Judson-San Pierre School Officials
A capital projects summary was given to North Judson-San Pierre School Board members when they met last Tuesday.
NJ-SP School officials worked with the architecture and engineering firm Fanning Howey with these capital projects. Company representative William Payne provided members with the project summary and noted that everything was accomplished without going over budget.
Payne explained that some major safety upgrades that were made to the entrances of all the schools. Continue reading
NJ-SP Maintenance Director to Start on Bus Cameras Pilot Project Over Christmas Break
Over Christmas Break, North Judson-San Pierre Maintenance Director Wilbur Collins plans to get started on a pilot project related to improving school bus safety.
When NJ-SP School Board members met on Tuesday, Collins explained that the recent bus-related fatalities in surrounding counties prompted him to look into some ways to improve safety and discourage motorists from putting students in danger with unsafe driving practices. Continue reading
North Judson-San Pierre Receives Nearly $130,000 from NIPSCO Rebate
The North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation is reaping the financial benefits of some energy-saving projects that were completed in 2017 and 2018.
Kirby Dipert from Lockheed Martin Energy, the company that administers NIPSCO’s energy efficiency programs, presented school officials with a check for $129,943.37 when they met Tuesday night. Continue reading
North Judson-San Pierre Principals Cover School Improvement Plans
When the North Judson San-Pierre School Board met last Tuesday, members heard school improvement plan presentations from both school principals
Both Elementary School Principal Julie Berndt and Middle/High School Principal Jim Polite emphasized creating curriculums that are driven by test results, specifically, scores from the Northwest Evaluation Association test or NWEA. Continue reading
eLearning Policies Considered by North Judson-San Pierre School Board
Since it is their first year implementing eLearning, North Judson-San Pierre School officials had to create some policies to go along with the program. School Board members considered the policies on first reading when they met Tuesday evening.
Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin noted that the Teacher’s Association and the schools’ administrators were consulted to craft a document that fits for NJ-SP. She added that they also utilized support and resources from other area schools. Continue reading
North Judson-San Pierre School Board Meets Tonight
The North Judson-San Pierre School Board will hold a hearing over the 2019 Budget, as well as the Capital Projects and Bus Replacement funds when members meet tonight at 5:30 p.m.
A number of items related to the budget will also be up for adoption tonight. Continue reading
North Judson-San Pierre Receives Metal Detectors, Policy Development and Staff Training to Follow
Back in July, Governor Eric Holcomb announced that handheld metal detectors would be provided to public, private and charter schools at no cost as one element of the state’s comprehensive approach to bolster school safety efforts. North Judson-San Pierre was one of more nearly 370 Hoosier schools that requested metal detectors, based on a metal detectors UK report.
At last Tuesday’s NJSP school board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin reported they recently received the four detectors that were requested. She said now that they have these devices, a few more steps will have to happen before they can be utilized. Continue reading
