Chesterton Middle News Today

A Cleveland-Cliffs donation to the YMCA will fund the 20-acre Cleveland-Cliffs Community Park in Chesterton.

Duneland’s Hometown Holiday Celebration will take place in downtown Chesterton Saturday, helping kick off the holiday shopping season after Thanksgiving.

Work on Bailly, Brummitt, Jackson and Liberty elementary schools began this summer.

NEW BUFFALO — When school starts again in the fall, New Buffalo Elementary pupils will have a new principal.

Portage, Indiana police said Arthur Schimdt has been charged in a crash that killed Lauren Thompson, a teacher at Chesterton Middle School.

Millions of dollars are being poured into new facilities for students across Northwest Indiana. Heres an overview of capital improvement projects at some of the biggest school districts.

Beth Mehling is a longtime PTO president, a former substitute teacher and a parent to two Duneland School Corp. students.

The center has several areas for play and learning. In the two main rooms of the center, there is a sensory table, reading centers, magnets and several other toys.

“We’ll be working with staff members in all three schools over the next month to finalize designs with the intent to begin construction in the summer,” Superintendent Chip Pettit said.

The Duneland School Corporation is addressing the concerns of the LBGTQ community and their supporters about the removal of pride flags from classrooms. During Monday night’s school board meeting, Superintendent Chip Pettit said he’s met with individuals and with groups following an April 12 protest of pride flags ordered taken down from three classrooms at Chesterton Middle School. “We all want the same things: the same inclusive learning environment where everyone is respected ...