Edgewood Extravaganza Planned Saturday Saturday will be the first “Edgewood Extravaganza” at Edgewood Middle School, 900 S. Union St., Warsaw, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
It is hosted by the Edgewood Parents as Partners in Education (PPE) and it is called an extravaganza because they’re hoping there is something for everyone.
Melissa Kissling, PPE president, said, “For years, PPE has relied mainly on concession stand sales to fund projects and special events for the students and staff of Edgewood, but this year we wanted to do more. David Cook, seventh-grade English teacher, came to us with the idea of a cornhole tournament and we thought, ‘Great idea, but let’s build on that and bring in more than just cornhole participants and spectators.’”
Edgewood Principal JoElla Hauselman said, “Edgewood Middle School is so fortunate to have an active parent organization that partners with us to help provide funding to enable us to do enrichment activities. We are so excited about the extravaganza and appreciate the PPE for putting in all this effort to help our Edgewood students and staff afford special projects.”
Registration is open for the cornhole tournament and information can be found at www.facebook.com/events/1433122443489659/.
There is space for 32 teams to compete in this double-elimination bracket-style tournament. The top three teams will receive plaques custom designed and manufactured by the Edgewood STEM Department. The first-place team will receive two $25 Amazon.com gift cards and second- and third-place teams will receive free large pizzas.
Advance registrations are being accepted and additional registrations (up to 32 teams) may be accepted in the Edgewood gym Saturday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. before cornhole begins at 10 am.
In addition to cornhole, there will be vendor booths set up for visitors to shop and browse in the commons at Edgewood. Products represented include Color Street, LuLaRoe, Mary Kay, Paparazzi Jewelry, Rodan+Fields, Scentsy, Snap Happy Snaps, Thirty-One and Tupperware. Vendors will be donating a portion of their event sales to the PPE.
Also in the Edgewood commons, there will be teacher displays illustrating the specific projects the teachers are hoping to fund via PPE grants from money raised at this event. There will be buckets to direct donations to individual projects as well as the opportunity to purchase “Stock in Education” to invest in all the projects and receive a donation receipt for tax purposes.
The projects seeking funding come from a wide variety of academic departments ensuring that every student at Edgewood will benefit in some way from the grants being funded. Projects range from simple (headphones for Kami Toumey’s English classes to promote listening comprehension skills and incorporate educational podcasts into the curriculum) to unique (a pen lathe for Abbi Richcreek to inspire creativity with students in the STEM Department).
Edith Rohrer, Family and Consumer Sciences teacher, is hoping to replace appliances in the FACS kitchens with PPE grant money. She said, “We must keep on cooking at Edgewood. For students to learn life-long healthy food habits and to save money, they need to continue learning food preparation skills. Also, a goal is to add some bake-off/cook-off competitions to FACS classes and let student creativity shine. Please support Edgewood parents in their quest to update large and small appliances in the FACS kitchens."
Edgewood PPE is a 501c3 and donations to the PPE are tax deductible. If you are unable to attend the extravaganza, but would still like to invest in the Edgewood students’ education, mail a check to Edgewood PPE, 900 S. Union St., Warsaw, IN 46580.
