School Histories

Atwood Elementary

Atwood Elementary is a small country school with 133 students. The school is comprised of one section for each grade level, beginning with kindergarten and continuing through grade 6. The school was originally built in 1909 and included grades 1-12.

When the school needed a new gym in the mid 1940's, members of the community traveled to Fort Wayne where they obtained an army airplane hanger. The hanger was brought to Atwood piece by piece and reassembled, with the gym built inside along with the parts of the building currently used as the library, stage, art, and music room. The newest addition which now compromises the majority of the building was completed in 1956.

The last class to graduate from Atwood High School celebrated the commencement exercises in May of 1962. Demolition of the old building followed a short time later.

Today, Atwood Elementary School is an exciting mix of old and new. Computers and technology highlight instruction in the classroom. The smell of fresh hand-baked cookies and bread from the kitchen fill the building. The community is largely rural with family oriented patrons who are greatly supportive and loyal to the school.

This uniquely small environment supported by the vast resources of the Warsaw Community School system offers students the best of both big and small. Each student is known individually by the entire staff and afforded the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of both curriculum and extra-curricular programs and activities.