July 24, 2023
SOUTH BEND — Staff from Education One, Trine University’s charter school authorizer,
joined officials from the Paramount Schools of Excellence for a ribbon-cutting July
14 at the new Paramount School of Excellence South Bend.
Located in the former Tarkington Elementary School building, the new public charter school serves students K-6 and will open its doors to more than 300 students in August.
“I am personally looking forward to continuing to see the exciting and innovative ways Paramount School of Excellence South Bend will one-up themselves in the coming school year,” said Lindsay Omlor, executive director of charter schools at Education One.
“The mission of Paramount Schools of Excellence is to empower all students to persevere and achieve academic success in an environment of excitement, inclusion and community collaboration. Their name truly depicts who they are as an organization.”
Founded in 2010, Paramount Schools use an integrated research-based curriculum to maximize each child’s potential against measurable standards. Every student has academic performance goals with the expectation of improvement in each content area.
Paramount is recognized as a national Blue Ribbon School and has received an A rating from the Indiana Department of Education for the past nine years.
In a new episode of the TrineLine podcast, now online, Tony Kline, Ph.D., president of Trine University, discusses the positive happenings at Trine University this fall semester, the new facilities on campus, the role of athletics in the student experience and the importance of the relationship between the university and the Angola community.
Andrew Ripp will bring his blend of pop, soul and his own faith journey to the Ryan Concert Hall stage inside Trine University’s T. Furth Center for Performing Arts on Saturday, Nov. 14.
Efforts to provide more affordable textbook options within Trine University’s Allen School of Engineering and Computing have received another boost.