Wall of Fame

The 2025 Retirement and Wall of Fame Dinner will be held on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at the Blue Chip Casino Fremont Ballroom. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. This special evening will honor our 2024-2025 retirees and celebrate the induction of four remarkable individuals into the Michigan City Area Schools Wall of Fame: Kathy Angelo, Barbara Berrier, Chris Fry, and Shirley Sydow.

We also recognize and celebrate the following retirees: Debra Bye, Stephen Chambers, Cathy Dilling, Julie Fanson, Deborah Gann, Betsy Kohn, Ruthelma Leslie, Kimberly Palmer, Debra Pawloski, Karen Puchalski, Elaine Rivich, and Deanna Strelinski.

A buffet dinner will be served, featuring house salad, mastaccioli, chicken scallopini with piccata sauce, sliced pork tenderloin with sundried tomato cream sauce, seasonal vegetables, whipped mashed potatoes, assorted desserts, coffee, and tea. The cost is $50 per person.

To attend, please download and complete the reservation form and return it with payment to Anna Dee at the MCAS Administration Building, 408 S. Carroll Avenue, Michigan City, IN 46360. Checks should be made payable to the Michigan City Education Association (MCEA).

Reservations will no longer be accepted at this time. 

About the Michigan City Area Schools Wall of Fame 

The Michigan City Area Schools "And then Some" Wall of Fame honors school employees who have made outstanding contributions to the children of the Michigan City Area Schools. The award, first presented in 1976, recognizes employees from every area -- administrators, custodians, food service personnel, instructional assistants, maintenance personnel, paraprofessionals, teachers, transportation staff, and secretarial staff. The Wall is permanently displayed in Heritage Hall at Michigan City High School. Inductees are honored each spring at the annual Employee Retirement and Wall of Fame dinner.

To qualify for nomination, the candidate must have been employed by the Michigan City Area Schools for a minimum of 15 years. He or she must have been retired or separated from the school system for at least five years. (Please note: Special circumstances may be considered for those not meeting the 15 year requirement due to hardship or death. In addition, because retirees are occasionally called back to service, the date of separation is the official retirement date, not to include any subsequent employment by MCAS.) Nominations for the Wall of Fame are accepted each spring (generally in March or April) and inductees are selected by a committee comprised of current MCAS employees, representing a broad spectrum of employee groups.

click here to view a list of all past wall of fame inductees