SYRACUSE — Wawasee Community Schools announces its summer robotics camps for grades seven to 12. Camps offered are introduction to VEX Robotics VEX Robotics competition and VEX Robotics coding. All camps are from 8 a.m. to noon at Wawasee High School in room A205. The introduction to VEX … Read More
SYRACUSE — Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, SR 13, Syracuse, will host its third annual Earth Day Festival Saturday, April 21. The event, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., will take place at the WACF Levinson-LaBrosse Educational Center. This year’s theme is plastics. The first 200 families attending will … Read More
SYRACUSE — During its regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening, April 17, in Syracuse the Wawasee school board approved new health sciences classes for the Pathways Cooperative based at Wawasee High School. Jon Everingham, director of Pathways, said it was time to update the health sciences curriculum. He said … Read More
SYRACUSE — During her report to the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, March 13, Joy Goshert, assistant superintendent, talked about summer school offerings. Grades K to five will meet at Syracuse Elementary June 4-22 and do IREAD-3 remediation with a physical education activity rotation and also have rotations … Read More
SYRACUSE — Eric Speicher, Syracuse Elementary School principal, continued a series of school improvement plan reports during the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, March 13, in Syracuse. Speicher noted the school is using a new math curriculum, LearnZillion, and admitted it has been … Read More
SYRACUSE — Although the internet has positive aspects, there are dangers associated with it and precautions should be taken. During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, Feb. 13, in Syracuse, the board heard a presentation from teacher Shellie Miller and three of her … Read More
SYRACUSE — Several Wawasee Community School Corporation orchestra students earned gold medals during the Indiana Secondary School Music Association solo and ensemble competition Saturday, Jan. 27, at Elkhart Central High School. The annual event, held in multiple locations around the state, gives music students the opportunity to perform … Read More
SYRACUSE — During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, Jan. 16, in Syracuse, a group of Milford School third-grade students gave a report on a project based learning assignment they have been working on this school year. It was the first regular monthly … Read More
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — When a child is grieving, he or she may not know how to express that grief or know who or where to turn to. Fortunately, there is a place specializing in adolescent grief. Ryan’s Place, based in Elkhart County, has been offering grief support … Read More
SYRACUSE — Booths designed for hands-on learning fill the back end of the former Veterans of Foreign Wars building on Chicago Street in Syracuse. Within a couple of weeks students will fill those booths and learn valuable and in-demand skills. Tuesday evening, Jan. 9, in Syracuse the Wawasee … Read More
SYRACUSE — The public is invited to watch high school and middle school robotics teams from around the state compete head to head for a spot in the VEX Robotics Indiana State Championships. The Iron Pride Winter Qualifier is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, … Read More
SYRACUSE — Wawasee Middle School’s improvement plan continued a series of school improvement plan presentations during the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, Dec. 12, in Syracuse. Susan Mishler, principal of WMS, noted her school’s improvement plan consists of the four goals of using … Read More
SYRACUSE — Three of five Wawasee Middle School robotics teams will be competing in the state tournament Saturday, Dec. 9, at IPFW in Fort Wayne. The three teams qualified for the state tournament by placing first, second and fourth at the third annual FLL Robotics Qualifier Saturday, Nov. … Read More
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Contestant applications are still being accepted for the Miss Kosciusko Scholarship Program. Applications for contestants in the 2018 Miss Kosciusko and Miss Kosciusko Outstanding Teen Pageant will be accepted through Friday, Dec. 22. The pageant is open to any girl age 13-14 who lives or … Read More
SYRACUSE — Reports were a major part of the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, Nov. 14, in Syracuse. Shawn Johnson, who provides testing and other data for the school corporation, gave a report on the fall results of the Northwest Evaluation Association testing … Read More
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Plan B became plan A for the Wawasee Building Trades project. Originally the plan was to build a house beginning with the start of the school year in August. But that plan fell through when the property owner wasn’t able to secure financing for the … Read More
