SYRACUSE — During its first regular meeting of 2020, the Wawasee School Board heard a report Tuesday evening, Jan. 14, from Sarah LeCount, social and emotional learning liaison for the Wawasee Community School Corporation, about what has been accomplished with a four-year Lilly Endowment grant. Wawasee is in … Read More
SYRACUSE — Indiana Department of Education released the federal 2018-19 school accountability ratings to the public Friday, Jan. 3. More than 56% of high schools and 53% of elementary and middle schools received a rating of Meets Expectations or Exceeds Expectations. Each school in the Wawasee Community School Corporation … Read More
SYRACUSE — Syracuse-Wawasee Trail Committee wrapped up its end-of-the-year business and also received an update on the Conklin Bay project at its monthly meeting Monday, Dec. 16. While it was the last meeting of the year for the committee, it was the first meeting for the new executive … Read More
SYRACUSE — When students who have not had the opportunity to do so in the past take AP, or advanced placement, courses in high school, they often discover they are capable of handling college-level classes. Such was the message conveyed by John Snyder, assistant principal, during the regular … Read More
SYRACUSE — Wawasee Community School Corporation released the following letter Thursday, Nov. 14, signed by Dr. Tom Edington, superintendent; Rebecca Linnemeier, school board president; and Kim Jones and Angela Lortie, co-presidents of the Wawasee Community Educators Association: “Tuesday, November 19, is organizational day for the Indiana General Assembly. … Read More
SYRACUSE — Indiana ranks dead last in the United States in teacher salary increases during the last 15 years. Twenty-one percent of all school districts will receive less state funding than the previous year. Those are among the reasons a rally will be held Tuesday, Nov. 19, at … Read More
SYRACUSE — “When I woke up this morning, I didn’t think I would be buying a school,” said Richard Gingerich of Nappanee. Richard and Regina Gingerich’s bid of $105,000 was the winning bid in the real estate auction Monday afternoon, Nov. 4, for the property of the former … Read More
SYRACUSE — Although numbers sometimes don’t tell the whole story, when it comes to enrollment numbers for many rural or smaller school corporations, those numbers are not so positive. On more than one occasion, Dr. Tom Edington, superintendent of the Wawasee Community School Corporation, has talked at school … Read More
SYRACUSE — Friday, Sept. 13, was the cutoff date for public school corporations to report enrollment numbers for the 2019-20 school year to the Indiana Department of Education. Tentative numbers for the Wawasee Community School Corporation show a continued decline in enrollment that has been the trend for … Read More
SYRACUSE — A former school building with significant history in Syracuse is scheduled to be auctioned in November. Nappanee-based Hahn Auctioneers will auction the former Syracuse Elementary School, 502 W. Brooklyn St., Monday, Nov. 4. Real estate will be auctioned at 2 p.m. and then equipment at 3 … Read More
SYRACUSE — On Tuesday, Aug. 13, Wawasee Community School Corporation staff members gathered at the Wawasee High School cafeteria for a breakfast and welcoming remarks from Dr. Tom Edington, WCSC superintendent. There were also remarks from the Wawasee Community Educators Association. New teachers were introduced and welcomed. Staff … Read More
SYRACUSE — Doing the math, more than 320 years of experience in the Wawasee Community School Corporation will not return for the 2019-20 school year. During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee School Board Tuesday evening, June 11, in Syracuse, retiring teachers or staff members were recognized … Read More
SYRACUSE — As is the tradition, graduating Wawasee High School seniors walk down the long hallway from the spectator gym outside the building through the main entrance of the school and, when given the signal, toss their caps into the air. They were official graduates before tossing their … Read More
SYRACUSE — At the start of the current school year, the certified nursing assistant program was added to the offerings of the Pathways Cooperative. A total of 12 students participated this year, but 22 have already signed up for next year. Randi Warren, instructor for the program, gave … Read More
SOUTH BEND — Counsel for Julie A. Robinson in her lawsuit against the board of school trustees of Wawasee Community School Corporation, filed an amended complaint in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana South Bend Division March 28. That amended complaint states Robinson was retaliatory terminated in … Read More
