SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School’s science Academic Super Bowl team placed first in their class at the regional meet at Northridge High School Tuesday evening, April 17. Team members are Clayton Hicks, Kala Bailey and Allie Haberman. All other academic teams for Wawasee placed second. … 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 — A group of Wawasee High School students will be heading south away from the more winter like conditions in northern Indiana. Tate Cowan, Clayton Hicks, Jake Cowan, Jared Krugman, Devon DeWitt and Mercedes Winkleman qualified to attend the International DECA Conference April 20-25 in Atlanta. DECA … Read More
SYRACUSE — Die hard motorcyclists braved the 44 degree temperatures with 12 mile per hour winds to participate in the Second Annual Fallen Rider Memorial Ride this morning, Saturday, April 14.
Read MoreSYRACUSE — Two Wawasee High School students spent spring break in Florida as many local students do, but for these two there was also an educational element involved. Shawn Pinkerton, junior, and Brittney Jackson, senior, were part of approximately 50 students on a marine biology trip to the … Read More
SYRACUSE — Anthony Cannon had not taken any of the career and technical education classes offered through the Pathways cooperative prior to his junior year. He wasn’t quite sure what he wanted to pursue after high school. But now the Wawasee High School senior, in his second year … Read More
SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School’s FFA small engines team of Alexis Matney, senior, and Joel Nyce, junior, will be competing in the state competition Saturday, April 21, in Greenwood, south of Indianapolis. The two qualified by placing first at the district competition held in early February at the … Read More
SYRACUSE — Since the mass shooting leaving 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Feb. 14, there has been unrest, protesting, school walkouts by the thousands and marches are planned in many cities across the nation Saturday, March 24. Clearly, the concern about school … Read More
SYRACUSE — Locally, gardeners are accustomed to using the soil to grow plants. There is another method of growing plants that is not so common locally, but is used elsewhere and on a global scale. Wawasee High School students are learning about hydroponics, as well as aquaponics, in … Read More
SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School juniors Morgan Adkins and Lesley Tayagua created a fundraiser to help raise money for the Kosciusko County Cancer Care Fund. The two are part of the Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy and were challenged to create a community service project. Their project, “Hoopin’ for … Read More
SYRACUSE — Two of the 10 Wawasee VEX Robotics teams qualified for the world championships April 25-28 in Louisville. Team 574F Valkyrie of freshmen Vanessa Wright and Taylor Fiedeke were ranked fifth overall and beat the sixth ranked alliance to qualify during the Indiana VEX Robotics Championships Saturday, … Read More
SYRACUSE — Engineering students at Wawasee High School are learning how to tame and bring under control the highly combustible and flammable gas known as hydrogen. The super mileage car team overseen by teacher Allen Coblentz is working on a prototype hydrogen fuel cell car to enter in … 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 — Sixteen of the radio and television students of the Pathways cooperative based at Wawasee High School, representing 93.7 FM The Mix and CPG-TV (Collective Production Group), attended the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters conference at the University of Indianapolis Monday, March 12. They were among 34 … Read More
SYRACUSE — A national school walk-out day is planned for Wednesday, March 14, exactly one month after the school shootings Feb. 14 in Parkland, Fla. For 10 minutes across each time zone, the intent is to remember the victims of the Florida shootings and to demand stronger government … Read More
