INDIANAPOLIS — Madelyn Zimmerman, a graduate of Wawasee High School, received the Emerging Women in Agriculture Leadership Award for Indiana Thursday, Aug. 15. The award was presented during the Lt. Governor’s Celebration of Agriculture at the Indiana State Fair. Zimmerman graduated in 2019 from Wawasee and was a … Read More
SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School leadership students Devin Van Lue, Nick Lesko, Conner Lucas and Pathways CTE Radio/TV Instructors Jeremy Van Lue and Phil Huffman were awarded the Indiana Broadcasters Association 2019 Cardinal Community Service Award Wednesday, Aug. 14, at Sweetwater Sound in Fort Wayne. This award was … Read More
SYRACUSE — On the eve of the first day of school for students and also during the time when each building in the school corporation was having a back to school open house, the Wawasee School Board held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening, Aug. 13, in Syracuse. … 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 — All schools in the Wawasee Community Community School Corporation will be holding a back to school open house from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13. There will be no freshman and new student orientation Aug. 8 at Wawasee High School. Instead, that will be held … Read More
SYRACUSE — Sometimes just connecting with the right person can open a door for a job opportunity. Aaron McKinley has been remodeling a bathroom in the home of James Flecker in Syracuse. Flecker, who happens to be the director of personnel and legal services for the Wawasee Community … Read More
SYRACUSE — At a special meeting Tuesday, July 16, the Wawasee Community School Corp. board approved the hiring of John Snyder to serve as an assistant principal at Wawasee High School. His two-year contract begins today, Wednesday, July 17. Snyder, recommended by Dr. Tom Edington, the corporation’s superintendent, … Read More
SYRACUSE — A familiar face was approved by the Wawasee School Board as the new principal of Wawasee High School during the board’s regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening, July 9, in Syracuse. Geoff Walmer, who began his public education career as a teacher for five years at WHS … Read More
SYRACUSE — A team of high schoolers from Wawasee High School ended up placing 9th in the final Drivers World Challenge held July 5 in London. According to a Facebook post by a parent of one of Wawasee’s 14-member super mileage car team, Wawasee’s team was one of … Read More
SYRACUSE — A team of high schoolers from Wawasee High School have made an extraordinary journey to compete in a world competition against primarily college students in London. According to a report from a parent of one of Wawasee’s 14-member super mileage car team, Wawasee’s team survived competition … 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
PIERCETON — Jon Esenwein, who just graduated from Wawasee High School June 2, already has a full-time employment offer from Paragon Medical in Pierceton. He is one of four students who were invited for a signing day event at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, at Paragon Medical. The … 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 — Although the Drivers World Challenge does not take place until early July in England, the super mileage car team at Wawasee High School has an even earlier deadline to meet. So, as termed by Allen Coblentz, the engineering teacher who oversees the team, it is the … Read More
WARSAW — The supply drive earlier this spring at Martin’s and Owen’s benefitting Fellowship Missions was a huge success, according to a press release from the event’s organizers. Zach Leedy and Michael Hammer, students from Wawasee High School, organized the drive as part of their community service project … Read More
SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School held its annual National Honors Society induction ceremony in the high school auditorium Wednesday evening, May 15. A total of 19 juniors were inducted into the NHS this year. Selection is based on four criteria: scholarship, leadership, service and character. NHS is a … Read More
