Assistant Principal JD Maurer talks to current Pierceton and South Whitley elementary school sixth-graders during a day trip to Whitko Junior/Senior High School on Friday, May 2. The incoming seventh-graders were oriented to their new surroundings with lunch, activities and new spaces set aside especially for the junior high students. Photo provided by Whitko Community Schools.

News Release

SOUTH WHITLEY — Fifth- and sixth-graders from Pierceton and South Whitley elementary schools toured Whitko Junior High School on Friday, May 2.

Whitko has two incoming junior high classes in the 2025-26 school year with the renovations to one wing of the school along with an addition on the school’s north side being completed this summer to house sixth- through eighth-graders.

The students were welcomed by Whitko Superintendent Amy Korus, Whitko Junior/Senior High School Principal Jodie Clark, Assistant Principal JD Maurer and other teachers and staff members before having lunch, participating in activities and visiting the Wildcat’s junior high spaces.