Good Things Happening At WMS, Wawasee School Board Hears

InkFreeNews.com Posted Feb 08, 2022  Updated: Feb 8, 2022 @ 9:15 PM

Brent Berkeypile, principal of Wawasee Middle School, summed it up when noting “there are a lot of good things going on at Wawasee Middle School,” but in a brief report only a few things could be shared.

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Wawasee School Board Hears Plea To Rename Warrior Field

InkFreeNews.com Posted Jan 11, 2022  Updated: Jan 12, 2022 @ 8:18 AM

Wawasee High School graduate Dave Baumgartner made a passionate plea for the Wawasee School Board to have the WHS football field, Warrior Field, renamed Harry J. Michael Field in honor of the World War II Medal of Honor recipient who grew up near Milford.

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Local Law Enforcement Agencies Respond To School Threats

InkFreeNews.com Posted Dec 18, 2021  Updated: Dec 18, 2021 @ 6:29 PM

Local law enforcement agencies investigated and assisted with several school-specific targeted threats on Friday, Dec. 17.

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Wawasee School Board Given Presentation About Pathways Cooperative

InkFreeNews.com Posted Dec 14, 2021  Updated: Dec 14, 2021 @ 8:40 PM

Beginning with this month’s Wawasee School Board meeting, held Tuesday evening, Dec. 14, in Syracuse, the board will hear presentations about different programs offered within the school district.

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Wawasee Switching To Semester Schedule Next Year

InkFreeNews.com Posted Nov 09, 2021  Updated: Nov 9, 2021 @ 8:24 PM

It will no doubt be a big change and many details remain to be worked out, but the Wawasee School Board took the step of voting to change from the current trimester schedule to two semesters beginning with the 2022-23 school year.

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Public Forum Held For Wawasee School Board Candidates

InkFreeNews.com Posted Sep 28, 2021  Updated: Sep 28, 2021 @ 9:25 PM

Five Turkey Creek Township residents hoping to serve on the Wawasee School Board gathered for a public forum Tuesday evening, Sept. 28, in the lecture room of Wawasee Middle School. The five applied for a soon to be vacancy on the board when Mary Lou Dixon retires effective Oct. 31.

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Wawasee School Corporation Announces Board Applicants

InkFreeNews.com Posted Sep 27, 2021  Updated: Sep 28, 2021 @ 9:58 AM

Wawasee Community School Corporation recently announced the five applicants for the school board vacancy that will be created at the end of October due to Mary Lou Dixon’s departure. All five candidates live in Turkey Creek Township.

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Wawasee School Board Gets Community Input About Mask Wearing

InkFreeNews.com Posted Sep 14, 2021  Updated: Sep 14, 2021 @ 8:37 PM

Mask wearing has been a contentious issue especially recently with some local school boards, including Warsaw, grappling with it. Although the Wawasee School Board did not take any vote to change current policies, several community members shared their opinions with the board during the regular monthly meeting of the school board Tuesday evening, Sept. 14, in the Wawasee High School cafeteria.

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Budget Process Presented To Wawasee School Board

InkFreeNews.com Posted Aug 31, 2021  Updated: Aug 31, 2021 @ 7:41 PM

School corporation budgets can seem complicated and hard to understand, but don’t tell that to James Flecker, director of personnel and legal services for the Wawasee Community School Corporation. Flecker used a much more lighthearted approach when giving a budget workshop presentation to the Wawasee School Board at a special meeting Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, in Syracuse.

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