Updated: An open house was held at Wawasee High School Friday afternoon, June 26, to say farewell to Joy Goshert, assistant superintendent for the Wawasee Community School Corporation, and Jim Evans, director of finance, both of whom are retiring effective Tuesday, June 30.
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Updated: An open house will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday, June 26, for Jim Evans and Joy Goshert, retiring administrators from the Wawasee Community School Corporation. It will be held at the Wawasee High School cafeteria.
Read More Updated: SYRACUSE — For the first time since March, all members of the Wawasee School Board were together for a meeting. Previous emergency meetings since March included only president Rebecca Linnemeier in person with the rest participating by teleconference.
Read More Updated: By Tim Ashley InkFreeNews SYRACUSE — Although the Wawasee School Board meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, April 21, was cancelled due to COVID-19 and the stay-at-home order, the school corporation released a list of recommendations and plans the board will ratify when it next meets, either electronically or … Read More
Updated: SYRACUSE — During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee School Board Tuesday evening, March 10, in Syracuse, the board heard a report about a student cadet law enforcement program launched by the Pierceton Police Department. Tim Sammons, police chief of Pierceton, noted the cadet program began Jan. … Read More
Updated: 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
Updated: 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
Updated: 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
Updated: SYRACUSE — More than 1,000 students in the Wawasee Community School Corporation have already been served this school year through educational programs presented by the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation. Pam Schumm, representing the WACF, gave a report to the Wawasee School Board during its regular monthly meeting held … Read More
Updated: SYRACUSE — Other school corporations have used professional learning communities and research has shown they improve the growth rate of student learning. This school year, the Wawasee Community School Corporation will implement professional learning communities. During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee School Board Tuesday evening, Sept. … Read More
Updated: SYRACUSE — For several years, ISTEP+ was sharply criticized as not being a true reflection of how public school students are actually performing in classrooms. Beginning in the spring of 2019, it was replaced by a new state assessment known as ILEARN. Results of the first ILEARN testing … Read More
Updated: 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
Updated: 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
Updated: 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
Updated: NORTH WEBSTER — When it came time to make a final decision on who to hire as the next head coach of the varsity football team at Wawasee High School, administrators chose someone already quite familiar with the system. During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee School … Read More
Updated: SYRACUSE — Although schools are still on Christmas break, Indiana Department of Education released 2018 high school graduation rates Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 2. Because of differences between federal and state accountability equations and standards, IDOE also released 2018 federal graduation rates. Locally, as reported by the state, Wawasee … Read More
