Wawasee Building Trades Banquet Highlights Accomplishments
Twenty-seven students were honored for their work as members of the Wawasee High School building trades program during the 2021-22 school year.
Read MoreTwenty-seven students were honored for their work as members of the Wawasee High School building trades program during the 2021-22 school year.
Read MoreBeginning 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.
Read MoreHigh school students interested in pursuing a career in health care are learning a broad base of health care topics and medical conditions.
Read MoreAfter more than 45 years in public education as a teacher, coach, principal and superintendent, Dr. Tom Edington, superintendent of the Wawasee Community School Corporation, is retiring at the end of this month. During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee School Board Tuesday evening, Dec. 8, several current or former Wawasee administrators took time to share positive memories of their associations with Edington.
Read MoreDuring a typical school year, building trades students of the Pathways Cooperative build a house from the foundation up. This year, for likely the first time ever, students are learning how to renovate a commercial building to include essentially gutting most of the former central office building of the Wawasee Community School Corporation.
Read MoreSYRACUSE — Wednesday evening, March 18, around 340 bags with food items for students to eat during the weekend were packed at Wawasee High School. These will be at meal pickup locations Thursday as students come to pick up breakfasts and lunches. This is an expansion of the … Read More
SYRACUSE — Nearly 300 students are enrolled in a Pathways Cooperative class, it was reported during the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee School Board Tuesday evening, Feb. 11, in Syracuse. Vince Beasley, first year director of Pathways, based at Wawasee High School, gave a brief report to … 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 — Visitors to Wawasee High School will likely see group photos of students inducted into the school’s Academic Hall of Fame displayed prominently near the main entrance. Soon, another photo will be added. A total of 40 students, about 17 percent of the projected graduating class of … Read More
SYRACUSE — How do you buy a car and what do you look for when doing so? How do you balance a checking account regularly? Why is a credit score important and how do you fix a poor score? These are all basic financial concepts high school students … Read More
SYRACUSE — Another group of Wawasee High School students who have excelled academically during their high school years are now part of the school’s Academic Hall of Fame. A group of 42 senior students, or roughly 18 percent of this year’s graduating class, were honored during the Academic Hall of Fame Banquet Thursday evening, May 4, in the high school cafeteria.
Read MoreSYRACUSE — During a very brief special Wawasee school board meeting late Tuesday afternoon, June 7, in Syracuse, the board approved the resignation letter submitted by Mike Schmidt, principal of Wawasee High School. Schmidt’s resignation will be effective June 30.
Read MoreWARSAW — Close to an hour of discussion and debate about a preliminary plat petition from Terry Shepherd led to no vote on the petition being taken by the Kosciusko County Area Planning Commission during its regular monthly meeting Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 2, in Warsaw.
Read MoreSYRACUSE — The Boomerang Backpacks program has stayed plenty productive since Kellie Newcomer took over as the new program coordinator in the early summer months. Wawasee High School students take part in the program each week by helping fill bags with food and get them ready to send home with low-income elementary students.
Read MoreFriday evening, 37 more Wawasee High School seniors were inducted into the hall of fame. It’s an annual tradition for a school priding itself on academic prowess.
Read MoreLess than a week before the start of the 2014-15 academic year, there were still teachers, support personnel and also an assistant principal to be hired for the Wawasee Community School Corp. Wednesday, Aug. 6, for the second week in a row, a special Wawasee school board meeting … Read More