The Lake Area Community Band will kick off its 25th season with a joint concert with Wawasee High School’s concert band 7 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in the Wawasee High School auditorium in Syracuse. Admission is free. Lake Area Community Band is under the direction of Martin Becker. … Read More
SYRACUSE — “You’ve got to stand for something or you’ll fall for anything,” Bill Ballenger said of young people today. “There just seems to be this grey area everyone operates in, where nothing really matters anymore.” Break the Grey, Ballenger’s nonprofit faith-based organization, seeks to restore absolutes in … Read More
Two sheds at the softball diamonds at Wawasee High School are gone and all of the contents destroyed after an accidental fire sparked by a lawn mower. Turkey Creek Fire Territory was called to the fire at 3:43 p.m. Sunday. Fire chief Mickey Scott said the sheds were … Read More
On Sunday, March 31, the unthinkable happened at the final game of the Midwest Regional Finals at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Kevin Ware, a player for the Louisville Cardinals suffered an injury that officials report is both uncommon and unnerving in the sport of basketball. As the … Read More
Kristi Harris, math teacher at Wawasee High School, has been selected to the 2013 LearnZillion Dream Team. More than 3,000 teachers, instructional coaches and administrators from across the country applied and only 200 were chosen to the highly selective Dream Team. These teachers were chosen based on their … Read More
On Thursday, Wawasee Middle School hosted the North East Lakes Middle School Conference Academic Super Bowl competition. WMS placed third overall out of eight schools. The topic for this year’s competition was “The Glory that was Greece.” WMS will host the state Academic Super Bowl competition April 27. … Read More
Wawasee High School’s Key Club fared well in the Indiana District Convention held last weekend in Bloomington. The convention consisted of workshops and a guest speaker. The club placed first in the video competition and will now compete at the international convention July 3-7 in Washington, D.C. Key … Read More
Wawasee High School will again enter the Shell Eco-marathon Super Mileage car competition in Houston, Texas. This year’s competition is April 4-8. Wawasee will enter three cars — one each of diesel, electric and gas. The goal for the diesel car, which placed first last year, … Read More
Wawasee High School’s theater department will be featuring “Thoroughly Modern Millie” beginning tomorrow. The theatrical performance is a thrilling mix of music, dance and a hilarious plot. Set in the early 1920s in New York City, a young country girl arrives to strike it rich with her new … Read More
Eighth-graders, or more specifically middle school aged kids, are starting to consider and enter into stronger boy-girl relationships. Though far less common a generation or two ago, middle school students are involved in dating relationships in today’s world. And with the increasing use of the Internet and cellphones … Read More
Wawasee High School will hold their first Pow Wow student activities night 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, March 15, at the school. The Pow Wow, a carnival type event just for Wawasee High School students, will be filled with games and activities designed to interest many types … Read More
Airman Kaely Bame, a 2012 graduate of Wawasee High School, graduated from Air Force Basic Training on Friday at Lackland Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas. Bame is the daughter of Ron and Alecia Bame of Pierceton and Tisha Bame, North Webster. Her grandparents are Ron and … Read More
There will be a community prayer service beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at the Wawasee High School Auditorium in response to the recent tragedies in the Syracuse school and community. The whole Wawasee community is invited to come together for the prayer service. “We recognize this … Read More
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Mail-Journal Reporter Tim Ashley contributed to this update.) “You can’t help people that don’t want to help themselves. But I’m telling you, if you reach out and ask for help, you have people who want to sit there and listen.” That is the message youth motivational … Read More
A Wawasee High School student was injured in a fall at the school this afternoon and authorities are trying to determine exactly what happened. Scanner traffic indicated the teen boy fell from the ceiling of an unsupervised area and called then called 911 using his cell phone to … Read More
For nearly two hours this morning in the spectator gym of Wawasee High School, well known youth motivational speaker Jeff Yalden emptied his heart in an attempt to touch the hearts of WHS students. To do so, he used a combination of plain talking, real life stories, everyday … Read More
