SYRACUSE — On the same night Cindy Kaiser was honored due to her retirement as Milford School principal, Dr. Stephen Troyer was named as her replacement and given approval by the Wawasee school board during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, June 12, in Syracuse. Troyer, chosen from among 10 candidates, was most recently the assistant …read more.

MILFORD — The Kosciusko County Spelling Bee kicked off at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, at Milford School. A total of 21 student finalists, 17 fifth- and sixth-graders and four seventh- and eighth-graders, competed for the two $2,500 Richard R. Long scholarships and the title of spelling bee champion.

SYRACUSE — During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, Jan. 16, in Syracuse, a group of Milford School third-grade students gave a report on a project based learning assignment they have been working on this school year. It was the first regular monthly meeting of 2018 for the school board. …read more.

SYRACUSE — Thousands came to Wawasee High School to celebrate the lives of Kim Conrad and her son Stephen Conrad II Wednesday evening, Jan. 4. Not only for the visitation but for a celebration which began at 6 p.m.

SYRACUSE — A few years ago, the Wawasee Community School Corp. entered into a partnership with Syracuse Family Medicine in order to try to control medical costs for the school corporation and also to provide more direct access and better choices for school corporation employees. This is the sixth year for the partnership.

By TERESA NICODEMUS Feature Writer Two school buses filled with 75 fourth-graders from Milford, along with teachers and parents arrived at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis Friday, April 22. A box truck, carrying 3,000 books, which were being donated to Riley Children’s Hospital Edward A. Block Family Library, arrived as well. The books were carefully …read more.

Under the state’s complicated letter grading system for public schools, a school can improve its grade from the previous year but still be required to submit an improvement plan because, for example, too many students showed a low growth rate. During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening in Syracuse the …read more.

Clearly there is more work for Wawasee teachers and administrators. Milford School principal Cindy Kaiser and her assistant, Ryan Connor, have to evaluate 42 licensed teachers between them that includes meeting with the teachers at least three times each during the school year for about an hour each time. And there are only 180 days …read more.

Warsaw Community School System and Wawasee Community School Corporation third grade classes will be visiting the Shrine Circus, in Fort Wayne on Friday. According to Warsaw Transportation Department’s Sheryl Cook, Warsaw elementary students have been visiting the Shrine Circus every year for over 25 years. This year, 650 children will board the bus to visit …read more.

For the second time in a week Milford School was investigating threats against the property. Milford School Principal Cindy Kaiser sent a notice home to parents Thursday saying the school was on a temporary lock down while school officials and local police detectives continued their investigation into an alleged bomb threat. The threat was found …read more.