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 and also served as the school’s assistant …read more.

SYRACUSE — In mid-November an open house was held to unveil the new poultry facility on the Wawasee High School campus. Laying chickens and broilers were moved into the facility at that time. Part of the intent of the facility was to allow students the opportunity to research chicken eggs and how they are related …read more.

SYRACUSE — Locally, gardeners are accustomed to using the soil to grow plants. There is another method of growing plants that is not so common locally, but is used elsewhere and on a global scale. Wawasee High School students are learning about hydroponics, as well as aquaponics, in a unit of the advanced life science …read more.

SYRACUSE — “Today we moved the birds in,” said Joan Harden, agriscience teacher at Wawasee High School, referring to the new poultry facility on the high school campus. An open house was held Friday afternoon, Nov. 17, for the facility, located near the career and technical education building. Harden noted the process began about a …read more.

SYRACUSE — Some students who don’t live in an agricultural setting may discover they like working with animals. Knowing this, and considering other factors, work began last week on a building at Wawasee High School that will contain not only a chicken coop, but also a horticulture area.

WARSAW — Their questions were answered and eventually the Kosciusko County Area Planning Commission unanimously approved a request for Wawasee High School to raise chickens on school property. Approval was given during the regular monthly meeting of the APC Wednesday afternoon, July 6, at the county courthouse in Warsaw.