Wildman distributed PPE at the JB Furniture parking lot Friday for frontline workers and first responders.

SYRACUSE — As is the tradition, graduating Wawasee High School seniors walk down the long hallway from the spectator gym outside the building through the main entrance of the school and, when given the signal, toss their caps into the air. They were official graduates before tossing their caps, but the tradition is a fitting …read more.

SYRACUSE — Roughly within two months “we will start realizing the benefits of the sun,” said James Flecker, director of personnel and legal services for the Wawasee Community School Corporation. His comment was made during a special meeting of the Wawasee School Board Tuesday evening, March 26, in Syracuse. The main purpose of the special …read more.

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 High School had a waiver graduation rate …read more.

SYRACUSE — A small group of Wawasee High School students flying the Confederate flag on their pickup trucks and also wearing some form of the flag on their clothing has apparently attracted plenty of local attention and even some national attention. During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee School Board Tuesday evening, Oct. 9, …read more.

SYRACUSE — During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee School Board Tuesday, Oct. 9, in Syracuse, the board heard a brief report from Kim Nguyen, Wawasee High School principal, about a partnership being formed with the Jobs For America’s Graduates program. JAG is a state-based, national non-profit organization dedicated to helping high school students …read more.

WARSAW — Community leaders and experts in the treatment of substance abuse converged on Warsaw Community High School’s Performing Arts Center Monday night, Aug. 27, for the fourth community call to action gathering. Prior to the event, Matthew Graham, director of Bowen Center’s Warsaw outpatient office, discussed what he thought was the biggest barrier to …read more.

SYRACUSE — During a presentation by Alan Tehan, owner of Technical Services, to the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, Aug. 21, in Syracuse, there was a photo on the BenQ interactive board showing a robotic corn planter. It essentially summed up Tehan’s thinking about how to train students to be ready to enter a technology …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Wawasee High School graduating class of 2018 took their first steps toward adulthood and a future career path today, Sunday, June 3.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, SR 13, Syracuse, will host its third annual Earth Day Festival Saturday, April 21. The event, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., will take place at the WACF Levinson-LaBrosse Educational Center. This year’s theme is plastics. The first 200 families attending will get a free re-usable grocery bag. It …read more.

SYRACUSE — Die hard motorcyclists braved the 44 degree temperatures with 12 mile per hour winds to participate in the Second Annual Fallen Rider Memorial Ride this morning, Saturday, April 14.

SYRACUSE — During her report to the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, March 13, Joy Goshert, assistant superintendent, talked about summer school offerings. Grades K to five will meet at Syracuse Elementary June 4-22 and do IREAD-3 remediation with a physical education activity rotation and also have rotations of reading, science and math. Grades six …read more.

SYRACUSE — Eric Speicher, Syracuse Elementary School principal, continued a series of school improvement plan reports during the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, March 13, in Syracuse. Speicher noted the school is using a new math curriculum, LearnZillion, and admitted it has been challenging for teachers, students and parents. “There …read more.

SYRACUSE — A national school walk-out day is planned for Wednesday, March 14, exactly one month after the school shootings Feb. 14 in Parkland, Fla. For 10 minutes across each time zone, the intent is to remember the victims of the Florida shootings and to demand stronger government actions against gun violence, as well as …read more.

SYRACUSE — Indiana Department of Education released the 2017 state high school graduation rates Friday afternoon, Jan. 12. According to the information provided by IDOE, Wawasee High School had a 86.27 percent graduation rate in 2017. The non-waiver graduation rate was 77.68 percent. Kim Nguyen, principal of WHS, noted the 86.27 percent “is a little …read more.

SYRACUSE — New high school graduation requirements will be implemented in Indiana after the State Board of Education voted to do so Wednesday, Dec. 6, in Indianapolis despite significant opposition from teachers, principals and superintendents. Graduation Pathways will be implemented including students taking the SAT, ACT or similar college entrance exam instead of end-of-course assessments, …read more.

SYRACUSE — Reports were a major part of the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, Nov. 14, in Syracuse. Shawn Johnson, who provides testing and other data for the school corporation, gave a report on the fall results of the Northwest Evaluation Association testing for grades kindergarten through eighth. Fall NWEA …read more.

SYRACUSE — During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, May 9, in Syracuse, the board heard recommendations from Kim Nguyen, Wawasee High School principal, about changes needed in some programs.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School’s football field will have a significantly different look by August. During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, April 18, in Syracuse, the board approved entering a contract with Cincinnati-based The Motz Group for a new artificial turf field to be installed at the high school this summer.

SYRACUSE — Every five years, the Wawasee Community School Corp. goes through an accreditation process where a team visits and thoroughly examines the school district. The school corporation is preparing for a visit from AdvancED next week for the accreditation process.

SYRACUSE — The Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce 2017 Annual Awards Banquet took place at the Oakwood Resort Community Center Tuesday, Jan. 24. The banquet honored and recognized many outstanding individuals and businesses within the community, awarding those who went above and beyond their duties to assist the community with funding projects, creating jobs or providing …read more.

SYRACUSE — A group of French students were working together and editing each other’s PowerPoint presentations. But rather than this taking place in the French classroom, instead the media center was used.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee Community School Corp. announced it is one of 433 school districts in the U.S. and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the seventh annual AP district honor roll.

SYRACUSE — To use the analogy of an automobile, the Career and Technical Education program of Pathways is shifting into a high speed gear. Course offerings have grown considerably in the last four to five years and will continue to expand even more.

SYRACUSE — They did not meet in the Warrior Room and deal with business items on an agenda, but instead the Wawasee school board took a tour of construction sites Tuesday evening, Nov. 29.

SYRACUSE — Though he made a significant career decision, Kim Nguyen’s office will only change from the south side of Wawasee High School to the main office in the same building. During a special Wawasee school board meeting Tuesday, June 28, in Syracuse the board approved Nguyen to become the new principal of WHS effective with the 2016-17 school year.

SYRACUSE — 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.

SYRACUSE — Depending on one’s age, hearing the word “robot” could evoke memories of the evil machine gone terribly awry in a science fiction movie. But times do change and today robots are more often thought of in terms of something programmed to accomplish a certain task.

SYRACUSE — Technology was a main theme of the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, Nov. 10, in Syracuse. The board heard two reports specifically dealing with technology.

Kim Nguyen, director of the Wawasee Area Career and Technical Cooperative, is passionate about the options available to students in the career and technical program and when given the chance, he shares his enthusiasm with others. During Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board in Syracuse, he gave a detailed report to the …read more.