WARSAW — State Road 15 is poised for development of some type especially between the north end of Warsaw and Leesburg. A few years ago a special overlay district was created to regulate the development fronting and near SR 15. During the regular monthly meeting of the Kosciusko County Area Planning Commission Wednesday afternoon, Nov. …read more.

SYRACUSE — You hear them coming? The screams of warriors as they roam through this world. You can feel the passion, taste the pride, see the strength and smell the endurance. Warrior blood is in their veins. Recently, Wawasee High School has experienced grave loss. In the past three years the world has lost five of our mighty warriors.

Parent-teacher conferences have been scheduled for 3:15 to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, at Wawasee High School. The arena format will be used with all teachers being in the cafeteria and commons areas.

Wawasee High School will be celebrating the annual homecoming week a bit earlier this year. Normally in October, instead it will be the week of Sept. 21-25.

SYRACUSE — 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.

Foreign exchange students attending Wawasee High School during the 2015-16 academic year include Francesca Soru (Italy), Dikshita Gonzalez-Gomez (Spain) and Charanyapak Supatanavanichakul (Thailand). Also, Cecilie Rose (Denmark), Porpim Jindasakchal (Thailand), Mandy Tennert (Germany), Phuong Nguyen (Vietnam) and Patricia Morenilla-Perez (Spain).

WAWASEE — Wawasee High School class of 1975 and 1976 are having a combined reunion Saturday Aug. 29.

Registrations are being accepted now through Sept. 3 for fall 2015 continuing education classes at Wawasee High School. Classes will begin the week of Sept. 8.

SYRACUSE —Mike Schmidt, principal at Wawasee High School, announced counseling services will be available for staff and students the first day of school Tuesday, Aug. 11. Christopher David Prater, struck and killed by a train Thursday morning, would have been a senior at Wawasee High School this year. Related: Pedestrian Identified In Syracuse Train Accident.

New student and freshman orientation for Wawasee High School will be held starting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, in the high school auditorium.

A special Wawasee school board meeting was held the evening of Tuesday, July 28, in Syracuse for the main purpose of a budget workshop and to start the formal budget process for 2016.

A new fund has been established at the Kosciusko County Community Foundation to honor the many years of teaching excellence of Pam Juday Schumm at Wawasee High School, Syracuse. A group of friends have established this fund to provide ongoing recognition in the Wawasee Community School Corporation of Schumm’s 41 years of teaching contributions to …read more.

Wawasee’s summer baseball camp will run from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. June 22-25 at the Wawasee High School varsity baseball field. Rain date is June 26. Age ranges include any 2014-15 school year, third to eighth grade students. For more information, contact Brent Doty, head baseball coach at the high school, at [email protected].

Retirement won’t come easy for Pam Schumm, educator with Wawasee High School since 1974. When Schumm arrived in the Wawasee area for her interview, all she knew was a cute little restaurant called Foo and Faye’s served great Chinese food and the one stoplight in town wouldn’t keep her here more than two years. Forty-one …read more.

The Kosciusko Board of REALTORS® is pleased to announce the selection of their 2015 Scholarship winners; Jada Antonides, Vicki Harris and Emma Lemon, all recipients of a $1,000 scholarship award. Twenty-nine applications were received from Kosciusko County high school seniors and Kosciusko County students currently enrolled in college. The awards are based on scholastic achievement, …read more.

There wasn’t enough money left to finish last year’s summer capital projects fund list, so the Wawasee Community School Corp. is doing a little catchup this year. Summer construction and-or renovation projects are done each year throughout the school corporation using CPF money, which is but a piece of the annual budget. This year, most …read more.

Wawasee High School held its 47th annual commencement exercises at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 6, in its gymnasium — and for the first time, it was air-conditioned. To a full gym, 213 students heard their names called by Assistant Principal Vince Beasley prior to them crossing the platform to receive their diplomas from Principal Mike …read more.

By STEPHANIE OVERBY Associate Director, Kosciusko County Community Foundation, Inc. The Kosciusko County Community Foundation recognized 36 individuals for extraordinary service to others at their Heart of Gold program Thursday evening.. Each person nominated for a Heart of Gold award received a pin, a certificate and a Community Foundation grant to award to the charity …read more.

Wawasee High School junior Cassidy Manning won Best of Show at the school’s annual art show during Memorial Day weekend. Her colored pencil drawing measuring 12 x 18 is a portrait of her little sister. According to her art teacher, Bill Eby, it took Manning an estimated 150 hours to complete her drawing. She hopes …read more.

One of the most visible means of seeing the creativity of Wawasee High School students is the annual art show. This year’s show will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, May 22, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 23. Student artwork will be displayed in the surge area near the …read more.

Several changes will be made to the athlete code of conduct at Wawasee High School, the Wawasee school board heard during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday in Syracuse. Steve Wiktorowski, athletic director at the high school, said the code, which is part of the student handbook, will essentially be rewritten since some of it was …read more.

Wawasee High School will hold its 47th annual honors program at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, in the high school auditorium. During the program, many school awards and scholarships will be presented. Seniors receiving an Indiana Academic Honors Diploma, an Indiana Technical Honors Diploma, graduating with distinction, highest distinction and the valedictorian and salutatorian will …read more.

This year’s building trades banquet at Wawasee High School, held Thursday evening in the cafeteria, was a little different. Since the project house has been a joint effort between Wawasee and Fairfield building trades students, the banquet was a combined effort, too, and instructors for each program honored and recognized their respective students. Ed Waltz …read more.

The Instrumental Music Department of Wawasee High School will perform their final concert of the 2014-15 school year 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, in the high school auditorium. Admission is free. The strings of the Wawasee orchestra will be playing a variety of chamber music works, including selections by Mozart, Tschaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Rossini. “Dueling” …read more.

Accomplishments for the year were celebrated by Wawasee FFA members, family and guests at its annual banquet Friday evening, at Wawasee High School. Awards were presented, corporate sponsors recognized, and scholarships awarded to FFA members. The evening program began with 2014-15 officers arriving to the stage by riding John Deere pedal tractors down the auditorium …read more.

What if we could provide better resources for families, to help their students through their educations? This was the question posed by math educator Kristi Harris at Thursday night’s LearnZillion workshop, hosted by Wawasee High School from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Students and their parents were invited to attend, and several Wawasee educators also …read more.

Friday 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.

Oh, the 1970s. Bell bottom pants, tight fitting pants and bright colors. Platform shoes, leisure suits, disco music and Afro hairdos. That decade had a distinctive style. And don’t forget … polyester. Songs of the 1970s will fill the air during the Wawasee High School Choral Department Pops Show 2015, “Forever Polyester.” Show times are …read more.

Brock Spangle and Kendra Miller have been named the valedictorian and salutatorian for the class of 2015 at Wawasee High School. Spangle is the son of Brian and Tamie Spangle, Leesburg. He plans to attend either Taylor or Manchester universities majoring in biology premed. Is is a member of the Warrior Leadership Committee, National Honor …read more.

By ALLEN COBLENTZ Engineering and Technology Teacher, Wawasee High School The Wawasee Supermilage team successfully competed in the 2015 Shell Eco-Marathon over spring break. Three cars successfully completed the new road course in Detroit, bringing home two trophies and prize money. The gasoline vehicle placed 10th, obtaining 724 miles per gallon. The ethanol vehicle placed …read more.

  A few Wawasee High School students will literally be crawling into a hole, but it’s not because of anything they’ve done wrong. Instead, it’s part of the National Land Judging Contest May 5-7 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Four Wawasee students — Mason Germonprez, senior, Kevin Schlipf, senior, Conner Sausaman, junior, and Jared Templin, junior, …read more.

Wawasee High School’s concert band and orchestra will present a spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, in the high school auditorium. Admission is free. Directed by Dr. Joyce Dubach, the orchestra will be playing several selections including the theme from “Dr. Who” and “Seasons of Love” from the musical “Rent.” The concert band, …read more.

On Friday night, students and teachers at Wawasee High School gathered for an evening of fun and purpose as they kicked off the third annual Wawasee PowWow. Filled with games, food, activities and Warrior camaraderie, a portion of the money went to benefit an anonymous WHS student in need. Additionally, several clubs and organizations at …read more.

Wawasee High School hosted the Northern Lakes Conference Academic Super Bowl competition Tuesday evening in the main spectator gym. NorthWood was the overall team winner with four first place finishes in social studies, English, science and interdisciplinary. Wawasee placed fourth overall with second place finishes in social studies and interdisciplinary, a third place finish in …read more.

As part of the Microsoft IT Academy, a pilot program this year in a select group of schools across Indiana, Wawasee High School senior Jordan Amick became the first Wawasee student to earn a Microsoft certification. Amick, a computer science major who hopes to attend Ball State University, earned his certification in Microsoft Word or …read more.

[weaver_youtube ZJ6CHnXAvWM rel=0] By SHERMAN GOLDENBERG Wawasee High School graduate Shanna Zolman, a 2002 “Miss Basketball” and University of Tennessee star who retired from active sports in 2012 after six years in the WNBA, is scheduled to appear May 2 at the North Webster Community Center gym in a faith-based presentation billed as a “homecoming” for …read more.

While some Wawasee High School students will head south during spring break to Florida, Texas, Alabama and possibly elsewhere, a few will travel to … Detroit. It’s not usually thought of as a spring break destination point, but this particular group of students will have business to take care of. The annual Shell Eco-marathon competition …read more.

Wawasee Community School Corp. will be hosting an informational meeting and discussion regarding the future use of the present Syracuse Elementary School facility. The meeting will be held from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 30, in the lecture room at Wawasee High School, Syracuse. For more information, call the school corporation at (574) …read more.

Wawasee High School students, in addition to elementary and middle school students, will be presenting “Cinderella” March 20-22. “We are producing the ‘Enchanted’ version of the musical. It is still Rodgers and Hammerstein, but has a few updated songs, adds the mice, etc.,” Cyndi Thornburg, director, said. “It is a more contemporary version — without …read more.

Larry Snyder, 52, of Fort Wayne, passed away on March 4, 2015 in Ft. Wayne. He was born in Fort Wayne on Jan. 4, 1963 to Denzel and Mary Ann (Archer) Snyder. He attended St. John Baptist school in New Haven through the 8th grade. He then moved to the North Webster area where he …read more.

The Donald L. Charlton educational scholarship trust was funded at Don’s death in July 2004 with assets in excess of $1,400,000 through the 1st Source Bank Personal Asset Management Group. Don was a lifetime Milford resident. He retired from the U.S. Postal service in 1988 after 33 years of service. Don was a member of …read more.

  Wawasee’s FFA chapter will have its annual member auction from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, in the Wawasee High School lecture room. Members will be auctioned off for eight hours of work for the buyer. Jobs include, but are not limited to, farm work, yard work, landscaping, spring cleaning, car washing …read more.

The first Academic Super Bowl invitational of the 2015 season was held Monday at Warsaw Community High School. Wawasee High School had two teams — social studies and interdisciplinary — place second. Jerrica Bontrager, Jake Cowman, Brandon Fox and Josh Webber make up the social studies team and Zoe Berg, Fox, Clayton Hicks, Evan Krueger …read more.

After missing a state gold medal by a mere half point last year, needless to say Wawasee High School student Carly Erst was elated to actually earn one this year. The senior earned a gold medal with her violin solo Saturday in Indianapolis at the Indiana State School Music Association state contest. Getting to Indianapolis …read more.

Yesterday, the Indiana Department of Education released the graduation rates for the 2013-14 school year. The data shows that the schools in and around Kosciusko County ranked fairly well among Hoosier high schools. (Information provided by IDOE) Warsaw Community High School ended up with a graduation rate of 93.8 percent. This is an increase of …read more.

Indiana Department of Education released 2014 high school graduation rate information Wednesday afternoon. Statewide the average was at 89.8 percent, up from 88.6 percent the year before. IDOE reported Wawasee High School showed 163 graduates out of a cohort count of 184, a rate of 88.6 percent. That is an improvement compared to the 85.6 …read more.

The Syracuse Community is familiar with the victims in the double shooting early Thursday morning of a young couple who had both held jobs around Syracuse. Joshua Randall Knisley, deceased, and girlfriend Tara Thornburg both graduated from Wawasee High School. Thornburg is now fighting an uphill battle of recovery at the Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital …read more.

Here is the entertainment listing for this weekend. To have an event added to the list, please email [email protected] with the what, when, where and cost. Warsaw Center Lake Special Olympics Polar Plunge – 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21. On-site registration will open at 10:30 a.m. Danny’s Sports Bar DJ – 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20 …read more.

For nearly three full months, Warrior Radio has been broadcasting on FM radio for a roughly 15-mile radius. Warrior Radio WRWT 93.7 FM, broadcasting from a studio at Wawasee High School, officially launched Dec. 1. Prior to the station launching on FM, one had been broadcasting online (and still is) at www.warriorradio.caster.fm. But now anyone …read more.

Especially within the last three school years, the culture has changed at Wawasee High School. And that is precisely what Mike Schmidt, principal at Wawasee High School, and others wanted to see. “Student led” is more often becoming the norm at the high school. And it’s something Schmidt is particularly passionate about. “It’s part of …read more.

Celebrating the start of its 58th year at its annual meeting and banquet, the Kosciusko County Soil and Water Conservation District focused on local achievements and leadership Tuesday evening. The event was held at 2517, Warsaw. Once again four individuals from Wawasee High School were recognized as the county’s top high school soil judgers. Sarah …read more.

Recently, the Wawasee High School DECA chapter competed in the district two local competition in Elkhart with the team doing very well. Fifteen of its 19 members walked away eligible to compete at the state competition in March. With the competition set to occur in Indianapolis, the WHS DECA chapter is hoping to raise enough …read more.

Traci A. Streby Cox, 51, passed away of triple negative breast cancer on Feb. 4, 2015 at her home in Richmond, Texas and now rests in eternal peace with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Traci was born April 23, 1963 in Warsaw to Ronald and Carolyn Streby of Goshen, who survive. She attended Wawasee …read more.

Before they even walk across the platform to receive their high school diplomas, some Wawasee High School students will at least have a chance to earn a certification that can be used in the business world. Back in the fall, Wawasee was invited by the Indiana Department of Education to participate in the Microsoft IT …read more.

  The year 2014 proved to be a record-breaking one for the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce outgoing President Richard Owen shared at the chamber’s annual awards banquet Tuesday evening. “The chamber’s membership record was broken,” Owen said. “We crossed 200 members.” Those 200-some members were the focus of the banquet as the chamber honored several …read more.

Two highly acclaimed gospel singing groups will take the stage at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at Wawasee High School, 12659 N. Syracuse-Webster Road, Syracuse. Legacy Five with appear along with special guests Ernie Haase and Signature Sound. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. “This year’s concert is special in that it is our 25th …read more.

By DIANE WILLIAMS Guidance Secretary and Scholarship Coordinator, Wawasee High School Wawasee High School will be holding their annual Junior Parent night for college bound students from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19, in the Wawasee High School lecture room. This meeting is for parents to listen and ask questions about post high …read more.

Christmas can be a festive, fun and memorable time for some as they gather with family or friends. But for others, it can be a discouraging, depressing and even painful time. During Tuesday evening’s regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board in Syracuse, the first meeting of 2015, the board heard reports about what …read more.

Wawasee High School’s Guidance Department is sponsoring a college financial aid night for seniors and their parents. This session will provide information about important deadlines, the application process and financial aid programs. Step-by-step instructions for filling out the FAFSA will be given. Parents and senior students are encouraged to attend together. The meeting will be …read more.

      Wawasee Gymnastics Club will hold classes on gymnastics equipment during the second winter session beginning the week of Monday, Jan. 12. Classes will be held Mondays and Wednesdays during a five week session. Beginners will meet from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Mondays, advanced beginners will meet from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 …read more.

Dear Editor, On behalf of myself and Kyle Weideman we would like to thank the area businesses that sponsored teams in our Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy project the Put the Hammer Down Dodgeball Tournament held Wednesday, Dec. 10 supporting Habitat for Humanity of Kosciusko County. These businesses include: Chore Time Brock, Colbin Tool, Hoosier Horse …read more.