The prospect of sub-freezing temperatures and debilitating winds have area schools taking action. The following are schedules for area schools over the next several days. Warsaw, Wawasee and Triton Warsaw Community Schools, Wawasee Community School Corporation and Triton School Corporation all announced on Tuesday, Jan. 29, that they will close their doors and not reopen …read more.

NAPPANEE — The deadline to file for a position on the Wa-Nee School Board is this week. Those wishing to file for these positions should do so at the Kosciusko County clerk’s office in the justice building, downtown Warsaw. Positions up for election include the following: Olive Township: Candidates must be from Elkhart County Scott and Jefferson Township: …read more.

NAPPANEE — After 16 years of leading Wa-Nee Community Schools, Superintendent Joe Sabo announced earlier this week he will retire following the end of this school year. School board member Eric Brown, the sole remaining member who voted to hire Sabo as superintendent in 2001, reluctantly moved to accept Sabo’s retirement. “I wish we had …read more.

MILFORD — About 1,600 fifth-graders swarmed the confines of TruHorizons in Milford for the first Safety First days, a three-day event designed to teach safety on half a dozen topics. Twenty-seven tents were set up on the grounds, two large tents for the beginning and ending plenary sessions and lunch, and five villages of five …read more.

NAPPANEE — Wa-Nee School Superintendent, Joe Sabo, is looking forward to another exemplary school year in 2015-2016, and is excited to announce the availability for parents to register their students online.  For students returning to Wa-Nee Community Schools for 2015-16, the online registration and data validation is now in place and available for parents to …read more.

Wa-Nee Community Schools received a product recall notification Thursday evening from Sun Rich Fresh Foods, Inc. The company sells the school community apple slices packaged in accordance with federal, school food service guidelines. The notice warned the packaged apple slices may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, an infectious organism that can cause serious, sometimes fatal, …read more.

Yesterday, the Indiana Department of Education released graduation rate data for the 2012-2013 school year. Locally, graduation rates did not fare so well. Out of eight area high schools, only two showed an improvement in overall graduation scores, with the other five showing notable declines and one school showing no change. Tippecanoe Valley High School, …read more.