SYRACUSE — Even with sophisticated equipment, weather forecasters can still fail to achieve absolute accuracy due to the unpredictable nature of the weather. So when building a house, especially in northern Indiana, and not starting until past the middle of August, staying on schedule is of prime importance in order to have the house closed …read more.

SYRACUSE — Sometimes just connecting with the right person can open a door for a job opportunity. Aaron McKinley has been remodeling a bathroom in the home of James Flecker in Syracuse. Flecker, who happens to be the director of personnel and legal services for the Wawasee Community School Corporation, suggested to McKinley he should …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — Wawasee Building Trades will hold an open house for the 2018-19 project home from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29. A house is being built for Jeff and Jennifer Phillips at 6099 N. 950E, North Webster. It is a ranch style house with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, two kitchens and a …read more.

SYRACUSE — During the annual Wawasee Building Trades Banquet Thursday evening, May 9, at Wawasee High School it was another example of the impact an educator can have on students. Ed Waltz, building trades instructor at Wawasee for more than 25 years, is retiring at the end of the school year and several people talked …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — Being in the right place at the right time opened a door for Jeff Phillips and his family. Wawasee Building Trades is building a new ranch style home for the family off CR 950E, near Backwater Road in Tippecanoe Township. “They were looking for a full project for this school year and …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School was one of the first schools in northern Indiana to have a vocational education program. Several vocational opportunities were offered when the school originally opened in the fall of 1968. Although building trades was not one of the original programs offered, it began with the 1973-74 school year. When work …read more.

SYRACUSE — Welding students are leaving the shop to get hands-on learning a few miles away. Hands-on learning is quite common in public schools and the welding students based in the Pathways shop in the old VFW building in Syracuse have teamed up with Wawasee Building Trades students to erect a building at Wawasee Middle …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Plan B became plan A for the Wawasee Building Trades project. Originally the plan was to build a house beginning with the start of the school year in August. But that plan fell through when the property owner wasn’t able to secure financing for the home. To keep the building trades students …read more.

An open house for this year’s Wawasee Building Trades project house is scheduled for 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 4. The house was built for Ken and Cheryl Manning and is located at 12540 N. CR 300 E., Syracuse. It is a country style cottage consisting of just under 2,000 square feet with …read more.

Wawasee High School’s Building Trades class is hosting an open house of its project home on Tuesday, June 4. The public is invited to tour the home from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 2620 E. Lapoint Dr., which is located at Camelot Lake, Milford.

Thursday evening in the cafeteria at Wawasee High School, the building trades students were recognized during the annual banquet. Building trades is a hands-on learning experience for juniors and seniors who are given the opportunity to help build a house from the foundation up. After the welcome by Curt Hursey, president of the building trades …read more.

An open house is scheduled for 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, for the Wawasee Building Trades 2011-12 project house. This year’s project involves an upstairs addition to the home of Brian and Kara Warren, 9800 W. Northshore Drive, Kimmel, at Knapp Lake in Noble County. The home covers 1,750 square-feet and has …read more.