From 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10, area Wawasee businesses will be battling it out for title of Dodge Ball Champions in the first ever Put The Hammer Down Dodgeball Tournament! 16 teams will join Wawasee High School’s Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy project supporting Kosciusko County Habitat for humanity to raise funds …read more.

Wawasee High School’s Instrumental Music Department will present its annual holiday concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, in the high school auditorium. The string orchestra, under the direction of Joyce Dubach and Manchester University student teacher Katie Huddleston, will present a variety of holiday selections ranging from Vivaldi’s “Winter” to a “Jingle Bell Hoedown” …read more.

Wawasee High School’s KYLA project supporting Habitat For Humanity will host a dodgeball tournament Wednesday, Dec. 10, at the Wawasee Middle School gym. The Event, which will take place from 7:30-9:30 p.m., will have 16 teams from area businesses battle for the title. Admission is $1 with concessions available. Proceeds from the event will go …read more.

Dear Editor, On Veterans Day I had the opportunity to attend the program held at Wawasee High School, the program was for all students and staff as well as for community members to honor our veterans. I sat intently listening to the program and I must say I was very impressed with the speakers; each …read more.

Tuesday morning’s annual Veterans Day program at Wawasee High School was a mixture of the student body being challenged, strong emotions and a former U.S. Navy officer sharing some of his service memories. Pat Park, a retired Navy lieutenant who served in the military for 25 years, was the guest speaker. But before he stepped …read more.

Students at Wawasee High School will be performing “Get Smart,” a play paying homage to the American comedy TV series of the same name. The original TV series ran from Sept. 18, 1965, to May 15, 1970, and satirized the secret agent genre with success. The play version of “Get Smart” will follow Agent 86 …read more.

After originally being released in October, then put on hold because of questions on the accuracy of data for a few schools, Indiana Department of Education finally released A-F accountability report card information for the 2013-14 school year Nov. 5. The data was released publicly after approval by the Indiana State Board of Education. Wawasee …read more.

Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce met Nov. 5 at Wawasee High School. At the school, board members ate lunch and were given a tour of the school, including its radio and TV studios. The high school radio station, WRWT Warrior Radio, is currently available online, but will be live on FM next month. The tour occurred …read more.

For the first time in several years, and especially during school time, a pep rally was held Friday afternoon in the main spectator gym at Wawasee High School. It was held only a few hours before the homecoming week football game against Goshen. Led mostly by senior students, the roughly 30-minute rally created plenty of …read more.

Kosciusko County Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accident: 6:17 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, North Rainbow Drive and West Bell Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Kyle R. Flores, 21, North Perry Drive, Milford. Flores swerved to miss a deer, causing his vehicle to go off the road and hit a guide cable to …read more.

Wawasee High School is comprised of students and staff members from the towns of Syracuse, North Webster and Milford. All three towns have local food pantries that serve the residents in their townships. These food pantries rely heavily on community donations in order to ensure they have enough supplies to serve those who require assistance. …read more.

Fall is firmly entrenched, leaves are turning different colors and the air is cooler. It’s homecoming week at Wawasee High School and it will culminate with the home football game Friday evening against Goshen and the crowning of the queen and king. Homecoming is set apart as not only a week to especially invite graduates …read more.

Wawasee High School’s FFA horticulture judging team placed first nationally during the national horticulture judging competition Saturday in Lexington, Ky. This follows the judging team taking first place at the state competition Sept. 13 at Purdue University. Judging team members are Molly Swartz, Shelby Swartz, Katie Acton, Sophia Nyce, Sarah Harden and Leeann Estrada. Joan …read more.

Over $750 in cash was recovered by Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Detectives in Harrison Township Cemetery, earlier this week. The cash, taken during the Sept. 12 robbery of KeyBank, North Webster, had allegedly been buried by Derek Bruner. Bruner, 24, who was arrested Sept. 22, has been charged with felony assisting a criminal, obstruction of justice …read more.

[weaver_youtube 2V_7uQvxOEU rel=0]   One can learn a lot from a dummy … or the one supplying his voice. During the Stephen and Other Dummies Comedy Concert the afternoon of Sept. 24 in the main gym at Wawasee High School, Stephen Brubaker entertained, encouraged and challenged students. Brubaker, assisted by his wife Bobbye who coordinated the …read more.

Wawasee High School announces parent-teacher conferences have been scheduled for 3:15 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday. The arena format will be used with all teachers being in the spectator gym. Administrators and counselors will also be available, and midterm reports will be given to parents at the guidance department table. Parents do not need an …read more.

For the FFA state horticulture judging competition, there really is no margin for error from a team perspective. Only the first place team qualifies for the national competition. Wawasee High School’s FFA horticulture judging team of Molly Swartz, Leeann Estrada, Shelby Swartz and Sarah Harden placed first out of 16 teams at the state competition …read more.

Tyler Boganwright and Mariah Roberts grew up less than a half-mile away from each other near Mentone. Little did they know one day they would be teachers in the same department at the same school. Boganwright, a 2010 graduate of Tippecanoe Valley High School, is student teaching agriculture classes for the first trimester at Wawasee …read more.

Wawasee High School located at 1 Warrior Path, Syracuse, was placed under lock down this morning after high school officials received a threatening phone call at 8:51 a.m. “We were alerted at 8:51 a.m. of an outside threat phoned in to the school. At that point in time we went on a lockdown and implemented …read more.

The Wawasee High School Cheerleaders are teaming up this Saturday, Sept. 13, for an All-You-Can-Eat Pancake and Sausage Breakfast. The cheerleaders and their coaches, with the help from the Knights of Columbus, will be serving up a great breakfast for great cause by some great students. Stop by and treat yourself this Saturday morning.

There is a new full service hair salon in North Webster. It is Shear Serenity, located at 109 W. Washington St., Suite B, next to Stamp ‘n’ Toys. The owner Brittany Manns Gardner, a 2005 graduate of Wawasee High School. She received her training through Fairfileld High School cosmetology  program. With 9 years of experience, she …read more.

A deadline of Sept. 8 has come and gone and, as of Tuesday morning, 68 Wawasee High School seniors still had not received a booster of meningitis vaccine as required by state law. Myra Alexander, RN, school nurse for WHS, said Indiana Code 20-34-4-5 mandates a new requirement for the 2014-15 school year for high …read more.

There are four foreign exchange students attending classes at Wawasee High School during the 2014-15 academic year. In front from left, are Thanatcha Thanasrivanitchai, Thailand, hosted by Ken and Denna Lucas; and Gabriela Perez, Brazil, hosted by Todd and Sheila Clark. In the back row are Tabea Zurkinden, Switzerland, hosted by Ken and Denna Lucas; …read more.

The music video, produced by Flowfeel Films, in conjunction with Kosciusko Cares, will premiere at Warsaw Community High School on Friday Sept. 26 in the PAC. The event will start at 7 p.m. with a red carpet step and repeat which will be open to the cast and crew first and then to the public …read more.

SYRACUSE – Fall tumbling sessions for the Wawasee Gymnastics Club have been announced, which begin Sept. 15 and end Oct. 13, with the exception of the pre-K class, which ends Oct. 21. Registration dates are from 6-7:30 p.m., Sept. 8-9, at Wawasee High School’s main entrance and from 4:30-6 p.m., Sept. 10, at New Paris …read more.

The Kosciusko Cares music video shoot started filming on Aug. 23 at Wawasee High School. Flowfeel Films, the company heading up production, has provided some behind-the-scenes pictures from a rehearsal day held in Warsaw. A second shoot is scheduled for this weekend in Warsaw. Astound Dance Academy’s dancers will be filming choreography for the music video. …read more.

The Kosciusko Cares Music Video titled “Indiana Weekend” will begin production on Saturday, Aug. 23. The shoot will take place that day at Wawasee High School on from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The video features area teens from Kosciusko County and dancers from Kosciusko County who worked with Alexandra Husk of Astound Dance Academy …read more.

Wawasee High School, and other parts of Kosciusko County, will get a little taste of Hollywood. Los Angeles-based film company Flowfeel Films is contracted to begin shooting a music video Saturday, Aug. 23, at WHS. The music video “Indiana Weekend” will strive to show what it means to grow up and live in Indiana, said …read more.

Less than a week before the start of the 2014-15 academic year, there were still teachers, support personnel and also an assistant principal to be hired for the Wawasee Community School Corp. Wednesday, Aug. 6, for the second week in a row, a special Wawasee school board meeting was held in Syracuse. Several positions were …read more.

Online registration for the Wawasee Community School Corp. began Tuesday, July 29. To register in person at Wawasee High School, you can do so from noon to 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, and Tuesday, Aug. 5, in the learning resources center of the high school. There will be computers for you to complete the online …read more.

Two area causes received $250 donations from Shopko in Syracuse Tuesday morning. The first to receive a donation check was Tracy May, with the Wawasee High School’s ECO Challenge team. This group seeks to provide at-risk students the opportunity to gain additional high school credits in order for them to graduate on time, and stay …read more.

Brian W. Gabbard, 42, of Ligonier, passed away on June 28, 201,4 at home. He was born Oct. 7, 1971 in Goshen, to Sidney and Pam (Kring) Gabbard. He was engaged to Trina Wicker. He attended Wawasee High School. He was employed at Silgan Plastics in Ligonier.  He enjoyed ATVs, fishing, music and basketball. He …read more.

SYRACUSE – There will be some welcomed changes to the fields and gyms at Wawasee High School at the start of the next school year. Construction and renovations will begin this summer that will offer a fresh look to most of the athletic complexes at 1 Warrior Path. Last year the softball team received a …read more.

It has been said today’s school aged students are too often “wrapped up in their own little worlds.” But if given the chance to prove otherwise, they can prove they do care about others and want to serve the community as the Wawasee school board heard during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening in Syracuse. …read more.

[weaver_youtube _tk1XwGlc0U rel=0] Wawasee High School held its 46th annual commencement exercises Sunday in the school gymnasium. Approximately 189 students heard their names called by WHS Assistant Principal Geoff Walmer prior to crossing the platform to receive their diplomas from principal Michael Schmidt. Following the welcome and introduction by Wawasee Community School Corporation Superintendent Dr. Tom …read more.

A colored pencil self-portrait by Bre Robinson won Best of Show at the annual art show at Wawasee High School during the weekend. The show featured hundreds of drawings, paintings and more of various types by WHS students, as well as art teachers Bill Eby and Brian Whirledge.

Wawasee High School held the induction ceremony Monday evening in the high school auditorium for those students being inducted into the National Honor Society. A total of 19 students were inducted.

The annual art show at Wawasee High School will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, May 30, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 31. Artwork will be displayed in the surge area near the auditorium of the high school and seniors will have their work on display in the Learning Resources …read more.

Wawasee High School will hold its 46th annual Honors Program at 7 p.m. May 28, in the 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 also be …read more.

The annual Wawasee High School Sophomore Class chicken barbecue fundraiser will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday. The chicken will be prepared by Nelson’s. Proceeds from the event will help the class of 2016 raise money for their prom and graduation. Tickets are $6 per chicken half and $3 for potatoes. The …read more.

  A 2007 graduate of Wawasee High School in Syracuse is in the ICU in critical condition following a mowing accident that led to a near drowning in Fort Wayne. Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating the accident that happened at approximately 12:03 p.m. today. Robert Houser Jr., 26, now a resident of Fort Wayne, was mowing grass …read more.

As noted by Geoff Walmer, assistant principal of Wawasee High School, this was a good example of how beneficial a field trip can be for high school students. The high school art appreciation class and Art Club visited Chicago recently to attend the Art Institute. They were particularly intrigued by Pablo Picasso’s painting “Old Guitarist.” …read more.

Students in the building trades program of Wawasee Area Career and Technical Cooperative were honored during the annual banquet Tuesday evening in the Wawasee High School cafeteria. Building trades is one of the several programs offered by the Wawasee Area Career and Technical Cooperative. A house was built this year for Ken and Cheryl Manning …read more.

Wawasee High School received recognition from a well known national magazine and it’s the kind administrators can point to with pride. U.S. News & World Report’s latest “America’s Best High Schools” rankings gave Wawasee a silver medal. Wawasee was one of only 41 schools statewide to receive a silver medal, was ranked 37th in the …read more.

Before they have even graduated from high school, 25 Wawasee High School students are in a hall of fame. More precisely, the Wawasee High School Academic Hall of Fame. The 25 senior students were officially inducted during a banquet Saturday evening in the cafeteria of the high school. In order to be eligible for the …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee High School athletic department is hosting its annual physical night Monday, May 12, in the annex gym at Wawasee High School. Physicals are $25 per person and will be given for anyone who wishes to participate in athletics in the 2014-15 school year. Physicals will be given at 6 p.m. for …read more.

Ashley Helfers, a senior at Wawasee High School, was named as one of 36 Indiana Academic All-Star Regional Honorees through a program produced by the Indiana Association of School Principals. Helfers was honored at a banquet April 16 at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis. Academic All-Star distinction recognizes seniors who excel in the classroom …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.

Ashley Helfers and Katy Lanae Ashpole have been named the valedictorian and salutatorian for Wawasee High School Class of 2014. The two students will speak at graduation ceremonies Saturday, June 7. Helfers is the daughter of Jeff and Michelle Helfers, Leesburg. She plans to attend Purdue University majoring in speech, language and hearing sciences. During …read more.

There’s something different about the concessions stand on the visiting side of the Wawasee High School football field. And one that will temporarily be used on the home side beginning with the 2014 season. The one already used and the other to be used later are projects completed or near completion just a few hundred …read more.

Wawasee High School will again enter competitions this year with super mileage cars worked on by engineering students. From April 24-27, Wawasee will enter gas and diesel cars in the Shell Eco-marathon Americas competition in Houston, Texas. Then, on April 28, it’s on to the Lucas Oil Raceway Park in Indianapolis for a competition with …read more.

There is a noticeable increase in the emphasis being placed on hands-on, engaging learning in school classrooms. While traditional classroom lecturing still has value, it is less likely to engage students in the learning process. Within the Wawasee Community School Corp., one way hands-on learning has been implemented is through the Project Lead The Way …read more.

It was an evening of fun, challenges and enjoyment for close to 300 students at Wawasee Friday evening. The second Wawasee Pow Wow was held for the students, hosted by members of the Warrior Leadership Committee, students chosen by their peers and staff, and members of the school administration and staff. Over 200 tickets were …read more.

The drive that made Shanna Zolman a hero on hardwoods throughout the Hoosier State as a high school All-American still burns deep. It’s just that her passion now is to bring peace and joy to those that are hurting. Zolman, the pride of Syracuse, is very content with her life away from the game she …read more.

“Beware the ides of March” (read: mark your calendars). This year, the ides of March bring the annual Wawasee High School March musical. For 2014, the WHS Theater Department will be putting on the Tony award-winning “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.” And, yes, that’s Charlie Brown, the bald, lovable loser from the Charles Schulz …read more.

Wawasee High School seniors participating in Wawasee Dollars for Scholars will be calling in March for donations for scholarships. Students will be calling administrators, faculty and parents for contributions during this annual Phone-A-Thon beginning Monday, March 17. The mission of Wawasee Dollars for Scholars, a program of Scholarship America, is to expand access to educational …read more.

Art students in teacher Brian Whirledge’s ceramics class at Wawasee High School made several bowls out of clay that will be donated for the fundraiser dinner for Goshen Interfaith Hospitality Network, a ministry for the homeless. A total of 60 bowls will be donated for the dinner, where attendees can get a bowl filled with …read more.

Members learned about the opportunities to have a high school intern at the monthly meeting of the North Webster-Tippecanoe Township Chamber of Commerce. It was held Monday afternoon at the North Webster American Legion. Wawasee High School Principal Mike Schmidt and coordinator of work-based programs Trish Miller, gave a presentation on the professional internship program …read more.

Just before Christmas break, the Indiana Department of Education released letter grades for public schools. Wawasee Middle School was given an F grade and that meant the school was placed in priority status and had to submit a student achievement plan to IDOE by Feb. 1. During Tuesday evening’s regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee …read more.

Zoe Berg, a student at Wawasee High School, has been selected to represent Milford as a national youth correspondent to the 2014 Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University. Berg joins a select group of students from all over the country for an intensive study of journalism and media. Berg was chosen based …read more.

Wawasee High School junior Noella Beck is serving an early childhood development internship during the winter trimester at Teen Parents Succeeding in Syracuse. The internship is through Wawasee High School’s Professional Career Internship Program. While serving at TPS, Noella works under the supervision of Trish Miller, coordinator of the high school’s work-based programs, and TPS …read more.

The Wawasee Academic Fair originally scheduled for Jan. 27 and not held due to the weather has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Feb. 11. It will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the auditorium of Wawasee High School. Students and parents or guardians of students in grades nine through 11 are invited to …read more.

Today’s highly competitive job market more often requires schooling beyond a high school diploma. Skills are needed now that weren’t even known of a generation ago. Statistics also show the college graduation rate in Indiana, at least for those who have four years of college, is below 40 percent, though the percentage does increase for …read more.

Legacy Five, a Southern Gospel singing group, will make its annual stop in Syracuse at a concert to be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at Wawasee High School. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The group was organized in 2000 when Scott Fowler and Roger Bennett decided to continue the musical tradition of the …read more.

Students and parents or guardians of students in grades nine through 11 are invited to attend the first Wawasee Academic Fair from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, in the auditorium of Wawasee High School. Eighth-graders will be spoken to at 7 p.m. WHS Principal Mike Schmidt and guidance counselor Kevin Taylor will …read more.

During the first regular monthly meeting of 2014, the Wawasee school board approved moving forward with a bond project for construction work at Wawasee High School. A 1028 hearing, required by state law since the project will cost more than $1 million, was held in conjunction with the meeting. Mike Schmidt, principal of WHS, gave …read more.

There will be an informational meeting for parents of high school college-bound juniors at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, in the Wawasee High School auditorium. The information will cover such topics as: selecting colleges; applying to colleges; when to take the SAT; scholarships; diploma requirements and much more information that will be beneficial to the …read more.

Wawasee High School Guidance Department is sponsoring a college financial aid night for seniors and their parents. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, in the high school lecture room. This session will provide information about important deadlines, the application process and financial aid programs. Step-by-step instructions for filling out the FAFSA …read more.

Wawasee High School students involved with the Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy are working with Special Olympics for their KYLA project. The Special Olympics basketball team known as the Panthers, will be playing a scrimmage game during halftime at tonight’s Wawasee basketball game. There will be a fundraising component to the event. Three members of the KYLA …read more.

Parent-teacher conferences for Wawasee High School will be held from 3:15 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, in the spectator gym. Counselors will be in the brick yard area for parents to pick up their student’s mid-terms. For more information, call the high school at 574-457-3147.

For a few hours late Friday evening into a frigid Saturday morning, 19 Wawasee High School students were able to briefly experience a typical night for a homeless person or at least someone living in a home with no heat. They didn’t sleep in a box under an overpass or on the cold floor of …read more.

Not quite all of the boats or other watercrafts have been put away for winter storage. A few are being repaired in a room of the former Precision Automotive building on Chicago Street in Syracuse. A grant from the Dekko Foundation enabled a marine mechanics program for Wawasee High School students to form. The program …read more.

Teens struggling with problems are more likely to listen to another teen than they are to an adult. For various reasons, they tend to be suspicious of or not trust adults. Mike Schmidt, principal at Wawasee High School, observed a peer facilitation program during his four years as assistant principal at Tippecanoe Valley High School. …read more.

Just as they were last year, students at Wawasee High School were challenged during Monday morning’s annual Veterans Day program to help military veterans and others during the holiday season. And students will have more than one option to do so. It was noted during the program, held in the main spectator gymnasium, veterans make …read more.

If they don’t make a living by writing, sometimes writers still need a way to express their creative thinking. Adam Drent has found his niche. The 2001 Wawasee High School graduate, who grew up in North Webster and is the son of Myron and Krista Drent, regularly posts short stories he writes covering a wide …read more.

As a child growing up near Mount Vernon, Ohio, Becca Snider had horses and enjoyed riding and spending time with them. Her job as a mental health therapist with Wawasee High School and Wawasee Middle School has provided an expression for her love of students and helping others. During the recent fall break, Snider combined …read more.

A 20-year-old assistant soccer coach from Wawasee High School is charged with a single felony for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old female student. Josh Secor, 20, joined the Wawasee coaching staff this fall as a JV coach and varsity assistant coach for boys soccer. On Tuesday afternoon, Secor was arrested on a …read more.

Marching band season is now completed for Wawasee High School, but the band did earn a bronze rating during the regional competition Saturday at Chesterton High School in northwest Indiana. Only bands finishing in the top 10 move on the next level of competition. Wawasee earned the right to compete in the regional by receiving …read more.

The basic employment skills training class taught by Diana Grossnickle, made up of Wawasee High School students, recently took a trip to the Community Apple Orchard near Winona Lake to pick apples for local food pantries and also themselves. Students gained work experience in the agriculture field by picking 220 pounds of apples for local …read more.

For the first time since 2004, the Wawasee High School Marching Band is advancing to the regional competition. During Saturday’s invitational at Homestead High School in Fort Wayne, Wawasee earned a gold rating in open class, class C. The regional competition will be held Saturday at Chesterton High School in the northwest portion of the …read more.

School buses will be stuffed full of food for the second annual Wawasee High School Key Club Stuff the Bus non-perishable food drive. It will be held the week of Oct. 28 to Nov. 2 and the goal this year is to stuff two buses full of food for the Syracuse, North Webster and Milford …read more.

Get ready for a show Tuesday, Oct. 15, when the Wawasee High School Choral Department presents its fall concert in the high school auditorium. The show’s curtains will open at 7:30 p.m. with the public cordially invited to attend. The department has been working very hard to present this show, and it is guaranteed to …read more.

October means leaves changing colors and dropping, farmers harvesting crops in fields and homecoming week at Wawasee High School. This week at the high school is loaded with activities culminating with the crowning of the homecoming king and queen during halftime of the Wawasee-Elkhart Memorial football game Friday, Oct. 11, at Warrior Field. This year’s …read more.

Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Tammy Cotton shared a meeting she had with Wawasee High School Principal Mike Schmidt, Kathy Myers and WHS Assistant Principal Steve Perek to chamber board members at their regular meeting Oct. 2. The theme of that meeting, according to Cotton, was connecting students with the local community and its …read more.

Bullying is certainly nothing new and has occurred in schools for multiple generations. But sometimes students are afraid to talk about it and its effects can be devastating, even to the point of thoughts of suicide. This morning, students and staff of Wawasee High School were given a strong anti-bullying message by student peer facilitators …read more.

The “W” football game (Warsaw vs. Wawasee) will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4. WCHS is officially announcing this game as “Pink out” night at the Tiger Athletic Complex. The Athletic Department will be selling “Touchdowns 4 a Cure” t-shirts this week for $10 each. T- shirts will go on sale Tuesday morning …read more.

Wawasee High School has invited Tippecanoe Valley High School PEER Facilitators to provide instruction on ways to reduce bullying at the high school level. Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, the state of Indiana now requires schools to provide anti-bullying training to all students and staff. Students will hear about issues such as peer pressure, …read more.

[weaver_youtube ZECo_SWrhoY rel=0] SYRACUSE – It is hard to keep any secrets in a high school. Word travels fast and pretty soon gossip between two people quickly becomes common knowledge. At Wawasee High School people have been talking and the word is out about the Lady Warrior volleyball team: It’s really good. Manchester was the …read more.

The influence of the Web continues to expand and radio broadcasting is part of that growth. Some students at Wawasee High School in Syracuse are learning about Web-based radio broadcasting through one of the career and technical education courses offered at the school. Near the end of the 2012-13 academic year, WHS began warriorradiowarr.caster.fm, where …read more.

SYRACUSE – In a change of pace from recent years, the fall sport parent meeting at Wawasee High School will feature a pleasant twist. Bethel College men’s basketball head coach Mike Lightfoot will be a guest speaker at the 7 p.m. meeting on Monday, Aug. 5, in the WHS auditorium. Lightfoot will speak at the …read more.

Don Harmon (file photo) As StaceyPageOnline.com first reported, Don Harman was reassigned from his role as principal at Wawasee High School (see story). The reassignment was announced during the Wawasee school board meeting last night. Effective July 1, Harman was reassigned within the school corporation, but no details have been released about what position he …read more.

Though some are still in middle school, already they have been identified as being off the course to graduate from high school and receive a diploma. But an effort is being made to change the direction of a group of approximately 20 at-risk students through a new summer program at Wawasee High School. A grant …read more.

Every year something needs to be renovated, repaired or replaced in one of the Wawasee Community School Corp. buildings. Capital projects funds from the yearly budget are used to pay for these projects typically completed during the summer months when classes are not in session. This year, nearly all of the work is being done …read more.

Wawasee Superintendent Dr. Tom Edington confirmed to StaceyPageOnline.com today that Don Harman has been “reassigned” in his duties and is no longer principal at Wawasee High School. Edington would not go into detail about the reassignment but did say, “Any administrative movements are not tied into the basketball program.” Just last week Phil Mishler resigned …read more.

More than 200 students received diplomas Saturday in a packed main spectator gym during graduation ceremonies for Wawasee High School. In a separate ceremony June 3, when the gym was not filled, another student received his certificate of completion in a much more low key ceremony. Trevor Archer earned his certificate of completion, said his …read more.

On a pleasant late spring Saturday morning, just outside of the main entrance to Wawasee High School, some 206 students tossed their graduation caps into the air. And following that yearly tradition, graduation ceremonies were completed for the WHS Class of 2013. Classes for the school corporation were finished June 4 and now the 2012-13 …read more.

Once again this year, the Kosciusko Board of REALTORS® has extended its rich history of community involvement by awarding three outstanding seniors each a $1,000 scholarship. Including 2013, KBOR has awarded $60,000 in scholarships since 1993. This scholarship is specifically designed to assist bright and motivated students to pay for their education expenses and help …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.

His grandfather, Larry Peterson, was an officer. His uncle, Aaron Lindsey, was a firefighter and an officer. Now, Nick Lindsey’s goal is to follow the footsteps of those two individuals in his life and become an officer as well. “When I was younger I remember my uncle wearing his belt and stuff,” said Nick, also …read more.