Lawrence Charles Filion, 33, 9380 E. Wizard of Oz Way, Cromwell, was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail late last week on a charge of possession of a firearm on school property. The incident occurred on Nov. 1 at Wawasee Middle School. The probable cause affidavit filed with the court shows on Nov. 1 a …read more.

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.

Unique handcrafted items making good Christmas gifts will be in abundance as always at the annual Wawasee Middle School Christmas Craft Bazaar. This year’s bazaar, the 25th edition, will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the school located on SR 13 just south of the intersection with CR 1000N, …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.

Unique handcrafted items making good Christmas gifts will be in abundance as always at the annual Wawasee Middle School Christmas Craft Bazaar. This year’s bazaar, the 25th edition, will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the school located on SR 13 just south of the intersection with CR 1000N, …read more.

Wawasee Middle School’s eighth-grade robotics team known as “Wawasee 8th” and made up of students Cory Dunivan, Nicholas Murphy, Ethan Hays, Clay and Joe Kelsheimer and Garrett Smith qualified for the state competition by placing first and earning the Champion Award at the district competition Sunday at Grace College. The third annual FIRST Lego League …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 – Saturday was a big day for the Wawasee middle school boys and girls cross country teams. Wawasee claimed three of the four team titles, winning the boys and girls varsity races as well as the boys reserve race. Wawasee’s boys varsity team ran away with the title, totaling just 32 points to pull …read more.

LIGONIER – The Wawasee middle school cross country teams found themselves racing familiar foes at the West Noble Middle School Cross Country Invitational Saturday morning. The Wawasee girls team took second place behind champion Maple Creek, which ran away from the 31-team field to win with just 31 points. Wawasee provided the nearest competition finishing …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee’s middle school cross country teams continue to pile up success. Tuesday in a three-way meet, both teams brought home two more wins. The Wawasee girls beat Lincoln by a 20-39 count with Whitko scoring 85. The Wawasee boys dominated with a perfect 15 to Lincoln’s 55 and Whitko’s 81. Last Saturday, both …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee Middle School cross country teams have been rather successful to begin its 2014 campaigns. Last weekend at the Prairie Heights Panther runs, McKenzie Smith led the way for the girls varsity team finishing fourth overall. The Lady Warriors put four runners on the awards podium in Smith,  Katie Haines (6th), Lila …read more.

Wawasee Middle School presented end of the year awards during the last day of school June 4. Following are the awards: Eighth-Grade Subject Awards Social studies — Rosalie Garro, Tiffany Koble, Kabrea Rostochak, Jacqueline Tucco Language arts — Aubrey Kuhn, Josh McDaniel, Brianna Haessig, Andrew Jones Advanced language arts — Amanda Mall, Tiffany Koble Language …read more.

PLYMOUTH – The girls meets at the North East Lakes Middle School Conference Track and Field Championships were dominated by two local schools on Saturday morning. The Rock Pile at Plymouth High School proved to be anything but rocky for the Wawasee and Edgewood girls track teams. Edgewood slipped by Wawasee by a score of …read more.

PLYMOUTH- Track and field superiority was up for grabs at Plymouth High School on Saturday as the Rock Pile played host to the 2014 North East Lakes Middle School Conference Championships. The boys meets were exciting and exhilarating for four local schools, Edgewood, Lakeview, Wawasee and Whitko. A scrappy Wawasee team played an underdog role …read more.

Registration for swim lessons using the American Red Cross program is being held on Saturdays, May 17 and 24, from 8 a.m. to noon at Wawasee Middle School. Anyone coming to register should enter the school through the pool access doors. The lessons are being offered by Julia Allen and cost $50 per child. Session …read more.

The Wawasee middle school boys golf team lost a match Monday night against Crestview, 178-204. The Warriors were led by the combo of Dillon Drake and Jacob Krugman, both turning in scores of 48. Jared Krugman added a 52 and Hunter Hlutke rounded out the scoring tallies with a 57.

During the Academic Super Bowl Class 3 regional competition Saturday at Wawasee Middle School, WMS had four teams — social studies, science, math and interdisciplinary — place first. The English team placed second. There were 17 schools competing Saturday. How the WMS teams rank at the state level has not yet been finalized.

WARSAW – The Wawasee Middle School girls track team had one goal coming into Friday’s 10th Annual Lakeview Relays, win. The Warriors won the event last season and intended to defend that title. It certainly did not come easy, but Wawasee accomplished its goal and won its second consecutive Lakeview Relays title by defeating the …read more.

WARSAW – The 10th Annual Lakeview Relays took place on Friday night at Lakeview Middle School and despite the cold weather, young athletes from four local middle schools created more than enough heat on the track. Though the meet included four teams, it was clear that the trophy would go to one of the two …read more.

The music department of the Wawasee Community School Corp. will be conducting an informational meeting for students and parents of students attending sixth grade next year at Wawasee or Milford middle schools. Students interested in beginning musical instrument study on a band or orchestra instrument can get information about music classes and may sign up …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.

The Lake Area Community Band is looking for new members to start its 26th season. The band performs each summer throughout Elkhart and Kosciusko counties. Rehearsals are held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Mondays at Wawasee Middle School in Syracuse, beginning March 3. For more information, contact [email protected].

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.

Wawasee Middle School’s wrestling team took second place at the Lakeview Wrestling Invitational Saturday. Wawasee wrestled against New Haven, Edgewood and Schmucker, winning all three meets. Concord defeated Wawasee to win the invitational. The Warriors had two forfeits and that proved to be the deciding score.

Knights of Columbus in Syracuse is hosting an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast as a fundraiser for Wawasee Middle School. The breakfast will be held from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 414 S. Sycamore St., Syracuse. All you can eat pancakes, sausage and eggs. For more information, call …read more.

Addison Torres, an eighth-grader at Wawasee Middle School, won the school’s spelling bee Monday morning. He correctly spelled the word “popularity” to win the spelling bee. The runner-up was eighth-grader Ethan Ousley. The county spelling bee will be held Tuesday, Feb. 4, at Lakeview Middle School in Warsaw.

A robotics team from Wawasee Middle School took second place at a state competition of the First Lego League at IPFW in Fort Wayne Saturday. The Wawasee “Fire Beetles” team made up of Braxton Studebaker, Jack Collins, Ryan Zorn and Clay Kelsheimer were given a trophy because of their robot’s innovative programming in the strategy …read more.

Wawasee Middle School is having a sixth grade holiday concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, in the cafeteria area of the school. The school is located near the intersection of SR 13 and CR 1000 North, south of Syracuse. The concert is free and features the sixth grade choir, band and orchestra. The seventh …read more.

She may not be Vanna White, but Noelle Gagnon, Wawasee Middle School eighth-grader, is watching the prize wheel spin in the school’s cafeteria. Each week during lunchtime three students who have not had any behavioral problems for a six week period get a chance to spin the wheel for various prizes. The three are chosen …read more.

The Wawasee Middle School PTO’s 24th annual Holiday Bazaar will be 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. Over 200 vendors are part of this much anticipated, yearly event. As a PTO fundraiser, all monies raised go directly back to students and teachers. The school is located at 9850 North State Road 13, Syracuse. …read more.

One of the summer construction projects in the Wawasee Community School Corp. was fully enclosing the media center within Wawasee Middle School. It was paid for out of the capital projects fund within the school corporation budget. New interior doors were installed as well as windows all around the media center. At the time WMS …read more.

NORTH MANCHESTER – The middle school girls cross country team from Wawasee continued to run red hot this fall, and a school record was set during its championship run at the Manchester Invitational Saturday morning. The varsity Lady Warriors were first overall, led by the new school record of 11:24.2 set by Carmen Yoder, replacing …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 Middle School presented end of the school year awards to students in grades six through eight June 3 and 4. Students presented awards are as follows: Eighth Grade Subject Awards Social Studies — Rhett Coblentz, Paige Miller, Autumn Yoder and Bridgette Yoder Language Arts — Elizabeth Zorn, Haleigh Smarr, Logan Long Advanced Language Arts …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee schools will be hosting the American Red Cross summer swim lessons. Classes begin June 10 and continue through July 19. Class times are 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., and evening classes are from 6-7:45 p.m. Registration will be held May 18 and May 25 from 8 a.m. to noon at the …read more.

It’s like coming home again for Susan Mishler. During the regular monthly meeting Tuesday of the Wawasee school board, Mishler was introduced as the new principal of Wawasee Middle School. She will replace Dennis Howland, who resigned effective at the end of the current academic year. Mishler lives at Camelot Lake near Milford with her …read more.

Before Native Americans used a bow, they used an atlatl, a tool to support and propel a spear or a dart. Atlatl is now a sport and clubs exist in some states. Here, John Blunk Sr., right, shows Wawasee Middle School eighth-grader Kyle Hunter how to properly hold the atlatl before loading the dart on …read more.

Not all bacteria is bad when it comes to food, but much of it is and caution should be taken to eliminate as much of it as possible when cooking. Joan Younce, Purdue Extension Office for Kosciusko County, spoke to Darcy Hively’s family and consumer sciences classes Thursday and Friday at Wawasee Middle School as …read more.

Three native trees have been planted in the courtyard at Wawasee Middle School. Students involved in Builders Club at WMS teamed up with Daniel Landscape Design of Columbia City to celebrate Earth Day Monday and also looked ahead to Arbor Day Friday. Students placed mulch around the trees — a serviceberry, dogwood and redbud. Shown …read more.

It was a fun-filled, music-filled, sobering morning for Milford Middle School today. Students got to meet with Bill Ballenger, founder of Break the Grey, and his gang of interns for discussions on life, sobriety and friendship at a school assembly unlike any other. Students even got to attempt to perform popular dances like GS Boyz’s …read more.

SYRACUSE — “You’ve got to stand for something or you’ll fall for anything,” Bill Ballenger said of young people today. “There just seems to be this grey area everyone operates in, where nothing really matters anymore.” Break the Grey, Ballenger’s nonprofit faith-based organization, seeks to restore absolutes in the eyes of the youth. Ballenger, founder …read more.

The music department of the Wawasee Community School Corp. will be conducting an informational meeting for students and parents of students who will be attending sixth grade next year at either Wawasee or Milford Middle school. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, March 11, in the Wawasee Middle School cafeteria. WMS is …read more.

  Knights of Columbus in Syracuse is teaming up with Wawasee Middle School for a pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 414 S. Sycamore St. The breakfast is a fundraiser for WMS. Cost is $5 for adults, $2 for kids 12 and under. Shown helping to …read more.

Garrett Elder, Wawasee Middle School eighth-grader, placed second at the national level of the NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition for 12 and 13 year-olds. The competition was held Saturday in Atlanta, Ga., a day prior to the Atlanta Falcons-Seattle Seahawks playoff game each competitor was able to attend. Elder, a wide receiver for the …read more.

Caleb VanLue, sixth-grader, was the winner of the Wawasee Middle School Spelling Bee Friday. Roger Fitzpatrick, seventh-grader, also was the runner-up. The fifth- and sixth-grade county spelling bee will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, at North Webster Elementary School. The seventh and eighth grade bee is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. …read more.

The Miss Kosciusko County Scholarship Program is slated for 6 p.m. Saturday night and also includes a contest to name an outstanding teen. Four young woman are vying for the Miss Kosciusko title and a $1,000 scholarship. There are also four girls between the ages 13 to 17 who are competing for the Miss Kosciusko …read more.

Patience will be needed for spectators and those involved with swimming teams or programs at the Wawasee Middle School Natatorium. Extensive renovations have been completed (though a few items remain unfinished) within the last few months and it will take some time before the full effect is known. Anyone who has attended a high school …read more.

Christmas is less than two months away and some are already looking for gifts. Several gift ideas will be under the same roof during the 23rd annual Wawasee Middle School Holiday Craft Bazaar from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1. More than 170 vendors will have a variety of items for sale in …read more.

Eighth grade language arts students of Wawasee Middle School studying the Holocaust heard a different perspective concerning one of history’s darkest eras. Many familiar with the Holocaust are aware the Nazis targeted the Jewish, anyone not thought of as belonging to the Aryan race and political enemies. But not often talked about is Jehovah’s Witnesses …read more.

A quartet of Wawasee Middle School girls had the chance to work their basketball skills under the watchful eye of one of the most successful programs in the country. From left, Harmony Schlabach, Hannah Lamle, Aubrey Kuhn and Wynter Rhoads had the chance to work with University of Notre Dame women’s head basketball coach Muffett …read more.

Ortman Drilling and Water Services, Kokomo, just finished drilling a geothermal test well by the tennis courts at Wawasee Middle School in Syracuse. Drilling started Wednesday morning and finished today.

By TIM ASHLEY Staff Writer [email protected] Competing against 56 teams, Wawasee Middle School’s Academic Super Bowl team in social studies took first place in the state. The English team placed 12th at the state level. The theme for social studies this year was “Colonial and Revolutionary America.” Students participate in two contests in the spring. …read more.

By TIM ASHLEY Staff Writer [email protected]  During a special meeting Tuesday afternoon in the Wawasee Middle School Natatorium area, the school board for the Wawasee Community School Corp. voted to use approximately $272,000 in emergency funds for roof repairs over the swimming pool in WMS. While the swimming pool area was undergoing renovation as part …read more.

By TIM ASHLEY Staff Writer [email protected]  Wawasee Middle School’s swimming pool, heavily used by the school, Wawasee High School and the community, is getting much needed renovations in an approximately $1.3 million project. Funding for the project is through the school corporation’s capital projects fund used each year for various projects as prioritized. An extensive …read more.