KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Junior Achievement is excited to spread the word on an exciting app called JA Build Your Future, an app designed to assist with financial planning as teens look towards post-secondary education and explore their desired careers.

The Syracuse/Wawasee Community Fund, a component fund of the Kosciusko County Community Foundation, recently announced three grants impacting the Syracuse area. Baker Youth Club received $1,000 in support of their after-school mentoring and homework help program for Syracuse Elementary School students. Boomerang Backpacks received $1,000 in support of their weekend food program for low-income Syracuse …read more.

On the last day of school before Christmas break, after several months of delays, letter grades for schools were publicly released by the Indiana Department of Education. It left school administrators not exactly in a “holly jolly” mood. “Only the Grinch would release school grades on the last day before Christmas break,” said Dr. Tom …read more.

Imagine how much better the world would be if every person did one nice thing for another person. If every good deed was repaid by doing another good deed for someone else. A Milford fifth grade student and teacher are trying to do just that with their Pay It Forward Challenge. Cheryl Van Laeken, a …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.

Free summer lunch programs get underway in Warsaw and Wawasee school districts beginning tomorrow. In Warsaw, several locations are serving daily lunches to school-aged children in the Warsaw Community Schools district. For complete days and times, see original story. Wawasee is offering the free meals to school-aged children in that district at five locations including …read more.

The following is a letter Wawasee Community School Corporation Superintendent Dr. Tom Edington sent to Wawasee parents regarding last Wednesday’s accident involving four school buses. The letter has also been posted on the corporation’s website: Thank you to all Wawasee individuals who helped last Wednesday with the school bus accident. Community members and school parents …read more.

During Milford Town Council’s meeting Monday, Bob Cockburn brought up a topic weighing on the minds of many in recent weeks: school safety. “After the incident in Newtown (Connecticut), people are asking what we should do here in Milford,” Cockburn, vice president of the Milford Town Council, explained. “I don’t believe teachers should carry guns, …read more.

Wawasee Community School Corporation is taking steps to be proactive in trying to avoid anymore tragedy. On Tuesday evening, Wawasee High School hosted a suicide prevention session for the community. On Saturday, a WHS freshman was laid to rest after tragically taking her own life last week. During the evening’s program, WCSC Superintendent Dr. Tom …read more.

This year’s Veterans Day program at Wawasee High School — held this morning in the main spectator gym — had a guest speaker as in previous years, but the focus was more on how students can help active military members and also veterans. Several student groups or organizations are holding drives during the holiday season. …read more.

With last Friday’s deadline for school board filings, the ballot has been set for the Nov. 6 General Election in Kosciusko County. Five individuals have thrown their hats into the ring for the two Wawasee Community School Corp. at-large seats up for election. Warsaw candidates are: District 3 – M. Curt Hermann, 3230 N. Ashford Ct., …read more.

By Tim Ashley Staff Writer [email protected] The only northern Indiana teacher to receive the award this year, Pam Schumm was humbled and honored to be named one of seven recipients in the state of the Martha Lea and Bill Armstrong Teacher Educator Award through Indiana University. Schumm is a longtime biology and genetics teacher at …read more.