WMS Students Get Atlatl Lesson
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...
View ArticleWawasee Hires New Middle School Principal
Susan Mishler 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...
View ArticleWawasee Hosting Swim Lessons
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...
View ArticleWMS Presents End Of Year Awards
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...
View ArticleWawasee Schools Undergoing Renovations, Repairs
Jim Brita of the Strahm Group Inc., Fort Wayne, does drywall work in one of the C wing rooms at Wawasee High School. Eventually the walls will be painted in this room and others in the C wing as part...
View ArticleYoder Sets School Record, Wawasee Rolls
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...
View ArticleWMS Media Center Gets New Look
Sixth-grader Paul Lovellette looks through a book in the media center at Wawasee Middle School. Note the new windows in the background in the now fully enclosed media center. (Photo by Tim Ashley) One...
View ArticleWawasee PTO’s 24th Annual Holiday Bazaar
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...
View ArticleWMS Rewards Good Behavior
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...
View ArticleWMS Hosts Holiday Concerts
From left, Wawasee Middle School seventh-graders Ethan Hays, Garrett Smith, Chris Rogers, Tia Hall and Riley Halsey practice for an upcoming holiday concert. (Photo by Tim Ashley) Wawasee Middle School...
View ArticleRobotics Team Earns Second-Place Trophy
From left are Ryan Zorn, Jack Collins, Braxton Studebaker and Clay Kelsheimer. The four Wawasee Middle School students made up a robotics team placing second in the state competition. This photo was...
View ArticleWMS Holds Spelling Bee
Addison Torres, left, and Ethan Ousley 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...
View ArticleBreakfast To Benefit Wawasee Middle School
In front, from left, are Wawasee Middle School students Brooke Heche, Sara Pritchard, Jared Pritchard, Macie Stuckman and Garrett Stuckman. In the back row are Shawn Johnson, assistant principal of...
View ArticleMiddle School Wrestlers Take Second At Invitational
In the front row, from left, are Austin Delafuente, Dalin Powell, Nate Olejiniczak, Braxton Alexander, Kyle Gunkel, Christian Wood, Isiah Faurote, Garrett Stuckman, Kody Baldacci, Courtney Weikart and...
View ArticleStudent Achievement Plan Presented For WMS
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...
View ArticleLake Area Band Seeks Members
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...
View ArticleWawasee Plans To Expand Project Lead The Way
Teacher Allen Coblentz, left, helps student Austin Krizman with a wiring circuit simulation board during the digital electronics class at Wawasee High School. It is one of the Project Lead The Way...
View ArticleMusic Informational Meeting At WMS
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...
View ArticleEdgewood Edges Out Lakeview For Title [VIDEO]
The Edgewood Middle School boys track team took home top honors at 10th Annual Lakeview Relays with its team score of 41 points. (Photos by Nick Goralczyk) WARSAW – The 10th Annual Lakeview Relays...
View ArticleWawasee Girls Win Lakeview Relays [VIDEO]
Abbie Curtis (left) and Aubrey Kuhn (right) race neck and neck in the final stretch of the 4×400 relay. Kuhn would edge out Curtis to win the race and the Lakeview Relays title. (Photos by Nick...
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