Superintendent Addresses Bus Accident With Letter
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...
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School, Responders Talk Of Bus Accident
The four-bus chain reaction accident one week ago today on SR 13 north of North Webster, was one no one in emergency services has seen during their careers and no one wants to experience again. While...
View ArticleSafety Officer Likely For Milford School
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to a reporting error, Dr. Tom Edington offered this clarification for the article: “(Board) Attorney David Cates filled in the board about possibilities for moving forward with the...
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Common Core Curriculum Causes Concerns
Milford Middle School eighth-graders Keagon Hodson, left, and Siera Littlejohn, work together on designing a poster for a periodic table of elements science project in Amy Evans’ classroom. In this...
View ArticleWawasee Schools Review NWEA Testing
It has been made abundantly clear, more than once, that Wawasee administrators place much more value on Northwest Evaluation Association testing results than ISTEP+. Dr. Tom Edington, Wawasee Community...
View ArticleAnnual Performance Report A ‘Snapshot’
In the legal notices section of this week’s The Mail-Journal, readers are encouraged to view the 2013 annual performance report of the Wawasee Community School Corp. It is essentially a “snapshot” of...
View ArticleWawasee Still Saving On Energy Costs
A few years ago the Wawasee Community School Corp. implemented several energy saving measures and has been utilizing Indianapolis-based Performance Services to monitor energy costs. During Tuesday...
View ArticleState Board Decisions Appear To Have Minimal Impact
Recent decisions made by the Indiana State Board of Education appear to have minimal impact on Wawasee schools, at least for the foreseeable future. The state board voted to adopt rules to establish...
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School Corporation Eyeing Land For New Elementary
Shown is the area being discussed as a potential building site for Syracuse Elementary. Lakeland Eagles is located on the west side of Kern Road. The existing Wawasee High School property is shown to...
View ArticleSubstantial And Perpetual Gift To Benefit Wawasee
A substantial financial gift from an anonymous Wawasee patron could literally benefit the Wawasee Community School Corp. for a period of 100 years. During a special meeting of the Wawasee school board...
View ArticleSchool Board Hears Report About Possible Projects
After the regular school board meeting Tuesday in Syracuse, the board held a work session and heard a report from Dr. Tom Edington, superintendent of the Wawasee Community School Corp., about possible...
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Boomerang Backpack Program In Need Of Donations
Wawasee High School student Librety Sielesnew is one of several volunteers who help fill Boomerang Backpacks on a weekly basis. Most Fridays during the school year, some 320 Wawasee students in grades...
View ArticleFunding Awarded To Schools, But Not Wawasee
On Thursday, the state announced the awarding of $30 million to more than 1,300 schools to reward high-performing teachers in the first such distribution of teacher performance grants. But because the...
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Syracuse Elementary Project Gets Approval
Holly Tuttle, left, of Women Today, donated three mini iPads to the Wawasee Community School Corp. to be used in each of the elementary schools. Shown accepting the iPads are Dr. Tom Edington,...
View ArticleWawasee School Board Hears NWEA Report
Dr. Bob Cockburn, during his Stat of the Month report to the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, talked briefly about Northwest Evaluation Association growth data. He compiled statistics showing how...
View ArticleConcerns About Taking ISTEP+ Online
ISTEP+ has been plagued with difficulties especially the last few years and those difficulties are apparently not a thing of the past. During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee School Board...
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Options Presented For Use Of Building During Meeting
Syracuse Elementary is projected to be empty of students by the fall of 2017 when a new school opens. Wawasee Community School Corp. is studying different options on how the current building can be...
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Milford School Responds To Water Leak
Buses line the drive at Milford School near the location where a water line break caused a bit of inconvenience for staff and students. Students at Milford Elementary School returned to school Friday...
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Plans For New Syracuse Elementary Building Presented
More than 70 Wawasee area residents assembled Wednesday evening at Calvary United Methodist to hear about plans for a new elementary school in Syracuse. Dr. Tom Edington, superintendent of Wawasee...
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Syracuse Parks Foundation Hears Updates
Board members of the Syracuse Parks Foundation assembled Thursday evening to hear updates on projects by the Syracuse Parks Department and the Syracuse-Wawasee Trail Committee. In a brief session, Dr....
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