Northwest Area School District

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Northwest Area School District
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Location of Northwest Area School District in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
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Websitewww.nasdedu.com

The Northwest Area School District (NASD) is a small, rural public school district in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA. [1] The district comprises the boroughs of New Columbus and Shickshinny and the townships of Hunlock, Union, Huntington, and Fairmount, [2] serving a resident population of 9,172. The district mascot is Ranger. [3] The student body is known as the Northwest Rangers and separated into a primary school, an intermediate school, and a middle/high school. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 9,172. In 2009, the residents' per capita income was $16,665 while the median family income was $42,524. [4]

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History

The Northwest Area School District formerly contained three elementary schools that contributed to the student body of the Northwest Area High School. These schools were Huntington Mills Elementary School, Hunlock Township Elementary School and F.L. Garrison Memorial Elementary School. [5] At the end of the 2009–2010 school year, the Garrison Elementary School was closed and the remaining two elementary schools were renamed and the students re-distributed between them. The new school names are the Northwest Area Primary School and Northwest Area Intermediate School. The high school retained its former name, Northwest Area Middle/High School. [6]

Schools

Extracurricular activities

The district's students have access to a variety of clubs, activities and sports.

Sports

Edward "Ed" Gayeski was a long-time coach of the Northwest Rangers basketball team. In his career, he had the most wins among all coaches in Pennsylvania, totaling 744 wins and 195 losses (.792 PCT). Gayeski led the team to become two-time back-to-back PIAA State Class A basketball champions in 1982–83 and 1983–84, going 65–1 in the two years. [7] [8] He also brought the team to 20 wins in 24 of 34 seasons, 13 league titles and 14 District Championships. [9] Gayeski died in summer 1985. [8]

Former school buildings

Garrison Memorial School

Garrison Elementary School, pictured in the background Shickshinny Creek and Garrison Elementary.JPG
Garrison Elementary School, pictured in the background

The school is located in Shickshinny on West Vine Street.

On May 11, 2010, in a 6–2 vote, the Northwest Area School Board voted to close the Garrison School. Students attending this school were reassigned to the Huntington Mills and Hunlock Creek elementary schools. According to a Times Leader article, the "Garrison was one of the first schools in the district and a high school at one time. Closure of the school will also mean eliminating the Head Start program, which operates from that building." [10]

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References

  1. ↑ EdNA: Northwest Area SD Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine Accessed June 8, 2010
  2. ↑ A map of the district
  3. ↑ Northwest Area School District website Archived 2010-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 30, 2010
  4. ↑ American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2010
  5. ↑ City-Data.com Revised March 13, 2009
  6. ↑ Citizens Voice: Northwest Area reroutes buses Retrieved July 30, 2010
  7. ↑ mcall.com Hershey Class AA Title Game First State Retrieved May 6, 2010
  8. 1 2 pahoops.org Best Team in PA All Time Retrieved May 6, 2010
  9. ↑ pahoops.org Coaches Retrieved May 6, 2010
  10. ↑ , Times Leader, May 12, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2010. Archived March 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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