Wyoming Area School District

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Wyoming Area School District
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Location of Wyoming Area School District in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
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20 Memorial Street
, Luzerne County , Pennsylvania , 18643-2659
United States
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Website wyomingarea.org
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Location of Wyoming Area School District in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

The Wyoming Area School District is a midsized, suburban, public school district that is located in northeastern Luzerne County and southeastern Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It is situated midway between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton.

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One of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania, this district is composed of six municipalities: West Pittston, Exeter, Wyoming, West Wyoming, Harding and Falls Township, covering approximately 26 square miles (67 km2) primarily in Luzerne County. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 20,386.

The Wyoming Area School District operates four schools from grades K-12 consisting of the Secondary Center (Grades 7-12) in Exeter, the Tenth Street Elementary School (Grades 1-3) in Wyoming, the John F. Kennedy Elementary School (Kindergarten/Head Start) in Exeter, and the Montgomery Avenue Elementary School (Grades 4-6) in West Pittson. Wyoming Area offers a full-day kindergarten.

History

In 1966, the school districts of West Pittston, Exeter, Wyoming, and West Wyoming were merged to create the Wyoming Area School District. [1]

Demographics

The 2010 federal census reported a decline of the district's resident population to 19,386 people. In 2009, district residents' per capita income was $18,034, while the median family income was $43,321. [2] In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the median family income was $49,501 [3] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. [4]

By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. [5]

Extracurriculars

Wyoming Area School District's students have access to a variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.

Academic competition teams achievements

PIAA School Directory

Athletics

The District funds:

Junior High School Sports

According to PIAA directory July 2013 [6]

Football has traditionally been the school's most competitive program. In addition to having won the Wyoming Valley Conference numerous times, In 2019, the program won the PIAA Class 3A State Championships against Central Valley (21-13), PIAA District 2 AA titles in 1992, 1998, and 2012, and the PIAA District 2 AAA title in 2003. Several football players have also gone on to play NCAA Division I Football at schools such as Brown University, Bucknell University, Columbia University, Sacred Heart University, Cornell University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Penn State University, William and Mary, and Yale University. Paul Marranca, the head coach at Wyoming Area for 27 seasons (1976–86, 1992–2007), was inducted into the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2010.

Baseball is also a major sport at Wyoming Area and students have been recruited by schools such as Bucknell University and Temple University to play at their institution. In the 2006-2007 school year, the Wyoming Area golf team took a perfect record of 12-0 into the playoffs. Other sports include basketball, volleyball, soccer, field hockey, cross country, swimming, track and field, ice hockey and tennis. Wrestling (the most demanding{both physically & mentally} and unappreciated of all the aforementioned sports), not previously mentioned, is also offered and has showcased numerous Wyoming Valley Conference/District II Individual & Team Champions throughout the history of the Wyoming Area Warriors wrestling program. The 2012-2013 wrestling season produced four P.I.A.A. District II Wrestling Champions in Patrick Heck (106 lbs.), Carmen Mauriello (120 lbs.), Nicholas Heck (138 lbs.) and Andrew Schultz (126 lbs.), with Andrew Schultz becoming the school's first 4X P.I.A.A. District II Wrestling Champion. Andrew Schultz was also the 2013 NE regional runner up and placed 7th at the 2013 P.I.A.A. State Wrestling Championships in Hershey, PA, along with Nicholas Heck finishing third at the 2013 NE regionals, respectively. Patrick Heck and Nicholas Heck (brothers) followed in their Uncle Pat Heck's footsteps, who himself was a two-time P.I.A.A. District II Champion.

Programs, Clubs, and Organizations

The Wyoming Area Secondary Center provides its students with various extracurricular activities aside from sports. These activities include Gardening Club, Coding Club, Chess Club, Key Club, Builder's Club, Student Council, Art Club, FBLA, SADD, TATU, Marching Band, Concert Band, Indoor Winds, Chorus and Drama. Students may bf also participate in Young Scholars, Scholastic Scrimmage, Brain Bee, Shore Bowl, Science Olympiad, American Chemical Society Contest, Bloomsburg University Science Iditarod, Kane Physics Competition, JETS Contest, Envirothon and History Day. The Journalism Club, Yearbook, and the WAVE (Warrior Audio Visual Entertainment) allow students to showcase their creative writing and reporting skills.

Current Board of Education [7]

2017 Graduation Incident

On June 16, 2017, Valedictorian Peter Butera gave a graduation speech that criticized the school's student government structure, claiming that the student body president's role (which Butera also served) was to be a "party planner". [8] Before he could finish his speech, however, he was abruptly cut off by the school. [8] A clip of this went viral, with the school district receiving universal backlash. [9]

Enrichment technology programs

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