Wyoming Area School District

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Wyoming Area School District
Wyoming Area School District

The Wyoming Area School District lies along the banks of the Susquehanna River in Exeter in northeastern Pennsylvania. The district was formed from the merger of five community schools in 1966. They included Exeter, Exeter Township, West Pittston, West Wyoming, and Wyoming.[1] It consists of four lower schools and one central secondary.

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[edit] Schools

[edit] Academics

The Secondary Center is currently ranked in the top 47 high schools in Pennsylvania[2].

[edit] Academic Team Achievements

  • Wyoming Area Middle School made it to 11th place out of 150 schools in Pennsylvania in the Science Olympiad Competition (Juniata College; April 25, 2008).
  • Wyoming Area Middle School was the champion in the regional Science Olympiad competition in 2008. The high school made it to second place in the regional Science Olympiad competition in 2008.
  • Wyoming Area was the regional Science Olympiad competition champion in 2005 and placed in the top ten in the Pennsylvania State Science Olympiad Competition in 2006 and 2007 .
  • Wyoming Area Shore Bowl team finished second in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 and finished first and undefeated in 2007 in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl regional competition held annually at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
  • The Wyoming Area JETS team finished second in the regional competition in 2005.
  • The Wyoming Area Kane Physics Competition team finished first in the competition in 2004,2007,2008 while also placing second in 2005.
  • Wyoming Area has finished first in the Bloomsburg University Science Iditarod for four consecutive years. The winning teams are as follows: The Darwinners (2005), The Sig Fig Newtons (2006), The Bromthymol Blues Brothers (2007), and The Secret Reagents (2008). 2008 was also the first year Wyoming Area has won each of the four categories you can compete in: physics, chemistry, biology, and geosciences.

[edit] Technology

Wyoming Area has been praised numerous times for its integration of technology into curriculums and activities. Furthermore, it sports an outstanding set of extracurricular activities focused around technology.

[edit] Technology Features

  • Fiber-optic internet connection
  • Online news bulletin
  • Seven functional computer labs in the high school
  • Five computers in most elementary school classrooms
  • Six smartboards
  • Mobile computer lab

[edit] Technology Team Achievements

  • At the Great Valley Technology Alliance Computer Competition, Wyoming Area's website design team placed first in 2007 and fourth in 2006.
  • The WA web design team placed second at states for the Pennsylvania High School Computer Fair 2006.
  • Wyoming Area's FBLA has consistently sent members to states for Visual Basic Programming, C++ Programming, Technology Concepts, and Word Processing, among other technology-oriented events.

[edit] Extra-curricular technology programs

  • The WAVE - The WAVE, short for Warrior Audio Video Entertainment, is Wyoming Area's own closed-circuit television station, broadcasting announcements through the in-class televisions.
  • Website design team - An award-winning group of students that competes with other districts from across the state by building and deploying websites for real-life businesses and organizations.
  • Robotics Club - A small club that builds robots and small machines using Lego Mindstorms kits.

[edit] Athletics

Wyoming Area School District has a strong tradition of excellence on the field. Several football players, for example, have gone on to play NCAA Division I Football at schools such as Bucknell University, Syracuse University, and William and Mary. Baseball is also a major sport at Wyoming Area and students are continuously recruited by schools such as Bucknell to play at their institution. In the 2006-2007 school year, the Wyoming Area golf team took a perfect record of 13-0 into the playoffs. They won their first conference title in over 30 years. Other sports include basketball, volleyball, soccer, field hockey, cross country, swimming, track and field, ice hockey, and tennis.

[edit] Extra Curricular Programs, Clubs, and Organizations

The Wyoming Area Secondary Center provides its students with various extracurricular activities aside from sports. These activities include clubs such as the Chess Club, Key Club, Builder's Club, Student Council, Art Club, FBLA, SADD, TATU, concert band,marching band, Science Olympiad, and Drama Club. Students achieving a GPA greater than a 3.5 are inducted annually into the National Honor Society. The Journalism Club, Yearbook, and the WAVE (Wyoming Area Visual Entertainment) are some other organizations in which the students may participate.

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