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Mars Area School District
ADAMS TWP — For the older of the Grady children, finding eggs in the gymnasium was the highlight of Mars Area High School’s Eggstravaganza on Sunday, March 24, but for th...
March 24, 2024 Local News
Six members of Mars Area High School Orchestra were selected by solo audition to perform at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Region Orchestra Festival. Studen...
March 23, 2024 Education
NexTier Bank presented a $20,000 check to the Mars Planet Foundation March 12 TO fund teacher grants, scholarships and STEAM initiatives in the Mars Area School District....
March 23, 2024 Education
Three Mars Area Centennial School students have their posters on display in the library after winning the school’s Read Across America Week Poster Contest. Fifth-grader A...
March 18, 2024 Community
Several Mars Area High School students were named in the 2024 Pittsburgh Arts Region Scholastic Art Awards, with some students earning awards across different categories....
March 16, 2024 Community
Three Mars Area High School students were inducted into Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School’s National Technical Honor Society. Seniors Brian Yurek, a culinary...
March 16, 2024 Community
Mars Area Elementary School hosted an Irish dance assembly Thursday, March 14. Dancers from the Bell School of Irish Dance showed their Irish dancing skills in the school...
March 15, 2024 Local News
Mars senior diver Emily Mueller finished with 384.10 points at Thursday’s PIAA Class 3A girls championshps, good enough for sixth place at the meet, which took place at t...
March 15, 2024 Sports
ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School District unanimously voted at a meeting Tuesday, March 12, to stop streaming school board meetings via Zoom and eliminate virtual participati...
March 14, 2024 Education
‘It’s a war between detection systems and AI creators’
‘It’s a war between detection systems and AI creators’
March 14, 2024 Education
ADAMS TWP — Board directors at Mars Area School District voted 7-2 at a meeting Tuesday, March 12, to defer seating arrangements for high school graduation to the graduat...
March 13, 2024 Education
Michael deVyver, Mark Wilson and Graham Logue each won in singles play as Seneca Valley’s boys tennis team swept Beaver on Tuesday. The doubles teams of Eric Chen/Paul We...
March 13, 2024 Sports
ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School District’s board of directors voted 8-1 to approve plans for a nearly $24 million elementary school expansion project at a meeting Tuesday, M...
March 12, 2024 News
Two teams of students from Mars Area High School recently competed in the 2024 Western Pennsylvania High School Science Bowl held at the Community College of Allegheny Co...
March 09, 2024 News
Several Mars Area High School students were selected by solo audition for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Region Chorus Festival, which took place Wednesday ...
March 09, 2024 News
Thirty-five students in Mars Area High School’s Interact Club raised $1,200 during the annual Pittsburgh Polar Plunge. The funds will benefit Special Olympics Pennsylvani...
March 09, 2024 News
Mars Area Elementary School held its annual science fair Wednesday, March 6, at Mars Area High School. The competitive event is designed to stimulate imagination and inde...
March 07, 2024 Local News
ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School District superintendent Mark Gross presented recommendations from the renovation committee for a $23,960,016 elementary school expansion proj...
March 05, 2024 Education
Mars Area High School Student Council will host its annual “Spring ‘Eggs’travaganza” from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 24, at the high school. Activities will include ga...
March 05, 2024 Local News
Two Mars Area High School seniors were nominated for 2023-24 Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School Student of the Year following first-round interviews. Alivia M...
March 02, 2024 News
Online registration for Mars Area Primary Center’s 2024-2025 kindergarten program opens at 8 a.m. March 15. Mars Area School District's online student enrollment system c...
March 02, 2024 Local News
Mars Area High School senior Gabrianna Salvini was named a finalist in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program along with 15,000 students nationwide. In the final rou...
March 02, 2024 Student Directory
Orders for yard signs and banners celebrating the Mars Area High School Class of 2024 must be submitted to the Mars Area High School Class Council by Friday, March 29 for...
March 01, 2024 Education
Motorists may notice the school zone lights leading up to Mars Area School District on Route 228 are turned off. Electrical service to the lights, which are owned by Adam...
February 27, 2024 Local News
Mars Area School District’s elementary schools will participate in a “Food Fight Challenge” Feb. 26 through Friday, March 8, challenging each other to see which school ca...
February 26, 2024 Education
Mars Area High School will stage the musical “Mary Poppins” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 1 and at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets, which are $15 for reserved seating...
February 26, 2024 Community
Mars Area Primary Center invites parents and guardians to jump rope with students during physical education classes from Monday, Feb. 26, through Wednesday, Feb. 29. The ...
February 24, 2024 Community
Mars Area Primary Center will celebrate Read Across America Week through Friday, March 1. — Monday, Feb. 26 — “Surf’s Up for Reading” Day: Students may wear a Hawaiian sh...
February 24, 2024 Community
Parents and family members watched on as third graders in Jennifer McClelland and Kim Thomas’ classrooms at Mars Area Elementary School delivered lively presentations Fri...
February 24, 2024 Community
Mars Area Elementary School will hold a spring open house for parents and guardians to meet with teachers from 5:45 to 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29. Shuttle buses to and f...
February 23, 2024 Education
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