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Mars Area School District
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
Mars Area Primary Center will hold a Kindergarten review for parents and students enrolling in the 2024-25 kindergarten program on Thursday, Feb. 22. The event will be of...
February 20, 2024 Local News
Mars Area School District’s Office of Special Education will hold a workshop for parents and guardians on types and levels of special education services at 7 p.m. Wednesd...
February 20, 2024 Education
Three Mars Area High School students were selected for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District Jazz Band Festival held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16 and 17, ...
February 17, 2024 Community
Mars Area School District students in grades four through six recently competed in a creative mathematics game competition at Slippery Rock University. Fifth-graders Hann...
February 17, 2024 Community
DeMarco’s football, baseball exploits earned him HOF nod
DeMarco’s football, baseball exploits earned him HOF nod
February 17, 2024 Sports
Six years ago, a partnership began between Mars Area and Pine-Richland school districts, allowing Mars high school students to join the neighboring district’s U.S. Air Fo...
February 15, 2024 Education
Students in kindergarten and first grade at Mars Area Primary Center celebrated Valentine’s Day on Wednesday, Feb. 14, with crafts and games galore. Following demonstrati...
February 15, 2024 Community
ADAMS TWP — Board directors at Mars Area School District approved plans for the construction of a new press box at LEFCON Field at a meeting Tuesday, Feb. 13. The next st...
February 13, 2024 Education
Mars Area School District’s proposed comprehensive plan for 2024-2027, approved Feb. 6, is now available to view on its website. The draft will remain online for 30 days....
February 09, 2024 Education
Tickets for the Mars Area High School performance of “Mary Poppins: The Broadway Musical” are available online. Showings will take place at 7:30 p.m. March 1 and at 1 and...
February 08, 2024 Community
ADAMS TWP — Pending board approval, construction on Mars Area Elementary School is expected to begin in May 2025 at an estimated cost of $23,960,016. John Thomas of consu...
February 06, 2024 Education
Mars Area Centennial School sixth-grader Alena Salvini was one of two students across of Jeter Backyard Theater troupe in Gibsonia recognized with a Performance All-Star ...
January 27, 2024 Education
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