Mars Area Junior Senior High School - Planet Yearbook (Mars, PA)

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Grades 5 - 6 In ll FIVE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT . . . WHERE STUDENTS PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE Organization 1-4, 5-6, 7-12 Enrollment 1-12, over 2,220 pupils Annual rate of increase-497: Elementary-secondary library facilities Participating member-WOED, Tri-State Study Council Counselor ratio, 1 to 500 pupils Electronic language laboratory Modern well-equipped science laboratories Summer school program, for enrichment or review Curriculum which meets needs of all pupils Full time reading specialist Audio-visual, learning aids and teaching materials in abundance Adult education-evening program County film library services Clean, attractive buildings and grounds Physical education and recreation programs in all grades Special indoor facilities to implement the curriculumg multi-use rooms, food service facilities, health service, teacher and conference rooms Pupil teacher ratio 1-25 Effective public relations program A high rate of post-secondary education-4092: enter college, 25'Z: technical education Co-operatively developed policies concerning grouping and promotion A forward-looking administrative staff with a demo- cratic approach toward school problems Mars Area Jr.-Sr. High-Grades 7-12 1 l X

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Adams Elementary - Grades 1-4 xx fl 'E ' Mars Elementary - Grades 1-4 Middlesex Elementary - Grades 1-4 MHYS 4

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For a Pro ressi AN EXPANDING SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH GROWING ROOM IN NORTHERN METROPOLITAN PITTSBURGH Mars Area Joint School District is situated approximately 25 miles north of Pitts- burgh. The area, including Adams and Middlesex Townships, with Mars and Valencia Boroughs in Butler County, is located ideally between two north-south state highways, Route 8 on the east and Route 19 on the west. The center of the district is 11 miles from Butler Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, for travel east, and 7 miles from the Perry Interchange on Route 19 for west bound travel. The whole of the district is within a 200 mile radius of Cleve- land, Washington, Baltimore, Harrisburgh, and Buffalo, with Pittsburgh just 25 miles away. The Mars Borough Shopping District as well as nearby Butler and Northern Pittsburgh Shopping Centers, are within a 5-20 mile radius and easily accessible. Mars Area . . . a suburban, rural community modern homes. :vw-M ,fw ', .Wit 'HTL' were 1: 1 9,51 6 with rolling hills vel i and 3 'fQiQi Gui. if . iti::r:fr? ?A i'+ Q 9'6 1,-i.IC'f' Ly- ,gg IM spa TQ Wm, o0 'n1 -wi . 3 r an i ff' W v N . , ,439 . .,, ,' W ' I ff! X' V A , J ' . -f-1 'ai ,X V .V , V4 q I Q A ' ir - ive. ' ' v 7: 93 ,mt,1.m wg . .. ' -a,,.,, . 'g- -L Q A! . ,A . W i 1 ki' Q . Mgt, .I 37'w'w.,, , V C . irq, 1 . W wp- . . .sw . . ,r