The Daniel Boone Area School District covers the Borough of
Birdsboro,
Amity Township, and
Union Township in
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks County ( Pennsylvania German: ''Barricks Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 428,849. The county seat is Reading.
The Schuylkill River, a tributary of the Delaware Ri ...
. The district encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 17,384. By 2010, the district's population increased to 21,270 people. In 2009, the district residents’
per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population.
Per capita i ...
was $23,825, while the
median family income was $63,824. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.
Daniel Boone Area School District operates Daniel Boone Area High School (9-12), Daniel Boone Area Middle School (6-8), Daniel Boone Area Intermediate Center (3-5), and Daniel Boone Area Primary Center (K-2).
Extra Curriculars
The district offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.
Sports
The district funds:
;Males:
*
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
- A
*
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
- AAAA
*Bowling - AAAA
*
Cross Country - AAA
*
Football - AAA
*
Golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
- AAA
*
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...
- AAAA
*
Soccer - AAA
*
Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
- AAA
*
Track and Field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...
- AAA
*
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
- AAA
*
Wrestling
Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...
- AAA
;Females:
*Basketball - AAAA
*Bowling - AAAA
*Cheerleading - AAAA
*Cross Country - AAA
*
Field Hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...
- AAA
*Soccer (Fall) - AAA
*
Softball
Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...
- AAAA
*Girls' Tennis - AAA
*Track and Field - AAA
*
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
- AAA
;Middle School Extracurricalr:
;Males:
*Cross Country
*gunsmithing
*Soccer
*Track and Field
;Females:
*Basketball
*Cross Country
*Field Hockey
*Softball
*Track and Field
*Volleyball
According to the Pennsylvania interscholastic Athletics ppl directory July 2013
References
{{Berks County, Pennsylvania School Districts
External links
Daniel Boone Area School Districtofficial website
School districts in Berks County, Pennsylvania