Mohawk Area School District is a rural, public school system in
Bessemer, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Bessemer is a borough in western Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,073 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Geography
Bessemer is located at (40.973960, -80.4875 ...
, United States. Mohawk Area School District encompasses approximately . It is the largest school district in Lawrence County by area, serving the boroughs of Bessemer,
New Beaver and
SNPJ, as well as the townships of
Mahoning (except for the southeastern part),
Little Beaver, and
North Beaver. According to 2010 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 10,850 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 $17,048, while the
median family income
The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two equal groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the mean (or average) income. Both of these are ways of ...
was $42,756. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.
Mohawk Area School District operates 2 schools, Mohawk Elementary School and Mohawk Junior Senior High School. The high school was built in 1963. In 1983, the elementary was constructed in an adjacent space of land to the high school. The district produces a newsletter/newspaper called "The Mohawk News" that is delivered to every addressee in the school district every season. The Lawrence County Career and Technical Center is an alternative facility for students in grades 10–12.
Extracurriculars
Mohawk Area School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.
Sports
The District funds:
;Boys:
*
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 tea ...
- AA
*
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
- AA
WPIAL CHAMPIONS - 1970 PIAA RUNNERS-UP 1970
*
Cross Country - AA
*
Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
- A
*
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 wi ...
- AA
*
Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
- AA
*
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 events ...
- AA
WPIAL CHAMPIONS - 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994
;Girls:
*Basketball - AA
WPIAL CHAMPIONS- 2020, 2021
PIAA Runners-Up 2021
*Cross Country - A
WPIAL CHAMPIONS - 2020
PIAA RUNNERS-UP - 2020, 2021
*Soccer (Fall) - A
*
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 ...
- AA
*Track and Field - AA
WPIAL CHAMPIONS - 2021
*Volleyball
;Junior High School Sports:
;Boys:
*Basketball
*Football
*Track and Field
;Girls:
*Basketball
*Track and Field
*Volleyball
According to PIAA directory July 2012
References
External links
Mohawk School HistoryMohawk EdlineMohawk AthleticsMohawk Clubs and Activities
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School districts in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
1963 establishments in Pennsylvania
School districts established in 1963