West Branch Area School District is a mid-sized, rural, public school district located in Morrisdale,

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. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. West Branch Area School District was created in 1958 by the joining of Cooper Township

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and Morris Township High School. The district also includes Karthaus Township and Graham Township. The district extends across the Clearfield County's eastern border to include West Keating Township in

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. West Branch Area School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 7,833. By 2010, the district's population was 7,857 people. The educational attainment levels for the school district population (25 years old and over) were 85% high school graduates and 9.3% college graduates. In 2009, West Branch Area School District residents'

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was $15,055, while the median family income was $37,054 a year. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. Per Distr West Branch Area School District operates three schools: West Branch Area Elementary School, West Branch Middle School,and

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. All of the schools reside in a conjoined building. The current school building was completed in 1964, with an addition to the high school that was finished in 2005. High school students may choose to attend Clearfield County Career and Technology Center for training in the construction and mechanical trades; Architectural Drafting & Design Technology; Allied Health Services; Cosmetology; and Culinary Arts & Food Management. The

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# 10 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty. Superintendent- Mr. Mark Mitchell High School Principal- Mrs. Brandy O’Hare Middle School Principal- Mr. Kevin Hubler Elementary Principle - Dr. Angela Michaels

Extracurriculars

West Branch Area School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports.

Athletics

West Branch's mascot is the

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. Their team motos are "Warrior Power" and "Warrior Pride". They participate in the PIAA District 6 with Single-A classification in all but

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and

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, where they compete in Double-A. Noteworthy athletic achievements include five PIAA individual state champions in wrestling (Jerry White, Robert English, Justin Owens, Jared Ricotta & Reynold 'Buzzy' Maines), winning a district championship in

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in 1988, a district championship in baseball, a team district duals championship in wrestling, and other various conference championships. Former Warrior baseball players Ed Veres and John Prestash were selected in the

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straight out of high school.

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, a former football player at West Branch, is an offensive line coach in the NFL, most recently working with the

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. Wrestling State Champion Jared Ricotta, after starting four years for the Duquesne Dukes Division I Wrestling Team and capturing three Northeast Regional Titles was recruited by NASCAR's Hendrick Motorsports as a professional tire changer. Starting in fall 2010, West Branch and local school

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agreed to a co-op boys soccer program. Any 9-12th grade boy wishing to play soccer now plays with the Philipsburg Soccer team. ;The district funds: ;Varsity: ;Boys: *

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- AA *

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- AA * Cross country - A *

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- A *

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- AA *

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- AA *

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- AA ;Girls: *Basketball - A *Cross country - A *Soccer - A *

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- A *Track and field - AA *

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- A ;Junior high middle school sports: ;Boys: *Basketball *Football *Wrestling ;Girls: *Basketball *Softball According to PIAA directory July 2013

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