Western Wayne School District is a third-class school district in Wayne County,

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. The district's population was 19,292 at the time of the 2010 United States Census. Western Wayne was formed in 1969. It serves the townships of Canaan, Lake, Salem, South Canaan, Sterling, and a portion of Clinton. The borough of Waymart is also part of the Western Wayne School District. The District encompasses . The school district is 25 miles north and east of the city of Scranton in the Northeastern region of Pennsylvania. In 2009, the District residents’

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was $16,259, 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 $39,971. In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. Western Wayne School District operates four schools: * R.D. Wilson Elementary (located in Waymart) * EverGreen Elementary (located in

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) * Western Wayne Middle School (located in South Caanan Twp (Varden)) * Western Wayne High School (also in South Caanan (Varden))

Regions and constituent municipalities

The district is divided into three regions, which include the following municipalities:

Region I

* Canaan Township * Clinton Township (partially in the

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) * Waymart Borough

Region II

* Lake Township * South Canaan Township

Region III

* Salem Township * Sterling Township

Extracurriculars

The Western Wayne School District offers a wide 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 ...

- AAA *

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 ...

- AAA * 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 ...

- 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 wi ...

- AAA *

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 *

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 ...

- 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 ...

- 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 Summ ...

- AA *

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 ...

- AA ;Girls: *Basketball - AAA *Cross Country - AA *Soccer (Fall) - AA *

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 ...

- AAA *Girls' Tennis - AA *Track and Field - AAA *

- AA ;Middle School Sports: ;Boys: *Baseball *Basketball *Cross Country *Football *Soccer *Track and Field *Wrestling ;Girls: *Basketball *Cross Country *Softball *Track and Field According to PIAA directory June 2013 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association, PIAA School Directory, 2013

References

External links

Western Wayne School District
{{Wayne County, Pennsylvania School Districts School districts in Wayne County, Pennsylvania