Mount Pleasant School District is a public school district

School district

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 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 369,993 people, 149,813 households, and 104,569 families residing in the county. The population density was 361 people per square mile . There were 161,058 housing units at an average density of 157 per square mile...

. The boroughs of Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania

Mount Pleasant is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It stands 45 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Population in 1900, 4,745 people; in 1910, 5,812 people; and in 1940, 5,824 people...

 and Donegal

Donegal, Pennsylvania

Donegal is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a distinct municipality from the adjacent Donegal Township. The population was 165 at the 2000 census...

, as well as the townships of Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Mount Pleasant Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 11,153...

 and Donegal

Donegal Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Donegal Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,442 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.The township includes the...

 are within district boundaries.

Administration

• Terry Struble - Superintendent
• Michael Picarsic - Director of Elementary & Secondary Education
• Allison Willis - Business Administrator, Transportation Director, Child Accounting, PIMS
• Barry Bitner - Buildings & Grounds Supervisor
• Robert Rizzo - Technology Coordinator
• Diane Bailey - Fiscal Manager, Benefits and Payroll

Schools

There are 4 Elementary Schools in the district, they are as follows

• Donegal Elementary School, located on Schoolhouse Road in Donegal Township, was built in 1958 to accommodate students from the former Donegal and Jones Mills Schools. When the school first opened, it served grades K-8. In 1974, Junior High students were sent to the High School Complex. Classrooms were added later on.

• Norvelt Elementary School, located in the WPA
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   community of Norvelt in Mount Pleasant Township, was built in 1936. Norvelt is a K-6 Elementary School.

• Ramsay Elementary School served as a Junior High School until 1975, when it became an elementary school. In 1993, it then became the current Grade 4-6 facility for students living in Mount Pleasant Borough. The school is located on Eagle Street.

• Rumbaugh Elementary School is a Grade K-3 Elementary school, located on the eastern edge of Mount Pleasant Borough. The school is named after Lloyd Rumnbaugh, a former district superintendent.

Secondary Complex

The Junior-Senior High School is located off State Route 981 in Mount Pleasant Township. The school was opened in 1964, and the Junior High was added to the building in 1975. The complex was renovated and ready for the start of the 2002-03 School Term. The athletic complex and MPASD Administration Building are also located on the secondary complex.

Sports Teams

Sport	Boys	Girls
Football American football American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...	Class AA
Baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...	Class AAA
Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...	Class AA
Softball Softball Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...		Class AA
Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...	Class AAA	Class AAA
Track and Field Track and field Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...	Class AAA	Class AAA
Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...  and Diving Diving Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...	Class AA	Class AA
Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...	Class AA	Class AA
Golf Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....	Class AAAA	Class AAAA
Soccer	Class AA	Class AA

Vocational-Technical School

Students in grades 10-12 have the opportunity to attend the Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center

Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center

Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center, or CWCTC, is located in New Stanton, Pennsylvania. CWCTC is a part-time Vocational-Educational School with 10 sending school districts...

 in New Stanton.

Secondary Clubs

There are several extra-curricular clubs at the secondary complex. They are as follows

• Art
• Baseball
• Cheerleaders
• Chess
• Experimental Music
• French
• Gamma Omega
• Girls Basketball
• Guitar
  Guitar
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• Hackey Sack
• Interact
• Jr. High Book
• Jr. High Newspaper
• Jr. High Student Council
• Jr. High Yearbook
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• Mock Trial
• National Art Honor Society
• Outdoorsmen
• PA Jr. Academy of Science (PJAS)
• Quiz Team
• Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD)
• Senior High Student Council
• Senior High Yearbook
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• Soccer
• Student Athletic Training
• Tri-M Music Honor Society
• Wrestling
• YEA

External links

• MPASD Web Site
  
• PIAA Website