The Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District is a public school district serving the portions of Centre County, Pennsylvania

Centre County, Pennsylvania

Centre County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 153,990....

 and Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

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. It encompasses the Centre County municipalities of Phillipsburg Boro

Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Philipsburg is a borough in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at . It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 and Rush Township

Rush Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Rush Township is a township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, as well as the Clearfield County municipalities of Wallaceton Boro

Wallaceton, Pennsylvania

Wallaceton is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 350 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wallaceton is located at ....

, Chester Hill Boro

Chester Hill, Pennsylvania

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, Osceola Mills Boro

Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania

Osceola Mills is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,249 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Osceola Mills is located at ....

, and the townships of Decatur

Decatur Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

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 , and Boggs

Boggs Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

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.

Schools

In the district, there are three elementary schools (Grades K-6), a Junior High School (Grades 7-8), and a Senior High School (Grades 9-12).

Elementary schools

• North Lincoln Hill was built in 1969 and is located at 200 Short Street in Chester Hill Boro. The POASD Administrative Offices are also located there.

• Osceola Mills, originally constructed in 1919 and has had several additions and renovations, the last being in 1995. The school is located at 400 Coal Street in Osceola Mills Boro..

• Phillipsburg is located at 1810 Black Moshannon Road in Rush Township, and was constructed in 2005 and is 70000 square feet (6,503.2 m²)

Junior High School

The Philipsburg-Osceola Area Junior High, originally serving as Phillipsburg High School was constructed in 1937 and was last renovated and modified in 1972. The Junior High is located at 100 North Sixth Street in Phillipsburg Boro.

Senior High School

The high school was built in 1959 and was last renovated and modified in 1999 when the 9th grade was moved to the building. The school is located at 502 Philips Street in Philipsburg Boro.

Other Facilities

• Wallaceton-Boggs School - Built in 1956, 1973 addition, closed because of declining enrollment.

Athletics

• 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 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 AA
• Bowling
  Bowling
  Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
  
   - Class AAAA
• Cross Country
  Cross country running
  Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
  
   - Class AA
• 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
• 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
• Soccer - 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
• 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 AA
• Volleyball
  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.The complete rules are extensive...
  
  - Class AA

External links

Philipsbug-Osceola Area School District

Penna. Inter-Scholastic Athletic Assn.