Wilson Area School District is a public school district located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Northampton County, Pennsylvania

As of the 2010 census, the county was 86.3% White, 5.0% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, 2.4% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 2.2% were two or more races, and 3.8% were some other race. 10.5% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.As of the census of...

, in the United States. It is home to the 2006 Football State Champions. It serves the boroughs of Glendon

Glendon, Pennsylvania

Glendon is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Glendon is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The population of Glendon was 367 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Glendon is located at ....

, West Easton

West Easton, Pennsylvania

West Easton is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. West Easton is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state, in the greater Easton area.The population of West Easton was 1,152 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

, and Wilson

Wilson, Pennsylvania

Wilson is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley region, and is adjacent to Easton, the smallest and easternmost of the Lehigh Valley's three cities....

; as well as Williams Township

Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Williams Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Williams Township is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.The population of Williams Township was 4,470 at the 2000 census.-History:...

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Philip F. Lauer Middle School/Wilson Area Intermediate School renovations

On April 21, 2008, the Wilson Area School Board approved $44.8 million in renovations to the Philip F. Lauer Middle School. Construction began in the late summer of 2009. The plan entails adding new building wings to both sides of the school's current gymnasium and athletics building, then demolishing the rest of the building, essentially creating a new school building on the same property. The board chose this option instead of a $45.7 million plan that would renovate the existing building and make minimal building additions because it would result in a longer construction period, less open space and more classroom disruption. The 38-year-old middle school building had not been renovated since its construction, and school officials had discussed renovations for years the plans were approved.

The sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students moved into the new building on April 25, 2011. The school will begin servicing the fifth graders of the district starting in the 2011-2012 school year. Now that it will be serving fifth grade students, the building has bee renamed Wilson Area Intermediate School.

Schools

• Wilson Area High School
  Wilson Area High School
  Wilson Area High School is a four-year public high school located in Wilson, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States...
  
  
• Wilson Area Intermediate School (formerly Philip F. Lauer Middle School)
• Avona Elementary School
• Williams Township Elementary School
• Wilson Borough Elementary School
  Wilson Borough Elementary School
  Wilson Borough Elementary School is a K-4 public elementary school located in Wilson, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is headed by its Principal Tony Tarsi...
  
  

Notable alumni

• Dee Roscioli
  Dee Roscioli
  Dee Roscioli is an American singer and actress, who is known for her performances as "Elphaba" in the Chicago, San Francisco, Broadway and national touring productions of the musical Wicked.-Education:She graduated from Wilson Area High School in 1995 and DeSales University in 1999...
  
   (1995), who portrays Elphaba in the Broadway musical Wicked
  Wicked (musical)
  Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
  
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