Mars Area High School
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Mars Area High School is a high school
located in Mars
, Pennsylvania
.
Mars High offers a full program of courses that includes more than 120 selections plus a wide variety of extracurricular activities and interscholastic sports. The flexible curriculum presents students with options including early entry into college, eight Advanced Placement (AP) college level courses, 13 Advanced courses and enrollment in the Butler Vocational/Technical School. Mars Area High School’s 2010 graduating class had approximately 212 students. Approximately 80 to 85 percent of graduates go on to four-year college or universities and 10 to 15 percent move on to two-year schools. Mars Area High School’s total 2009-2010 enrollment for ninth through 12th grades is 979 pupils.
Mars Area School District’s total Kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment for the 2009-2010 school year is 3,064 students. The District is located in a rapidly growing rural/suburban area in Butler County, north of Pittsburgh, Pa. and is situated in a 50 square miles (129.5 km²) area that includes Mars and Valencia boroughs as well as Adams and Middlesex townships.
The high school ranks 58th of 123 high school in western Pennsylvania for academic achievement based on three years of PSSA
results on: math, reading, writing and one year of science, by the Pittsburgh Business Times in May 2009.
, baseball
, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls tennis, girls and boys golf
, wrestling
, track
, swimming
, cross country
, American football
, hockey
, and girls and boys soccer.
In recent years, the boys' soccer team has achieved a great amount of success, with three successive trips to the WPIAL (District 7) Finals in 2008, 2009, and 2010. The Fightin' Planets won back to back WPIAL Championships in 2008 and 2009. Also the boys Ice Hockey team have won back-to-back Penguin Cups (2009 and 2010) and were the 2010 Pennsylvania State Champions.
Previous Awards include PIMBA Class AA Championships in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000; PIMBA class AAA championships in 2002 and 2003; and the PIMBA class AAA State Championship in 2003 with a score of 91.00, also winning High Visual, High Music, and High General Effect in that year.
Mars also periodically competes in the BOA (Bands of America) competition circuit.
For her we'll stand together,
No matter what befalls us,
We'll go where Mars High calls us!
Oh Mars,
Oh Mars,
Our Alma Mater,
For thee dear Mars
We give our all!
True devotion, True emotion
How we honor proud tradition
Our allegiance, total obedience
To our dear Mars High
Oh, Mars,
Oh, Mars,
Our Alma Mater,
For thee dear Mars
We shed our blood gladly
We study with a fierce determination
Mars, the best in all the nation
We defend her honorable name
To our dear Mars High
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Mars
Mars, Pennsylvania
Mars is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 1,746 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mars is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
.
Mars High offers a full program of courses that includes more than 120 selections plus a wide variety of extracurricular activities and interscholastic sports. The flexible curriculum presents students with options including early entry into college, eight Advanced Placement (AP) college level courses, 13 Advanced courses and enrollment in the Butler Vocational/Technical School. Mars Area High School’s 2010 graduating class had approximately 212 students. Approximately 80 to 85 percent of graduates go on to four-year college or universities and 10 to 15 percent move on to two-year schools. Mars Area High School’s total 2009-2010 enrollment for ninth through 12th grades is 979 pupils.
Mars Area School District’s total Kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment for the 2009-2010 school year is 3,064 students. The District is located in a rapidly growing rural/suburban area in Butler County, north of Pittsburgh, Pa. and is situated in a 50 square miles (129.5 km²) area that includes Mars and Valencia boroughs as well as Adams and Middlesex townships.
The high school ranks 58th of 123 high school in western Pennsylvania for academic achievement based on three years of PSSA
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment is a standardized test administered to public schools in the state of Pennsylvania. Students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 11 are assessed in reading skills and mathematics. Students in grades 5, 8, and 11 are assessed in writing skills...
results on: math, reading, writing and one year of science, by the Pittsburgh Business Times in May 2009.
Sports
The Mars sports teams include girls volleyballVolleyball
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...
, 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...
, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls tennis, girls and boys 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....
, 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...
, track
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...
, 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...
, 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...
, American 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...
, hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
, and girls and boys soccer.
In recent years, the boys' soccer team has achieved a great amount of success, with three successive trips to the WPIAL (District 7) Finals in 2008, 2009, and 2010. The Fightin' Planets won back to back WPIAL Championships in 2008 and 2009. Also the boys Ice Hockey team have won back-to-back Penguin Cups (2009 and 2010) and were the 2010 Pennsylvania State Champions.
Music
Mars fields a competitive Marching Band, competing in the PIMBA (Pennsylvania Interscholastic Marching Band Association) circuit. Recent awards include winning the 2008 and 2009 PIMBA Class AA Championship as well as the 2010 PIMBA Class AAA Championship. Additional awards were High Music, High Visual, and High General Effect.Previous Awards include PIMBA Class AA Championships in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000; PIMBA class AAA championships in 2002 and 2003; and the PIMBA class AAA State Championship in 2003 with a score of 91.00, also winning High Visual, High Music, and High General Effect in that year.
Mars also periodically competes in the BOA (Bands of America) competition circuit.
Alma mater
Oh, dear old Mars forever,For her we'll stand together,
No matter what befalls us,
We'll go where Mars High calls us!
Oh Mars,
Oh Mars,
Our Alma Mater,
For thee dear Mars
We give our all!
True devotion, True emotion
How we honor proud tradition
Our allegiance, total obedience
To our dear Mars High
Oh, Mars,
Oh, Mars,
Our Alma Mater,
For thee dear Mars
We shed our blood gladly
We study with a fierce determination
Mars, the best in all the nation
We defend her honorable name
To our dear Mars High