Southmoreland School District
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Southmoreland School District is a public school district
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 serving Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the2010 census, the population was 136,606. The county is part of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area....

 and 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 Scottdale
Scottdale, Pennsylvania
Scottdale is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh. Scottdale is the home of the Southmoreland Scotties. Early in the 20th century, Scottdale was the center of the Frick coke interests...

 and Everson
Everson, Pennsylvania
Everson is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 842 at the 2000 census. It was incorporated in 1903.-Geography:Everson is located at ....

, as well as the townships of East Huntington and Upper Tyrone
Upper Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania
Upper Tyrone Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,244 at the 2000 census. It is served by the Southmoreland School District.Township villages include Keifertown, Owensdale, McClure, and Dry Hill....

 are within district boundaries.

Schools

School Name Grade Level School Principal Street Address Telephone #
Southmoreland Primary Center Grades K-1 Dr. Timothy Scott 1431 Water Street
Alverton, Pennsylvania 15612
(724) 887-2026
Southmoreland Elementary School Grades 2-5 Mr. John L. Lee 100 Scottie Way
Scottdale, Pennsylvania 15683
(724) 887-2020
Southmoreland Middle School Grades 6-8 Mr. Daniel A. Clara 200 Scottie Way
Scottdale, Pennsylvania 15683
(724) 887-2026
Southmoreland High School Grades 9-12 Mr. Daniel M. Krofcheck 2351 Route 981
Alverton, Pennsylvania 15612
(724) 887-2010

Sports Teams

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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 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 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
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
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 AAA Class AAA
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
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
Soccer Class AA Class AAA
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
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
Marching Band
Marching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...

Class AA Class AA

Vocational-Technical School

Students in Grades 10-12 in the Southmoreland School District 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
New Stanton, Pennsylvania
New Stanton is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,906 at the 2000 census. New Stanton is often used as a control city in western parts of Pennsylvania, as I-70 joins the Pennsylvania Turnpike eastbound towards Breezewood, Pennsylvania in New...

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