For Lt. Col. Eric Sheetz’s JROTC Falcon Battalion at Connellsville Area High School, learning the values of respect, integrity and honor are their own reward. Sometimes, however, praise from on high is welcome, too.
Connellsville School District

Connellsville Area School District
732 Rockridge Road Connellsville, PA 15425
Bullskin Township Elementary
Clifford N. Pritts Elementary
Connellsville Township Elementary
Dunbar Borough Elementary
Dunbar Township Elementary
South Side Elementary
Springfield Township Elementary
West Crawford Elementary
Connellsville Area Junior High
Connellsville Area Career and Technology Center
Connellsville Area Senior High
Bullskin Township, City of Connellsville, Connellsville Township, Dawson Borough, Dunbar Borough, Dunbar Township, Saltlick Township, South Connellsville Borough, Springfield Township, Vanderbilt Borough
4,321
James Duncan, Jay Fox III, Paul Harshman, Bryan Kisiel, Kevin Lape, Dan Martucci, Dr. Paul Means, Francis Mongell, Gary Wandel
School board meetings â Voting sessions are held at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month in the high school auditorium with work sessions held at 8 p.m. the Monday prior at the same place.
Superintendent:
Philip Martell
Bruce Jaynes
Dan Solomon
Christopher Stern, Connellsville,
724-626-9941
Taney Basinger, a 15-year-old sophomore at Connellsville Area High School, took first place in the chalk art contest at Connellsville’s first annual Chalk Art Festival for her depiction of “Lady and the Tramp” outside of Ruvo’s Italian Restaurant at 510 W. Crawford Ave., the business who sponsored her for the event.
The following is a listing of school lunch menus currently available for the week beginning Dec. 2:
The following is a listing of school lunch menus currently available for the week beginning Nov. 25:
Local businesses contributed $70,000 to The Challenge Program, Inc. to support efforts to motivate and reward students during the 2018-19 Program year in Fayette County high schools. Through the program, businesses introduce careers in the community to sophomores, juniors and seniors and challenge students to compete in TCP’s five award categories that directly link to academic and workforce success: attendance, STEM, community service, academic improvement and academic excellence. Addit…
The following is a listing of school lunch menus currently available for the week beginning Nov. 18:
The following is a listing of school lunch menus currently available for the week beginning Nov. 11:
The following students of West Crawford Elementary School in the Connellsville Area School District were named to the honor roll for the first nine-week grading period of the 2019-20 school year:
The following is a listing of school lunch menus currently available for the week beginning Nov. 4:
For Lt. Col. Eric Sheetz’s JROTC Falcon Battalion at Connellsville Area High School, learning the values of respect, integrity and honor are their own reward. Sometimes, however, praise from on high is welcome, too.
The following is a listing of school lunch menus currently available for the week beginning Oct. 28:
Airman Kyle E. Caravalho graduated from basic military training.
Submitted photo
The following is a listing of school lunch menus currently available for the week beginning Sept. 30:
The following is a listing of school lunch menus currently available for the week beginning Sept. 23:
The pressures that accompany early adolescence can be difficult for children and parents to navigate.
The ninth, 10th and 11th-grade carpentry students at Connellsville Career and Technology Center recently finished two community projects. They built eight 8-foot picnic tables for the city of Connellsville and four 7-foot park benches for the borough of Vanderbilt. Officials said, “Not only are they learning and strengthening their carpentry skills, but they are learning to work efficiently as a team. Projects like these also have a way of instilling a sense of pride and concern for the …
The ninth-, 10th- and 11th-grade carpentry students at Connellsville Career and Technology Center recently finished two community projects. They built eight 8-foot picnic tables for the city of Connellsville and four 7-foot park benches for the borough of Vanderbilt. Officials said, “Not only are they learning and strengthening their carpentry skills, but they are learning to work efficiently as a team. Projects like these also have a way of instilling a sense of pride and concern for th…
The ninth, 10th and 11th-grade carpentry students at Connellsville Career and Technology Center recently finished two community projects. They built eight 8-foot picnic tables for the city of Connellsville and four 7-foot park benches for the borough of Vanderbilt. Officials said, “Not only are they learning and strengthening their carpentry skills, but they are learning to work efficiently as a team. Projects like these also have a way of instilling a sense of pride and concern for the …
The ninth, 10th and 11th-grade carpentry students at Connellsville Career and Technology Center recently finished two community projects. They built eight 8-foot picnic tables for the city of Connellsville and four 7-foot park benches for the borough of Vanderbilt. Officials said, “Not only are they learning and strengthening their carpentry skills, but they are learning to work efficiently as a team. Projects like these also have a way of instilling a sense of pride and concern for the …
With mass shootings occurring with more frequency over the last several years, a local school district is taking steps to ensure it is prepared if a shooting occurs at one of its schools.
For kids heading back to class, the school year doesn’t start at the first bell.
Connellsville Area High School Army JROTC program has a winning Raider Team, the most physically demanding competitive activity in JROTC. A Raider must be in top physical condition, know a variety of knots, first aid, how to quickly and properly construct a rope bridge, use a compass and read a map, run and negotiate an obstacle course and carry a rucksack for miles, and have a competitive spirit. Pictured are (from left) bottom row: Thomas Jones, Juliana Albright, Gage Horvath; middle r…
CONNELLSVILLE — Property taxes in the Connellsville Area School District will remain at their current rate for the 2019-20 fiscal year after the school board held the line on a proposed increase.
Members of the 2019 graduating class of the Connellsville Area Career and Technical Center will be awarded diplomas when the Connellsville Area School District holds commencement exercises beginning at 6:30 p.m. June 7.
The Connellsville Area High School class of 2019 will receive diplomas in a commencement ceremony slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. June 7.