Homer-Center School District

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Homer-Center High School is a school district in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The district serves Homer City and Center Township. The schools are located just south of the Homer City-Center Township borderline. Homer Center's High School Pricnipal is Rick Foust and the Vice Principal is Gene Raymond. Homer-Center High School currently has 491 students, and the Elementary has 488 , totaling 979 students throughout the entire district. Homer-Center High School's Mascot is the Wildcat. The Elementary's Mascot is the Wildcat also, but since the elementary's sports are run by the Homer City Booster's and not the school, they are referred to as The Homer-Center Bears.

1 The Elementary School
- 1.1 Sports
2 The High School
3 External links

[edit] The Elementary School

The Homer-Center Elementary School serves grades K-6. It is located on Wildcat Lane, across from the High School. The elementary building also contains the district administrative offices.

[edit] Sports

The elementary's sports team's are called the Bears, rather than the Wildcats like Homer-Center High School, because they are associated with the Homer City Booster's, and not the school district. The elementary offers sports in the fall, winter and spring sports.

Fall sports: Football, Cheerleading and Girls basketball.
Winter sports: Boys basketball.
Spring sports: Baseball, Softball, Volleyball and Soccer.

Students in grades 3-6 can participate in basketball, baseball, softball, and cheerleading. Volleyball is offered to 6th grade girls. Soccer is offered in grades 2-6. Football is typically offered to boys depending on age.

[edit] The High School

The Homer-Center High School serves grades 7-12, and is located across the street from the Elementary on Wildcat Lane.

[edit] Sports

Homer-Center is part of the Heritage Conference of District 6. Homer-Center plays 9 schools and 8 school districts in the Heritage Coference regularly.

Schools: (All schools are in Indiana County, unless otherwise noted)

The Blairsville High School Bobcats
The Ligonier Valley High School Mounties (Westmoreland County)
The Lural Valley High School Rams (Westmoreland County)
The Marion Center High School Stingers
The Northern Cambria High School Colts (Cambria County)
The Penns Manor High School Comets
The Purchase Line High School Dragons
The Saltsburg High School Trojans
The United High School Lions

School Districts: (All school districts are in Indiana County, unless otherwise noted)

The Blairsville-Saltsburg School District
The Ligonier Valley School District(Westmoreland County)(Lural Valley High School is part of the Ligonier Valley School District)
The Marion Center School District
The Northern Cambria School District(Cambria County)
The Penns Manor School District
The Purchase Line School District
The United School District

Homer Center offers many different sports.

Varsity Sports: Cross Country, Football, Volleyball, Track, Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Baseball, Softball
Junior Varsity Sports: Football, Volleyball, Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball.
Junior High Sports: Football, Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Volleyball.

The most notable accomplishment in recent years of Homer-Center athletics occurred in 2005. In June, the baseball team played in the PIAA single-A state championship. The team was defeated by Christopher Dock Mennonite High School's team.

The High School Gym is commonly referred to as the "HomerDome", because, unlike most high school gyms in Pennsylvania, the "HomerDome" has a domed roof, instead of the traditional flat roof.

[edit] Clubs and Extracurricular Activities

Homer-Center offers many clubs and extracurricular activities, and participates in many activities outside of the school, including: Teens Against All Drugs, DDR Club, Youth and Government, Scrapbooking Club, Guitar Club, Eco Club, Varsity Club, National Honor Society, Chorus, Band, Computer Fairs, Band Fest, Bookworm Club, Chess Club, Christian Fellowship Club, The IUP Math Competition, County Band, County Chorus, District Band and Chorus, FBLA, French and Spanish Clubs, HCF (Hardcore Fans) Health Careers Club, The Highlighter Staff, History Day, Hometown High Q, Junior Achievement, Library Club, Mock Trial, Newspaper in Education, Quiz Bowl, Sign Language Club, SSIM, Stage Crew, Student Council, Ushers Club and the Yearbook Staff. Homer Center is also known for having one of the largest Youth and Government delegations in Pennsylvania.

[edit] Facilities

From Homerdome.com:

Memorial Field

Memorial Field is the football field located on Lincoln & Harrison Streets in Homer City, PA. It opened in 1945 and has a capacity of 3000 people, including the standing room.

Homer-Center Track and Field Stadium

The Homer-Center Track and Field Stadium is the newest facility of Homer-Center High School Athletics, being completed in 2004. It is located right behind the high school, above the student parking lots. It has a capacity of 1,000, including standing room.

"The HomerDome"

The "HomerDome" is the basketball court in Homer-Center. It opened in 1959, and has a capacity of 1,000 people, including the standing room.

Floodway Park

Floodway Park, what used to be a small neighborhood with many houses before it flooded, is now a recreational playground with two fields used for the High School Softball Team. It opened sometime in the 1980's.

FMC Sports Complex

"Where The State Runner Ups Play Baseball"

The FMC Sports Complex also opened sometime in the 1980's. It has 3 baseball fields and 4 multi-purpose (elementary soccer, elementary football practice, etc...). The FMC Sports Complex is named after FMC Technologies, located in Homer City, and is in the process of moving.