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WAMS is busy preparing for its opening night of this year’s musical, “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” The show is set to begin at 7 p.m., Friday, March 24, with a matinee performance scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, March 25.

All three WASD Odyssey of the Mind teams that competed in the Regional Tournament on March 4 at Pennsylvania College of Technology are headed to the State Finals — all on first-place wins.

The WASD's music department presented its 50th annual All-District Choir concert Monday night at the WAHS auditorium. The program featured the talent of about 300 student singers ranging from grades six through 12

WAMS released the year's second marking period honor roll listing. Two-hundred and nine students in grades seven and eight are named as having earned their status on the distinguished high honor roll, high honor roll or honor roll roster.

The Williamsport Area School District’s music department will present its All-District Choir concert at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, at the Williamsport Area High School auditorium.

More local rivalries, less travel time and schedule flexibility are just a few of the benefits the WASD football program is destined to have starting in its 2024 season.

Middle and high school students wishing to play during the 2022-2023 fall sports season (football, soccer, cross country, girls tennis, girls volleyball, golf and cheerleading) will need to register on or by Wednesday, June 1.

One hundred and six WAMS students were celebrated Sunday during the National Junior Honor Society Ceremony, and, from among them, 59 were inducted as new members from grades seven and eight.

The WAMS Builders Club had a busy morning today. After learning a little bit about leadership and the James V. Brown Library from its executive director, the group donated $200 to "adopt" 20 summer readers through its summer reading program.

Parent teacher conferences will be held virtually from 5-8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 22, and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 23. All conferences will be by Zoom or by phone.

The athletic department's online registration platform for athletic forms is ready for the 2021-22 school winter sports season. Student-athletes and parents may log back into their own accounts and re-use their current forms to register for sports for next school year.

Seventy-nine WAMS students were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society on Thursday morning. The ceremony, held in the middle school auditorium, honored each of the inductees who represent what are known as The Four Pillars — or backbone — of NJHS: scholarship, service, leadership and character.

The WASD Education Foundation recently awarded two grants totaling $4,379 to support programs at both Williamsport Area Middle School and Williamsport Area High School.