Homer-Center School District

Homer-Center School District
Location
65 Wildcat Lane
Homer City, Pennsylvania
15748-1602
United States
Information
Type Public
Motto "Where Everybody is Somebody!"
NCES District ID 4213290[1]
Superintendent Dr. Charles Koren
Grades K-12
Enrollment 964
Campus type Rural
Color(s) Black and White
         
Total Schools 2
Title I School Yes
Title I School-Wide Program No
Mascot Wildcats
Website Homer-Center School District

Homer-Center School District is a public school district in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The district serves Homer City and Center Township. The district campus is located just south of the Homer City-Center Township border along South Main Street and adjacent to U.S. Route 119.

Homer-Center's High School principal is Jody Rainey. Homer-Center's Elementary Schools principal's Michael Stofa. The district operates two school buildings, with a total enrollment of 964 students, grades K-12. The district's high school building currently accommodates 491 students, while the elementary has an enrollment of 473 students.[2]

Homer-Center's athletic teams - known as the Wildcats - compete in the Heritage Conference, which resides in the PIAA-District VI. The district does not offer athletics programs at the elementary level, however students can participate in programs offered by the Homer City Area Athletic Booster Club (HCAABC). HCAABC-sponsored teams are nicknamed the Homer City Bears.

The Homer-Center School District is ranked 146th out of 576 public school districts in Pennsylvania. It is also ranked first out of seven public school districts in Indiana County.

Homer-Center School District

Homer-Center Elementary School
Location
45 Wildcat Lane
Homer City, PA
15748-1602
United States
Information
Motto Were everybody is somebody
Established 1976
NCES School ID 421329006797[3]
Principal Michael A. Stofa
Faculty 32.50 (on full-time equivalent (FTE) basis)[3]
Grades K-12
Enrollment 469[3] (2009-2010[3])
 • Kindergarten 69 [3]
 • Grade 1 76 [3]
 • Grade 2 68 [3]
 • Grade 3 61 [3]
 • Grade 4 71 [3]
 • Grade 5 66 [3]
 • Grade 6 58 [3]
Student to teacher ratio 15.8[3]
Color(s) Black and White
Mascot Wildcats (HCAABC-sponsored teams are known as the Homer City Bears)
Website Homer-Center Elementary

Homer-Center Elementary School

The Homer-Center Elementary School serves grades K-6. It is located on Wildcat Lane, just north of the high school building. The elementary building also contains the district administrative offices. The elementary school received two out of a possible five stars from SchoolDigger.com.

State School ID: 6797

The school is ranked 988th out of 1755 elementary schools in Pennsylvania and is ranked fifth out of the 12 elementary schools in Indiana County.

Demographics

The elementary accounts for 49% of the district's enrollment. The average grade size is 67.6 students. The student/teacher ratio is 15.8 students per teacher. 217 out of 473 students (46%) are eligible for discounted/free lunch. 137 are eligible for free lunch and 80 are eligible for a reduced-price lunch. Breakfast is free for all students. There are 257 (54.3%) males in the elementary and 216 (45.7%) females; 459 students (97%) are Caucasian/White, (2%) African American, and (1%) other.

Sports

Memorial Field, home of Homer-Center athletics.

Elementary-level athletics teams are operated by the HCAABC - a local non-profit organization. The HCAABC-sponsors football and cheerleading teams are nicknamed the "Homer City Bears". Other HCAABC teams, such as basketball, softball and youth baseball squads, are sponsored by local businesses.

All Sports

Students in grades 3-6 can participate in basketball, baseball, softball, and cheerleading. Soccer is offered in grades 2-6. Several football teams are typically fielded, divided by age groups. Indoor Colorguard and Percussion are available for students in grades 7-12.

Extracurricular activities

-Art Helpers: Grades 4-6

Combs v. Homer Ctr. Sch. Dist., 468 F. Supp. 2d 738 (W.D. Pa. 2006)

Parents who elected to home-school their children filed suit alleging that the defendant Pennsylvania school district in charge of administering and enforcing Pennsylvania’s compulsory school attendance laws infringed upon their sincerely held religious beliefs that education is a “religion,” and that the state has no authority to regulate home education programs by religiously motivated homeschoolers. The parents alleged that the state homeschooling act ceded too much control over their children’s religious education to the state in requiring them to submit an affidavit outlining their educational objectives to the defendants at the beginning of the school year and by requiring them to submit an additional log and portfolio containing samples of their children’s work for discretionary administrative review and approval. In granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, the federal district court held that the statute, either on its face or as applied, did not violate the First Amendment Free Exercise Clause or the Pennsylvania Religious Freedom Protection Act. The state’s homeschooling requirements did not place a burden, let alone a substantial one, on the parents’ freedom to practice their religion. Any negligible impact on the free exercise of religion was outweighed by the state’s compelling interest in crafting home education programs to satisfy compulsory education laws and ensure that children were receiving an adequate education.

This decision was immediately appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit where lawyers for Homer-Center School District presented oral arguments against the homeschooling families in November 2007.

Other Schools In Homer City

Breezy Lane School

Breezy Lane School
Location
9097 Route 259 Highway
or
1491 Aulds Road
Homer City, PA
15748-1602
United States
Information
School type Private Regular Elementary or Secondary
Religious affiliation(s) Mennonite
NCES School ID A0502903[4]
Head Official Name Kathy M. Wunder
Grades 1-9
Enrollment 51
Student to teacher ratio 17
Associations No Membership Association
Library Yes

Breezy Lane School is a rural, co-ed, private school that, although located in Homer City, it is not part of the Homer-Center School District.

This school is also known as Daryl Martin.[4]

Average Grade Size: 5.6 students

References

  1. ↑ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Homer-center Sd". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved June 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Homer-center El Sch". k12directoryofschools.com. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Homer-center El Sch". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 5, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Daryl Martin". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 5, 2011.

Coordinates: 40°31′58″N 79°09′37″W / 40.53276°N 79.16024°W / 40.53276; -79.16024

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