A new meal benefits application must be submitted each school year for those interested in participating for the free or reduced meals. 

 

The 2017 - 2018 school year eligibility status for free or reduced-price meals will expire on 10/11/2018.  To apply instantly, please visit  www.schoolcafe.com .  

 

Paper applications are available upon request by contacting Director of Food Service, Christie Leininger by phone 412-264-9440 x 1129  or email [email protected]. 

Moon Area High School freshman, Owen Masry, and sophomore, Adam Sacherich, were recognized at the Board Meeting on September 24, 2018, for achieving the highest award in Boy Scouting - the Eagle Scout Award.

 

Owen and Adam are members of Troop 198 in Moon Township under the direction of scoutmaster, Bryan Mann.

Owen organized and directed the creation of outdoor garden classrooms and memorial bench at Allard Elementary. Owen also supervised the installation of a garden at the entrance of Allard Elementary with helpful donations from the Allard PTO, Inches Nursery, and Home Depot. 

 

Adam's project included organizing and overseeing the construction of wooden planters at Bon Meade, where he formerly attended elementary school. The initiative included updating the landscape and painting tiger paws on the sidewalks of the school.

 

Thank you to our Eagle Scouts who are continually working to improve our community and our schools. 

Moon Area High School's Positive Living Club members wrote a encouraging messages throughout the school on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, as part of their mission to spread kindness! 

Thanks for brightening people's day, Positive Living Club! 

Moon Area High School was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from the National Education Association (NEA) Foundation to start an aquaponic farm. 

The purpose of the grant is to allow Invention Lab students to design, manufacture, and maintain the aqua pond and then for the Life Skills students to develop work skills by growing produce and fish. 

The aqua pond will also be available to the science teachers to develop lessons for hands-on learning opportunities. 

High school teachers Mr. James Petrina, Ms. Kate Robson, Ms. Sarah Knaus, and Mrs. Diane Corsi will oversee the aqua farm initiative.

The Moon Area School District (MASD) celebrated the contributions of the late William "Rip" Scherer in naming of the playing field at Tiger Stadium in his honor on Friday, September 14, 2018.

The field name was unveiled during halftime at the football game against Baldwin High School. Mrs. June Scherer and their children were in attendance at the game along with their extended family, as well. 

A brick marquee was installed near the main gate entrance to the stadium with a plaque to honor Mr. Scherer. A piece of the scoreboard was also replaced on the field to signify William "Rip" Scherer Field. 

"This was such a moving opportunity for our family to swim in an endless tide appreciation - a tide that kept washing over us all night, through the words of people who kept coming up to us to share a story with my father - people whose lives had been so positively impacted by Coach Scherer, Mr. Scherer, or however they knew him," said son Scott Scherer. 

Scherer served as the athletic director for MASD in 1969 and served the District for 22 years. Holding positions as athletic director, health and physical education department chair, and head football coach, Scherer's influence spanned multiple facets of the District. 

From 1970-1981, he expanded the athletic opportunities at Moon Area by adding girls' basketball, softball, tennis, gymnastics, field hockey, track, bowling, volleyball, soccer, and cross country teams. Scherer's dedication to equal opportunity is displayed in the addition of these teams as the Title IX guidelines were not yet in place. During these formative years, he also added boys' wrestling, cross country, bowling, and soccer programs to the District.