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The Southern Columbia Area School District is composed of Catawissa Borough, and the Townships of Catawissa, Cleveland, Franklin, Roaring Creek, and Locust in Columbia County, and Ralpho Township in Northumberland County. The District has a population of approximately 10,000 people. It is a rural atmosphere slowly changing from an agricultural area to a suburban community. The campus is located in the southern part of Columbia County,approximately 65 miles northeast of Harrisburg, on Route 487, 5 miles south of Catawissa,and 5 miles north of Elysburg.
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The mission of the members of the Southern Columbia Area School District's community is to provide a safe, positive, quality learning environment that recognizes individuals and develops lifelong learners who value and respect self and others,who contribute to their community,and who meet challenges in a constantly changing world.

 

In July of 1965, the Southern Columbia Area School District, the present administrative unit, came into existence. Southern Area is composed of an Elementary Center housing Kindergarten through Fourth Grade, a Middle School for Fifth through Eighth Grade, and a Senior High School comprised of grades nine through twelve. Both the Elementary and the Junior/Senior High Schools are accredited by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges and by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Southern Columbia is a third class school district.

 

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