The Wilkes-Barre Area High School Business Academy students demonstrated their entrepreneurial spirit at the highly competitive 2025 Bloomsburg University Husky Dog Pound competition held on Thursday, March 26th, 2025. Facing over 200 competing teams, the Business Academy proudly fielded four teams, with one team achieving significant recognition.

Gian Tavarez, 11th grade student in the prestigious Wilkes-Barre Area Business Academy, an immersive program of academic subjects and competitive business practices, preparing students for post-secondary education or entering the workforce with competitive business skills through hands-on learning experiences focused on community engagement and building business relationships, was recently awarded the Pennsylvania Senate Good Citizen Award.

On Monday, March 3rd, Dodson at Mackin Elementary School was filled with the sound of stories and laughter as Julia Litwin, Avery Kosoloski, Mya Fortune, Lily Uzialko, Sam Reese, and Joe Egidio joined students as guest readers for Read Across America Week! 

Read Across America Week, celebrated annually from March 2–6, honors Dr. Seuss's birthday and encourages a love of reading in children and young adults. The National Education Association (NEA) created this important event to highlight the importance of literacy.