The Potter-Tioga Chapter is part of PASR's Northcentral
Region #10
School Districts represented in PASR's
Potter-Tioga Chapter
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Potter County - Austin, Coudersport, Galeton,
Northern Potter, and Oswayo Valley
Tioga County - Northern Tioga, Southern Tioga,
and Wellsboro
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Potter and
Tioga Counties stand side by side at the top of the state in the central
northern tier of PA. This is an area of rolling hills, farmlands, and
forests of great natural beauty. They provide all types of outdoor,
four season recreation.
Potter County is known as God’s Country. A place of meandering
trout streams, it boasts of being the headwaters of three great rivers;
the Alleghany flows south to join the Mississippi and empties into
the Gulf of Mexico; the Genesee flows north to the Saint Lawrence
and the North Atlantic; the Susquehanna travels south to the Atlantic
Many know Potter County for its prime hunting, fishing, skiing, and
snowmobiling. Backpackers and day hikers flock to the The Susquehanna
Trail system which ajoins the PA Lumber Museum. This remote area was
said to be inhospitable to the native Americans, so they had no permant
settlements there, and only passed through on their way to better
places.
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Scene Near Potter Brook, PA, Circa 1900 |
The night sky is protected in Potter County because of the darkness
and the Cherry Springs sky watching facility is said to be the best
place on the east coast for amateur astronomers to to watch the stars.
Having only 4 traffic lights and more deer than people, it is home
to two of the smallest schools in PA and a total of 5 districts.
To the east lies Tioga County with its larger population. Pine Creek
and its rapids cut through the mountains to form the spectacular PA
Grand Canyon. A new bike trail follows the creek where the railroad
used to run. Wellsboro, the county seat, is known statewide for the
Laurel Festival in June and Dickens of a Christmas, an outside December
event. Mansfield University, home of the first football game under
lights, is in eastern Tioga. Wellsboro is home to the Pennsylvania
College of Technology. The Tioga-Hammond and Cowanesque dams provide
recreation as well as protection from floods on the Susquehanna.
Though small in number of students, both counties have distinquished
themselves in district and state tournaments for their prowess in
sports. It is in this pristine setting, devoid of malls and traffic
jams, that Potter -Tioga Chapter works and plays.
Come visit us! And if you are a retired school employee
living in this area, come join us -- we've been waiting
for you!
Potter-Tioga Spring Luncheon
May 23 at the Penn-Wells Hotel
Registration and Social - 10:30
Brief meeting - 11:00
10% of our members - Those who are 90 and older will be honored
- Candle Light Ceremony
Luncheon - 12:15
Program: Special guests, Sue Brown and Paul Murtha of Mountains
of Hope, will present a program on their educational outreach
in the Andean Mountains of Ecuador. You will be inspired by
the work being done by this dynamic couple.
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