Welcome to the WWHS Class of 1976 web site.
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Western Wayne High School -- South Canaan, Pennsylvania
About Western Wayne High School
Western Wayne High School is located in Wayne County in the north east corner of Pennsylvania.  The Western Wayne School District comprises the western half of Wayne County extending north from Sterling to Aldenville and covers 192 square miles.  At that size, there are about 4 high school students per square mile.  We haven't been able to determine when the Western Wayne School District was formed, but the Waymart High School - Class of 1965 Yearbook lists "Mr. Edgar F. Jenkins" as "Supervising Principal of Western Wayne Joint Schools".  You may remember having an assembly in 7th or 8th grade to vote on the school song and the style of the Class Ring for the new Western Wayne High School.

Western Wayne High School was formed combining the students from Waymart High School and Lake Ariel High School.  The Class of 1973 was the first to graduate from the new school.  The old Lake Ariel High School served as an elementary school until it was torn down at the end of  2015. Waymart High School has since been torn down and a small community park stands in it's place.  The old first grade building in Waymart has also been torn down.  Some of the Waymart students may remember going to second grade in the basement of the Presbyterian Church which is still across the street from the former high school. The children of Waymart currently attend the R. D. Wilson Elementary School that was built adjacent to the athletic fields where Waymart High School used to play it's home baseball and soccer games.

School Colors: "GOLD & BLACK"
School Mascot: Wildcat
School Song: "Dearest Alma Mater Western Wayne" (Click here to Play)  (Click Here for Lyrics)
School District Web Page - Link
School District Facebook Page - Link
School District Streaming YouTube Channel - Link
School Sports Classification: "PIAA CLASS AAA - District 2" - Click here to see a Map
 
WWHS School Front

About The Class of 1976The students from "Class of 1976" started their elementary education at the Lake Ariel, Waymart, Hamlin, South Canaan or Aldenville schools.  In 1969 and 1970 the students from Lake Ariel & Waymart were temporarily joined together at the elementary school in South Canaan for 5th and 6th grade.  After South Canaan, we returned to Lake Ariel & Waymart schools until half way through 9th grade. 

The New Western Wayne High School was supposed to be ready for us to start 9th grade on September 1, 1972, but due to a rainy summer & fall and a workers strike, it was delayed.  Here is a news article from November 13th 1971 that provides some details.  The Class of 1976 merged under one roof at the new high school, after a long Christmas break in January of 1973. We graduated on June 1st, 1976. 

Click here to view some Graduation pictures.

Click here to view some Pictures from Class Night.

Click here to view some Pictures from the Senior Prom pictures.  

Below are some of the facts about our Class found in the Year Book. Class Flowers: "Rose and Carnation"
Class Colors: "Red &  White"
Class Motto: "We May Never Pass This Way Again" (Click to Play)
Class Size: 130
Faculty in 1976:  Click Here to see the list of our teachers.

 Class Officers
President: Bruce Bortree
Vice President: Ed Zawislak
Treasurer: Gwen Houman
Secretary: Brenda Davis 		WWHS76 Class Officers

 

About This Web Site

This Web Site has been created for the members of the Class of 1976 from Western Wayne High School.  The purpose of this site is to keep the members of WWHS-Class of 76 informed about upcoming Class Reunions, a history of Past Reunions and the whereabouts of our classmates.  Since we have not been in touch with many of the members of our class, it is important for all classmates who visit these pages, to notify any classmate about the existence of the Web Site.  Hopefully, as future Reunion come around, we will have contacted all of the classmates so they can be informed about what's going on. We have noticed that quite a few of our classmates have FaceBook accounts, so a WWHS Class of 76 page has been created there to help keep you updated on upcoming reunions, class news and to interact with our classmates.  Please remember to hit the "Like" button and also invite any other WWHS Class of 76 classmates you may be in contact with.  Click here to go to our WWHS76 Facebook page.
If anyone had any corrections to any of the pages found on this Web Site, please message us on Facebook.  We're certain to have made some mistakes or may have misidentified some of the people, so you have to let us know! As we receive information from any classmate, we will usually update the web page within a couple of days.  Don't be shy and rely on someone else to supply the information. 

We would like to acknowledge the following individuals who have contributed to this Web Site:
Wayne Maychek
Darlene (Tennant) Gillow
Dave & Brenda (Davis) Zeiler
Betty Stoner (Miss Layland)

Gwen (Houman) Poltanis

Bob Tyler

Tom Ashman

Lori (Ellsworth) Minor

Links to WWHS Area News:

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