Mars Area High School Fightin’ Planets have earned the title of Best High School Mascot in America as the winner of the 2026 National High School Mascot Brackets competition.

A new four-year partnership between Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Music and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will give CMU students direct, on-campus access to world-class musicians and conductors.

Mars Area Centennial School sixth-graders Jackson Nuttall, Jonah Snyder, Mya Vernon, Asher Detore, Landon Lewis and Jack Baumgartel achieved the school’s Top 6 scores in the 2025-2026 Pennsylvania Mathematics League Contest.

Mars Girls Youth Lacrosse Association’s U12 Team took first place in the 2025 Graveyard Fall Tournament, held on Nov. 1 at the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Canton, Ohio). The team went undefeated.