March 16, 2022
Pioneer is in its 15th year of providing a Universal Pre-kindergarten (UPK) program, providing vital social, emotional and academic skills to aid in development. During the Pione...
March 7, 2022
Pioneer's new secondary curriculum specialist is a familiar face in these parts. Jenna Fontaine (Pioneer Class of 2008) was a third grade teacher at Arcade Elementary School up u...
March 7, 2022
Three new scholarships at Pioneer High School have been established in memory of Alex Schenk and Nate Schwartz, two members of the Class of 2021 who died in a car crash last Augus...
March 1, 2022
Pioneer School District students and staff will have the option of wearing a mask to school—including on buses and all facilities—starting Wednesday, March 2. "Tomorrow morning,...
February 27, 2022
As of the start of the school day on Wednesday, March 2, masking will no longer be required in New York State schools, Governor Kathy Hochul has announced. Masking will return t...
February 25, 2022
A fund-raiser and dinner on Saturday, March 5, will help establish a scholarship in memory of Alex Schenk and Nate Schwartz of the Pioneer Class of 2021. Alex and Nate died in a ...
February 17, 2022
Pioneer High School presents Mamma Mia! on stage Friday, March 11 at 7pm, Saturday, March 12, at 2pm and 7pm, and Sunday, March 13, at 2pm.
Presale tickets can be purchased ...
February 17, 2022
Pioneer's boys varsity basketball team is enjoying one of its finest seasons in a while, and will soon find out its postseason fate. The Panthers won the ECIC III title with a 63...
February 14, 2022
Three Panther wrestlers will be taking part in the New York State tournament following standout performances in the Section VI championships.
Daniel Kirsch (118 pounds) won an ...
February 14, 2022
The 50th Arcade Winterfest is in the record books, and by all accounts will be one to remember for some members of the Pioneer High School Class of 2022. At the end of the Openin...
February 11, 2022
The Pioneer Art Department and the Arcade Historical Society are partnering for the 29th time to present the Arcade Winterfest Student Art Show. As in the past, the show will in...
February 7, 2022
Nine Pioneer High School seniors will compete in the Arcade Winterfest Royalty Pageant on Friday, Feb. 11, at 6:30pm, at Arcade Elementary School. Admission is $3, and masks are r...
February 3, 2022
The Pioneer Board of Education has begun exploring the pieces of what will make up the 2022-23 general fund budget.
Meeting in regular session Feb. 1, the board heard from Ass...
February 2, 2022
Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) perform a vital role in elementary and secondary schools by focusing on helping students with a wide range of speech-language related problems ...
February 1, 2022
As part of World Poverty Month, Pioneer High School's Diversity Committee sponsored a food drive during the final two weeks of January 2022.
The freshman class collected the mo...
January 28, 2022
Pioneer Superintendent Benjamin Halsey issued the following update on masks on Friday, Jan. 28: "Good Afternoon, Pioneer. This is what we know at this time regarding masks and th...
January 27, 2022
Cattaraugus County Health Department is holding a COVID-19 booster clinic at Delevan Training Center (1006 North Main St.) on Wednesday, Feb. 2. The department will have all thre...
January 27, 2022
The Pioneer Varsity Wrestling Team keeps setting the bar high and then pushing it higher. On Jan. 27, the team won its 57th straight league match and notched its eighth straight ...
January 25, 2022
Superintendent Ben Halsey issued the following statement on mask-wearing as of Tuesday morning (1/25): Dear Pioneer, Decisions in masking in New York State are coming fast and w...
January 19, 2022
Pioneer's 2022-23 budget planning process is underway, with an eye toward charting a fiscal plan for future initiatives, creating stability in programming and services, enabling s...