Schuylkill County is a part of the Eastern Pennsylvania Scholastic Esports League, which participants in the Pennsylvania Scholastic Esports Leagues tournaments. The Fall Season has kicked off, and runs through the week of November 11, 2024, with the playoffs and champsionship to follow. Be on the look out for information and registration for the Spring Season!

*** Congratulations to Pine Grove Area High School for winning the 2024 Spring Esports State Championship in Unified Rocket League and Pine Grove Area Middle School for winning the 2024 Spring Esports State Championship in Chess!!***

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Esports focuses on 21st century skills and helps to create connections to computer science and other related career fields. Esports quick facts:

• 200+ colleges and universities offer esports scholarships.

• 80% of esports student-athletes are first time participants in extracurricular activities.

• Esports student-athletes have an average GPA increase of 1.7.

• Esports student-athletes have an average 10% increase in school attendance. 

[Data Sources: Archambeault, L. “It’s Time for Schools to Embrace Video Games”. NationalSchoolBoardsAssociation.org. February 10, 2022. https://www.nsba.org/ASBJ/2020/February/esports. Computer Science Jobs Source- “Pennsylvania Computer Science for All Virtual Summit”. Pennsylvania Department of Education.https://www.education.pa.gov/Pages/Pennsylvania-Computer-Science-for-All-Summit.aspx. ]

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