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Cedar Cliff High School is located in Camp Hill,

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, and is older of the two high schools in the

West Shore School District West Shore School District, is a large, suburban, public school district with its main office located in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania. This district serves students in eastern Cumberland County and northern York County. It serves the municipalitie ...

. It was formed in 1959 with the merger of West Shore High School and New Cumberland High School. The entire West Shore School District attended Cedar Cliff until fall 1965, when Red Land High School opened. In 2019, the school had 1,290 students enrolled. In 2011, the school had 95 teachers yielding a student teach ratio of 14:1.NCES, Common Core of Data - Cedar Cliff High School, 2019. According to a 2011 report by the

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, eight teachers are considered "Non‐Highly Qualified" under

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law. The Cedar Cliff mascot is The Colt, and the school colors are navy blue, silver and gold. The Pennsylvania Department of Education has set the tuition for non-resident and charter school students at $8,969.40.

History

Cedar Cliff High school was formed from the merger of West Shore High School (Closed Lemoyne Middle School) and New Cumberland High School (New Cumberland Middle School) in 1959. West Shore's colors, navy blue and silver, would merge with New Cumberland's navy blue and gold, to make Cedar Cliff's colors, navy blue, gold, and silver. The West Shore Joint School System would become the

in 1966, the year that Red Land High School opened.

Dedication

Cedar Cliff High School's dedication was held on October 25, 1959. Cedar Cliff was operated by the West Shore Joint Senior High School Board. This board was a jointure of the school districts of Lemoyne, Lower Allen Township, New Cumberland, Redland, and Wormleysburg. The board presented Cedar Cliff Senior High School as the "Fulfillment of a dream for better educational opportunities for the youth of its service area." Cedar Cliff opened with administrators Supervising Principal Raymond A. Wort, assistant John A. Johnson, and assistant Louis S. Edwards along with 60 faculty members.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1,290 students enrolled for 2019-2020 was: * Male - 687 (57%) * Female - 603 (47%) * Native American/Alaskan - 0 * Asian - 23 (2%) * Black - 79 (6%) * Hispanic - 183 (14%) * White - 930 (72%) * Multiracial - 66 (5%) 326 students were eligible for free lunch and 57 for reduced-cost lunch. For 2019-2020, Cedar Cliff was a

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school. Note: Details may not add to totals.

Notable alumni

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, and

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, class of 1990 *

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, class of 1963 * Mike Regan – former

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and current

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, class of 1980 *

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– drummer of

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, class of 1980 *

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– former linebacker for the

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and

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, class of 1997 *

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- former host of American Thunder, class of 1980

References

External links

Cedar Cliff High School website
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