Chambersburg Area Senior High School (CASHS) is a public high school located in

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. The school serves grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. Students come from Chambersburg and surrounding

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and Guilford. As of the 2020–2021 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,182 students and 118.06 classroom teachers on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 18.48. CASHS has occupied its current facilities since 1955.

Extracurricular activities and Color Day

Chambersburg Area Senior High School offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities and an extensive sports program. In addition to a full range of sports, the school also maintains a band, an orchestra, a glee club, a student newspaper, a national honors society, a national art honors society, a variety of language clubs, a math club, a ping pong club, a ski club, an economics club, a sports club, a drama club, a camera club, a religious fellowship, a student government, a small business club, and a number of other organizations. Chambersburg Area Senior High School is also well known for its Color Day tradition. Every year since the early 1920s, classes are suspended for a series of games and competitions between the freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior classes. The term Color Day originated from the hues given to the different grades: gold and blue are worn by future graduates of an odd numbered year (example 2013) and red and white for the even numbered years (example 2014).

Athletics

The 7,000-seat Trojan Stadium was overhauled in 2006 as part of a $6.5 million renovation project that included additional home seating and renovated visitors bleachers, along with a new press box. Other enhancements to the facility included artificial turf, a running track, concession stands, restrooms, ticket booths and parking lots. The Trojans called Henninger Field their home for football from 1898 until 1956, for soccer from 1968–2003 and 2005, and for baseball from the early 1900s until 2006. The district funds: ;Boys: *

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- AAAA *

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- AAAA * Cross Country - AAA * Football - AAAA *

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- AAA *Lacrosse - AAAA * Soccer - AAA *

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- AAA ;Girls: *Basketball - AAAA *Cheerleading (sometimes coed) *Cross Country - AAA *

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- AAA *Swimming and Diving - AAA *Girls' Tennis - AAA *Track and Field - AAA *Volleyball - AAA On June 18, 2004, the Chambersburg Area Senior High School Trojans boys baseball team won the

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(PIAA) Class AAA state championship, defeating Peters Township High School by 12-5, in a game played at RiverSide Stadium in

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. Coming on the heels of this state title, the baseball team was ranked 7th in the Eastern United States by ''

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'' in their final 2004 rankings. The Girls' Gymnastics team was recognized as the 2005 team state champion in the State Silver Division. Track-and-field team member Lorraine Hill had the second-longest girls high school javelin throw in the nation in 2006 with a throw of 157 feet, four inches. Hill won the 2006

Class AAAA state javelin championship, won second-place finish at the

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and finished third at the

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Outdoor competition in the javelin that year. Hill was named a first-team All-American by ''American Track & Field Magazine'' for her achievements in 2006.Hill Named High School All-American
, Syracuse University press release dated November 21, 2006.

References

External links

Chambersburg Area Senior High SchoolNational Center for Education Statistics for Chambersburg Area Senior High SchoolChambersburg Area Senior High School Web page at Great Schools Web siteAlumni Site for the CASHS Class of 1968
{{authority control High schools in Central Pennsylvania Educational institutions established in 1955 Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Schools in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Public high schools in Pennsylvania 1955 establishments in Pennsylvania