Central Dauphin East High School is a large, suburban, public high school located in

Harrisburg Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the 9th largest city and 15th largest municipality in ...

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Dauphin County (; Pennsylvania Dutch: Daffin Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 286,401. The county seat and the largest city is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's state capital and ninth ...

. It is one of two high schools operated by the

Central Dauphin School District The Central Dauphin School District is a large, suburban, public school district located in suburban Harrisburg, Pennsylvania serving students in central and eastern Dauphin County. It is the largest school district in the county, the largest i ...

. In the 2017–2018 school year, enrollment was reported as 1,472 pupils in 9th through 12th grades.

History

Central Dauphin East High School opened in 1961.

was created in 1954, and this merger of several school districts was completed by the opening of Central Dauphin High School. In the late 1990s, overcrowding in the

resulted in a proposal to merge Central Dauphin East High School with nearby rival Central Dauphin High School. The proposal was opposed by Central Dauphin East High School and was later voted down by the school board (after its removal in the election the week before). In 2000, the school board voted to build a third high school, but in a sudden turnaround by the school board, it was decided that the district would have only two high schools. Since 1961, the yearbook has been called the Oriens. The school newspaper is called the Panther Print. ;Federal School Improvement grant: In 2010, the Central Dauphin School District applied for and was awarded a $2,099,888 grant, by the state and federal government. The money had to be used to transform the high school. The Transformation process specifies that the administration use of rigorous, transparent, and equitable evaluation systems for teachers and principals, high-quality professional development and design and development of curriculum with teacher and principal involvement. The school qualified for the grant due to the chronic low student achievement.

Music program

Central Dauphin East's music program consists of four bands, five choirs, and two orchestras. Bands include the wind ensemble, concert, jazz, and marching band. The choirs include EHS Choraliers, Women's Ensemble, Concert Choir, and Varsity Choir. Each part of the music department holds several concerts throughout the school year, including the annual spring musical, and seasonal concerts held in the auditorium. The arts are supported through the fall play.

Extracurriculars

Central Dauphin East High School offers a variety of extracurricular programs including: clubs, activities and sports.

Clubs

Central Dauphin East offers a number of clubs. Students can create new clubs with the principal's approval. *

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Club *

Bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

*CASEF *Cultural Diversity *Fall play * FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) *Indoor Guard/Majorettes/Drumline *

Key Club Key Club International, also called Key Club, is an international service organization for high school students. As a student-led organization, Key Club's goal is to encourage leadership through serving others. Key Club International is the hig ...

*Environmental Club *

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Club *Marching Band *

National Honor Society The National Honor Society (NHS) is a nationwide organization for high school students in the United States and outlying territories, which consists of many chapters in high schools. Selection is based on four criteria: scholarship (academic achi ...

Yearbook A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a type of a book published annually. One use is to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school. The term also refers to a book of statistics or facts published annually. A yearbook often ...

Club *School Store *The Roaring Panther (Newspaper) *SADD (

Students Against Destructive Decisions Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), formerly Students Against Driving Drunk, is an organization whose aim is to prevent accidents from students taking potentially destructive decisions. Mission "SADD empowers and mobilizes students a ...

) *Science Olympiad *Ski Club *ESL Club *Step Team *

Student Council A student council (also known as a student union, associated student body or student parliament) is an administrative organization of students in different educational institutes ranging from elementary schools to universities and research or ...

*Environment Club *Model UN *Ski Club *Renaissance Team * Rugby Team *TV Studio Club *Genshiken (The Manga and Anime Club) *Future Medical Leaders of America (FMLA)

Sports

The district funds: ;Boys: *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

- AAA *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

- AAAAAA * Cross Country - AAA *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...

- AAAAAA *

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

- AAA *

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...

- AAAA *Soccer - AAA *

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

and Diving - AAA *

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...

- AAA *

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

- AAA *

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

- AAA *

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat s ...

- AAA ;Girls: *Basketball - AAAAAA *Cheerleading - AAAA *Cross Country - AAA *

Field Hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

- AAA *Golf - AAA *Lacrosse - AAAA *Soccer (Fall) - AAA *Softball - AAA *Swimming and Diving - AAA *Girls' Tennis - AAA *Track and Field - AAA *Volleyball - AAA According to PIAA directory October 2016

Notable alumni

Chase Edmonds Chase Edmonds (born April 13, 1996) is an American football running back for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Fordham and was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round of the 20 ...

(Class of 2014) - 2014 Jerry Rice Award Winner, 2018 NFL 4th Round Draft Pick by the Arizona Cardinals * Hyleas Fountain - Olympic Silver Medalist Heptathlon 2008 Beijing *

Jeffrey Gaines Jeffrey Gaines is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he was signed to the Chrysalis Records label in 1990 and released his debut album, ''Jeffrey Gaines'', in 1992. Life and career The first single ...

(Class of 1984) - American singer-songwriter and guitarist *

Candace Gingrich Candace Gingrich (; born June 2, 1966) is an American LGBT rights activist at the Human Rights Campaign. Candace is the half-sibling of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.Seelye, KatharineSpeaker's Sister Now Speaking Out ''The New York T ...

(Class of 1984) - LGBT rights activist * Mark S. McNaughton (Class of 1981) - former Pennsylvania state representative *

Dustin Pague Dustin William Pague (born August 5, 1987) is a former American mixed martial artist who most recently fought in the Bantamweight division of the UFC. He was a competitor on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller, and h ...

(Class of 2006) - current

Mixed Martial Artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

, formerly fighting in the UFC as a bantamweight * Michael Payton (Class of 1988) - college football hall of famer * Stephen C. Sillett - a botanist and pioneer in the study of tall trees *

Ciara Renée Ciara Renée Harper (born October 19, 1990) is an American actress and musician. She is best known for her roles on Broadway as The Witch in ''Big Fish,'' the Leading Player in ''Pippin'', and Elsa in '' Frozen.'' She played Esmeralda in ''The H ...

(Class of 2009) - Broadway actor in ''

Big Fish ''Big Fish'' is a 2003 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Tim Burton, and based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. The film stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Car ...

'' and '' Pippin''. Starred as Kendra Saunders/ Hawkgirl in ''

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* Cody Webster (Class of 2010) - 2013

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, Eddleman–Fields Punter of the Year

Notes and references

External links

Central Dauphin School District
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1961 Education in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania High schools in Central Pennsylvania Susquehanna Valley Schools in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Public high schools in Pennsylvania 1961 establishments in Pennsylvania