Cumberland Valley High School
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Cumberland Valley High School (CV) is a coeducational public high school located in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The school was founded in 1954. The mascot is an eagle.
| Cumberland Valley High School | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Information | |
| Principal | Mark Blandchard |
| Principal, Lower House | John Gallagher |
| Students | 2561 |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1954 |
| Student/faculty ratio | 14 to 1 |
| Homepage | Web site |
The Cumberland Valley High School serves the four townships of Hampden, Middlesex, Monroe and Silver Spring in Cumberland County. The area included in the school system extends from Carlisle to Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. This area is suburban and is located fifteen miles west of Harrisburg.
The combined junior-senior high school opened in September 1954 to 800 students. The school has steadily grown since that time. All schools in the district have been re-built or remodeled due to significant student population growth.
Seven elementary schools and two middle schools funnel into the high school.
The elementary schools are:
- Shaull Elementary School
- Green Ridge Elementary School
- Monroe Elementary School
- Silver Spring Elementary School
- Sporting Hill Elementary School
- Hampden Elementary School
- Middlesex Elementary School
The middle schools are:
- Good Hope Middle School
- Eagle View Middle School
The library (IMC) is a learning center providing approximately 30,000 books, magazines, daily newspapers, audiovisuals, and CD-ROMs. Students use computers to access library resources, the Internet and to do word processing and graphical analysis. They also have interlibrary loan privileges with other libraries in the state.
Cumberland Valley High School requires students to participate in "random" drug testing in order to attend school dances, play sports, drive to school, and many other activities. It is the only school in the area to do this and the policy is sometimes criticized by students, faculty, and district residents for various reasons.
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[edit] Notable alumni
- Charlie Adams, professional football player
- Stan Gelbaugh, former professional football player (Class of 1981)
- Todd Gould, scientist who has made contributions to the fields of psychiatry and psychology[1] and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. (Class of 1992)
- Joshua Gros, professional soccer player
- Jacqueline Heinze, actress who costarred in the short lived sitcom Nikki (which aired on the WB from 2000-2002). Heinze also appeared in the movie Freaky Friday and made appearances on Family Law (TV series). (Class of 1991)
- Katie Koestner, has appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, CNN, and MTV Tonight after having been date-raped during her freshman year at the College of William and Mary. Articles on her story have appeared in the The New York Times, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Los Angeles Tribune and various other publications.HBO chose Katie as the subject of its Lifestories Docudrama, “No Visible Bruises: The Katie Koestner Story.” (Class of 1990)
- Kelly Kosheba, vice president of human resources for American Eagle Outfitters. (Class of 1992)
- Jon Ritchie, former professional football player (Class of 1993)
- Chris Trogner (class of 1992) and John Trogner (Class of 1990), brothers who founded Tröegs Brewing Company in Harrisburg, which distributes its product in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia.
- Stacey Williams, actress/model (Class of 1986)
[edit] In Television
- Cumberland Valley was featured on an episode of MTV's The Ashlee Simpson Show as a student won a free concert for the high school. Ashlee Simpson and Ryan Cabrera spent the day at the high school and performed for the student body. This was the first performance after her notorious lip-syncing incident on SNL.
- CV was also featured on the episode "Camp TRL" of MTV's hit show TRL. The school was a part of a cheerleading competition involving the best five cheering schools throughout the nation. CV won based on the voting of the fans.
- Cumberland Valley students produced and won the grand prize for MTV's "Orange Juice Videos" in 1990. The now defunct spot petitioned schools from all over the United States to write, produce, and film a promotional video for the consumption of Orange Juice.
[edit] School Motto
- The district motto is "Soaring to Greatness, Committed to Excellence".
