Conestoga Valley High School
| Conestoga Valley High School | |
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| Address | |
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2110 Horseshoe Road Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County 17601 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°03′00″N 76°13′19″W / 40.050°N 76.222°W |
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| School type | Public, secondary |
| Established | 1958 |
| School district | Conestoga Valley School District |
| NCES District ID | 4206480 |
| Superintendent | Gerald G. Huesken |
| School code | 392105 |
| Principal | Michael Thorton |
| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,382 (January 2014) |
| • Grade 9 | 350 |
| • Grade 10 | 335 |
| • Grade 11 | 314 |
| • Grade 12 | 354 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.9:1 |
| Schedule type | Block scheduling |
| Hours in school day | 7 hours |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Color(s) | Red and navy |
| Mascot | Buckskin |
| Newspaper | The Valley Voice |
| Yearbook | Conewago |
| Feeder schools | Conestoga Valley Middle School |
| Website | Conestoga Valley High School |
 Conestoga Valley High School former athletic logo |
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Conestoga Valley High School is a public secondary school in the Conestoga Valley School District in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Its enrollment during the 2010–11 academic year was 1,334. Its current principal is Michael Thornton, who was hired in 2008.
Conestoga Valley High School originated in 1907 when East Lampeter Township dedicated a two-room building next to present-day Smoketown Elementary School as its first high school, named East Lampeter High School. The building itself was constructed in 1868. The first class, the class of 1909, graduated with two years of high school education, but in the same year, the school was developed into a three-year school.
In 1910, the building was renovated to a four-room, two-story building, but the high school only remained there until 1927. In 1927, East Lampeter High School was moved west along Old Philadelphia Pike and remained there until 1958 when East Lampeter Township, Upper Leacock Township, and West Earl Township decided to merge their school systems into present-day Conestoga Valley School District. The high school was moved to present-day Smoketown Elementary School and was dedicated as the new high school, becoming a four-year high school in the process. Its old location became Witmer Heights Elementary School and then subsequently became a Mennonite church. The new location of the high school was built in 1937 when the one-room schoolhouses of East Lampeter Township were merged there.
In 1958, Conestoga Valley High School was moved to Horseshoe Road where the present-day high school now stands.
Before Conestoga Valley High School was so named, a multitude of principals preceded Michael Thornton. At the time that East Lampeter High School was located along Old Philadelphia Pike, from 1928 to 1958, the principals were Charles Ressel, Aaron Breidenstine, Galen Kilhefner, Harry K. Gerlach, Henry Walker, and J. Elias Fritz. When East Lampeter High School was moved to Horseshoe Road in 1958 and renamed Conestoga Valley High School, Fritz left the principal position to become the first supervising principal of the district, therefore becoming the first superintendent of Conestoga Valley School District. An elementary school in the district is named after him.
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