Mechanicsburg Area Senior High
| Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School | |
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500 South Broad Street Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County 17055 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | "Tradition, Pride, Excellence" |
| Established | 1875 |
| Superintendent | Mark K. Leidy, Ed.D |
| Principal | Mr. David Harris |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1227 (2008) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14:1 |
| Color(s) | Maroon , Steel |
| Athletics conference | Mid-Penn Conference, PIAA |
| Nickname | Wildcats |
| Rivals | Red Land, Northern York |
| Newspaper | The Torch |
| Yearbook | The Artisan |
| Website | http://www.mbgsd.org |
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High is a secondary school located on 500 South Broad Street in the borough of Mechanicsburg, west of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The school is part of the Mechanicsburg Area School District.
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High (MASH), which accepts students ranging from Grade 9-12, serves several communities, including the Boroughs of Mechanicsburg and Shiremanstown, Upper Allen Township, and the villages of Grantham and Bowmansdale.
The students begin at the Kindergarten Academy then proceed to one of the elementary schools: Elmwood, Shepherdstown (grades 1-2) / Upper Allen (grades 3-5), Northside, or Broad Street (All 1-5). They then progress to Mechanicsburg Middle School (6-8), and then Mechanicsburg High School (9-12).
Mechanicsburg High School was founded and held its first commencement in 1875, with one graduate.
Mechanicsburg High School has been located in three different buildings since its foundation. The Simpson Street School (now a luxury apartment complex) was completed in 1872 and was expanded upon in 1929. In 1957, the school had expanded past capacity, and a new building was built along Elmwood Avenue. The Elmwood Avenue school served as the high school for only 12 years, as the current building on 500 South Broad Street was built and completed in 1969. The Elmwood building was converted to be used as an Intermediate School, and in 2005 was renovated again to be used as an Elementary School. In the mid-1980s, a wing was added to the current building to suit capacity needs. In 2002, the current building underwent extensive renovations.
On July 6, 2010, then-Governor Ed Rendell publicly signed Pennsylvania's $28 Billion budget at Elmwood Elementary.
The Wildcat
The school's mascot was first referenced as the "Wildcat" in a 1937 edition of the school newspaper, The Torch. Prior to this, Mechanicsburg's athletic teams were referenced as the "Steel-and-Maroon" or the "Maroon-and-Steel". No information is currently known as to why the school chose a wildcat as its mascot or the exact date when it was chosen.
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