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School-to-work programs help students, often not college-bound, figure out what kind of career they want to pursue before leaving high school.

Fourth graders from elementary schools in Craig and Maybell gathered Thursday at the Moffat County Fairgrounds to learn the ins and outs of local agriculture practices.

Chambersburg’s prom is part of a group of events that will be held to replace those unable to be held since March 2020: Color Day, class-spirit extravaganza, Homecoming variety show will lead up to prom at Green Grove Gardens in Greencastle. Face masks and a temperature and symptom screening are required and the event is limited to members of the school’s junior and senior classes. “We really want to leave this school year with a positive image,” Chambersburg principal Brad Ocker said. ...

Chambersburg Public Opinion Like other schools around Pennsylvania and the nation, the end-of-year events students at Chambersburg Area Senior High School were looking forward to last year were largely destroyed by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Class of 2020 got no prom and no opportunity to be the senior class at Color Day (although, there was a virtual event). They got to walk for graduation, but late in the summer and with less pomp and circumstance.  As the pandemic wore on, the Class o...