Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

== Education ==
{{Further|Wilson College (Pennsylvania)}}
{{Further|Chambersburg Area Senior High School}}

=== Wilson College ===
[[Wilson College (Pennsylvania)|Wilson College]] is a private, Presbyterian-related, liberal arts college founded in 1869 as a women's college and named for its first major donor, Sarah Wilson of Chambersburg. The college has about 800 undergraduate students and is known for its Women With Children, Veterinary Medical Technician, and Equestrian programs. Once an all women's school, it began admitting male students in 2013. In 2009, the school opened the first "green" campus building, housing the science and technology department and featuring a full-length waterfall which begins on the third floor and ends in the building's basement.

=== Public schools ===
[[File:Diamondviewfolder14.gif|thumb|250px|Chambersburg High School in 1921]]
Chambersburg Area Senior High School (CASHS),which is home to the CASHS men's tennis team, is a public school with around 2,400 students in grades 9–12, drawn from the borough of Chambersburg and the surrounding townships of Hamilton, Greene, Lurgan, Letterkenny and Guilford. CASHS is accredited by the Middle States Association and has occupied its current facilities since 1955. Principal Dr. Barry Purvis was recognized as the 2006 High School Principal of the Year by the Pennsylvania Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thegazettenews.com/absolutenm/templates/template.asp?articleid=9696&zoneid=25| archive-url=https://archive.today/20070929163547/http://www.thegazettenews.com/absolutenm/templates/template.asp?articleid=9696&zoneid=25| url-status=dead| archive-date=2007-09-29|title =Dr. Barry Purvis of CASHS named state High School Principal of the Year|publisher=thegazettenews.com|  date = 2006-02-15|  access-date = 2007-09-21 }}</ref>

Until August 2011, J. Frank Faust Junior High School was the only public junior high school for eighth and ninth grade students of the Chambersburg Area School District. It served about 1400 students.  J. Frank Faust is now a middle school for Chambersburg area students in the north.  CAMS NORTH.  It has 6th through 8th grade.

Chambersburg Area Middle School SOUTH was the only middle school, but as of August 2011, it became CAMS SOUTH, 6th through 8th grade. During the 2001–02 school year, CAMS was recognized with the [[Blue Ribbon Schools Program|Blue Ribbon School]] Award of Excellence by the [[United States Department of Education]],<ref>[http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982–1983 through 1999–2002 (PDF)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326055622/http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf |date=March 26, 2009 }}, accessed May 11, 2006</ref> the highest award an American school can receive.<ref>[http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17475750&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6 CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819233705/http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17475750&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6 |date=August 19, 2007 }}, ''[[Journal Inquirer]]'', November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. '''It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve'''."</ref><ref>Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; ''[[The Washington Post]]''. September 29, 2005 '''"For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."'''</ref>

The Franklin County Career and Technology Center is also located in Chambersburg. FCCTC is a school designated for students and adults to learn vocational trades while still learning core subjects in school. The school offers training in about 20–30 different concentrations. There are currently six different school districts with students attending FCCTC: Chambersburg, Fannett-Metal, [[Greencastle-Antrim School District|Greencastle-Antrim]], Shippensburg, Tuscarora, and Waynesboro.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.franklinctc.com/absolutenm/templates/fcctc.asp?articleid=1&zoneid=7 |title=Franklin County Career & Technology Center |access-date=2010-11-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607004033/http://www.franklinctc.com/absolutenm/templates/fcctc.asp?articleid=1&zoneid=7 |archive-date=June 7, 2010 |df=mdy-all }} accessed November 2, 2010</ref>

The Chambersburg school district includes seventeen elementary schools. Many school are being upgraded, rebuilt, or closed because of out-of-date buildings and lack of space. As of July 2008, the current School Board President is Stanley Helman. Other members include Anne Boryan, Renee Sharpe, Norman Blowers, Lori Leedy, Fred Rice, Dave Schiamanna, and Joe Tosten.  One seat is currently being filled after the resignation of the previous board president, Dr. Thomas Orndorff.
<ref>[http://www.chambersburg.k12.pa.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=4929&PHPSESSID=a2beec476a2b6fbe510e8335577d9015 CASD Webpage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422151226/http://www.chambersburg.k12.pa.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=4929&PHPSESSID=19af958d1a63315b44405d3f4a3f5f1b |date=April 22, 2008 }}  accessed May 29, 2008.</ref>

=== Scotland School for Veterans' Children ===
The Scotland School for Veterans' Children (SSVC) was a state owned school that offered tuition-free residential education for children of Pennsylvania residents who are veterans or are currently serving in the U.S. armed forces.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Military_Affairs/DMVA/989.htm|title =Scotland School for Veteran's Children|publisher=Scotland School for Veteran's Children website|  date = 2006-02-15|  access-date = 2007-09-21 }} {{Dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Scotland School was founded in 1863 after two orphaned children begging for food knocked on the door of Pennsylvania's governor, [[Andrew Gregg Curtin]] of [[Centre County, Pennsylvania|Centre County]] north of Chambersburg. Governor Curtin and his wife realized the orphaned children of Pennsylvania's many soldiers had been forgotten. He established 70 'Soldier's Orphan Schools' across the state. Over time, the number of eligible students declined, and in 1895 all of the schools closed except that located in the unincorporated village of [[Scotland, Pennsylvania|Scotland]] about four miles (6&nbsp;km) north of Chambersburg. The name was changed to Scotland School for Veteran's Children, then the Pennsylvania Soldiers Orphans Industrial School, and eligibility criteria changed to provide an education to any child of any veteran, whether that veteran was living or deceased (so the school's founding date is sometimes 1895). It had about 300 students in grades 3–12, annually. More than 10,000 students were educated at the school before it closed in 2009, when Pennsylvania's legislators concurred in the decision of Governor [[Ed Rendell]] to remove funding.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foundationssvc.org/ |title=Foundation For Scotland School For Veterans' Children |access-date=2010-11-22 |last=Frame |first=C. Frank |year=2009 |work=Foundation web site |publisher=Foundation For Scotland School For Veterans' Children |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619133715/http://www.foundationssvc.org/ |archive-date=June 19, 2010 |quote=It is with a sad heart and a deep sense of loss that we must announce that the Scotland School for Veterans' Children, a 114-year-old veterans' benefit, is closing. As you may know Governor Edward G. Rendell did not fund the school in this year's budget and the legislature upheld that position in their budget approval. |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> The {{convert|186|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus contains about 70 buildings including residential cottages.<ref>[http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Military_Affairs/DMVA/987.htm]{{dead link|date=August 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

=== Private schools ===
Private schools include Corpus Christi, a Catholic school with 310 students and over 20 teachers<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corpus.pa.net|title=Corpus Christi school website|website=Corpus.pa.net}}</ref> and Cumberland Valley Christian School, a private Christian kindergarten through twelfth grade academy located in Chambersburg. Cumberland Valley Christian School is affiliated with the Open Door Church and has approximately four hundred students. Other private schools include the Montessori Academy of Chambersburg (22 months-12th grade, non-sectarian<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chambersburgmontessori.org/|title=Montessori Academy of Chambersburg|website=Montessori Academy of Chambersburg|access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref>) and Shalom Christian Academy (K-12, Mennonite affiliation) a pre-K through twelfth grade academy with approximately five hundred students, and several elementary schools with Mennonite, Baptist, Brethren, Christian Science, and other religious orientations.<ref>[http://www.allprivateschools.org/private-schools-chambersburg-pa.html Private Schools in Chambersburg PA] accessed March 24, 2007.</ref>

=== Library ===
[[Image:Diamondviewfolder12.gif|thumb|right| 1921 post card of the Post Office building, which currently houses Coyle Free Library.]]
Coyle Free Library<ref>[http://www.fclspa.org/coyle/coyle.htm Coyle Free Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012232654/http://fclspa.org/coyle/coyle.htm |date=October 12, 2006 }}</ref> has roots going back to 1891,<ref>[http://www.fclspa.org/coyle/H_libraryroots.htm Manuscript from the Coyle Free Library, Our Library Roots and Branches, Jane K. Schleicher, Librarian,  November 7, 1979] accessed March 25, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929161110/http://www.fclspa.org/coyle/H_libraryroots.htm |date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> when a library of 166 books was organized by the local ''Afternoon Club''.  A member of the club, Blanche Coyle, left a bequest of $30,435 (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=30435|start_year=1915}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) in 1915 to construct a library building.  The building was completed in 1924, located at the corner of Second and Queen Streets.  Later the library was made part of the Franklin County Library and began to receive funds from the County and State, though the ''Afternoon Club'' still donated funds through at least 1979.  The building it currently occupies is a former post office.