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. “And that’s why … we’re working so diligently to make sure the Class of 2021 and all students this year are afforded the same opportunities as in the past.”
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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 of 2021 stood to lose more. In addition to missing out on the last months of their junior year, they ve spent their senior year tied down by COVID-19 restrictions. Chambersburg schools were fully remote for most of the year, until about a month ago. Homecoming was canceled in the fall. Athletics and other extracurricular activities were largely limited to participants and few others.