Greater Johnstown High School is a high school

High school

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 located in between the neighborhoods of Moxham, 8th Ward and Hornerstown in Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...

, in the United States

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. It is the senior high school for the Greater Johnstown School District. The current Superintendent is Barbara Parkins, herself a graduate of the school district. The first recorded alumni of the school are listed as graduating in 1882. Over 50,000 students have graduated from this high school. The current Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dr. Gerald Zahorchak, is himself a 1975 graduate of Johnstown High. Other notable graduates include: Saturday Night Live

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actor Tim Kazurinsky

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, actress Carroll Baker

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, former Pittsburgh Steeler Pro-Bowler Carlton Haselrig

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Carlton Haselrig is a former heavyweight wrestler and NFL player. Haselrig wrestled for University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He holds the distinction of being the only person to win six NCAA titles in wrestling, winning 3 times in Division II and 3 times in Division I, all six for...

 and Spider-Man

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 comics co-creator Steve Ditko

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. In the 1930s, dancing legend Gene Kelly

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 was the choreographer for the Johnstown High School Musicals.

Athletics

Johnstown participates in high school athletics as a member of the Laurel Highlands Athletics Conference (LHAC) and the school has won many LHAC titles.

Boys Athletics

• Baseball
  Baseball
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   - Class AAA
• Basketball
  Basketball
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   - Class AAA
• Football
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   - Class AAA
• Golf
  Golf
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   - Class AAAA
• Soccer - Class AA
• Tennis
  Tennis
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   - Class AA
• Track and Field
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   - Class AAA
• Wrestling
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   - Class AAA

Competitive Musical Groups

Greater Johnstown High School's competitive groups compete on the NJA/TOB Circuit. The Marching Band and Gnomon Indoor Percussion ensembles are directed by Eric Pfeil, and Essay Performance Company (indoor colorguard) is directed by Stefanie Zucco.

• Marching Band
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  -Group 1 Open
• Gnomon Indoor Percussion-Scholastic Intermediate A Percussion
• Essay Performance Company-Scholastic A Guard

Girls Athletics

• Basketball
  Basketball
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   - Class AAA
• Golf
  Golf
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   - Class AAAA
• Soccer - Class AAA
• Softball
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   - Class AAA
• Track and Field
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   - Class AAA
• Volleyball
  Volleyball
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  - Class AA

Johnstown appeared in the 2005 PIAA Class AAA Boy's Basketball state title game before falling to Steelton-Highspire High School.
the Team also won the class AAA district 6 title in Football and Boy's Basketball in 2009.

Traditions

Alma Mater (To Dear Old Johnstown High)

In the shadow of the mountain/
With the stream meandering by/
rises glorious Johnstown High School/
O'er surroundings towering high/

CHORUS: Raise your voices, waft the echoes/
Thru the valleys' far away/
Hoist the black and pale blue banner/
With our praises let it sway/

From thy chapel in the morning/
Where thy Maker's help is sought/
To the end of every session/
Truth and steadfastness are taught/

CHORUS

In athletics as in studies/
Mingles honor of thy name/
Which spurs our men to victory/
And makes them known to fame/

CHORUS

So to thee our inspiration/
Lift we this, our song of praise /
While to thy most faithful guidance/
We Will trust our future days/

CHORUS

Fight song

Trojan Power/
Going strong/
Out in Front/
Where we belong/
Push for victory/
Bring success/
We're the finest,/
We're the best/
So fight on Johnstown/
Win this game/
Bring us forture/
Bring us fame /
Our men of Troy /
Will meet the test/
Johnstown High School /
is the Best/
The cadence is also very famous among the locals and features the entire percussion section playing a very danceable beat.